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The LA Times editorial board endorsed Republican Pete Peterson for secretary of state, over LA Democrat Alex Padilla. LAT editorial
Of the candidates running, Pete Peterson is the best choice for the post. He has innovative yet practical ideas to register voters, make ballot information more accessible and help make election day more convenient for busy Californians. He also brings a welcome focus on making the state's business registration system, which still relies on paper filings, more user-friendly. And he possesses an almost evangelical passion for public participation in the government, which is exactly what the office needs.
Starting today, California drivers are required to give bicyclists a three-foot buffer zone. The fine is $35 for violations, or up to $220 if a collision injures a cyclist. LAT
Though deeply concerned about the effects of illegal immigration on California, state voters broadly support a path to legalization for the nation's 12 million unauthorized residents, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. LAT
Dean Baquet talks to Lloyd Grove about his first months as executive editor of the New York Times, TMZ envy and about losing a kidney to cancer. Daily Beast
California Sunday Magazine debuts in print in October as a supplement to the LA Times, Sacramento Bee and San Francisco Chronicle. Re/code, LA Observed
Clear Channel, the largest operator of radio stations in the United States, is now iHeartMedia. NYT, CNET, WSJ
.@LADWP spox says energy demand hit an all-time high today...6,196 megawatts, breaking old record set in Sept. '10. @KNX1070 #heatwave
— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) September 16, 2014The Untouchables is by far the worst thing David Mamet ever wrote.
— Carolyn Kellogg (@paperhaus) September 16, 2014A city in China has made a separate sidewalk for people to text and walk http://t.co/5Q5XYZgIr0 pic.twitter.com/McybJjrMVN
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 15, 2014