Aaron Mendelson
Former senior data & investigative reporter
(he/him)
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After three weeks registrar Neal Kelley says his office has finished counting votes. The official turnout was 49.6 percent of registered voters. -
The warning level on AQMD's air quality index is red. That means it's unhealthy for everyone — not just people with respiratory problems.
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More than $1.4 million in political spending from backers of charter school reform resulted in a stalemate. Considerably more spending is possible before November's general election.
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Running calculations under a state-mandated "stress test," the Metropolitan Water District says it's got available supplies to withstand three more years of drought.
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Semi-final official returns show an L.A. County turnout of 29.9 percent, up from the presidential primary four years ago, but far below the 55.2 percent of eligible voters who turned out in 2008.
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Beyond the presidential contests, there are important races that Southern California voters had to consider. We're tracking the Senate, House, statehouse races and more here.
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If past elections are any guide, turnout for the next week's presidential primary election may be underwhelming in Los Angeles County, even with a heated Democratic campaign.
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If you vote in the 43rd Assembly District, you've probably seen the glossy mailers, many of them bearing negative claims about one candidate. Here's where they came from.
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Pasadena has the highest share of bike commuters of any city around Southern California. But cities in the north of the state are the true bike commuting hotspots.
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Metro's trains are late just 1 percent of the time, though that number has ticked up in recent years. Buses can lag behind, but some lines much more so than others.
Stories by Aaron Mendelson
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