Linda Sanchez

With the clock ticking down to election day, the Los Angeles mayor’s race is getting testy. Controller Wendy Greuel, who for weeks has been the target of her rivals' slings and arrows, hit back at City Council members Eric Garcetti......

Several Los Angeles area Assembly district races continue to build steam, even though the candidate filing period hasn’t yet begun. Redistricting has produced new political maps — and new opportunities — and some contenders have been...

Reps. Linda Sanchez and Janice Hahn cross an important threshold on their way to earning the endorsement of the California Democratic Party next month. Some Assembly candidates also score big in endorsement fights against fellow Democrats....

"Bully": A battle over film ratings continued to escalate Thursday, as a chorus of filmmakers and lawmakers called on the Motion Picture Assn. of America to replace the “R” given to the teen-bullying documentary “Bully” with a less...

First-term Congressman Dan Webster, a Winter Garden Republican, stops by the Sentinel periodically to update the editorial board about what’s happening in Washington and answer our questions. He had a good story to tell this morning. South Florida...

In defrauding at least 50 politicians and others of more than $7 million, campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee spun a tangled financial web to cover her business payroll and mortgage payments and try to stay ahead of investigators, while also paying......

Rep. Janice Hahn (D-San Pedro), who is running against two other Democratic elected officials in the newly drawn 44th Congressional District, added more names to her endorsements list. On Friday, Hahn’s campaign released a list of nearly 60...

Candidates in what are expected to be some of the area’s hardest-fought congressional races next year are continuing to line up backers: Rep. Janice Hahn (D-San Pedro), who is seeking reelection in a new district that stretches from the Harbor......

In some of the area congressional races where intraparty fights are brewing, candidates have been busy lining up supporters. State Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello), who is running for Congress in the newly drawn 38th District, has been endorsed by state.....

Seven Democratic members of California’s Congressional Delegation called on Gov. Jerry Brown Friday to suspend California’s participation in the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program. In recent weeks, governors in Illinois, New...

The Benghazi attack will be the main topic this weekend on Sunday morning chat programs. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., talk to NBC's "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. They will discuss whether there was...

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black Paul (Dylan Bruce)...