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During the 2008 United States presidential election, newspapers, magazines, and other publications made general election endorsements.As of November 4, 2008, Barack Obama had received more than twice as many publication endorsements as John McCain; in terms of circulation, the ratio was more than three to one, according to the detailed tables below:
The First Interstate Tower fire was a high-rise fire that occurred on May 4, 1988, at the First Interstate Tower (now Aon Center) in Los Angeles, California, a 62-story, 860 foot (260 m) skyscraper, then the tallest building in the city. The fire destroyed five floors of the building, injured 40 people, and caused the death of a maintenance ...
Blue states/districts went for Obama, red for McCain. Yellow states were won by either candidate by 5% or more. Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia and Iowa were won by Bush in 2004 but were won by Obama by a margin of more than 5% in 2008. States where the margin of victory was under 1% (26 electoral votes; 15 won by Obama, 11 by McCain):
Elsewhere in the Bay Area, Obama won every county by a three to two margin or greater. [30] In Los Angeles County, Obama won almost 70% of the votes. [30] His combined margin in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County would have been more than enough to carry the state. Obama also made considerable headway in historically Republican areas of the state.
Los Angeles Daily News [184] The Modesto Bee [185] New Hampshire Union Leader; The New York Times [186] Norwich Bulletin [115] Oakland Tribune [116] La Opinión [117] The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon [118] Orlando Sentinel [187] The Palm Beach Post; Pensacola News Journal (FL) [125] Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper in Philadelphia ...
The massive fire that forced the indefinite closure of Interstate 10, a major traffic artery in Los Angeles, was set intentionally, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.
A Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighter works to put out hotspots at a home destroyed in the Franklin Fire on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 in Malibu, California.
The Sayre Fire, also known as the Sylmar Fire, was a November 2008 wildfire that resulted in the loss of 489 residences in Los Angeles, California, United States, the "worst loss of homes due to fire" in the city's history. [1] The fire was first reported at 10:29 p.m. PDT on November 14, 2008, in the Sylmar section of Los