Howard Lawrence Berman

Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento

2013-05-17 18:39:00

WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...

Michael Dukakis to help Rep. Brad Sherman retire campaign debt

2013-02-19 11:32:00

Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, are helping with a "debt retirement" fundraiser for Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), who last fall won one of the most contentious -- and most expensive -- House races in the...

Remembering the Henry Waxman-Howard Berman machine

2013-02-08 12:28:00

SACRAMENTO -- The defeat of Rep. Howard Berman last fall marked the end of an era in California politics. Berman, a former state Assemblyman who lost a bitter fight for the speakership in 1980, went on to serve the San Fernando Valley for three...

Ganging up on Bob Blumenfield

2013-01-29 14:17:00

Six candidates are running for Los Angeles’ 3rd Council District seat; five showed up to a forum last Tuesday hosted by the Woodland Hills Property Owners Assn. They shook hands, embraced, in a couple cases offered each other pecks on the cheek. Who...

Greuel, Garcetti hope for support from Clinton or Obama

2013-01-11 17:03:00

Trying to set yourself apart from the pack in the Los Angeles mayor's race, you couldn't ask for a much more potent ally than former President Clinton. Unless your backing came from the current occupant of the Oval Office, President Obama. The two...

Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State

2012-12-21 07:35:00

WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...

Democrats gain big in Legislature

2012-11-07 00:05:00

Democrats were within striking distance of a supermajority in the state Senate late Tuesday, and were drawing near in the Assembly as well, moving the party closer to unilateral power to raise taxes. The potential gains, a result of sweeping changes...

Berman-Sherman battle enters final weekend

2012-11-03 06:03:16

Berman, Sherman battle to the end [Google+ hangout]

2012-11-05 12:34:18

Women's group supports both candidates in Valley congressional race

2012-11-05 16:12:29

Valley voters weigh in on Sherman-Berman congressional race

2012-11-06 11:42:44

California voters head to the polls

2012-11-06 06:34:11

Reps. Howard Berman, left, and Brad Sherman at a candidates forum early this year.

2012-12-11 07:06:00

Democratic Rep. Howard Berman greets supporters on election night in Encino.

2012-11-08 07:53:00

Howard Berman (left) and Brad Sherman (right).

2012-11-07 04:18:49