Trump will speak today at his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, less than a mile from where hundreds of homes had electricity and gas cut off in recent weeks because of a landslide. He bought the course after the 18th hole fell in the sea. latimes.com/california/sto… by me Los Angeles Times

Trump’s Haitian immigrant comments create a storm in Florida Noah Bierman latimes.com/politics/story…

A "stab in the back" or a sigh of relief? Elon Musk's decision to move X, formerly Twitter, from SF is stirring mixed emotions. Wendy Lee and I talked to politicians, small business owners and others about the exit: latimes.com/business/story…

How much are Las Vegas and Nevada hurting economically? And will that hurt Kamala Harris. Some voters say yes, but she holds a slim lead in the Silver State. latimes.com/politics/story…

Trump managing to plumb new depths, says would deny California (and California victims) emergency relief aid if Newsom failed to kowtow latimes.com/politics/story…

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The woman behind an early Facebook post spreading a harmful and baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating local pets .. says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret .. NBC News nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-…

No more debates. So we have to retire the earpiece/earrings after only one use?

AP’s Deepti Hajela on the long history of othering immigrants by making up lies about the stuff they eat apnews.com/article/haitia…

There’s now an entire generation of Californians who have grown up without experiencing the damaging earthquakes seen in the 1980s and 1990s,

.Seattle-Tacoma Intl. Airport Hey, folks, frequent traveler here. Can’t msg you direct so… your signage is the worst I’ve encountered. Ranges from confusing to non-existent. Makes for very unhappy travel experience

“These are gimmicks and horrible ideas. Some pointy head can worry about the impact and the numbers. That’s not his problem.” Jim Rainey on Trump’s latest tax-cut scam promise latimes.com/politics/story…

A+ headline: Well done, Philly. inquirer.com/politics/elect…

The presidential politics of McDonald's are ... complicated. Kamala Harris touts her job with the chain in 1983 as a way to connect w/ working-class voters. But her opponent has claimed, sans evidence, that she never worked there. Inside the McControversy: latimes.com/politics/story…

In “liberal” San Francisco, the sole progressive vying for mayor is an underdog. Hannah Wiley on a race defying the city’s loopy left image latimes.com/california/sto…

INVESTIGATION: This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct and ensures problem officers can get re-hired. The Chronicle teamed up with UC Berkeley IRP to reveal the system of legal settlements that has whitewashed corruption for decades. trib.al/8H8IuFo

Days after mingling with wealthy donors in Beverly Hills and the Bay Area, Trump said that if he is reelected, he would reinstate a tax break that benefits residents of high-tax states such as California. "“I will...get SALT back." latimes.com/politics/story… by Seema and me

A scandal over California’s failure to keep pesticides out of legal cannabis is causing widespread turmoil. There's a whistleblower lawsuit, the exit of a top cannabis official and a private sector race to form a shadow regulatory system Paige St. John latimes.com/california/sto…

Clallam County, Wash., is America’s last presidential bellwether county, voting for the winner in every election since 1980. Mark Z. Barabak -- who really only uses his column to go to this country's most beautiful places -- explains why. latimes.com/politics/story…

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NEW: In a far corner of the continent, amid the salty air and green-carpeted mountains of the Pacific NW, is a place with an unparalleled record of political precision. Clallam County has backed every presidential winner since '80. I talked to folks: latimes.com/politics/story…