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By Leo Rocha November 6, 2024 / 6:27 PM EST / CBS News The Electoral College – explained The Electoral College – explained 02:56 President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race , but several key dates are still ahead in the certification process before he takes the oath of office for his second term.  Though considered bureaucratic in the past, the certification process has come under increased public scrutiny since the 2020 election, when Trump and his allies pushed false, unproven claims of widespread voter fraud and unsuccessfully challenged the results in court. Election officials and experts repeatedly stress that U.S. elections are free and fair. The disinformation campaign ultimately culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that briefly delayed a joint session of Congress from certifying the 2020 election results. Trump has been charged with four counts in a case brought by special counsel Jack Smith stemming from his post-election conduct. In late 2022, as a direct response to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform Act to

Presidential historian assesses Trump’s 2024 win – CBS News Watch CBS News In just two-and-a-half months, President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House following a campaign unlike any other in U.S. history. While so much of Trump’s first term was unprecedented, his upcoming second term will have its fair share of firsts as well. Mary Frances Berry, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, joins “America Decides” to discuss. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Did Harris’ constrained campaign timeline hurt her chances? – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris has conceded the election to President-elect Donald Trump after running a short but historic presidential campaign. Many Americans might now be wondering: If the Harris had become the Democratic presidential nominee sooner, could the election have had a different result? Political strategists Maura Gillespie and Chuck Rocha join “America Decides” to discuss. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

The already crowded field of candidates vying to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2026 has grown by one. Southern California philanthropist and businessman Stephen Cloobeck announced his run for California governor on Tuesday with a barrage of advertisements on TV stations and news websites, targeting Californians following the results of the 2024 presidential election. Cloobeck, 63, struck a pro-business tone in the crowded governor’s race, saying in one advertisement that California is “closed for business, and we’ve had enough.” Cloobeck joins high-level Democratic candidates that include Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, former state Controller Betty Yee, state Sen. Toni Atkins, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state schools Supt. Tony Thurmond. All are trying to succeed Newsom, who is serving his second and final term in office. “If we were a country, California would be the fifth largest economy on the planet,” Cloobeck said in a statement. “We need to act like it. We need to be seen once again as an innovative, future-focused, world-class community that is leading the way, always moving forward, not stuck at the end of a cul-de-sac wondering why we

El legendario Fernando Valenzuela recibió un último adiós de cientos de familiares, amigos y aficionados que se dieron cita el miércoles en la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles en una ceremonia que duró alrededor de una hora. Valenzuela falleció el pasado 22 de octubre a la edad de 63 años. La ceremonia fue liderada por el arzobispo José H. Gómez, quien fue acompañado de otros miembros de la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles. El integrante de Tercer Cielo, Juan Carlos Rodríguez interpretó “Yo te Extrañaré”, además de las participaciones del Mariachi Sol de México, Sook Hyun Kim (pianista de la Catedral) y la vocalista Delia Rios. El ataúd del ex pitcher de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles Fernando Valenzuela ingresa para una misa en la catedral de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles, el miércoles 6 de noviembre de 2024. (Robert Gauthier/AP) “Vamos a recordar la estrella, el ser humano, el papá, el amigo, el compadre que él fue”, dijo su esposa Linda tras la ceremonia. “La humildad y el amor para toda la gente, eso es lo más importante para nosotros”. Entre la multitud

In deep-blue L.A. County, the “godfather of progressive prosecutors” lost his reelection bid by more than 20 percentage points to a former Republican. In the Bay Area, voters appear to have recalled another reform-minded district attorney. And statewide, a tough-on-crime ballot initiative passed with overwhelming support. Four years after nationwide calls for police accountability and a reimagining of the criminal justice system led to big wins for reform candidates in California, voters dramatically reversed course Tuesday night. Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, who ran a law-and-order campaign against incumbent Dist. Atty. George Gascón in Los Angeles, won by 23 points. Nearly two-third of voters supported the recall of Alameda County Dist. Atty. Pamela Price amid concerns over crime and rampant homelessness. It was the second time in three years a progressive Bay Area district attorney has been booted from office before finishing their term. Proposition 36, which will essentially erase California’s landmark 2014 sentencing reform bill, received support from 70% of voters Tuesday. Democrats have warned the move will reinstate draconian drug war policies, leading to longer prison terms for many crimes. Dan Schnur, a

