Serving as mayor of Los Angeles has a way of bending the officeholder to the office. Richard Riordan ran for mayor as a tough-on-crime Republican; he governed as a centrist who worked with President Bill Clinton to rebuild the city after the Northridge earthquake. Antonio Villaraigosa was a union organizer in his youth; his time as mayor was marked by his battles with the teachers’ union over school control. James Hahn won office on the strength of his support from African Americans and residents of the San Fernando Valley; he refused a second term to a popular African American police...…Serving as mayor of Los Angeles has a way of bending the officeholder to the office. Richard Riordan ran for mayor as a tough-on-crime Republican; he governed as a centrist who worked with President Bill Clinton to rebuild the city after the Northridge earthquake. Antonio Villaraigosa was a union organizer in his youth; his time as mayor was marked by his battles with the teachers’ union over school control. James Hahn won office on the strength of his support from African Americans and residents of the San Fernando Valley; he refused a second term to a popular African American police...WW…

By , ,California physicians and nurses groups say they will heed the call, but are eager for more specifics on how it will work. Almost 600 people with the coronavirus are in intensive care, three times more than a few days ago.As the number of people hospitalized in California with the coronavirus doubled in just four days, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday sent out an urgent call seeking help from the state’s 37,000 retired and part-time health care professionals. Newsom issued an that will temporarily allow retired doctors and nurses to return to work, broaden the duties that some nurses...…By , ,California physicians and nurses groups say they will heed the call, but are eager for more specifics on how it will work. Almost 600 people with the coronavirus are in intensive care, three times more than a few days ago.As the number of people hospitalized in California with the coronavirus doubled in just four days, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday sent out an urgent call seeking help from the state’s 37,000 retired and part-time health care professionals. Newsom issued an that will temporarily allow retired doctors and nurses to return to work, broaden the duties that some nurses...WW…