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Trump’s impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration DayJanuary 14, 2021 at 3:42 PM  Tags: News, Congress, Washington, Senate, White House, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Soccer, Gop, Wyoming, Washington Dc, House, Mitch McConnell, Capitol Hill 121 people like this. Like Yang kicks off candidacy for New York City mayorJanuary 14, 2021 at 1:21 PM By Gregory Krieg and Rob Frehse | CNN
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang officially jumped into the crowded race to become the next mayor of New York City on Thursday morning.
At a kick-off rally in Upper Manhattan, Yang promised to “revive” a city stricken by the coronavirus and introduced newly-elected Rep. Ritchie Torres as a co-chair on his campaign — a striking endorsement for a candidate with no experience in city politics.
“I’m running for mayor for a very simple reason,...Tags: Transportation, New York, Congress, Senate, Politico, New York City, US, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Soccer, New York Times, Citigroup, Manhattan, Bill De Blasio 2 people like this. Like Donald Trump stands largely silent, alone after second impeachmentJanuary 14, 2021 at 11:31 AM By JONATHAN LEMIRE, JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — His place in the history books rewritten, President Donald Trump endured his second impeachment largely alone and silent.
For more than four years, Trump has dominated the national discourse like no one before him. Yet when his legacy was set in stone on Wednesday, he was stunningly left on the sidelines.
Trump now stands with no equal, the only president to be charged twice with a high crime or misdemeanor, a new co...Tags: Politics, New York, News, Congress, Washington, Mexico, Senate, White House, New York City, Sport, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Ap, Soccer, Gop, Wyoming 48 people like this. Like Impeachment comes full circle for L.A. Rep. Adam SchiffJanuary 13, 2021 at 8:13 PM A year ago Wednesday, Rep. Adam Schiff was gearing up for the battle of his political life.
President Donald Trump had just been impeached in the House, and Schiff was preparing for marathon arguments in the Senate chamber, where he would lead the case to convict the president and remove him from office.
The rest is American history: Conviction failed — and a year like no other ensued: A pandemic killed hundreds of thousands in the U.S. The death of George Floyd set off a massive social justice...Tags: Congress, Senate, White House, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, House, Republican, Donald Trump, Mccarthy, Ana, Trump, Garcia, Capitol, South Bay, Adam Schiff 11 people like this. Like Coronavirus tracker: California reported 49,252 new cases, 609 new deaths as of Jan. 12January 13, 2021 at 6:06 PM  Tags: News, California, Infographic, Sport, Soccer, Local News, Trump, South Bay, Ted Lieu, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories RDF, Top Stories Sun, Top Stories Breeze 66 people like this. Like LA County will not speed up vaccine rollout for those over 65 just yetJanuary 13, 2021 at 7:27 PM Los Angeles County will not be speeding up coronavirus vaccines for people 65 and older, despite California officials on Wednesday, Jan. 13, announcing that local officials had the ability to do so immediately.
L.A. County officials on Wednesday reported 281 additional deaths and 14,564 cases. Nearly 13,000 people have died so far from COVID-19 in L.A. County with reported deaths now averaging 231 per day over the past week. The county also neared 1 million total confirmed cases, meaning that ro...Tags: News, California, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Long Beach, Pasadena, Orange County, Trump, Los Angeles County, South Bay, Ferrer, LA County, Dodger Stadium, Ted Lieu, Barbara Ferrer 42 people like this. Like California says seniors 65 and over will get priority on coronavirus vaccineJanuary 13, 2021 at 3:18 PM In an effort to speed the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to people most at risk of dying, California state officials on Wednesday announced that people 65 and over will be eligible to receive the vaccine sooner than had previously been planned.
