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U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Voters in California's sprawling farm belt are filling a congressional seat left vacant after Nunes resigned to lead former President Donald Trump's media company. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Ex-Trump appointee advances in California US House election
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - AP Political Writer
Mon,04/04/22-11:01PM , 187 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Trump administration appointee Connie Conway has advanced to a June runoff in a California special election to fill a U.S. House seat left vacant after Republican Rep. Devin Nunes resigned to lead former President Donald Trump’s media company.
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A woman eats at her tent at the Echo Park homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, on March 24, 2021. From homelessness to rising crime, Los Angeles residents are unhappy and frustrated. The campaign for the city's next mayor will test if voters in the liberal-minded city could embrace a new mayor with a tough approach to crime and sprawling homeless encampments that have spread into virtually every neighborhood. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Homeless crisis, fear of crime shaping LA mayor election
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - AP Political Writer
Wed,02/16/22-11:09PM , 190 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The contest to become the next mayor of Los Angeles can be distilled into a single question with no easy answer: Who can fix this mess?
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during her weekly press conference, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 at the Capitol in Washington. (Rod Lamkey/Pool via AP)

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Pelosi to seek reelection with Democratic majority at risk
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - AP Political Writer
Tue,01/25/22-6:12PM , 227 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday she will seek reelection, ending speculation that she would retire as Democrats face the threat of losing control of Congress in the 2022 midterms.
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In this April 15, 2019, file photo, a vendor makes change for a marijuana customer at a cannabis marketplace in Los Angeles. An unwelcome trend is emerging in California, as the nation's most populous state enters its fifth year of broad legal marijuana sales. Industry experts say a growing number of license holders are secretly operating in the illegal market — working both sides of the economy to make ends meet. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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Double dealing: Legal, illicit blur in California pot market
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press
Sun,01/16/22-10:45AM , 204 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — On an isolated farm, greenhouses stand in regimental order, sheltered by a fringe of trees. Inside are hundreds of head-high cannabis plants in precise rows, each rising from a pot nourished by coils of irrigation tubing. Lights powerful enough to turn night into day blaze overhead.
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