Southern California Focus

• September 7, 2010

  • 'Anchor babies' reviled for little reason

• September 3, 2010

  • Whitman tests memories of Latino voters

• August 31, 2010

  • Are lying voters making fate of legal pot uncertain?

• August 27, 2010

  • Corporate bucks get a bigger role in California politics

• August 24, 2010

  • State's 'Robbing Hoods' faced Hobson's choice

• August 20, 2010

  • Here's a baby step toward fixing ballot initiatives

• August 17, 2010

  • Who's ahead on the possibly decisive jobs issue?

• August 13, 2010

  • Partial plastic bag ban a constructive idea

• August 10, 2010

  • Amnesty: Party positions all about politics, not principle

• August 6, 2010

  • Self-inflicted wounds provide candidate character tests

• August 3, 2010

  • UC students sure to revive Israel divestment issue

• July 30, 2010

  • Violent crime-immigration link is a shibboleth

• July 27, 2010

  • Needed Prop. 13 fix at last gets a serious look

• July 23, 2010

  • How much of their plans should candidates reveal?

• July 20, 2010

  • Does high court nominee get it on housing discrimination?

• July 16, 2010

  • Necessity breeding good public pension ideas

• July 13, 2010

  • Time to change the map on high speed rail?

• July 9, 2010

  • Backdoor LNG efforts continue as in-state LNG fades away

• July 6, 2010

  • Will UC regents fire shot across Sacramento's bow?

• July 2, 2010

  • The real initiative battles are coming up

• June 29, 2010

  • Contrasts, conflicts abound in top-of-ticket races

• June 25, 2010

  • At long last, a sensible way to cut prison costs

• June 22, 2010

  • Schwarzenegger would pit unions against the poor

• June 18, 2010

  • 'Brownest cut' won't be restored

• June 15, 2010

  • Voters show they're serious about reform

• June 11, 2010

  • Brown-Whitman race may turn on populism vs. business

• June 8, 2010

  • Legalized pot would be no panacea

• June 4, 2010

  • Brown becomes a factor in final days of GOP race

• June 3, 2010

  • Should oil severance tax key the run for attorney general?

• June 1, 2010

  • Boxer vulnerable, but so are Republican Senate hopefuls

• May 27, 2010

  • PG&E spending big to keep monopoly

• May 25, 2010

  • Mercury's self-serving insurance rate initiative

• May 21, 2010

  • First step to good government just a few weeks away

• May 18, 2010

  • Are Republicans moving too far right to be elected?

• May 14, 2010

  • So far, campaign is mostly as Brown figured

• May 11, 2010

  • Whining about Whitman's money ends as race narrows

• May 7, 2010

  • Once left for dead, Poizner making it a race

• May 4, 2010

  • Arizona law may backfire on anti-immigrant forces

• April 30, 2010

  • Just how vulnerable is Barbara Boxer?

• April 27, 2010

  • Pro-illegal immigrant studies won't end debate

• April 23, 2010

  • Arnold's insurance "fee" acts like a new tax

• April 20, 2010

  • Big out-migration slowdown should end a false political theme

• April 16, 2010

  • Good riddance to the con-con concept

• April 13, 2010

  • Counting illegals: It's the law and it's good for California

• April 9, 2010

  • Parties don't get it as voters declare independence

• April 6, 2010

  • Immigrant amnesty: Little chance this year

• April 2, 2010

  • A down-the-ticket race with two likely winners

• March 30, 2010

  • Four-year degrees at community colleges? Why not?

• March 26, 2010

  • Keep initiative petition signatures private

• March 23, 2010

  • Did Poizner wait too long? Will Brown do the same?