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Gov. Jerry Brown talked presidential politics on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday, sounding off on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' candidacy, Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails and the odds that Vice President Joe Biden will enter the race. LAT
The Fearful and the Frustrated: Donald Trump’s nationalist coalition takes shape—for now. New Yorker
Speaker Toni Atkins says there needs to be "better communication" between federal and state officials over undocumented immigrants who have been accused of serious crimes. NBC 4 News Conference
Hundreds of Californians with household incomes of $500,000 or more have collected state subsidies for buying electric and hybrid cars under a program that is criticized as a taxpayer handout to the wealthy. LAT
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas drove two county-provided cars last year and tried to hide the second one when asked, the Daily News says.
A potential crackdown on L.A.’s booming short-term rental market is deepening divisions within the industry. KPCC
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has asked President Barack Obama to bypass Congress and create three national monuments in the California desert totaling more than a million acres. AP
As of Friday, 673 people across the nation had filed statements of candidacy to run for president. Contra Costa Times
The three-way, mostly civilized, family contest to become the next publisher of the New York Times. New York
Variety's Peter Bart, then a NYT reporter in Los Angeles, and Doug Smith of the LAT talk about how the Watts riots changed media coverage. Variety PopPolitics
Merl Reagle, the creditor of the Sunday crossword puzzle in the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers, died Saturday at age 65. How he changed crosswords. LAT obit, Slate
Mario Vargas Llosa blasted the New York Times for running gossip about him he says was culled from the Daily Mail. Poynter
LA Times reporter (and fanboy apparently) Matt Stevens got to meet his idol Taylor Swift at Staples Center, arranged by her flack, and gush about it for the paper. LAT
THIS JUST HAPPENED!!! @taylorswift13 is the BEST!!! pic.twitter.com/9WUNtIJKqg
— Matt Stevens (@ByMattStevens) August 22, 2015Sony, Disney and DreamWorks Can't Escape Lawsuit Over Anti-Poaching Pacts. THR
ABC 7 reporter Robert Holguin is moving back to El Paso. KFOX 14
A conversation with Nina Revoyr about her newest novel, "Lost Canyon," and about Los Angeles. LAT
Three teenaged girls who rented a helicopter to fly over the Beatles in LA in 1965 got together for a reunion. LAT
if the drought drags on for another year or two, wild populations of some of the state's most prized salmon and steelhead are likely to vanish. LAT
A plague of seed bugs is hitting the Eastern Sierra for the first time, different than the bugs on the playa at Burning Man. From Lone Pine: "They flew by the thousands toward even the smallest sources of light, and crept along windows and kitchen tables…." AP
Flackery for the new Broad Museum is ramping up. This past weekend: "It was the 'natural eye' of Edye Broad that got her billionaire husband interested in art." LAT
The Goodyear blimp Spirit of America has flown over LA for the last time. LAT
A memorial for David Finkel will be held Aug. 30 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. SM Mirror
Bob Farrell, the founder of the once-popular Farrell's Ice Cream restaurants, died Aug. 15 in a care facility in Portland at age 87. The first Farrell's was in Portland. LAT
Maria Sharapova will announce her own exhibition tennis tournament to be held at the UCLA Tennis Center in December. LAT, ESPN LA
Trojans football coach Steve Sarkisian apologized for 'my behavior and my inappropriate language' at a USC fan event, after being confronted by athletic director Pat Haden. Drinking was reportedly involved. ESPN, Plaschke
The Dodgers appear to be in free-fall, losing all three games in Houston as the bullpen blows another and the hitters don't hit. ESPN LA
Can I eat my own head? pic.twitter.com/tmG2xPrJGz
— Ginger Chan KTLA (@ktlagingerchan) August 24, 2015
High and low pressure. What do they mean? A simple video from @NWSSacramento #cawx
https://t.co/gR5yStYGYI
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) August 21, 2015