Los Angeles police are investigating incidents of vandalism against six businesses in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood since Monday evening as possible hate crimes. The majority of the businesses vandalized were Jewish-owned, said Alain Cohen, owner of Got Kosher? Bakery. On Tuesday morning, he got a call from his staff, telling him that the glass storefront was smashed. “I came right away, I saw that, I called the police,” he said, “and then I boarded the glass.” “Later I heard that this was done to five other stores on the same block,” Cohen said. “Someone is systematically targeting our type of businesses. “It’s clear that if it happens in that particular block in this particular political and international situation, there’s a connection,” he said. The vandalism comes as authorities have reported an upsurge in antisemitic incidents across the country since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas and Israel’s military response. Last November, Los Angeles police launched an investigation into a protest at the Brentwood home of the president of a pro-Israeli lobbying group, where protesters ignited smoke devices in the street and spattered fake

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa doesn’t seem a bit worried about the potential fine he might receive from the NFL for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat on the field and pointing to the slogan of Donald Trump in front of national TV cameras. Speaking to reporters Wedneday, the day after Trump defeated Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in the presidential election, Bosa said he hasn’t been fined for his actions during the Oct. 27 “Sunday Night Football” broadcast. “But if it comes, it comes,” Bosa said. Following the 49ers’ 30-24 win over the Dallas Cowboys, Bosa crashed NBC sideline reporter Melissa Stark’s postgame interview with San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy, tight end George Kittle and running back Isaac Guerendo. As Stark was asking Purdy her first question, Bosa could be seen behind the group and walking into the frame while adjusting his MAGA hat. The 2022 defensive player of the year then stuck his head between Stark and Purdy and pointed to his hat several times before dashing off. Later, during his postgame news conference, Bosa had switched to another hat and

Several elderly people were rescued Wednesday afternoon as the fast-moving Mountain Fire surrounded a home in Ventura County. Video footage captured by Key News Network showed Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies rushing to the scene, just feet from the encroaching flames. Thick smoke filled the air, blotting out the sun, as deputies and caretakers worked quickly to evacuate at least four residents. Deputies rescue wheelchair-bound residents from a home surrounded by flames during the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, Oct. 30, 2024. (Key News Network) Deputies rescue wheelchair-bound residents from a home surrounded by flames during the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, Oct. 30, 2024. (Key News Network) Deputies rescue elderly residents from a home surrounded by flames during the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, Oct. 30, 2024. (Key News Network) Deputies rescue elderly residents from a home surrounded by flames during the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, Oct. 30, 2024. (Key News Network) The individuals, all in wheelchairs, were safely loaded into awaiting sheriff’s vehicles. Though the exact location was unclear, it appeared to possibly be an assisted living center. The area had been placed

November 6, 2024 / 5:58 PM EST / CBS/AP Cuba was without power once again as strong winds from Hurricane Rafael disconnected the power across the island, the county’s electric company said, weeks after another nationwide blackout.  The  Category 3 storm  swirled past the Cayman Islands on its way toward western Cuba on Wednesday afternoon, making landfall in the province of Artemisa, just east of Playa Majana. The hurricane made landfall at 4:15 p.m. with maximum sustained winds near 115 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.  Millions of Cubans were without power in October , which prompted the government to implement emergency measures to slash demand, including suspending classes, shutting down some state-owned workplaces and canceling nonessential services. Cubans without power resorted to cooking with improvised wood stoves on the streets before the food went bad in refrigerators as they waited for the power to go back on. The outage was the latest in a series of problems with energy distribution in a country where electricity has been restricted and rotated to different regions at different times of the day. Various power installations in the

