Key moments from Kamala Harris’ past debates offer a preview of showdown with Donald Trump
The Chronicle's JOE GAROFOLI: "Kamala Harris has raised expectations for her Tuesday debate with Donald Trump by talking about how much she can’t wait to take him on in person. “If you’ve got something to say, say it to my face” became a wildly cheered line at Harris rallies as she goaded him into debating. As the two campaigns hashed out debate terms and haggled over which network to appear on, Harris argued he was afraid to take her on.
Trump, meanwhile, has set his own expectations by referring to Harris as “dumb as a rock.”"
Kamala Harris’ main goals in the debate with Donald Trump. Look presidential, keep her cool
Sac Bee's DAVID LIGHTMAN: "Kamala Harris’ chief mission in her Tuesday debate with Donald Trump is to convince voters that she has the gravitas and temperament to be president of the United States.
“Debate viewers are often less interested in particularly detailed information and more interested in the feel a candidate gives them,” said Tammy Vigil, associate professor of media science at Boston University."
Column: Want answers? Here are questions debate moderators should ask Trump and Harris
LAT's DOYLE MCMANUS: "Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have both shown themselves skilled at avoiding questions they don’t want to answer. The former president does it by burying questioners under a barrage of unrelated assertions, many of them false. The vice president does it the old-fashioned way, by taking refuge in vague talking points.
If they succeed at dodging and weaving their way through Tuesday’s debate, it will be a real loss for voters — especially the undecided voters in swing states who will decide the election."
A state Senate race in South L.A. resurfaces allegations of racism and misconduct
LAT's ANGIE ORELLANA HERNANDEZ: "A south Los Angeles legislative race that pits two Democrats against each other on the November ballot is resurfacing allegations of misconduct levied against the candidates in their prior public offices.
Michelle Chambers, a former Compton City Council member, and Laura Richardson, a former member of Congress, are running to succeed state Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) in Senate District 35, which encompasses the cities of Carson, Compton and stretches down to the harbor."
The Micheli Minute for September 9, 2024
Capitol Weekly's STAFF: "Lobbyist and McGeorge law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week under the Capitol Dome."
Hate crimes rise against Indian Americans in California, deepening a divide between Hindus and Sikhs
CALMatters's SHAANTH NANGUNERI: "On a morning just days before the New Year, Kiran Thakkar received a worrying phone call. A friend had found anti-India graffiti overnight on the Newark Hindu temple he co-founded. Someone sprayed phrases disparaging India’s prime minister and hailing a secessionist movement for the country’s Sikh minority.
Support rushed in from Indian American community leaders and politicians. But Thakkar and the rest of the quaint suburban temple’s board had little disagreement about how to move forward. They didn’t want to make a fuss. They painted over the vandalism within the day."
California’s scorching COVID summer endures, but shows signs of cooling as focus turns to vaccinations
LAT's RONG-GONG LIN II: "Unlike recent temperatures, California’s COVID summer may no longer be heating up — though officials caution the virus continues to circulate at levels plenty high enough to pack a potent infectious punch.
Any discernible slowdown would still be welcome news for the virus-weary state, however. And although it’ll take a few more weeks of measurement to confirm the trajectory, health officials hope the release of updated vaccines will help further dent the wave."
‘Something went wrong’: state reconsiders who will get $470 million for college and career grants
EdSource's EMMA GALLEGOS: "In June 2022, the California Legislature decided to invest a half billion dollars into the Golden State Pathways Program, a career and college preparation program that Gov. Gavin Newsom called a “game-changer” for high school students. But two years later, frustration is rising among school leaders who have begun another school year without the promised funding.
Advocates say the vision of the Golden State Pathways Program laid out by the Legislature is both progressive and practical. Career pathways aim to prepare high school students with both college preparatory courses and career education in fields such as STEM, education or health care. But those same advocates are frustrated by the program’s rollout, which they say has been beset by late deadlines, a confusing application process and delayed funding."
