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Commentary: Newsom stood tall against Trump. Does that make him presidential timber?

Commentary: Newsom stood tall against Trump. Does that make him presidential timber?

Today we discuss presidential politics, window treatments and disasters of the natural and man-made variety. Time for Gavin Newsom to …

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Commentary: Democrats are busy bashing themselves. Is it needed, or just needy?

Commentary: Democrats are busy bashing themselves. Is it needed, or just needy?

To hear Republicans tell it, California is a failed state and Donald Trump won the presidency in a landslide that …

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Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?

Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?

Unions in California are different from those in other places. More than any state in our troubled country, their ranks …

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Commentary: Homeland Security’s ‘sanctuary city’ list is riddled with errors. The sloppiness is the point

Commentary: Homeland Security’s ‘sanctuary city’ list is riddled with errors. The sloppiness is the point

The Department of Homeland Security’s “sanctuary jurisdiction list” has more holes than the plot for the latest “Mission Impossible” film. …

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Commentary: If people taking care of our elders get deported, will anyone take their place?

Commentary: If people taking care of our elders get deported, will anyone take their place?

She rides three buses from her Panorama City home to her job as a caregiver for an 83-year-old Sherman Oaks …

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Commentary: Even tough-on-crime district attorneys know prison reform is smart

Commentary: Even tough-on-crime district attorneys know prison reform is smart

On a recent morning inside San Quentin prison, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and more than a dozen …

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Commentary: Antonio Villaraigosa is dying to run against Kamala Harris for governor. Here’s why

Commentary: Antonio Villaraigosa is dying to run against Kamala Harris for governor. Here’s why

If Kamala Harris runs for California governor, the job is essentially hers for the taking. So goes the common wisdom. …

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Commentary: Archbishop Gomez, you still have time. Follow Pope Francis’ example

Commentary: Archbishop Gomez, you still have time. Follow Pope Francis’ example

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez and the late Pope Francis assumed their positions two years apart. Both were pioneering …

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Commentary: Trump’s cruelty to migrants reminds us what Easter is about

Commentary: Trump’s cruelty to migrants reminds us what Easter is about

It’s almost the end of Holy Week, the annual Christian commemoration of the betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Faithful …

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Commentary: In their golden years, this isn’t the country they expected to be living in. So what now?

Commentary: In their golden years, this isn’t the country they expected to be living in. So what now?

Montebello resident Rosa Maria Juarez, 96, doesn’t like what’s happening to the country, and in these tumultuous times, she has …

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