Updated on: November 6, 2024 / 5:54 PM EST / AP The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that students eligible for free or reduced-price school meals cannot be charged processing fees, also known as junk fees, beginning in 2027. School districts currently work with processing companies to offer cashless payment systems for families. But the companies can charge “processing fees” for each transaction. By law, students who are eligible for reduced price meals cannot be charged more than 30 cents for breakfast and 40 cents for lunch. With processing fees, however, families can end up paying 10 times that amount. Processing companies charge as much as $3.25 or 4% to 5% per transaction, according to a recent report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. For families with lower incomes who can’t afford to load large sums in one go, processing fees can arrive weekly or even more frequently, increasing costs disproportionately. Families that qualify for free or reduced lunch pay as much as 60 cents per dollar in fees when paying for school lunches electronically, according to the report. Brain-boosting nutrition tips for busy families

Harris concedes 2024 election to Trump in speech to supporters | Special Report – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the 2024 presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday in a speech to her supporters at Howard University. “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell leads a special report. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

U.S. House leaning Republican, CBS News rates – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, and he may be leading a government entirely controlled by his party. Republicans flipped the Senate through a handful of wins in several key races, and CBS News has characterized control of the U.S. House as leaning Republican. Politics reporter Hunter Woodall has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

The Coachella Valley Repertory will open its 2024-25 season with a production of the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning pop musical “Next to Nothing” Wednesday. The event is set to begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 68510 E. Palm Canyon Drive, according to the Repertory’s website. “Next to Normal” follows the story of a suburban family whose outward successful appearance contrasts with their struggles over grief, depression, drug abuse and more. The musical has book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. After an Off-Broadway debut and 2009 Broadway run, it received 11 Tony Award nominations, winning Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Alice Ripley. Director Adam Karsten is at the helm of the Repertory’s production, with Bligh Voth and Eric Kunze starring as Diana and Dan Goodman. Stephen Hulsey serves as the music director for a cast that includes several younger performers. Tickets and additional information can be found at cvrep.org.

Lake Cahuilla Veterans Regional Park will host its annual Veterans Day Weekend Catfish Derby this weekend, officials said Wednesday. The event begins at 4 p.m. Saturday, with adults’ and children’s prizes awarded for the heaviest catches among the over 4,000 pounds of catfish being stocked into the lake, according to Riverside County officials. “This fishing derby is a wonderful way to show our appreciation for veterans and families,” Supervisor V. Manuel Perez said in a statement. The park also offered free camping for veterans between Friday and Sunday with the code “Vet24” and a buy-one, get-one-free multi-night offer across the weekend status with the code “Derby24,” valid regardless of service status. State fishing licenses are required for participants over 15 years old. Registration for the event is free and can be completed ahead of time at tinyurl.com/CAHDerby2024. The aforementioned discount codes can be applied at 800-234-7275.

PHOENIX —  Abortion access was on the ballot Tuesday and voters supported it in seven of 10 states nationwide, giving an overwhelming win for the abortion rights movement since the matter became a states’ issue after the fall of Roe vs. Wade. But the issue’s biggest proponent on a national ticket? She couldn’t win. Vice President Kamala Harris, who made reproductive rights a cornerstone of her campaign, lost to former President Trump, who had repeatedly boasted about appointing the Supreme Court justices who were among the majority that scuttled Roe. “People, I don’t think, felt they had to choose between Trump and their position on abortion,” said Mary Ziegler, a legal historian and author of several books on abortion, including the forthcoming book “Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction.” “They thought they could have both.” A mix of red, blue and swing states handily passed measures related to restoring abortion access or codifying it in their state constitutions. Unsurprisingly, the measures succeeded in Colorado, New York and Maryland. But they also passed in Arizona, Nevada and in deep-red Missouri and Montana. A ballot measure in

SAN FRANCISCO —  On election night, as Republican Donald Trump inched closer to reclaiming the U.S. presidency, some tech executives and venture capitalists rejoiced. “The people of America gave @realDonaldTrump a crystal clear mandate for change tonight,” Elon Musk posted on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The eccentric billionaire, who shared a Photoshopped image of himself carrying a sink into the Oval Office, has been a vocal supporter of Trump , who defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to win the White House. The 2024 U.S. presidential election has been a wild ride, highlighting a divide between venture capitalists and tech executives — some of whom spent millions of dollars backing Trump while others poured money into Harris’ campaign. Both sides argued the candidates they support would benefit the tech industry. Box Chief Executive Aaron Levie, who backed Harris and made the case the Democrat is pro-business, congratulated Trump on his win late Tuesday night. “What’s great about America is that we’re on a rocket ship right now and can keep accelerating with the right policies and execution,” Levie posted on X. Musk

