Prized programs like higher education and freeways have been sacrificed for years, a trend likely to be accelerated by new increases.
Middle-class Californians have long griped about paying more taxes than they might pay elsewhere, but for decades this state could boast that it gave them quite a bit in return. Now that contract is in doubt.
The council voted 5-0 in favor of the report, despite objections from neighboring communities that have concerns about traffic. Opponents have until March 30 to file a lawsuit against the project.
The campaign to bring the NFL back to Southern California made a small but significant step forward over the last week, but officials admit they are still in the early stages of building an $800-million stadium in the city of Industry.
Police say one man was killed and two others wounded Friday in an apparent gang-related shooting in Boyle Heights. The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Francisco Thomas. He died of multiple gun shot wounds sustained while he was standing on the 3300 block of East Olympic Boulevard, according to Los Angeles police Officer Julianne Sohn.
A pilot and a passenger died Saturday after their single-engine plane crashed outside a private airport north of Sacramento, authorities said.
A street vendor who sold tamales in the Westlake district was killed in an apparent robbery, police said Saturday. Cosme Gonzalez, 46, was found on a sidewalk at 325 S. Witmer St. with a gunshot wound to his chest about 9:30 a.m. Friday, Los Angeles police spokeswoman Julianne Sohn said.
A human skeleton found inside the chimney of a San Bernardino County home has been identified as that of a homeless man who vanished two years ago. Authorities say X-rays of his teeth and skull helped them match the skeleton to 48-year-old Henry Barriga.
Police in Chula Vista say they arrested a robbery suspect when he showed up to take a test to become a police officer. Forty-year-old Romeo Montillano was arrested on Wednesday and booked into San Diego County jail.
A former accountant has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for helping defraud a bank of $46 million. A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Richard Po-Chun Wong of Covina on Friday. He also must pay restitution.
The names of 10 candidates for mayor of Los Angeles will appear on Tuesday’s ballot, but with $2.9 million in the bank and no serious competition, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is expected to easily win reelection. This low-key campaign is in sharp contrast to the bitter 2005 race that pitted Villaraigosa against former incumbent Jim Hahn.
Three bail bond agents have filed a legal claim against Orange County claiming the Sheriff’s Department lets gangs inside the jails to guide inmates to certain bail companies in exchange for kickbacks to gang members.
