Tuesday, November 4, 2014 – 09:00 a.m.

It’s finally here. Election day!

We’ll know by 5 p.m. (Pacific), whether or not it’s going to be a GOP wave.

Republicans are likely to gain control of the U.S. Senate and also increase their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

If a GOP wave materializes back east, it may suppress Democrat turnout on the West Coast, and in Alaska and Hawaii, which have late poll closings

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 – 08:30 a.m.

This is the final update of absentee ballot returns. The data shows voters, Democrats in particular, are disengaged.

Depending on Election Day turnout, Raul Ruiz (D) could be ousted by State Assemblyman Brian Nestande (R) in CD-36. In CD-31, the battle between Pete Aguilar (D) and Paul Chabot (R) is a toss-up. But the numbers currently don’t favor Aguilar. Read the rest of this entry »

By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 11/03/14, 6:20 PM PST |

ONTARIO >> Continuing the trend for the past several months, passenger activity at LA/Ontario International Airport in September was up 8.4 percent from the same month last year.

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By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 11/03/14, 7:10 PM PST | Updated: 1 min ago

ONTARIO >> Councilman Alan Wapner is concerned politics is starting to get in the way of public safety at L.A./Ontario International Airport.

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By Christopher Cadelago
ccadelago@sacbee.com
11/04/2014 12:07 AM

California voter turnout will likely sink to just 46 percent on Tuesday, a new record for apathy in a statewide general election, according to Field Poll estimates.

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By Matier & Ross
Updated 6:42 pm, Sunday, November 2, 2014

Here’s an eye-opener: With the election Tuesday, a whopping 4 out of 10 voters don’t even know Gov. Jerry Brown is running for another term.

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Lobbying
Nov 3, 2014, 1:32pm PST
Allen Young, Staff Writer
Sacramento Business Journal

Spending on lobbying rose in the third quarter of 2014, the final months of legislative session when companies and interest groups across California hustle to get bills approved or shot down.

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A home for sale in Huntington Beach in May. Just one-third of homes bought this year went to first-time buyers, the lowest rate since 1987. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)

Tim Logan
November 3, 2014

First-time home buyers aren’t buying homes like they used to.

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