Much will be studied, analyzed and written for years to come about why Americans voted an openly authoritarian leader back into power in apparently greater margins than they did eight years ago. What’s clearer and more important at this moment is what millions of our fellow citizens did by putting Donald Trump back in the White House. Today we must reckon with the harsh reality that authoritarianism has arrived in America, that it’s broadly popular and that millions of our fellow citizens have given it their votes. We are entering a dark and dangerous time. But while this is a moment of reckoning that we must acknowledge, we should also refuse to give in to despair and continue to assert and rely on our rights and protections as Americans. Over the next four years, the world’s most powerful office will be inhabited by a twice-impeached convicted felon with a history of flouting laws and norms — a narcissist who fomented the violent Jan. 6 insurrection and has promised to make decisions based on retribution and prejudice rather than what’s best for the country. Americans are

Los Angeles County voters in deep-blue districts elected three new Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. The Associated Press called three congressional races in favor of Luz Rivas in the San Fernando Valley, Laura Friedman in central Los Angeles and Gil Cisneros in the San Gabriel Valley. All three were running in districts with no incumbent seeking reelection. 29th Congressional District: Luz Rivas Luz Rivas will be the first Latina to represent the 29th Congressional District in the San Fernando Valley, replacing Rep. Tony Cárdenas, who decided last year not to seek reelection. The safely Democratic district includes the city of San Fernando and nearly a dozen Los Angeles neighborhoods, including North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Sun Valley and Sylmar. Rivas defeated Republican Benito “Benny” Bernal, a longtime Valley resident and community advocate who has run for Congress and the Los Angeles City Council several times before. Rivas previously spent six years in the state Assembly, where she focused on environmental issues, and ran a Pacoima-based nonprofit organization that encourages girls to pursue careers in science, math and engineering. 30th Congressional District: Laura

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political starpower dimmed as Vice President Kamala Harris rose to the top of the Democratic Party in the months before the 2024 election. Fewer reporters tracked the California governor’s movements. Talk about his presidential prospects reduced to murmurs about whether he would be relevant in eight years. Some of his own political advisors shifted their attention to electing Harris. That’s all expected to change after her presidential campaign against former President Trump crashed and burned Tuesday and voters elected the Republican to a second term in the nation’s highest office. “Newsom is going to lead the resistance government for the next two years as governor, and then after that, he is a very prominent and nationally recognized party leader,” said Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at USC, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine. “There will be dozens of other plausible Democrats thinking about the 2028 race, but none of them start with the advantages that Newsom has developed for himself.” As the liberal antithesis to conservative dogma on abortion, immigration and LGBTQ+ rights, California is naturally poised to reprise the role the state

KTLA 5 News reporter Sara Welch was on the frontlines of the Mountain Fire in Ventura County on Wednesday afternoon as homes were destroyed by the intense, wind-driven flames on live television. The brush fire, which erupted in the Somis and Camarillo area earlier in the day, had exploded to 9,000 acres and destroyed an unknown number of structures. Firefighters were hampered by strong Santa Ana winds whipping through Southern California on Wednesday. “The flames are just vicious,” Welch said during KTLA 5 News at 1 p.m. as a home on Old Coach Drive in Camarillo Heights burned. “It is hot, and it is windy. There are sporadic fires all over the area.” KTLA 5 News reporter Sara Welch reports from Camarillo Heights as a home goes up in flames on live television. (KTLA) A home burns during the Mountain Fire in Camarillo Heights, California. Nov. 6, 2024. (KTLA) Sky5 aerial view of home ablaze from the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, California on Nov. 6, 2024. (KTLA) Sky5 aerial view of homes destroyed in the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, California on Nov. 6