Trump and Hillary are dominant in the primaries: Trump taking 5, Clinton taking 4, and Sanders only taking 1.
AP's Julie Pace and Catherine Lucey: "In a front-runner's rout, Republican Donald Trump roared to victory Tuesday in five contests across the Northeast and confidently declared himself the GOP's "presumptive nominee." Hillary Clinton was dominant in four Democratic races and now is 90 percent of the way to the number she needs to claim her own nomination."
"Trump's and Clinton's wins propelled them ever closer to a general election showdown. Still, Sanders and Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich, vowed to keep running, even as opportunities to topple the leaders dwindle."
"Trump still must negotiate a narrow path to keep from falling short of the delegates needed to seal the nomination before the Republican National Convention in July. Cruz and Kasich are working toward that result, which would leave Trump open to a floor fight in which delegates could turn to someone else."
Newly installed Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is casting a wide net. The question is will it be wide enough?
From Capitol Weekly's Chuck McFadden: "New Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon doesn’t believe the emergence of a less-liberal, more pro-business wing of his big Democratic caucus is going to set off a high-visibility war among Democrats."
“I don’t know if the party has ever been monolithic,” Rendon said in a telephone interview. “We’ve always been a big-tent party, with a diversity of viewpoints reflecting the diversity of California.”
"Rendon’s placid view of his caucus’s inner workings contrasts with that of some media observers, who have a less-sunny view."
A new plan to enlarge the Los Vaqueros Reservoir may drastically reduce the need for Gov. Brown's $17 billion delta tunnel project, as well as provide greater drought insurance for many cities in California.
Paul Rogers reports in Mercury News: "For nearly two decades, Los Vaqueros Reservoir -- a sprawling lake in eastern Contra Costa County nearly 3 miles long and 170 feet deep -- has been a popular spot for boating, fishing, hiking and a key source of water for local residents."
"But now, after years of drought and new money available from a 2014 state bond measure to fund water projects, a long-standing idea to dramatically enlarge the reservoir to help provide drought insurance to cities all the way to San Jose is gaining momentum."
"Some environmentalists say the idea, which they support, also would reduce the need for Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial $17 billion plan to build two huge water tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta."
The latest SFPD racist text-message scandal has revealed that the misconduct of all officers involved may have negatively affected the outcome of more than 200 criminal cases.
Bay City News Service reporting: "The latest racist text scandal involving four San Francisco police officers, including one who now faces criminal charges, could affect more than 200 criminal cases, Public Defender Jeff Adachi said Tuesday."
"The messages, which were made public by District Attorney George Gascon late last month, emerged during a police department investigation into sexual assault allegations made against former Officer Jason Lai in August last year."
"The investigation found insufficient evidence to charge Lai with sexual assault but he was instead charged with two misdemeanor counts of misuse of criminal history information and four counts of misuse of confidential Department of Motor Vehicles information."
SEE ALSO: Another inmate death in Santa Clara County jail -- Mercury News' Jason Green reporting. Berkeley Police Department explores bodycam use for increased accountability -- Daily Californian's Jessica Lynn writes.
The State Department of Food & Agriculture declares war on a migratory tiny insect that is highly-toxic to citrus trees. It is so toxic that it has decimated nearly half of Florida's citrus production and it now looms ominously over California's crops.
San Bernardino Sun's Jim Steinberg in the Daily Bulletin: "Starting next week, state Department of Food and Agriculture technicians will begin treatments here and in surrounding communities for the tiny insect that can carry a disease which has decimated about half the citrus production in Florida."
"The application of an insecticide on citrus foliage is the beginning of a countywide effort, in select target areas, which will extend from the Cadiz Valley on the eastern part of the county to Chino Hills on the west, Jay Van Rein, a CDFA spokesman said Tuesday."
"In Southern California, the disease, known as Huanglongbing, or Citrus Greening Disease, has been found only in the Los Angeles County cities of Hacienda Heights and San Gabriel, where the infected trees have been destroyed, Van Rein said."
New data reveals that charter schools have a higher success rate of sending students to school than traditional educational institutions, and minorities are enrolling in universities at double the rate than their non-charter school contemporaries.
The Press-Enterprise' Stephen Wall: "Charter schools are doing a better job sending all kids, especially minorities, to college than traditional public schools, a new report concludes."
"Black and Latino students are applying to and enrolling in University of California campuses at almost double the rate of their peers in regular public schools, the California Charter Schools Association study states."
"Charter schools “have a laser focus on what it takes to get a child into college,” said Kathleen Hermsmeyer, superintendent of River Springs Charter Schools, which has 14 locations and serves about 5,300 students in Riverside County. It also home schools about 800 youths in San Bernardino County and runs a kindergarten- through eighth-grade learning center in Rancho Cucamonga."
And from our "UFO, Maybe" file comes word of the intense ball of light that traversed the Southern California sky.
"A green light streaking across the night sky over Southern California left witnesses baffled and even experts were short on firm answers as to the cause of the display."
"Several residents of San Bernardino County and the surrounding region reported spotting the mystery green light in the sky between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tuesday, and at least one resident shared dashboard camera footage of the mystery light."
"Dr. Edwin Krupp of the Griffith Observatory said the green light may have been interplanetary debris that caught fire to create a meteor while entering the atmosphere. He said the object may have also been man-made debris from a previous space launch."
