Tessa Stuart

Lakers management fired head coach Mike Brown today, just five games (and four losses) into the season. The LA Times is calling it the earliest firing in Laker history. On the bright side though, Brown is $11 million dollars richer, he doesn't have to deal with the team's notorious divas......

California voters chose not to repeal the death penalty, Proposition 34. Los Angeles County voters actually voted to end the death penalty, backing Proposition 34 by a wide margin of 1,191,545. or 54.04 percent Yes, to 1,013,477, or 45.96 percent No. But the local vote was not nearly enough to......

California voters rejected Proposition 37 last night by a margin of 47% to 53% with 98.5% precincts reporting......

Democratic Attorney and Montebello school board member Ed Chau was able to stave of an upset by Republican Dr. Matthew Lin last night. Chau beat his opponent in the race to represent voters of newly-drawn Assembly District 49 by a healthy margin......

See also: San Fernando: America's Sexiest, Most Scandal-Ridden City Government The citizens of San Fernando have taken their disapproval from San Fernando City Council chambers to the voting booth--and they appear poised to unseat both Mayor Brenda Esqueda and Councilmember Maribel De La Torre by massive margins......

California voters have approved Proposition 35, to increase penalties for human trafficking convictions, by wide margins, according to the Associated Press......

See also: Proposition 34: Campaign to Repeal the Death Penalty is Gaining Traction, According to Poll The absentee ballot results are in and, so far, it's not good news for supporters of Proposition 34, the ballot measure that would repeal the death penalty in California......

The absentee votes are in, and the race to represent voters of Assembly District 49 in the San Gabriel Valley is neck and neck......

The earliest indictors of Californians' feelings toward Proposition 37, the GMO labeling law are now available, and it is not good news for supporters of the law......

There will be some suspenseful races in California tomorrow--like the ones that will decide whether the state will repeal the death penalty, or require labeling of GMO foods--but California's choice of president will not be among them. Obama has the Golden State's 55 electoral votes virtually locked up. That fact......