Introduction by Managing Editor Shawn Raymundo \Vote-by-mail ballots have begun to hit constituents’ mailboxes this week as California’s Primary Election i

Real estate broker Rick Foster and retiree Larry Bales, who worked in the assessors office for more than three decades, are hoping to unseat incumbent Claude Parrish.

Ballots for the June 7 Statewide Direct Primary Election are landing in mailboxes this week. But it’s not too late to learn more about the candidates asking for your vote. There are races for three seats on the Orange County Board of Education or OCBOE in the primary and these contests will not lead to

The Supreme Court’s expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could galvanize Democrats and turn some reliable Republican voters — especially women — blue, according to polls

“I am a ‘my body, my choice’ person because I work in healthcare. I believe in being able to choose,” Sams said as her 2-year-old played on a scooter near the Seal Beach Pier. Sams, who is registered as a nonpartisan voter, lives in Seal ...

You may have seen the campaign signs popping up around your neighborhood. Yes, the 2022 election season is in full swing. California’s Primary Election is coming up on June 7 and you’ll be able to start casting a ballot as early as next week.

The monthly meeting and dinner of the Seal Beach Republican Women’s Federated will be on April 28 at 5:30 pm at Old Ranch Country Club, 3901

The winner of SD-36 will represent every beach city and part of a few communities in north county. Both primary candidates will face off in November.

GOP Rep. Michelle Steel is facing one challenger from the left and one from the right in her bid for a second term in Congress, with forecasters saying the newly drawn 45th District is the one

Following the Cypress City Council’s 4-1 vote to reject allegations made by a Malibu law firm that it was in violation of the California Voting Rights Act, the city’s legal counsel has provided specific responses in a letter posted on the city’s website.

So far, Calvert appears likely to face tougher competition than Ruiz. Further west, in the new 47th District of Orange County, including cities from Seal Beach in the north to Laguna Beach in the south and swinging inland to take in Orange and Irvine ...

Big change was in store for people like John Garamendi and Ken Calvert and Raul Ruiz from the moment California’s bipartisan and fairly apolitical redistricting commission published its final maps

THOMAS ELIAS Big change was in store for people like John Garamendi and Ken Calvert and Raul Ruiz from the moment California’s bipartisan and fairly apolitical redistricting commission published its

District Boundaries have been redrawn, creating interesting and important primary races for the and 72nd Assembly and 5th District County Supervisor Races. Speak Up Newport has invited all the candidates to appear at the next SUN seminar and present their cases on why they should receive your vote for these two important positions in the

The City of Paso Robles conducted a workshop Thursday night on short-term rentals at the library conference room. Community Development Director Warren Frace facilitated the workshop, the second held this week.

Big change was in store from the moment California’s bipartisan and fairly apolitical redistricting commission published its final maps in mid-December.

Republican Ted Bui announced that he has received the endorsement of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC in his race for Assembly

Perhaps making up for lost time, big spenders in Congress loaded up the omnibus government funding legislation with earmarks.

After a decadelong prohibition, congressional earmarks make their return this week, sending more than $760 million in transportation, military, healthcare and other projects to California. President Biden signed into law a $1.

Orange County features some of the nation’s most evenly divided congressional districts, and several of the races figure to be competitive.