Under new guidelines from the California Department of Public Health, people in Phase 1A of the state’s tiered system – health care workers and nursing home residents – are still eligible to receive vaccines. After those people are given vaccines, senior...Tags: Politics, News, California, Cdc, California News, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Santa Clara, Seniors, Gavin Newsom, Bay Area, Southern California, Trump, Alameda, San Mateo 4 people like this. Like South Bay Rep. Ted Lieu tapped as manager in drive to impeach Trump for second timeJanuary 13, 2021 at 3:09 PM Rep. Ted Lieu, an outspoken South Bay critic of President Donald Trump, is among Democrats leading the second impeachment effort against President Donald Trump.
The effort, which began in the House of Representatives Wednesday morning, launched hours of debate, with each party’s representatives alternating with impassioned arguments for and against. If successful, the effort would make Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.
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Lieu was among three representati...Tags: Maryland, Congress, Senate, America, Sport, Soccer, United States, House, House Of Representatives, Mitch McConnell, Biden, Donald Trump, Rhode Island, Trump, Democratic, Mike Pence 27 people like this. Like Democracy vs. unity? Local House members differ on why they support, or oppose, impeaching TrumpJanuary 12, 2021 at 10:19 PM “Democracy.”
Or, from those on the other side of the political aisle, “unity.”
Those are the boil-it-down-to-a-word answers when local House members are asked why they favor or oppose impeaching short-timer President Donald Trump for his role in inciting insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The unprecedented violence that on Jan. 6 led to five deaths and drove House members of both parties into hiding is sparking the equally unprecedented second impeachment of Trump. But the ideological split that ...Tags: Politics, News, Congress, La, Senate, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Gop, United States, House, Republican Party, Biden, Orange County 36 people like this. Like Analysis: For Trump and the nation, a final test of accountabilityJanuary 9, 2021 at 7:49 PM WASHINGTON — Barely 11 months after President Donald Trump was acquitted in a momentous Senate trial, the nation now confronts the possibility of yet another impeachment battle in the twilight of his presidency, a final showdown that will test the boundaries of politics, accountability and the Constitution.
No president has ever been impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors twice. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was weighing bringing a new article of impeachment to the House floor as early as M...Tags: Maryland, Congress, California, Washington, Kentucky, Senate, White House, Russia, Brown University, Georgia, Sport, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Soccer, Pennsylvania, House 43 people like this. Like Video: Pelosi calls for the removal of President TrumpJanuary 7, 2021 at 2:10 PM [vemba-video id=”politics/2021/01/07/nancy-pelosi-trump-25th-amendment-sot-vpx.cnn”]
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump should immediately be removed from office or Congress may proceed to impeach him.
Pelosi on Thursday joined those calling on the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to force Trump from office. It came a day after a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, forcing the building into lockdown. Trump called them “very special” people an...Tags: New York, Congress, Senate, America, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Soccer, Gop, United States, House, House Of Representatives, Associated Press, Nancy Pelosi, Republic, Biden 31 people like this. Like Elections 2020: In Congressional District 33, Lieu jumps to big lead against BradleyNovember 4, 2020 at 3:58 AM Ted Lieu appeared poised to retain his 33rd Congressional District seat late Tuesday, after taking a commanding lead in votes against his Republican challenger.
Lieu had garnered 70.23% of the vote (206,341) to challenger James P. Bradley’s 29.77%, or 87,487.
Lieu, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, has represented U.S. Congressional District 33 since 2015 and it has been represented by a Democrat since 1992. Republican challenger James P. Bradley was far behind in the primary electi...Tags: Politics, Elections, News, California, Sport, Soccer, Donald Trump, Bradley, South Bay, U S Coast Guard, Torrance, Ted Lieu, 2020 Elections, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories Breeze 46 people like this. Like 2020 Elections: Incumbents look strong in L.A. County Congressional races in early returnsNovember 3, 2020 at 11:53 PM Very early returns on Tuesday, Nov. 3, in congressional races that touch Los Angeles County showed incumbents with the edge in many contests.
