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Mike Gatto is so new to the Legislature he still has that new-Assemblyman smell. He's still getting used to being trashed on the Internet, as we can tell from the cease and desist letter his attorneys... More >>
A story in today's Bay Citizen paints an unflattering picture of Meg Whitman's tenure as CEO of EBay. Several anonymous ex-employees portray Whitman as a hard-charging boss who made snap decisions and... More >>
When the Nicky Diaz story broke, Meg Whitman steadfastly refused to say whether she thought her former housekeeper should be deported. It was a no-win situation. If she said yes, she looked cruel; if ... More >>
Speaking at a recent Tea Party rally in Barstow, Tim Donnelly said he is "going to Sacramento to start the war.""I am not going to there to make bad backroom deals," Donnelly said. "I am not going the... More >>
Tim Donnelly took two handguns on his first tour with the Minutemen, back in '05. His Colt .45 was photogenic, like that of an... More >>
Confronted with revelations that his office had not been enforcing the county's campaign finance law, District Attorney Steve... More >>
At today's Women's Conference down in Long Beach, Matt Lauer asked Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman to take down their negative ads. Whyr Because negative ads are mean, and they make the Statue of Liberty ... More >>
Updated at 5:14 p.m. with comment from the Whitman campaign.With her polling numbers dropping dramatically among Latinos, Meg Whitman vented her frustration recently, calling out Jerry Brown for takin... More >>
Among candidates for state office, Kamala Harris is the only Democrat who's trailing in the polls. That means plenty of Democrats plan to split their ballots with a vote for moderate Republican Steve ... More >>
More than an hour into today's presidential rally at USC, actor Jamie Foxx led the crowd chant of "We're not exhausted."It's not much of a rallying cry. But for much of the crowd of 37,500, it wasn't ... More >>
We have seen the future of journalism, and it involves the guy on the right giving out plastic surgery advice to politicians. Today's installment finds Colin Stewart, the Orange County Register's "inn... More >>
Jerry Brown has an eight-point lead over Meg Whitman in a new PPIC survey out tonight. Among likely voters, Brown is beating Whitman 44-36.In the September PPIC poll, the candidates were in a virtual ... More >>
Because it's been a long day, and you've earned it, take a look at this video the Meg Whitman campaign linked to on Twitter last night. Lyrics after the jump. The bassist is Korean, but the son... More >>
Update at 6:23 p.m. rJerry Brown's campaign has posted a new TV spot (after the jump) that shows how much of Meg Whitman's rhetoric has been ripped off from Arnold Schwarzenegger. No word on how much ... More >>
After falling behind on her mortgage two years ago, Rep. Laura Richardson went through a very public struggle to rescue her house from foreclosure. But after persuading her bank to give her a loan mod... More >>
When former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo was frog-marched off to jail last month, some -- including Rizzo's lawyer -- questioned the timing. The D.A.'s office had been investigating Bell for more th... More >>
Not long ago, Jerry Brown listened to an old presidential debate between himself and Bill Clinton."It was very acrimonious," Brown said on Thursday. "I landed some very good punches and so did he."Bro... More >>
Meg Whitman launched an attack ad on Thursday accusing Jerry Brown of being soft on crime. At today's press conference on Prop. 19, L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca fired back, saying Whitman "doesn't know what ... More >>
Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the U.S. government will "vigorously enforce" federal law against marijuana if California voters elect to legalize the drug next month.In a letter to fo... More >>
Remember the teachable moment we had when someone on Jerry Brown's staff called Meg Whitman a whorerWell, forget that, because the president of California NOW just called Meg Whitman a "political whor... More >>
Jerry Brown's campaign discovered today a new way of saying that Meg Whitman is rich: guessing wildly at her capital gains tax bill and then challenging her to give the real figure.This plays off of T... More >>
Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, launched an ad last week attacking her opponent, Steve Cooley, for closing down the L.A. District Attorney's environmental crimes unit.Tod... More >>
The Balboa Bay Club is the sort of place where the haves mingle with the have-mores. You can moor your yacht and sample the... More >>
Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman just wrapped up a feisty debate, in which Brown felt compelled to opine on whether "whore" is as bad as the n-word and Whitman struggled to say nothing about Sarah Palin.Th... More >>
Frank and Jamie McCourt met with a mediator on Saturday, but came away no closer to a settlement that would end their contentious divorce proceedings, according to an attorney involved in the case.The... More >>
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