With the June 5 primary election fast approaching, we have been making ballot recommendations in competitive races. Click for summaries of the endorsements so far.
Sixteen people are running for six Los Angeles Superior Court judgeships in the June 5 election. These races are competitive. How should voters know which candidates are best?
With the June 5 primary election fast approaching, we have been making ballot recommendations in competitive races. Click for summaries of the endorsements so far.
Sixteen people are running for six Los Angeles Superior Court judgeships in the June 5 election. These races are competitive. How should voters know which candidates are best?
Across the political spectrum, people agree that quality teaching is essential to student success. The National Council on Teacher Quality puts it this way: “Effective teachers matter a great deal and ineffective teachers may matter even more.”
A proposed 11-bed facility for elderly residents suffering from dementia draws complaints from residents. That’s shortsighted.People generally don’t think of the elderly as nuisance neighbors. They rarely throw loud late-night parties, play loud music or have loud sex. Nevertheless, the issue of elderly group homes is a controversial one in single-family neighborhoods.
Coming up with laws mandating that stores should secure shopping carts shouldn’t be the city’s responsibility.”Do you need any help out with your groceries today?”
Do U.S. efforts to combat Al Qaeda in that country risk creating another Afghanistan?As the United States finally begins to wind down its military presence in Afghanistan, is the Obama administration poised to replicate that intervention in Yemen? The administration insists it has no such plans, but it has been evident for months that it regards the Yemen-based group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penins…
Our view: Bill Connelly has grown to become an outstanding supervisor. He’s being challenged by a person who knows little about the job.
California keeps breaking. Example: Kids in the state aren’t choosing California universities as much as in the past. According to a recent survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, “Enrollment rates at U.C. and CSU have fallen by…
For Jerry Brown, the days between now and the November general election are going to be long and hard.
Only hours after the February announcement of a $25 billion, multi-state settlement to help struggling homeowners stay in their homes, The Record starting getting calls.
Across the political spectrum, people agree that quality teaching is essential to student success. The National Council on Teacher Quality puts it this way: “Effective teachers matter a great deal and ineffective teachers may matter even more.”
The north state spent most of the past decade represented in the state Senate by the anointed choice of the Sacramento Republican establishment, Sam Aanestad, who ended up representing Shasta and surrounding counties mostly thanks to the vagaries of redistricting (along with one very tough GOP primary). The result was eight years of frustration as the region's leaders felt largely neglected.
Past votes are fair game for political attacks, and, fortunately, the body politic has widely acknowledged, at least tacitly, that lawmakers who voted for unsustainable retirement packages for public-sector employees at the behest of unions were…
As we note in today’s editorial in support of Proposition 28, the state Legislature has in recent years been largely ineffective in its primary role of passing a balanced budget each year.
While there are good arguments on both sides of the term limits debate, we tend to think that keeping people from turning their elected offices into lifelong careers is generally a positive.
Most agree that quality teaching is essential to student success. The National Council on Teacher Quality puts it this way: “Effective teachers matter a great deal and ineffective teachers may matter even more.” Read comments
Flush with water, flush with international demand for their products, rice growers should be enjoying their salad days.
The rice seed that farmers are planting now in
will look like this by September. Rice is the most
Gov. Jerry Brown’s solution to the state’s catastrophic budget might be called, “California Dreaming.” More likely, it will end up everyone else’s worst nightmare.
The governor’s best solution is to plead poverty and lower himself to beg voters to…
The Los Angeles Times published an article last week about Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s efforts to recruit California businesses to his state, citing complaints about California’s business climate.
Mods seem to be on the rise, and that’s good for California, although partisans remain convinced that the middle of the road is a place for yellow streaks and dead skunks.
If California’s new top-two primary-election system seems confusing or is giving you pause while preparing to cast your vote – by mail or at the polls June 5 – don’t worry, you are not alone. Many political candidates, elected office holders and…
The United Farm Workers, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last week, was pivotal in bringing recognition and dignity to the work of farm laborers in California. It instituted critical reforms that improved conditions for farmworkers and consumers alike, from requiring portable toilets to cold water and shade for workers in the fields. But it was also a broader social triumph of a group of pow…
Here’s something every parent of a young driver must know: The deadliest driving season for teens is upon us.
The period between Memorial Day and Labor Day has been labeled “The 100 Deadliest Days” for teen drivers. Teens are more likely to be on the road this time of year, with annual events like proms and graduation parties, and, of course, the start of summer vacation.
Here’s a bit of news that I didn’t expect. The Kern County District Attorney’s office has launched an investigation into whether the Board of Supervisors’ practice of routinely placing the job performance of County Administrative Officer John Nilon on the “closed session” portion of its agenda is legal.
I say no, it’s not legal.
Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Josie Gonzales is our choice for the 5th District in the June 5 primary. She faces two challengers, a former county employee and a self-described community organizer.
MITT Romney will come to California for next month’s Republican presidential primary with the nomination virtually clinched, but his character in doubt.
MITT Romney will come to California for next month’s Republican presidential primary with the nomination virtually clinched, but his character in doubt.
