NewsConference

Interviews and discussion from NewsConference, Southern California's longest-running public affairs show.

Govenor Newsom Apr 26

Advice and Counsel: Gov. Newsom Seeks Input Form Those Who Had the Job Before Him

Besides the public health experts and physicians who have assisted him during the COVID-19 crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom has also sought help from those who occupied the office before him. Newsom held a c...

Janet Napolitano Apr 13

Napolitano May Stay Longer Than Expected, No Tuition Refund for UC Students
Los Angeles Mar 19, 2017

Sanctuary State Bill Will Increase Crime: Orange County Sheriff

Jun 30, 2014

Mayor Eric Garcetti Reflects After 1 Year in Office

One year after taking the oath of office, Mayor Eric Garcetti declined to give himself a letter grade for his performance, saying instead that with crime down and employment up the city of Los Angeles...
May 18, 2014

GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Neel Kashkari, Tim Donnelly Fight to Unseat Gov. Jerry Brown

With less than three weeks until California’s June 3 gubernatorial election, two GOP candidates are locked in a fight to unseat incumbent democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who is making a pitch for a...
May 5, 2014

Janet Napolitano Talks Deportations, UC Diversity on News Conference

University of California President Janet Napolitano said she has been unfairly criticized for the number of immigration deportations that took place while she was secretary of the Department of Homela...
Feb 9, 2014

Mayor Garcetti, Police Chief Beck Split on Discipline Over LAPD Shooting

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says he “expected something stronger” from his police chief in disciplining eight Los Angeles police officers in the shooting of two women a year ago in Tor...

Nov 18, 2013

Rick Caruso and the City He Once Wanted to Lead

Los Angeles Billionaire developer Rick Caruso, once considered a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, gives the man who ended up getting the job high marks for his first few months in office.
Nov 10, 2013

Steinberg: “I’ll Be Damned” If Scandal Taints Senate

The leader of the California State Senate says “he will be damned” if the scandal involving Montebello Senator Ronald Calderon taints the reputation of the California legislature.
Oct 28, 2013

Mr. Garcetti Goes to Washington: Mayor to Pitch LA Rail Projects to Obama, Congress

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, an early backer of then-Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary, says he hopes to use that relationship to bring federal dollars to his city.
Jul 28, 2013

ACLU Renews Call to Remove Sheriff Baca Over Jail Conditions

Referring to it as the “cesspool of this community” the ACLU of Southern California re-stated its call for the removal of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca as head of the massive Los Angeles County jail.
Sep 16, 2012

NewsConference: Education Reform Needs “Fundamental Shift” in Parents’ Favor, Advocate Says

Ben Austin, executive director of Parent Revolution, says the powers involved in the Chicago teacher-strike discussions need to change if anything is to be accomplished.

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