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Los Angeles County voters will have the final say Tuesday on a proposed charter amendment that would overhaul the county’s governance structure. Measure G would accomplish this, in part, by expanding the size of the Board of Supervisors and making county CEO an elected position. If approved by voters, Measure G would expand the Board of Supervisors from five to nine members after the 2030 census, and the county CEO would be elected by 2028. The measure also creates the positions of county legislative analyst and budget director. management. The proposal also includes establishing an ethics committee and compliance officer…

Shasta County Supervisor Mary Rickert, a devoted Republican who owns a ranch and speaks proudly about gun ownership, is an unlikely progressive icon.But for some in this Northern California county, where the 72-year-old devout Catholic and grandmother has been confounded by conspiracy theories about voter fraud and other extremist ideologies for the past three years, that’s exactly what the 72-year-old devout Catholic and grandmother has become. It has become such an existence. Rickert remains a staunch conservative. But she has also emerged as the Board of Supervisors’ often-lone voice against the far-right insurgency roiling the county. Shasta County District 3…

In the final weeks before the Nov. 5 election, prospective voters in Los Angeles County are being told that a measure that would double the county’s one-quarter homeless sales tax is closing in on the majority needed to pass. This was revealed in a new opinion poll. The poll, conducted by the University of California, Berkeley Institute of Government and co-sponsored by the Times, found that half of those surveyed said they would vote for Measure A or had already voted. This was a 1 percentage point increase from the previous IGS survey in September and a 3 percentage point…

It was a typical fall Saturday in Los Angeles. It was sunny and 75 degrees. But about 30 Angelenos were glued to their screens.Actor Bradley Whitford was Zooming in from New York to address members of Swing Left Los Feliz, a local chapter of the national progressive advocacy organization. The topic of the former “West Wing” star and vocal Democrat’s remarks: election anxiety.Concerns about the outcome of the upcoming November 5 vote are inevitable. The question is how to minimize stress. For some, that might look like a long yoga session, activating airplane mode, and lots of hot tea. For…

More than 500 additional voting centers opened in Los Angeles County this weekend, just days before Election Day. The 526 voting centers that opened Saturday morning join the more than 100 that opened last weekend in California’s most populous county. Millions of California voters have already cast their ballots by mail or at drop-off locations. Election day is Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know about voting centers in Los Angeles County. How to find an LA County voting center A complete list of Los Angeles County locations can be found here. Searchable maps of over 600 polling places and…

Two people were hospitalized after being struck by a driver during a chaotic street occupation in Anaheim early Friday morning. The only victims were identified as a man from Lancaster and a man from Orange. Video of the takeover showed hundreds of bystanders gathered at the intersection of Orangewood Avenue and State College Boulevard around 2 a.m. Many people could still be seen gathering in their Halloween costumes and enthusiastically recording the chaos on their mobile phones. The driver of a black Dodge Charger was seen revving up the engine and performing a high-speed donut and burnout, narrowly escaping bystanders.…

WASHINGTON — Nearly three years have passed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war that has taken many complex twists and turns. But one strange new element stands out in particular. That is the North Korean army mixed in on the battlefield.South Korean intelligence first sounded the alarm about South Korea’s presence in Russia last month, and since then, evidence supporting that claim has been aired at NATO headquarters in Brussels, at the United Nations, and in Washington.For Ukraine, which is already in dire straits, this latest development is yet another dangerous sign. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told South…

Los Angeles County health officials announced that the H5N1 avian influenza virus was detected in wastewater collected from the AK Warren Water Resources Facility in Carson. The viral “hit” was detected on October 28 by WastewaterSCAN, an infectious disease surveillance network run by researchers at Emory University, Stanford University and Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences organization.Hits were also seen in San Jose, Redwood City, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, Marina and Turlock last week.The Carson plant treats wastewater from about 50% of Los Angeles County’s population, said Annabelle de St. Maurice, director of community outbreak and syndrome surveillance for…

Southern California residents are reporting being targeted by a particular email scam. Authorities allege they use personal information to incite fear and tactics similar to sextortion. In a release issued Friday by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, investigators say the scam begins with an email listing the victim’s name, phone number, and home address, and may include a photo of the victim’s home. It was explained that there is a sex. . The scammers then wrote that they had hacked their victims’ computers and mobile phones to monitor their browsing history and habits, emphasizing references to pornographic websites. Prosecutors…

Clayton Kershaw didn’t expect manager Dave Roberts to hand him the microphone during Friday’s World Series celebration at Dodger Stadium. Because, as the 36-year-old left-hander later said, “My role was pretty limited.” But as the three-time National League Cy Young Award winner and longest-serving Dodger began addressing a cheering crowd of 42,458, he realized his emotions came to the surface too quickly. I was surprised. “Oh, I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. I’ve wanted to celebrate it for so long,” Kershaw said, vividly describing the screams during the parade. “I can’t imagine being anywhere else right…