By Andrew Menezes and Gregory Krieg | CNN While the overall midterm election results may not be known for hours or even days in some spots, candidates from both parties are already celebrating historic victories. Heading into Election Day, both parties were looking to diversify their ranks of elected officials, both in Congress and beyond,…
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The Disneyland Resort’s holiday season kicks off Friday, Nov. 11, so Resort Enhancement Area Manager Dawn Pipal-Keehne and her team of 60 cast members are busy this week transforming the parks. This year is Pipal-Keehne’s 25th decorating the Anaheim parks (she and her team also decorate Aulani, A Disney Report & Spa in Hawaii). Among…
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I just got back from Guatemala, which – for those of you who don’t keep up – is a small Central American country with beautiful rainforests and many descendants of the ancient Mayan Empire. Lots of people have frowned at me since I first revealed this plan and asked me, “Why are you going to…
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Sports gambling lost, and badly. But not to worry, would-be online gamblers and folks who want to lay wagers in Indian casinos or racetracks: Sports gambling will be back on the ballot soon. The untold billions of dollars that promised to flow from either this fall’s Proposition 26 or 27 – or both – were…
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By SARA BURNETT, JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON — Control of Congress hung in the balance Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings would drag the party down. In the most heartening news for…
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Democrat Alex Padilla cruised to an easy victory over his Republican challenger in California’s U.S. Senate election, as he became the state’s first elected Latino to serve in the U.S. Senate. Padilla, 49, a son of Mexican immigrants who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been a leading voice for immigration reform in…
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Proposition 29 has been defeated. As election results roll in Tuesday evening the “Yes” vote was trailing by 40 points. If the results hold, the dialysis industry will have successfully defeated new regulations at the ballot box for the third election in a row. Dialysis clinics are where about 80,000 Californians with kidney disease go…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom coasted easily to a second term as California’s governor Tuesday evening, in an election in which voters voiced their support for abortion rights loud and clear but soundly rejected an expensive push to legalize betting on sports. The Associated Press called the race for Newsom — a heavy favorite over Republican challenger…
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SANTA ANA — A 50-year-old La Mirada woman was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder for the alcohol-fueled collision that killed a pedestrian near Disneyland. Stefanie Lyn Bieser was convicted for the collision that killed 54-year-old Louis Rosales of Fresno, who was walking south on Disneyland Drive, north of Katella Avenue, at 11:04 p.m. Feb. 9,…
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By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s record was on the ballot even if his name wasn’t. And no matter the final bottom line of Tuesday’s midterm elections, his presidency is set for profound changes. Biden watched from the White House into the early morning hours Wednesday, making congratulatory calls to more than 30…
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