Buscaino wins council seat

Riding a wave of popular, hometown support, political newcomer and Los Angeles police officer Joe Buscaino swept to a stunning 20-point blowout Tuesday to fill the vacant Harbor-to-Watts district seat on the Los Angeles City Council.Donna Littlejohn in the Daily Breeze,,

With all of the ballots counted, Buscaino ended with 60.7 percent of the vote to Assemblyman Warren Furutani's 39.3 percent.

Some 15 percent of the voters turned out for the special runoff election.