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Voter Game Plan: Get ready to vote in the June 2 primary
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We cover countywide offices, as well as races in L.A. city, Long Beach, Pasadena and more.
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13 candidates are running against incumbent Karen Bass.
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The sheriff oversees the largest such agency in the nation, including a budget of nearly $4 billion.
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We help you makes sense of one of the hardest-to-choose items on your ballot.
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Get information on O.C. Board of Supervisors races, countywide offices and the superintendent of schools.
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They oversee courtroom proceedings and trials across all of Orange County.
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The assessor determines the taxable value of more than $850 billion in private and commercial properties.
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Stefan Bean is running unopposed to oversee an education system that serves nearly a half-million students.
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this system is different from how most states handle their primary elections.
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Data centers are expanding into water-stressed California communities, but lax disclosure rules keep the public in the dark about actual water usage.
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The review commissioned by the L.A. County Fire Department echoes other after-action reports, pointing to unprecedented conditions and strained resources as main challenges.
A San Diego judge ordered the penalties earlier this month after the city ran out of legal appeals.
Conflict in the Middle East
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Rising gasoline prices pushed inflation to its highest level in almost three years in April. Consumer prices were up 3.8% from a year ago.
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A cargo ship caught fire Sunday after being hit by an unknown projectile off Qatar's coast, the British military said.
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While the state is not headed for an immediate oil shortfall, additional price increases are likely if the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran continues.
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Warsh has argued there's room for the central bank to lower interest rates, but that could be challenging at a time of rising inflation.
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President Donald Trump returns to the U.S. after wrapping up his whirlwind trip to China.
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At the summit, the Chinese leader placed Taiwan, a key point of friction between the U.S. and China, at the center.
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Candidates for California governor faced off in one last debate before the primary.
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From a public wildfire authority to a state backstop, California insurance commissioner candidates propose greater state involvement.
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An initiative to make some firework use and sales legal again in the city is on the ballot for the June 2 special election.
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AFSCME canceled a looming open-ended strike.
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Career technical pathways provide a leg up — if students complete them.
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Turning Point USA continues to grow on CA campuses months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Campuses are seeing tensions rise as conservative students become more vocal.
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Imperfect ParadiseLAist's weekly on-demand news magazine show that pulls back the curtain and dives deeper into the biggest and most consequential SoCal stories of the week from our newsroom. New episodes drop every Friday.Listen 25:09The stakes are high for two of the most high profile local races on the June primary ballot. The L.A. mayor and L.A. County sheriff are hugely influential positions, and the incumbents in each race face crowded fields of challengers. LAist Civics and Democracy correspondent Frank Stoltze breaks down both races and discusses the front-runners and their platforms.
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Voter Game Plan Part 3: The primary races for LA mayor and LA County sheriff heat up