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A ballot measure to make it easier to fund affordable housing and other public projects in California has failed.As of Friday afternoon, Proposition 5 was 56% to 44%, a difference of 1.3 million votes, according to a tally by the Secretary of State’s Office. This measure will lower the approval standard for local bonds from two-thirds to 55%. Supporters said they need to help build low-income housing, expand roads and transit, renovate parks and build other public infrastructure. Election results to date have shown that while dozens of local bond measures have received approval ratings above 55%, they have fallen…

Voter registration offices in Orange and Riverside counties were evacuated Friday after receiving bomb threats, authorities said. Riverside County Voter Registrar spokeswoman Elizabeth Florer said both offices were evacuated and law enforcement was immediately notified. Froehler said voting processing will resume Saturday. In Orange County, Santa’s office received a threat, prompting the immediate evacuation of the building. All staff and people who were evacuated from the building are safe, according to a press release. The evacuation occurred 15 minutes before the office was scheduled to stop processing ballots, according to a statement from the OC Registrar’s Office. Bomb-sniffing dogs searched…

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved Jim McDonnell as the city’s 59th police chief by an 11-2 vote, and he was then formally sworn in in front of a packed room of city leaders.Several City Council members praised Mayor Karen Bass for choosing a respected and experienced law officer to lead the department, but the lack of unanimous approval meant that President-elect Donald Trump It highlighted lingering concerns about Mr McDonnell’s record on immigration as he returns to office.McDonnell, who has made few public appearances since taking office, made his strongest comments yet on ensuring the department would…

Wednesday morning’s warning was dire. Southern Ventura County is poised to be hit by the region’s most intense Santa Ana wind event in years, bringing extremely dangerous fire weather to the region. And conditions were exactly as predicted, with wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph hitting the foothills of Moorpark and Camarillo. The wind was blowing and it was dangerous to go alone. But the seeds of disaster were firmly planted when a small fire broke out in the wilds north of Somis.”We’re talking about the most unstable of unstable conditions that can quickly lead to large-scale fire outbreaks,”…

President-elect Trump is reluctant to embrace Governor Gavin Newsom’s aggressive and visible campaign to protect California from the Trump White House. “Governor Gavin Newscome is trying to kill our beautiful California,” President Trump wrote on his Truth social account Friday, using the nickname often used for the state’s Democratic governor. Trump’s post came a day after the governor called a special session of the state Legislature to prepare for potential Republican-led attacks on abortion rights, environmental protections and disaster funding in the liberal state. Trump said Newsom is using the term “Trump-proof” as a way to stop all the great…

Police arrested a naked man Friday morning in a cramped space beneath a 93-year-old woman’s home in El Sereno. Los Angeles police spent hours forcing the man outside before using tear gas, causing chaos in the neighborhood and forcing those living inside the home to sleep elsewhere. said. This disturbing incident came after she and her family reported hearing strange noises for several weeks. “It was always late at night and I couldn’t think about anything because of the animals under the house,” said Ricardo Silva, the son-in-law of the elderly woman who lives in the house. But on Thursday…

“Land” was once a ritual during reporting trips. Baggage claim area. Rent a large SUV. But two advances have made a welcome alternative possible. Advances in technology have made cameras and editing crates smaller. Another is Uber. Without the need for a car, my colleagues and I carpooled to Howard University in Washington this week to attend the election night celebration that never happened and the solemn concession speech that did happen. That’s when I looked out at the stunned crowd, many of them students in tears, and started thinking about my Uber ride. More specifically, Uber drivers. They were…

He had thousands of text messages saved. He took a photo of the bribe. He recorded his boss, then-Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, asking for the money in a City Hall bathroom.George Esparza, the central figure in Huizar’s vast pay-to-play operation, provided extensive evidence to federal prosecutors in an investigation into bribes from downtown real estate developers seeking city support for their projects. He met with prosecutors more than 20 times and gave key testimony in four separate trials, his lawyer said.Friday, U.S. District. Judge John F. Walter called Esparza’s cooperation “nothing short of extraordinary.” He sentenced Esparza to…

A 41-year-old woman was taken into custody on suspicion of stabbing a man to death at a Pasadena home, police said Friday. According to the Pasadena Police Department, just after 12:30 a.m. Thursday, authorities responded to the 200 block of East Orange Grove Boulevard near Marengo Street for an unresponsive man with multiple stab wounds. Pasadena Fire Department paramedics attempted lifesaving measures but later pronounced 38-year-old Corey Davis dead at the scene. Chante Ferguson, of Upland, was arrested and booked into the Pasadena Police Department Jail on suspicion of murder, resisting arrest and two other undisclosed misdemeanor charges. Police took…

The 2024 World Series trophy sparkled like a diamond under the bright lights of Crypto.com Arena on Friday night. Yes, that’s right. The World Series trophy is inside the house that Shaq and Kobe built and is currently occupied by LeBron James and Anthony Davis. At the end of the first quarter when the Lakers faced the visiting Philadelphia 76ers, the sold-out crowd was treated to a sensational surprise as members of the Los Angeles Dodgers were recognized on center court with a video tribute and a standing ovation. Ta. As the buzzer sounded to end the first quarter and…