Steven Cuevas

Two white supremacists who ran in Inland Empire board races lost by wide margins.

Voters in San Jacinto overwhelmingly recalled four of their five city council members Tuesday night. The action comes more than a year after the councilmen were implicated in a corruption scandal.

Election monitors from the U.S. Department of Justice are keeping an eye on polling places in Riverside County.

Two races for minor offices in the Inland Empire wouldn’t ordinarily get much attention – but this time around is different. That’s because two candidates are white supremacists – and proud of it. One of the candidates heads the state chapter of the largest neo-Nazi group in the country.

Months before officials in the city Bell city were indicted for bilking millions in tax payer dollars, another city council faced similar accusations. Four-fifths of the San Jacinto city council is facing a range of corruption charges. All of the accused councilmen are still in office — but perhaps not for long.

Cal Poly Pomona has suspended a campus fraternity following alleged hazing incidents that may have involved the branding of some students. The action comes one year after another Cal Poly fraternity was expelled for similar practices.

You know Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman are running for governor. But you might not know any of the four minor party candidates... like the self-described “homeschooling mother, concerned citizen and independent businesswoman” who carries the American Independent Party banner. Her name is Chelene Nightingale. But she’s just as much American Independent as she is Tea Party.

Today’s the deadline to register to vote in next month’s election. If you’re a registered voter, you have one more week to mail in early ballots. Nearly half of Riverside County voters are expected to vote ahead of schedule.

There’s a lot of speculation over what impact the Tea Party movement may have on next month’s general election. There’s increased scrutiny of some candidates endorsed by the movement - and questions over where the Party gets some of its funding. Frequently missing from the debate are the self-financed activists and organizers flying below the radar; Tea Partiers shaking up politics in their own backyards.

The California Department of Corrections is making it easier for people to find prison inmates. It’s launched a free online search engine that enables users to find a prisoner’s location with a few simple keystrokes.

In Riverside this morning, Senator Barbara Boxer cast her ballot in the November general election — one month ahead of schedule. The veteran Democratic lawmaker needs all the votes she can get. With four weeks left to go until the election, polls show Boxer in the tightest race she’s faced since she ran for the Senate the first time 18 years ago

A 6,000-pound slab of the Berlin Wall has found a new home in the Inland Empire. The colorful, paint-gun splattered 3-ton section of wall is being installed at the newly established Ronald Reagan Park in San Bernardino.