There are certain candidates who have lived their lives like perfectly calibrated political arrows, arcing ever upward through all the right stops toward higher office. Friedman finished first in the March primary for California’s 30th Congressional District, a deep-blue Democratic stronghold that includes a good chunk of central Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Glendale, Burbank and several major Hollywood studios. But,” …
By the time California state senators took up a bill Thursday night to grant unemployment benefits to striking workers, labor unions had already scored several monumental wins in the state Legislature. But by the time lawmakers gaveled down for the year late Thursday night, unions also had persuaded the Legislature to pass one bill gradually raising the minimum wage to …
University of California regents late Wednesday rejected a proposal to buy a new home for President Michael V. Drake after his current Berkeley residence was defaced by racist graffiti and came under other attacks this year. State Senator Caroline Menjivar blasted UC in a committee hearing Monday for considering buying a “close to $12-million home” for Drake even as the …
