Some ballot measures have received decisive action from voters on issues such as public funding for housing and voter identification.
On Tuesday, voters extended L.A. County's Robert Luna era, electing him to a second consecutive term as sheriff — a feat not seen since Lee Baca's tenure ended in 2014.
In Texas, voters in majority-Latino districts near San Antonio and along the border helped Democrats break Republicans' longstanding grip on the state to win the races for governor, lieutenant governor and senator.
"I'm hopeful. I'm very hopeful," a beaming Raman told raucous supporters at her election night party. "I'm also really superstitious. So we're all just going to be cool, okay? Very cool."
A coyote became the first large mammal documented exploring the massive Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway, which doesn't officially open until next month. Some see it as an early, hopeful sign that the structure is working.
Nancy Pelosi's husband was accused of striking an unoccupied parked vehicle and leaving the scene in July. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor hit-and-run.
NBC was on track to be the most-watched network on election night thanks to its popular number cruncher.
Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on 'Star Trek,' died at age 90 on Oct. 25. His immediate cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest.
'Bachelor' and 'Dancing With the Stars' alum Melissa Rycroft is admitting she needs help after her second DWI arrest, which involved a collision.
The first trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht — the man accused of intentionally starting a blaze that grew into the deadly Palisades fire — ended with a jury deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of acquittal. Now, federal prosecutors are trying once again to convict him with revised charges.

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