Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
By Jessica Keating, The Sun
Posted: 01/22/14, 10:23 AM PST | Updated: 17 mins ago
Mayoral candidates Carey Davis and Wendy McCammack have another chance to try to convince voters they are the best person to lead San Bernardino beyond bankruptcy in today’s debate at Cal State San Bernardino.
By Beau Yarbrough, The Sun
Posted: 01/21/14, 8:47 PM PST |
Candidate for governor Tim Donnelly raised eyebrows last week with a new campaign video alongside actress and singer Maria Conchita Alonso.
By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
Posted: 01/22/14, 8:06 AM PST |
The Supreme Court on Monday debated what one liberal justice said would be a “radical” restructuring of organized labor by prohibiting states from requiring public employees to pay fees to the unions that represent them.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 – 12:00 am
America’s political executives – presidents, governors and big city mayors – are often judged by how they respond to unanticipated crises.
By Paul Pringle and Jack Leonard
January 22, 2014
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas acknowledged Tuesday that a taxpayer-funded project to install a security system in a converted garage at his home involved improvements “over and above” that job, but said he reimbursed the county for the upgrades.
By Jean Merl
January 21, 2014, 10:08 p.m.
State Sen. Roderick D. Wright told jurors Tuesday that he thought he was doing what the law required and did not intend to deceive voters when he switched his official address to run for office.
By Jean Merl
January 21, 2014, 2:08 p.m.
Former Republican state legislator Tony Strickland made it official Tuesday. As expected, he’s abandoning his challenge to Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Oak Park) and entering the race to succeed retiring Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Santa Clarita) in a neighboring district.
By David Siders
dsiders@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 – 6:27 am
Last Modified: Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 – 7:05 am
Shortly after announcing his candidacy for governor Tuesday, Neel Kashkari sat alone in his political adviser’s Sacramento offices, calling donors for several hours on the phone.
By Tony Perry
January 21, 2014, 9:46 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — A retired San Diego police officer and the owner of a Washington, D.C.-based election services business have been charged with conspiring to funnel more than $500,000 of illegal contributions from a Mexican businessman into San Diego campaigns, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Posted: 01/21/14, 5:34 PM PST |
Red-light cameras — controversial traffic enforcement devices that can ding an unsuspecting motorist for $500 a pop for minor infractions like illegally turning right on red — are slowly fading to black.
By Andrew Khouri
January 21, 2014, 1:19 p.m.
A report released Tuesday has found that new California foreclosure filings plunged at the end of last year, as a rebounding economy and higher home prices further healed the housing market.
By Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News
Posted: 01/21/14, 7:45 PM PST |
Half a million people enrolled into private health care plans through Covered California in its first three months, with 85 percent of them receiving tax subsidies to help pay for coverage, according to state data released Tuesday.
Bloomberg News
January 21, 2014, 1:37 p.m.
Mohamed El-Erian resigned as head of bond-fund manager Pacific Investment Management Co. and will be replaced by Douglas Hodge.
January 21, 2014
Posted by Jane Mayer
Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor turned whistleblower, strongly denies allegations made by members of Congress that he was acting as a spy, perhaps for a foreign power, when he took hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. government documents. Speaking from Moscow, where he is a fugitive from American justice, Snowden told The New Yorker, “This ‘Russian spy’ push is absurd.”