One far-right leader ousted. Another barely hangs on. Is Shasta rejecting MAGA politics?
Shasta County voters have booted from office a key figure in the county’s hard-right shift, even as the fate of a second far-right crusader on…
Why do Gascón’s challengers’ campaign ads all look the same?
The ads open with a stirring violin track, the subject striding confidently past the Broadway facade of the L.A. County Hall of Justice, or the…
Porter defends ad about little-known GOP rival in Senate race
Rep. Katie Porter, who accused her main Democratic rival in the Senate race of cynicism for attempting to prop up a Republican in the contest,…
Super Bowl commercials feature Christopher Walken, Dunkin’ and Jesus
Taylor Swift’s new television special Sunday, aka Super Bowl LVIII, carried live from Las Vegas on CBS and Paramount+, came with a football game attached,…
Schiff TV ad promoting GOP Senate rival Garvey is fair play
Adam B. Schiff is running a new TV spot in his bid for U.S. Senate, and to hear the outcry you’d have thought he was…
‘California Soul’ singer Marlena Shaw dies at 81
The jazz and R&B vocalist Marlena Shaw, whose “California Soul” has become a staple element of ads and hip-hop songs, has died. She was 81.…