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District 23: Bakersfield Republican Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader and a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, faced a challenge from Democrat Kim Mangone, a U.S. Air Force veteran from Quartz Hill. McCarthy led in very early returns. The district includes parts of L.A., Kern and Tulare counties, including L...Tags: Politics, Elections, News, Congress, Senate, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Gop, House, Jamaica, Lausd, Republican, Pasadena, Orange County, Smith 1 people like this. Like Congressional races in L.A. County put some candidates on national stageSeptember 29, 2020 at 5:12 PM Here’s a look at congressional races that touch Los Angeles County voters during the Nov. 3 general election.
District 23: Kevin McCarthy (R) vs. Kim Mangone (D)
The District: District 23 encompasses parts of L.A., Kern, and Tulare counties, including Lancaster, Antelope Valley, and Edwards Air Force Base. Home to approximately 707,345 people, this district has been served by Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) since 2012. Most residents are White (50.58%) or Hispanic (35.53%).
The Incumbent: Kevi...Tags: Politics, Elections, News, Congress, Navy, California, Mexico, La, Government, Senate, White House, Iraq, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Joe Biden 23 people like this. Like Senate passes powerful Olympic reform legislationAugust 4, 2020 at 1:46 PM The U.S. Senate unanimously passed major Olympic reform legislation Tuesday that would demand greater accountability from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the national governing bodies of Olympic sports in this country in the wake of the USA Gymnastics and USA Swimming sexual and physical abuse scandals.
The Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athlete Act places greater legal liability on the USOPC and NGBs for sexual abuses by coaches, officials and employees and provides C...Tags: Hbo, News, Congress, Washington, Senate, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Olympics, Connecticut, House Of Representatives, Richard Blumenthal, South Bay, USOC, Moran, Blumenthal 49 people like this. Like 8th inmate dies of coronavirus at Terminal Island federal prisonMay 13, 2020 at 10:43 PM An eighth inmate at Terminal Island died on Wednesday of coronavirus, almost one month after he was placed on a ventilator, according to federal prison officials.
James Lino, a 65-year-old man, was sent to the hospital on April 16. He was placed on a ventilator just two days later, prison officials said. His death comes less than a week after the seventh inmate at Terminal Island died of coronavirus.
Nearly 70 percent of inmates at the prison have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials h...Tags: News, Prison, Sport, Soccer, Hawaii, Local News, San Pedro, Manhattan Beach, Garcetti, Ted Lieu, LA Long Beach, Lino, Bureau of Prisons, Terminal Island, Top Stories Breeze, Top Stories LBPT 11 people like this. Like LA County’s Congress elections: Strong incumbents in races pumped up by Trump-era politicsFebruary 12, 2020 at 9:36 AM  Tags: Congress, Navy, California, Youtube, Senate, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Gop, United States, Glendale, House Of Representatives, Green Party, Kim, Republican, Orange County 68 people like this. Like Veterans Day events in the San Fernando Valley area, Nov. 10-11November 6, 2019 at 8:00 AM
Veterans from the “Wings over Wendy’s” group ride in a parade. (File photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News)
Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day and commemorated the end of fighting in 1918 on the Western Front in Europe between the Allies and Germany. The Armistice of Compiègne was signed earlier in the morning but many people remember from a history lesson that “at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month” the armistice went into effect and – more or less- en...Tags: Europe, Navy, California, Germany, Iraq, Los Angeles, Sport, Afghanistan, Wings, Things To Do, Soccer, Veterans, Veterans Day, Ronald Reagan, Vietnam, Local News 45 people like this. Like Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Nov. 1-8October 31, 2019 at 9:00 AM
An altar at the 2017 Día de Los Muertos celebration at Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard. (File photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
There’s always something interesting to do in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles area. Here is a sampling of entertainments this week and also save-the-date events to put on your calendar.
