Manhattan Beach City Council passes citywide public smoking ban

Smokers in Manhattan Beach, take note: Soon, it will be considered illegal to light up in public. Same goes for e-cigarette users.
In the 26th Senate race, Allen and Fluke move on to General Election; Muratsuchi and Hadley head-to-head in Assembly race
At 3 a.m. Wednesday, the results of the fiercely close 26th state Senate race were nearly final: with 93.5 percent of the votes counted, Democrats Ben Allen and Sandra Fluke were poised to advance to the general election in November.