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Newsfeed ELECTION 2014 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LOS ANGELES RepublicanDavidVa- ladao topped the field Tuesday in one of California's marquee U.S. House races, setting up a November show- down with one of two Democrats in a district carried easily by President Barack Obama in 2012. The 21st District seat in the state's farm belt is a top target for Dem- ocrats, as the party seeks to gain ground in a longshot bid to reclaim majority control in the House. Va- ladeo grew up on a dairy farm in the district, but its registration skews sharply Democratic. Early primary election returns show tight races for House seats from San Diego to Sacramento. No incum- bents appeared in danger. An 18-candidate free-for-all is un- derway in a coastal district that in- cludes Malibu and Beverly Hills, where the candidates range from best-selling author Marianne Wil- liamson to gang prosecutor Elan Carr. Freshman Democrat Scott Peters is trying to hold off several Republi- cans in his San Diego district. ELECTION 2014 CONGRESS Earlyreturnsshowtight US House races SAN DIEGO California voters hand- ily approved ballot measures Tues- day requiring that local governments pay the cost of making their records and meetings public and redirecting $600 million in bond money to pro- vide housing for low-income veter- ans. Proposition 42, which amends the state constitution to require that gov- ernments pay for complying with state transparency laws, led with 60 percent of the vote after 1.8 million ballots counted. It was backed by both the state Democratic and Republican par- ties, taxpayer advocates and labor unions. Proposition 41, which redirects $600 million in existing veterans bonds to buy, build and renovate apartments and multi-family homes for low-income veterans, led with 66 percent of the vote, with 1.8 million ballots counted. The Legislature put both measures on the ballot in unanimous votes. ELECTION 2014 PROPOSITION 42 Sunshine measure ensures access to local public records LOS ANGELES Republicans hoping to loosen the Democratic Party's grip on California politics get an early test of their prospects when primary voters select nominees for eight statewide of- fices. While Democratic incumbents are favored to advance to Novem- ber's general election in five of the races, including governor, three oth- ers are wide open and will see new of- fice holders this year. That is where the GOP has the best chance of break- ing through. Currently, all eight offices are held by Democrats. Incumbents seeking re-election are Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Kamala Harris, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. The three vacant offices are control- ler, secretary of state and treasurer. In the primary, the top two vote-getters advance to the fall election, even if they are from the same party. ELECTION 2014 STATE OFFICES GOP seeks to establish inroads in heavily blue state LOS ANGELES Attorney General Ka- mala Harris easily prevailed in Tues- day's primary, setting her up to run for a second term in November's Gen- eral Election. Harris, a Democrat, had secured more than half of the votes in early re- turns. She faced four Republicans, each of whom received less than 14 percent in early returns. Whoever among the four finishes second will face Harris. One Republican challenger, former longtime state legislator Phil Wyman, responded to the recent scandals in- volving three Democratic state sen- ators by proposing public executions for lawmakers found guilty of endan- gering others. That prompted one of his GOP op- ponents, former San Diego deputy city attorney David King, to call for Wyman to withdraw. Also running as Republicans were retired prosecutor Ronald Gold and attorney John Haggerty. ELECTION 2014 AG Democratic incumbent Harris advances to General Election ROUNDUP The Associated Press PORT HUENEME Hundreds of migrant children will be sheltered at a naval facility in California amid a spike in the number of minors caught crossing the border alone, authorities said Tuesday. A 42,000-square-foot building in Port Hueneme previously used to house naval reservists before they deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan will be used as a temporary shelter, said Vance Vasquez, a spokes- man for Naval Base Ven- tura County. The facility, which has bed space for 570 people, was remodeled in 2007 and is equipped with show- ers, bathrooms and recre- ation spaces for TV watch- ing and games. It has been closed for more than a year, Vasquez said. Federal officials say chil- dren could start arriving as soon as this week at the facil- ity 60 miles west of Los An- geles. The government is also housing migrant children at a military base in Texas. Officials estimate as many as 60,000 children, mostly from Central America, could be caught at the bor- der this year, which would be a nearly 10-fold increase since 2011. Rampant crime and pov- erty across Central Amer- ica and a desire to reunite with parents or other rela- tives are thought to be driv- ing many of the young mi- grants. While the children face deportation proceed- ings if they are caught in the U.S., many have been