Politics
Lieu hopeful that Dems’ gains will bring ‘responsible’ budget
South Bay Assemblyman Ted Lieu, wife Betty and supporters celebrate their victory Tuesday night at the Democratic party headquarters in Old Town Torrance. Photo by Kevin Cody
Democratic Party gains in the State Assembly could help the state pass a responsible revised budget, South Bay Democratic Assemblyman Ted Lieu said Tuesday night, following his successful defense [...]
Grossman, Corr join Poster on the Health District board
Voters chose Robert Jay Grossman of Hermosa, a physician with a master’s degree in Health Care Policy and Management, and Marie Corr of Redondo, a registered nurse and healthcare attorney, to join incumbent Vanessa Poster on the Beach Cities Health District board of directors.
In the four-way race for three open seats, the winners were grouped [...]
Harman beats Gibson again for eighth term in Congress
Democrat Jane Harman once again polished off a challenge by GOP rival Brian Gibson, a retired Boeing engineer, to win an eighth term in Congress, representing the 36th District spanning the beach cities and El Segundo, and stretching from Venice to the Port of Los Angeles.
I’m sleepless in Los Angeles, Harman said the morning after [...]
South Bronx to South Bay 11/6/08
The ozukuri (thousand-blooms) pattern at the Art of the Japanese Chrysanthemum exhibit shows off each large flower blooming at the branches’ tips.
On an unusually warm autumn afternoon last week, a tour group wandered around and under an immense bamboo artwork, Clouds, in the courtyard of the century-old conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden here [...]
Public art will welcome visitors to King Harbor
According to Redondo Beach City Councilman Steve Diels, the spot on Pacific Coast Highway under the eye-catching King Harbor sign is one of the few places on PCH in the city where you can see the ocean.
True, you can see a small slice of the Pacific from that spot. But most of what you [...]
On Local Government 11/6/08
Voters waited as long as one and a half hours to vote at Easy Reader and other local polling places on Tuesday. (Moments after taking this photo, Easy Reader photographer Bev Morse was hit by a car and suffered a leg fracture. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital, but not before saving the [...]
MoreMusical chairs for candidates in health district board race
With four candidates seeking three open seats on the Beach Cities Health District board of directors, the Nov. 4 election looks a bit like musical chairs. Each candidate has a 75 percent chance to grab one of those chairs when the music stops.
The candidates for the seats on the board, which dispenses millions of dollars [...]
MB residents Kwan, Alvarez renew water district seat fight
A statewide drought declaration was issued last June by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Spring rainfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains was the lightest on record. Farmers in the Central Valley faced a 60 percent cut in water allocations.
But news of the drought generated about as much attention locally as Tuesday’s West Basin Municipal Water District [...]
Congress: it’s Gibson again to challenge Jane Harman
Jane Harman’s re-election campaigns seem like quiet affairs in her 36th Congressional District, which covers the beach cities and El Segundo, stretching from Venice to the Port of Los Angeles.
Harman, 63, a crossover Democrat sometimes nicknamed G.I. Jane, has served seven straight terms as congresswoman from the district. She hasn’t faced an anxious election night [...]
Newcomer aims to dethrone assemblyman
Challenger Thomas Vidal
Assemblyman Ted Lieu heads into the Nov. 4 election with a lengthy laundry list of qualifications. Since elected in September 2005, he has chaired the Assembly’s Rules Committee and Committee on Aerospace. He has authored numerous environmental, health care, education and housing bills. And prior to his time in Sacramento, he was a [...]
