https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-california-state-senate 2026-10-01T18:51:23-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T18:51:23-04:00 California State Senate: Who's running in the Nov. 3 general election and why it matters Election 2026, VGP OC NOV 2026, VGP LA NOV 2026, Orange County News, Dewey, California state senate races, guide, voter game plan https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-state-assembly 2026-10-01T18:48:56-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T18:47:40-04:00 California State Assembly: Your guide to the Nov. 3 election Election 2026, VGP OC NOV 2026, VGP LA NOV 2026, Orange County News, Dewey, Cato Hernandez, LAist Voter Game Plan, Nov. 3 general election, What's on the ballot Nov. 3, Who is my state assemblyman https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-la-county-judges 2026-10-02T17:46:41-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 Los Angeles County Superior Court judges Election 2026, Most read, VGP LA NOV 2026, Dewey, how to vote for judges, judical elections, la county judge elections, la county judges, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/laist-los-angeles-city-voter-game-plan-proposition-te-november-2026-election-guide 2026-10-03T00:51:42-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T20:00:54-04:00 Proposition TE: Cancel the ‘mansion tax’ for Palisades Fire victims Election 2026, VGP LA NOV 2026, Dewey https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-la-county-measure-e-ethics-comission-measure-j 2026-10-01T16:53:12-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T16:53:12-04:00 LA County Charter Amendement Measure E: Boost independent ethics investigators Election 2026, VGP LA NOV 2026, Dewey, LAist Voter Game Plan, Los Angeles County Charter Amendement, Measure E, Nick Gerda, Nov. 3 general election, What does Measure E cost, What does Measure E do? https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-your-la-county-measure-a-binding-arbitration 2026-10-01T20:20:45-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T19:17:11-04:00 LA County's Measure A: Binding arbitration for public safety labor disputes Election 2026, VGP LA NOV 2026, Dewey, Aaron Schrank, Binding arbitration for public safety labor disputes, LAist Voter Game Plan, Los Angeles County Charter Amendement, Measure A, Nov. 3 general election, What is Measure A? https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-proposition-44-health-care-spending 2026-10-01T15:33:19-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 Proposition 44: Requiring clinics to spend more revenue on patient care Election 2026, Dewey, Orange County News, VGP LA NOV 2026, Election general news 2026, California Medical Association, Clinic spending, Community health clinics, President Trump, Prop. 44 https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-state-supreme-court-evans-groban 2026-10-01T19:48:30-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T15:20:56-04:00 California Supreme Court justices: What you need to know Election 2026, Dewey, Orange County News, VGP LA NOV 2026 https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-orange-county-your-santa-ana-guide 2026-10-03T01:03:59-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T19:13:35-04:00 Santa Ana mayor and City Council Election 2026, Orange County News, VGP OC NOV 2026, Dewey, Election general news 2026 https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-courts-appeal-justice-la-orange-county 2026-10-01T15:58:11-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T15:58:11-04:00 California Courts of Appeal for LA and OC: What you need to know Election 2026, VGP LA NOV 2026, Dewey, VGP OC NOV 2026, Orange County News https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-proposition-4 2026-10-01T16:35:08-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T16:34:43-04:00 Prop. 4: Repealing California’s ban on public funds in political campaigns Election 2026, Dewey https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-general-la-county-sheriff 2026-10-02T21:04:20-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T16:35:19-04:00 LA County Sheriff: Who's running on Nov. 3 and why it matters Election 2026, VGP LA NOV 2026, Dewey, Alex Villanueva, Frank Stoltze , How should I vote for LA County Sheriff?, Jared Bennett, LAist Voter Game Plan, Los Angeles County Sheriff, Nov. 3 general election https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/daca-green-card-live-portrait-hedy-torres-csun 2026-10-01T18:40:17-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T17:27:51-04:00 LA artist draws from DACA recipients' experiences while telling stories of uncertainty, resilience Immigration enforcement and protests, Trump Administration, DACA, paintings, CSUN, immigrants https://laist.com/news/politics/california-high-speed-rail-fails-to-accomplish-most-of-its-legislative-goals-for-2026 2026-10-01T07:59:59-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 California high-speed rail fails to accomplish most of its legislative goals for 2026 california, high speed rail https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/los-angeles-olympics-2028-el-nino-surfing-venue-trestles-beach 2026-10-02T19:08:32-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T10:49:34-04:00 After El Niño, what will be left of LA’s Olympic surf venue? Orange County News, Los Angeles Olympics 2028, Your guide to El Niño, Griffin Colapinto, Hurricane Marie, LA28, Los Angeles Olympics, Olympic surfing, San Onofre State Beach, Southern California beaches https://laist.com/news/politics/la-olympics-spending-27-million 2026-10-01T08:00:04-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 LA was supposed to have a no-cost Olympics in 2028. The city has already spent $27 million Los Angeles Olympics 2028, 2028 olymipcs, cost free olympics, kenneth mejia, la olympics, lapd, olympics, spending https://laist.com/news/politics/charter-amendment-la-public-works-director-mystery 2026-10-01T08:00:07-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 LA voters could give huge power to a city role that hasn't really existed for 20 years LAist watchdog reporting, Election general news 2026, Election 2026, 2026 election, board of public works, charter amendment LA, los angeles public works department, monica rodriguez, public works, public works director https://laist.com/news/politics/newsom-vetoes-measure-that-would-have-penalized-the-use-of-smart-glasses-to-secretly-record-people 2026-10-01T11:40:16-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 Newsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record people https://laist.com/news/newsom-signs-first-in-the-nation-law-to-bolster-struggling-local-news-organizations 2026-10-02T11:52:25-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 Newsom signs first-in-the-nation law to bolster struggling local news organizations local news, newsroom help https://laist.com/news/scotus-detention-policy-ai-detectors-cnn-gubernatorial-debate-dodgers-tv-talk 2026-10-01T16:59:37-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T12:01:17-04:00 SCOTUS to review mandatory detention policy, AI detectors, CNN gubernatorial debate and more AirTalk, AI, AI detectors, AirTalk, CNN, California, Dodgers, Immigration, Librarian's War, SCOTUS https://laist.com/news/politics/becerra-hilton-only-scheduled-debate-trump-main-topic 2026-10-01T11:36:04-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T11:36:04-04:00 In Becerra and Hilton’s only scheduled debate, Trump was the main character Election general news 2026, Election 2026, becerra, ca, california, cnn, debate, hilton, steve , xavier https://laist.com/news/transportation/medical-helicopter-crash-off-catalina-island 2026-10-01T11:51:33-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T11:51:33-04:00 Medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island kills 2 people and leaves 2 hospitalized and 1 missing catalina island, helicopter crash, los angeles, medical helicopter, went down, what happened https://laist.com/news/politics/billionaire-tax-explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-prop-40 2026-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 Billionaire tax explained: What you need to know about Prop 40 Election 2026, Election general news 2026, billionaire tax, election, prop 40, what is prop 41, what is prop 42, what is the billionaire tax, what to know about prop 40 https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/self-help-graphics-arts-dia-de-los-muertos-celebration-boyle-heights 2026-10-01T14:05:10-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T14:05:10-04:00 Self Help Graphics & Art’s Día de los Muertos celebration returns to Boyle Heights block party, boyle heights, celebration, dia de los muertos, self help graphics and arts, things to do https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/california-officially-legalizes-balcony-solar-opening-the-market-to-the-new-technology 2026-10-01T15:59:59-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 California officially legalizes balcony solar, opening the market to the new technology balcony solar, electricity bills, kit, legalized, new law, new tech, now legal, plug in solar, solar panels https://laist.com/news/health/snaps-funding-model-is-starting-to-change-heres-what-that-means-for-the-program 2026-10-01T15:30:00-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-01T15:30:00-04:00 SNAP's funding model is starting to change. 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AirTalk, Anne Hathaway, Colleen Hoover, Dakota Johnson, Digger, FilmWeek, LAist, Matt Rife, Owen Wilson , Rolling Loud: The Movie https://laist.com/news/politics/new-california-reparations-law-requires-companies-to-disclose-past-profits-from-slavery 2026-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 New California reparations law requires companies to disclose past profits from slavery Truth in Disclosure Act , companies, disclose, disclosure, new california law, past profits, reparations law, slavery https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/feature-richard-linklater-on-nouvelle-vague-and-its-criterion-release 2026-10-02T14:10:14-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Feature: Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague and its Criterion release Richard Linklater, AirTalk, Before Midnight, Boyhood, Breathless, Criterion Collection, Dazed and Confused, FilmWeek, FilmWeek Feature, French New Wave https://laist.com/news/politics/candidates-for-la-mayor-city-council-to-discuss-issues-in-council-district-9 2026-10-02T15:28:17-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T15:28:17-04:00 Candidates for LA mayor, City Council to discuss issues in Council District 9 Election general news 2026, Candidates, Council District 9, Estuardo Mazariegos, Jose Ugarte, Karen Bass, Mayoral forum, Nithya Raman https://laist.com/news/politics/lyft-record-breaking-settlement-drivers-compensation 2026-10-02T16:30:00-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T16:30:00-04:00 Lyft to pay $272 million in record-breaking settlement over drivers’ compensation am i eligible for lost wages, am i eligible to get paid, california labor law, california settlement, lyft company, lyft drivers, lyft settlement, settlement, uber drivers https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/tommy-lefroy-album-the-precariat-el-cid-los-angeles 2026-10-02T15:53:42-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T15:53:42-04:00 LA-based Tommy Lefroy's debut album turns economic anxiety into soft rock. Catch them at El Cid. Music https://laist.com/news/education/california-colleges-dont-have-enough-housing-for-students-will-these-4-new-laws-help 2026-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 California colleges don’t have enough housing for students. Will these 4 new laws help? Cal State, UC, student housing https://laist.com/news/education/el-ninos-impact-on-california-schools-severe-warning 2026-10-02T18:30:00-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T18:30:00-04:00 El Niño’s effects on aging California schools may be severe, experts warn danger to schools, el nino, kelvin waves, school flooding https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/local-providers-head-start-early-education-trump-administration-rule-proposal 2026-10-02T17:25:30-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T17:25:30-04:00 Local providers worry Trump’s Head Start proposal will gut the program Early Childhood Education, Trump Administration, early childhood education, head start, robert kennedy jr https://laist.com/news/doctors-insurers-sue-newsom-health-insurance-premium-increases 2026-10-02T19:30:01-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T19:30:00-04:00 Doctors, insurers sue Newsom over health insurance premium increases CA, california, health, insurance, lawsuit, premiums https://laist.com/news/education/plan-for-california-science-agency-free-from-trumps-influence-will-go-to-voters 2026-10-02T19:00:00-04:00 LAist eng 2026-10-02T19:00:00-04:00 $7.5B plan for California science agency free from Trump’s influence will go to voters California, UC, University of California, research fund, voters