San Diego has surpassed Tucson, becoming the top border region for migrant arrivals for the first time in decades. I wrote about the history of of migration route shifts (h/t Adam Isacson)

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The Congressional District 16 recount continues. Evan Low is now up one over Joe Simitian. San Mateo County has wrapped up rescanning ballots but more votes still need to be recounted in Santa Clara County.
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Three minutes of Ashley Zavala doggedly asking questions while a powerful state lawmaker Gail Pellerin for Assembly dodges. Why hide behind a “prepared statement” when you can just talk to a reporter standing in front of you?

USC has 47K students so it hands out diplomas for its ~17 schools in satellite commencement ceremonies — which are still set to go forward.

“Main stage” ceremony is what is canceled — a lot of pomp, processions and speeches. Many graduates have often skipped this.

New head of LADWP will make $750,000 a year — nearly twice as much as her predecessor latimes.com/california/sto…

Follow angie, a USC grad and phenomenal reporter who has been covering every moment of the protests at the campus since the moment they started and before!

Still a tie after another day of recounting. San Mateo County has completed the recount but still waiting on information from USPS before ruling on a number of challenged ballots. Santa Clara County is still recounting.

It's deja vu in the Congressional District 16 race as the recount nears the end. While more results will come in, Evan Low and Joe Simitian are currently tied again. w/Harriet Blair Rowan
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She was saving money to move back to Nicaragua. Then she was killed on a Metro train latimes.com/california/sto…

'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez sentenced to 18 months in prison. 'You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon. But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive, a husband would have his partner & a little boy would have his mother,' the judge said. latimes.com/entertainment-…

I asked Gavin Newsom whether he agreed that this year's #Coachella is mid and to give us his dream lineup

“I have to say as someone who runs the day-to-day operations of an organization that provides a lot of care ... I resent the optimism,” said a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood LA.

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Documents will be unsealed in L.A. city attorney and DWP corruption case, judge rules latimes.com/california/sto…

NEW: Unemployment is down, inflation is tamed, but man the rent is too damn high!

As Biden and Trump face off again, the hope of owning a home is all but dead — or at least on life support — for many voters in NV and AZ.

Could that impact the election?latimes.com/politics/story…

Given the extraordinarily unlikely outcome of today’s vote tally — after my first-place finish, two of my competitors have tied for second after more than 180,000 votes were cast— it’s a good time to buy a lottery ticket in #CA16 !

NEW: Tonight Trump will appear at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for Tom Homan 's non-profit.

Asked about the event and his 'family sep' policies, Trump's campaign said 'the millions of illegals Biden has resettled across America should not get comfortable.'
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Every vote counts in Silicon Valley, where two congressional candidates literally tied for second place latimes.com/california/sto…

“What everybody is struggling with is the difference between what they ideally want and then what some of it means to the pocketbook. It’s a dilemma.”

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