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The Hollywood Show: Celebrity autograph and memorabilia, 3-9 p.m. Nov. 1 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 2. See Mike Pingel’s private co...Tags: Books, Events, Local News, Movies + TV, Music + Concerts, Theater, Things to Do, Art, Comedy, Dance, Halloween, Movies, Museum, San Fernando Valley, Top Stories LADN, Veterans Day 19 people like this. Like Memorial Day observances on May 27 in the San Fernando Valley, LA areaMay 27, 2019 at 9:00 AM
It’s a Memorial Day tradition for Boy and Girl scouts to place flags on the graves at Los Angeles National Cemetery. (File photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News)
Here is a sampling of area Memorial Day events on May 27 honoring and remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States armed forces.
Memorial Day in La Crescenta: American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614 hold the event, 8 a.m. Keynote speaker is Lt. Gen. Eugene L. Tattini, ...Tags: Sport, Soccer, United States, Memorial Day, Vietnam, West Coast, Local News, Eric Garcetti, Inglewood, Coast Guard, John McCoy, Burbank, United States Navy, Los Angeles Police Department, San Fernando Valley, John Thompson 4 people like this. Like Memorial Day observances on May 27 in the San Fernando ValleyMay 26, 2019 at 9:00 AM Boy Scout Christopher Valdivia, 17, took a moment to read the name on a gravestone at Los Angeles National Cemetery during the annual flag placing event in 2018 in preparation for Memorial Day. (File photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News)
Here is a sampling of area Memorial Day events on May 27 honoring and remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States armed forces.
Memorial Day in La Crescenta: American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 161...Tags: Sport, Soccer, United States, Memorial Day, Vietnam, West Coast, Local News, Eric Garcetti, Inglewood, Coast Guard, John McCoy, Burbank, United States Navy, Los Angeles Police Department, San Fernando Valley, John Thompson 49 people like this. Like From Trump to Torrance, Reps. Waters and Lieu cover lots of ground at State of the Region lunchFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:12 PM The subjects ran the gamut Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the State of the Region lunch sponsored by the Torrance Chamber of Commerce.
But this year it was more about Trump than Torrance.
That was to be expected with the event’s guest speakers this year, U.S. Reps. Maxine Waters and Ted Lieu, two President Trump’s most vocal critics, and the nation’s deeply divided political environment.
United States Representative Maxine Waters speaking at the State of the Region lunch sponsored by the Torrance Area ...Tags: Politics, Congress, Washington, Mexico, Sport, Fbi, Soccer, United States, Howard Schultz, Local News, Yemen, Trump, South Bay, Torrance, DoubleTree, Maxine Waters 29 people like this. Like The fight for free speech on college campusesJanuary 21, 2019 at 1:00 PM Last month, California Rep. Ted Lieu said, “I would love to be able to regulate the content of speech; the First Amendment prevents me from doing so.”
This remarkable statement is just the latest in a string of attacks against free speech by California policymakers. Last year, the state legislature introduced a bill to regulate “fake news” on social media and ban books that counseled against gender reassignment surgery. In addition, its law requiring pregnancy centers to advertise abortion servi...Tags: California, Opinion, Sport, University, Soccer, University Of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Pepperdine University, U S Supreme Court, Harvard Law, Mill, John Stuart Mill, Ted Lieu, Newsom, Alan Dershowitz, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education 2 people like this. Like Under new law, training on transgender issues, sexual orientation will be required of many seeking to become law enforcement officersJanuary 10, 2019 at 6:35 PM Those training to become law enforcement officers and public safety dispatchers in California will soon learn about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities in the academy under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last year.
Assembly Bill 2504, which was authored by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Cupertino), also ensures optional LGBTQ-specific educational training for officers already on the job. The law went into effect Jan.1.
Members of the LGBTQ community “want to be accepted and feel ...Tags: News, California, Sport, Soccer, Lgbtq, Jerry Brown, Ed Buck, South Bay, Inland Empire, San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, GLAAD, Los Angeles Police Protective League, Ted Lieu, High Desert, Palos Verdes Peninsula 15 people like this. Like 2nd man found dead at Democratic donor Ed Buck’s West Hollywood apartment is identifiedJanuary 10, 2019 at 12:44 PM Timothy Dean, 55, of West Hollywood, pictured above, was found dead Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in the apartment of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck.
