I described a very specific photo that I thought would work for my story about Walz’s LGBTQ+ record — of a brief cameo by a specific student in a short video that I knew was going to play at the DNC last night, but not when — and Myung Chun nailed it.

Kamala Harris’ job tonight, one longtime pollster told me, is to show she doesn’t just represent hope, but can inspire it. “She needs to get people comfortable with her. Will she command authority? Project strength on the world stage?” latimes.com/politics/story…

A queer former student of Tim Walz told me that as a "combative, punk rock 14-year-old,” he was initially skeptical of the football coaching hunter who everyone seemed to love. Then, he said, Walz “won me over with his rampant niceness and fairness.” latimes.com/california/sto…

Stephen Curry endorses Kamala Harris by video at DNC, days after coach Kerr speech latimes.com/politics/story…

The audacity of hope 2.0

Opinion: Ignore my brother Bobby, Max Kennedy says (via L.A. Times Opinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Some of my Los Angeles Times colleagues and I are going to be watching and writing about Harris' and Walz's CNN interview in real time. In fact, we've already started. Check it out here: latimes.com/politics/liveb…

In rare agreement, California Democrats and Trump both pitch insurance coverage for IVF latimes.com/california/sto…

“It’s as old as Shakespeare and as old as Socrates,” she said. “It’s an extremely powerful theater that tells us about ourselves and about the people on trial. And I think it’s ever fascinating.”

It was a monumental moment in American history — and a pivotal one in the career of the most ascendant Black politician since Obama. ‘Defund police’ or reimagine safety? Kamala Harris’ record on a historic American issue Read my latest: latimes.com/politics/story…

L.A. County’s top judge clears way for electronic recording in courts, despite state law latimes.com/california/sto…