TUES OCT 27 The California Governor and First Lady’s Conference on Women, or Women’s Conference—“Skipper” to its close friends—continues at the convention center to wild success. Hosted by First Lady and serial scofflaw Maria Shriver, the convention once again draws big crowds and heavyweight speakers such as Madeleine Albright, Annie Lebovitz, Ashton Kutcher, Alicia Keys, [...]

Bad air quality in Long Beach, and Kimora Lee Simmons
The fires still reign as the Press-Telegram’s top story today, though Kelly Puente has the local angle with a piece on air quality.
Elsewhere in the P-T, there’s more excitement: Kevin Butler writes about the Long Beach Unified School District superintendent banning teachers’ union leader Scott [...]