WEST HOLLYWOOD — Coroner’s officials on Thursday identified the man who died at the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck earlier this week as 55-year-old Timothy Dean of West Hollywood.
Dean was found dead early Monday at Buck’s apartment on the 1200 block of Laurel Avenue, where another man was found dead in 2017 of what authori...Tags: Texas, News, Office, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, The Times, Lgbtq, Times, Local News, Los Angeles Times, West Hollywood, Ed Buck, Los Angeles County, Moore, Buck 41 people like this. Like Ted Lieu donating $18,500 to LGBTQ groups after 2nd dead man found at Ed Buck’s apartmentJanuary 9, 2019 at 9:46 AM Congressman Ted Lieu said Tuesday, Jan. 8 he would be donating campaign contributions from prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck to five gay and civil rights organization, a day after a second man was found dead at Buck’s West Hollywood apartment.
Lieu said he would donate $5,000 each to Lambda Legal and the NAACP, $3,000 each to GLAAD and The Trevor Project, and $2,500 to the Equality California Institute.
“I am deeply disturbed by the latest revelations of a second death by overdose at the home o...Tags: News, Office, Sport, Soccer, Lgbtq, Local News, Naacp, Campaign Finance, Lambda Legal, West Hollywood, Ed Buck, Los Angeles County, Moore, Buck, GLAAD, Charles Moore 33 people like this. Like Ted Lieu donating $18,500 to LGBTQ groups after 2nd dead man at Ed Buck’s apartmentJanuary 9, 2019 at 9:46 AM Congressman Ted Lieu said Tuesday, Jan. 8 he would be donating campaign contributions from prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck to five gay and civil rights organization, a day after a second man was found dead at Buck’s West Hollywood apartment.
Lieu said he would donate $5,000 each to Lambda Legal and the NAACP, $3,000 each to GLAAD and The Trevor Project, and $2,500 to the Equality California Institute.
“I am deeply disturbed by the latest revelations of a second death by overdose at the home o...Tags: News, Office, Sport, Soccer, Lgbtq, Local News, Naacp, Campaign Finance, Lambda Legal, West Hollywood, Ed Buck, Los Angeles County, Moore, Buck, GLAAD, Charles Moore 50 people like this. Like Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Syria the right callDecember 22, 2018 at 2:25 PM  Tags: Usa, Obama, Congress, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Russia, US, America, Sport, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Cnn, Afghanistan, Soccer 120 people like this. Like Veterans Day events in the San Fernando Valley area, LA Nov. 11-12November 11, 2018 at 9:00 AM
Veterans ride along Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Mission Hills during the 14th annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade, November 11, 2017. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Here is a sampling of Veterans Day events Nov. 11-12 in the San Fernando Valley area that honor United States veterans.
Veterans Day events at Los Angeles National Cemetery: Veterans Day ceremony, 10 a.m. Nov. 11, followed by music by the Randy Van Horne Singers, 11:11 a.m., followed by a V...Tags: California, La, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, United States, Ronald Reagan, Williams, Local News, Santa Clarita, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Daily News, Ted Lieu, Hershel Woody Williams, Mission Hills, Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills 29 people like this. Like Veterans Day weekend events in the San Fernando Valley area, Nov. 10-12November 10, 2018 at 9:00 AM
Veterans ride along Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Mission Hills during the 14th annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade, November 11, 2017. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Here is a sampling of Veterans Day events Nov. 10-12 in the San Fernando Valley area that honor United States veterans.
Veterans and the San Fernando Valley: Franky Ortega, teacher at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, discusses the topic along with members of Wings over Wendy’s, 2 p.m. Nov. ...Tags: California, Sport, Wings, Soccer, United States, Ronald Reagan, Williams, Local News, Wendy, Santa Clarita, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Daily News, Ted Lieu, Hershel Woody Williams, Mission Hills, Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills 19 people like this. Like |
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