Crises — either real or merely perceived — can make or break political careers as news media and the voting public judge how those who hold or aspire to office respond.

In 2000, in response to the frustration of 23 million California HMO consumers, I was appointed by then-California Gov. Gray Davis to be the nation’s first “HMO czar.” The new agency I was running was the largest health reform project in the country since the Great Society of the late 1960s and remained so until Obamacare came along.

Denver at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Houston, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New York, 8:30 p.m. Miami at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

During a crisis, the news media and voting public will judge the actions of those who hold or aspire to office.

During a crisis, the news media and voting public will judge the actions of those who hold or aspire to office.

Several political figures in California could face a make or break moment in their careers depending on how they respond to the Los Angeles County fires.

Pop across Highway 37 (enjoying the bird-filled Napa-Sonoma Marshes along the way) and in 30 minutes you’re in another avian world. Have you seen shrikes, magpies and cranes recently? They aren’t

Davis hasn't just given the front office a directionless mandate to improve the team — he has ideas on how it should be done, namely that the Lakers trade for a center so that he can slide to the 4, which he has long stated is his preferred position. Rob Pelinka, I hope you're listening.

Former Congresswoman Lynn Schenk, D-San Diego, has joined her brother Frederick Schenk, right, and his son Benjamin in a new law firm -- The Schenk Law Firm -- with offices at 600 W. Broadway, Suite 700,

Despite its sanctuary policies, California’s undocumented immigrant population faces more questions and possible detention by federal authorities under new legislation signed into law Wednesday by President Donald Trump. “The law will have an impact on California,” said Kevin Johnson, dean of the UC Davis School of Law.

The legacy of progressive politics in managing California's resources, especially its water supply, is having an effect on the current wildfires and political situation in Los Angeles.

A request by L.A. County to temporarily waive state housing laws drew the ire from advocates who accused the county of skirting efforts aimed at boosting affordable housing.