Bloopers and stumbles made the news this presidential campaign, but Barack Obama's re-election was powered by plans begun on the ground four years ago. Here's how he did it.
Check out the latest results for national, California and local races — as well as whether propositions are passing or failing — with our results page, updated in real time, along with...
California voters have rejected Proposition 38, a broad-based income tax increase that would have raised billions of dollars a year for public schools.
Californians have a lot riding on the success or failure of California's 10 state-wide propositions. Stay with us as we tick them off and map them out, and offer thoughts from KPCC reporters.
The voting continues in Southern California on the most contentious presidential race in memory, but already information is emerging about what's driving people to the polls.
Armed with satire skills, storytelling urges, and infantile tendencies, political humorists and creative thinkers offer a different way to digest election news.
Will having computers and internet access at home help kids from low-income families do better in school? Two South Central public schools will test the theory.
A record number of Californians are registered to vote today — 18 million. As you head to the polls, we want to know what your voting experience was like.
Asian American voters who speak Hindi, Thai, Khmer, Gujarati and Bengali will for the first time have access to voter materials and bilingual assistance this election day in L.A. County.
What year did California have the highest percentage of voter turnout? How many parties qualified for the ballot? We have the answers, along with more Election Day numbers.
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 6 and headlines include allegations of misconduct in the Sheriff's Department, a rundown of Congressional races to watch, and Measure V in Orange County.
The freeway is open, but some lanes are closed. The fire was about 40 percent contained, with full containment expected by 6 p.m. Tuesday. The cause is under investigation.
TV news cameras swarmed Sherman as he stepped into the room. An aide herded two dozen supporters holding yellow and blue Brad Sherman signs behind him.
In California, the election was full of choices. The California ballot had 11 propositions, from raising taxes to labeling genetically modified food. There were also local ballot measures...
The names D'arcy McNickle, William Potter Ross and Vine Deloria Junior might not mean much to you. They all played integral roles in the history of American Indians, yet we seldom...
It's the day that we've all been waiting for, election day. We'll check in with KPCC's Corey Moore and Ruxandra Guidi who'll be on location at various Los Angeles-area polling places...
The famous Mojave Cross returns! The 7-foot-tall metal monument, erected in 1934 had been destroyed and reconstructed over the years. But its legal battle before the U.S. Supreme Court...
The rarest whale in the world, the spade toothed beaked whale, has never been seen alive. However, today in the science journal “Current Biology,” DNA test results are published...
The East Coast is still trying to recover from the punch delivered by superstorm Sandy. 106 are dead and over 1.3 million homes and businesses are without power.
Today, President Obama is back in Chicago and Mitt Romney is at a rally in Cleveland after voting this morning near his Boston-area home. Later today he will travel to Pittsburgh before...
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter talks about another election around the corner.Steve Julian: Seems we've been talking about it for months - well, we have: one election is about...
