California
Election: The lead write-in, Dana Point attorney John Adams, says he will fight accused O.C. jurist’s effort to quit runoff--an exit legal experts call unlikely.
March 14, 2002
Election: First the No. 2, now also the No. 3 primary vote-getter will appear after incumbent Ronald Kline withdrew over child sex charges.
July 15, 2002
Politics
A write-in candidate won more votes in the March 5 primary than a judge accused of child molestation, even though the jurist’s name was the only one on the ballot in the race to keep his seat.
March 22, 2002
A judge will decide July 8 whether Orange County voters will have two candidates to choose from to replace Superior Court Judge Ronald Kline, who last week won permission to take his name off the November ballot.
June 28, 2002
Los Angeles County’s fire chief took sharp exception Monday to two fire commissioners who criticized the Fire Department’s management, characterizing their charges as “half-truths, rumor, innuendo and cheap shots.”
March 24, 1987
Movies
The National Stuttering Project, the group that launched protests after “A Fish Called Wanda” was released, demanded an apology Thursday from actor Kevin Kline over remarks he made the previous evening upon winning the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in the film.
March 31, 1989
Election: Lead write-in says he will fight O.C. jurist’s attempt to quit runoff--an exit legal experts say is unlikely.
Defying the predictions of political pundits, a write-in candidate in the March 5 primary election managed to garner more votes than an Orange County judge accused of child molestation, even though the jurist’s name was the only one on the ballot.
Elections: Supervisors say they’ll oppose the attempt by the judge facing child porn charges to withdraw from ballot.
March 26, 2002
The judge is under house arrest and has an electronic bracelet strapped to his ankle.
Feb. 24, 2002