able to win permission from an im- migration judge to stay. Children will be flown to the Port Hueneme site from other shelters while being cleared for transfer to spon- sors, said Laura Goulding, a spokeswoman for the Ad- ministration for Children and Families, a division of the Health and Human Ser- vices Department. They will receive English language in- struction, arts and crafts ac- tivities, and recreation at the shelter, she said. Goulding said most chil- dren are expected to remain at the base less than the av- erage stay of 35 days. It was not immediately clear what would happen to the children's deportation cases once they are trans- ferred to Port Hueneme. A message was left for the Ex- ecutive Office for Immigra- tion Review. IMMIGRATION California base readies to house migrant kids The Associated Press LOSANGELES A Hollywood doctor was charged Tuesday with conspiring to bilk Medi- care out of more than $33 million by charging for un- necessary services and med- ical equipment. Dr. Robert A. Glazer, 67, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He was arrested May 13 and is free on bond, according to the U.S. attor- ney's office. Calls to his Hollywood clinic were not answered. Prosecutors contend that from about January 2006 through May 2014, Glazer billed Medicare for tests and procedures that were unnecessary and sometimes weren't even performed. Authorities say he also received kickbacks for pro- viding phony prescriptions for hospice services, power wheelchairs and other goods and services to medical com- panies and suppliers so the bills could be submitted to Medicare. One woman told inves- tigators that she received several telephone calls ask- ing her to go to the clinic. "The caller offered her free shoes, oil, rice and beans," according to an af- fidavit by an FBI agent that was filed in federal court in Los Angeles. Thewomanrefusedatfirst, but later, she went. Glazer talkedtoherforabout10min- utes but didn't examine her, according to the affidavit. "A nurse offered her a so- nogram, but she refused. The nurse told her she could go home if she agreed to get the sonogram, so she got the sonogram," the court docu- ment stated. Some patients said they were given powered wheel- chairs that they didn't ask for and didn't need. The affidavit said Glazer prescribed more than 1,000 powered wheelchairs dur- ing the period, compared with other doctors, who "of- ten prescribe as few as one or two a year," the affidavit said. Court documents allege that the phony claims to- taled nearly $33.5 million and Medicare paid out about $22 million on them. The case was brought as part of an ongoing crack- down on fraud that's be- lieved to cost Medicare be- tween $60 billion and $90 billion each year. Last year, nearly 100 peo- ple around the country, in- cluding 14 doctors and nurses, were charged with separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-fundedprogramfor roughly$223millioninbogus charges, authorities said. INSURANCE LA doctor charged with $33M Medicare fraud Patients say they were given unnecessary prescriptions InCalifornia,allvotersaregiventhe opportunity to vote for candidate from any political party. The top-two candidates, as selected by voters in the June 3primary, will advance to the General Election on Nov. 4. Results represent 10.6percent of California's 22,353precincts report- ing. The arrow suggests a likely winner. GOVERNOR →Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown (Democrat) — 55.5% Tim Donnelly (Republican) — 14.7% Neel Kashkari (Republican) — 17.6% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR →Gavin Newsom (Democrat) — 50.3% Ron Nehring (Republican) — 23.3% ATTORNEY GENERAL →Kamala D. Harris (Democrat) — 52.7% Ronald Gold (Republican) — 13.2% SECRETARY OF STATE Alex Padilla (Democrat) — 28.8% Pete Peterson (Republican) — 29.8% SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION →Tom Torlakson — 48.9% Marshall Tuck — 27.5% INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Dave Jones (Democrat) — 53.3% Ted Gaines (Republican) — 41.6% TREASURER John Chiang (Democrat) — 55.1% Greg Conlon (Republican) — 33.6% CONTROLLER John A. Pérez (Democrat) — 19.9% Betty T. Yee (Democrat) — 21.9% David Evans (Republican) — 22.9% Ashley Swearengin (Republican) — 23.7% STATE PROPOSITIONS Proposition 41: Veterans Housing & Homeless Bond Act of 2014 →Yes — 65.7% No — 34.3% Proposition 42: Public Records. Open Meetings. Reimbursements →Yes —60.2% No — 39.8% Source: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/ JUNE3PRIMARY CHRIS SHERMAN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Brian Duran, 14, of Comayagua, Honduras, collects his line-dried laundry at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico, on Tuesday. Duran traveled alone to the U.S.- Mexico border and hopes to soon become one of the more than 47,000unaccompanied children to enter the United States. RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Voting pamphlets are displayed as a voter marks her ballot while voting in California's Primary Election in Sacramento. With no divisive ballot initiatives or high-profile races a low voter turnout was expected. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 3 B