Janice Hahn

Climate change: By Neela Banerjee WASHINGTON -- In his State of the Union address, President Obama articulated a subtle but noticeable shift away from his longstanding discussion of climate change in almost entirely economic terms to making a moral...

Job creation through minimum wage increase Many mom-and-pop businesses were among the most vocal critics of President Obama's healthcare overhaul as being too costly, and now they're likely to howl at his latest proposal: an increase in the federal...

Huell Howser had so many fans. On Tuesday, they came out by the hundreds to celebrate him. At an afternoon memorial at Griffith Park Observatory, they swapped stories, laughed and cried, and talked about him as if he were an......

In another sign of how close the Los Angeles mayor’s race probably will be this spring, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party failed to endorse a primary candidate after a series of votes in which top candidates Eric Garcetti and......

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will host a memorial service in Washington for the late Mervyn M. Dymally. Dymally, known as the "Godfather of African American politics" in California, died Oct. 7 at age 86....

A walkout of union workers that began at the Port of Los Angeles' biggest and busiest cargo terminal Tuesday was spreading to more terminals there and to the neighboring Port of Long Beach, according to port officials. The expanding walkout had the...

Rep. Laura Richardson was among 12 representatives named to a watchdog group's list of 12 "most corrupt" members of Congress. Two other california congressmen received a "dishonorable mention."...

With all voter precincts reporting, Democratic Rep. Janice Hahn beat fellow Democratic Rep. Laura Richardson in a newly drawn district that runs north from the Port of Los Angeles through several working-class, strongly minority communities, preliminary...

Young voters cheer Obama's victory in Grand Park, at party...

Proposition 30, the $6-billion-a-year tax initiative to rescue California schools and the state's finances, appeared to win in a major victory for Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown had warned that if voters rejected the measure, billions of dollars would be cut.......

Gov. Jerry Brown’s $6-billion-a-year tax initiative to rescue California schools and the state's finances appeared to squeak by with a victory....

A slate mailer by former LA Councilman Nate Holden misidentified Rep. Laura Richardson as a Republican. She is a lifelong Democrat and is running against another Democrat, Rep. Janice Hahn of San Pedro, on Tuesday....