By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
Abortion rights, always a polarizing issue in American politics, became an electoral tinderbox in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision to create a federal right to abortion access. …
Backers of Proposition 36, the California ballot measure that would toughen property and drug crime penalties to combat serial theft and the fentanyl epidemic, have been on a roll with a multimillion-dollar war chest and multiple polls showing supermajority support …
It took two months of near daily conversations, of first cultivating trust and then love, before he walked into her trap.
Two months of phone calls, text messages and video chats. Two months of sharing their life stories and their …
By Robert Yoon, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of the White House and the narrowly divided Senate and House may hang in the balance on Nov. 5, but don’t expect election night to be all nail-biters and barn burners. …
By Robert Yoon, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s usually possible to determine who won an election before the vote counting is 100% complete. But doing so requires determining how many ballots still need to be tabulated at any point …
By ROBERT YOON
WASHINGTON (AP) — One question will be asked over and over on election night: Who won?
The Associated Press will answer that question for nearly 5,000 contested races across the United States and up and down the …
By MAYA SWEEDLER
WASHINGTON (AP) — There isn’t an easier way to count votes than to count the votes.
The Associated Press has been tallying results in national, state and local elections since 1848. In broad terms, the process is …
By ROBERT YOON
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s election night, the polls have closed and chances are you’re waiting on The Associated Press or one of the major television networks to say who will be the next president. But why does …
SEASIDE >> About 80 people attended a recent marine science and policy forum at Cal State Monterey Bay featuring a group of candidates on the state ballot.
Many of those attendees, including several CSUMB students, said they came away having …
Rent too high? Find a new place. That's Econ 101.
Would the opposite — staying put with help from rent control — be a solution?
Well, California, the long-running tenant-landlord drama is back on the ballot in November.
Of course, …
By Robert Yoon, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters had plenty to argue about in the 1972 election, but they overwhelmingly agreed that when it came time to vote, they would do so in person on Election Day.
The act …
By MAYA SWEEDLER
WASHINGTON (AP) — When you hear the term bellwether, you might think about states in the presidential election that always vote with the White House winner. The true meaning of a bellwether is an indicator of a …
By LINLEY SANDERS and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chances are, you have never been contacted for an election poll. But the dozens of high-quality election polls that will be released before Election Day, Nov. 5, represent a reasonable estimate …
By LINLEY SANDERS and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential race is competitive.
That’s about as much as the national polls can tell us right now, even if it looks like Democrat Kamala Harris is down in one poll …
MARINA – Terracina at The Dunes, a new affordable, dual-site, apartment complex in Marina, had its grand opening celebration on Thursday. It is adding 142 much-needed units to the area's constricted rental market reflected in the high demand – nearly …
By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER
WASHINGTON (AP) — The concern has been there all along, but now it’s being talked about openly: Are some men reluctant to vote for Democrat Kamala Harris because she’s a woman?
The vice president …
MONTEREY >> There are currently no term limits for the city of Monterey's mayor or council members. That will change if voters approve Measure X, one of four measures on the November ballot.
If approved, Measure X will prohibit a …
By JESSE BEDAYN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Donald Trump detoured from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that's been in the news over illegal immigration as he drives a message, often using false …
Angela Rodriguez | (TNS) The Sacramento Bee
While many respiratory viruses — including COVID-19, RSV and influenza — circulate year-round in California, they are typically more active between October and March, according to the California Department of Public Health.
You …
