Politics/Govt

Upcoming vacancy a hot topic at council meeting

Two days before Thanksgiving, “thank-yous’’ dominated the dialogue Tuesday night as the Santa Clarita City Council bid farewell to two departing members during its only meeting of November. But while

Santa Clarita Council tackles busy slate 

With Election Day precluding the City Council from its usual semi-monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of the month, the council will have a busy slate this Tuesday — covering

Stern wins tight race in 27th Senate contest

The race for the 27th Senate—representing a portion of the Santa Clarita Valley and communities in western Los Angeles and Ventura Counties—featured two newcomers to the ballot. Republican Steve Fazio

Trump wins presidential election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president Tuesday, an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters’ economic anxieties, took advantage of

Most — still not all — sample ballots mailed

    While the “vast majority” of voters in Los Angeles County have gotten their sample ballots for the Nov. 8 election in the mail, the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s

Acosta addresses sexual-harassment report

  Republican Assembly hopeful Dante Acosta defended himself Wednesday following the leak of an email from a woman writing to a third party and accusing Acosta of sexual harassment. “The

Acosta: Christy Smith campaign ads ‘racist’

Dante Acosta, the Mayor Pro Tem of Santa Clarita and Republican nominee for Assembly in the 38th District, gathered with several other Latino leaders at a news conference outside Democratic

38th Assembly mudfight taken to Smith’s home front 

  Christy Smith, the Democratic nominee for the 38th District Assembly seat, advised voters back in September to check out Republican opponent Dante Acosta’s Financial Industry Regulatory Authority broker page.

Pitchess jail transfer plan finally OK’d

    What everybody agreed was a routine matter — allocating $5.6 million to contract out mental-health services for county prisoners, and transferring 320 of them from the Twin Towers