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A new California Supreme Court ruling upholds limits on how many vacation hours government workers can cash out and apply toward the pension formulas.
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The two top vote-getters in Tuesday's special election will likely face each other in a June 27 runoff.
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Accelerated by the COVID pandemic, a shift by state officials toward emails and written statements is making it more difficult for journalists to be watchdogs for Californians.
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Since English was voted the official language of California in 1986, diacritic marks like accents and tildes have been prohibited from government documents. But a proposed bill could change that.Listen 15:37
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The two top vote-getters in Tuesday's special election will likely face each other in the runoff. The registrar says "there are still many outstanding ballots" to be counted.
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Residents from Boyle Heights, South Los Angeles and three San Fernando Valley neighborhoods have until the end of April to cast their votes.
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There are seven people running to become one of 15 members of the L.A. City Council. If nobody wins a majority of votes in the race for the San Fernando Valley seat, there will be a June runoff between the top two finishers.
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The Biden administration has few options to deal with migrant families at the border when Title 42 lifts. It's likely to be one of Biden's biggest policy challenges of the year and a potential political vulnerability as he launches his reelection campaign.
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There are seven people running to become one of 15 members of the L.A. City Council. If nobody wins a majority of votes in the race for the San Fernando Valley seat, there will be a June runoff between the top two finishers.
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The L.A. City Council has a number of options when it comes to replacing Mark Ridley-Thomas, who was convicted Thursday on felony corruption charges.
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There are seven people running to become one of 15 members of the L.A. City Council. If nobody wins a majority of votes, there will be a June runoff between the top two finishers.
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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury. District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said it has contacted Trump's attorney "to coordinate his surrender" for arraignment.
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Ridley-Thomas was accused of helping secure a lucrative county contract and supporting two potential new contracts for USC's School of Social Work in exchange for a faculty job and a scholarship for his son.