Apology letters. Suspensions. After protest citations, students face campus consequences
LAT's JAWEED KALEEM: "Elizabeth Howell-Egan, a third-year USC law student, avoided arrest while taking part in two pro-Palestinian campus encampments in the spring. But more than four months after police cleared the camps, she said she is facing repercussions worse than a misdemeanor court charge: She is banned from campus and classes as part of a suspension that could last through next spring.
Howell-Egan is in the midst of a university “resolution process” for allegedly violating USC codes of conduct during protests — obstructing campus safety officers, failing to comply with officer instructions and disorderly conduct."
Hotter, drier and all-around different: How climate change will alter your life in L.A.
LAT's HAYLEY SMITH: "There is an episode of “The Twilight Zone” in which Earth is getting closer to the sun. Temperatures get hotter by the minute. Paint melts off canvases, thieves break into homes to steal water, and highways are jammed with people seeking cooler destinations they will never find.
As the few apartment dwellers who remain in a major city sweat and fret beneath the glaring sun, a radio announcer delivers an unfathomable weather report: Conditions are so hot that people can “fry eggs on sidewalks” and “heat up soup in the ocean.”"
S.F. is one of three cities worldwide honored for promoting clean air. Here’s why
The Chronicle's SHIRA STEIN: "The Kelsey Civic Center project, a 112-unit affordable housing development slated to open early next year, will be spotlighted by a global network of mayors combating climate change. San Francisco is one of three cities to receive the honor.
The Kelsey project is being highlighted by the C40 network for showing best practices for neighborhoods to promote clean air zones within major cities, including measures to reduce pollution such as restricting vehicle movement and encouraging the use of public transit, bikes and walking."
Southern California wildfires scorch thousands of acres, force evacuations
LAT's CHRISTOPHER GOFFARD, TERESA WATANABE, COLLEEN SHALBY: "Uncontrolled wildfires scorched thousands of acres Sunday in the mountain communities of San Bernardino County near Lake Arrowhead and in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, with thunderstorms at times complicating firefighters’ efforts.
The so-called Line fire in San Bernardino had spread to an estimated 20,553 acres by Sunday night. And in L.A. County, the Bridge fire quickly chewed up 800 acres and had Angeles Forest visitors and some local residents fleeing the flames."
Fast-moving Boyles Fire displaces 4,000 people in Lake County, burns dozens of structures
The Chronicle's ANTHONY EDWARDS: "A fast-moving wildfire in Lake County broke out Sunday afternoon amid hot and dry conditions, forcing mandatory evacuations and burning about 30 structures in Clearlake. Approximately 4,000 residents have been displaced, in the evacuation zones.
The blaze, dubbed the Boyles Fire, broke out shortly before 2:30 p.m. southeast of the Adventist Health Clear Lake Medical Center. As of 5:15 p.m., the fire was at least 76 acres and 10% contained, according to Cal Fire. Mandatory evacuations were issued east of Highway 53 from 32nd Avenue to Dam Road, according to the Clearlake Police Department."
Feds say this company helps landlords keep rents high. Has it impacted the Bay Area?
The Chronicle's CHNRISTIAN LEONARD: "A tech company sued by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly helping landlords keep rents high has connections to scores of large apartments in the Bay Area, records show.
Texas-based RealPage feeds clients’ private rent data into an algorithm that then recommends prices for their homes. Attorneys for the federal government, who along with California and seven other states sued RealPage last month, argue that setup allows landlords using the company’s services to effectively collude with each other in violation of antitrust law."?
This wealthy Bay Area community just blew past its housing mandate
The Chronicle's LYDIA SIDHOM, SARAH RAVANI: "After her mother passed away in 2021, Teddy Gray King realized her parents’ 3,000-square-foot home in Millbrae was too big for her father. So she decided to move her 88-year-old dad into a one-bedroom cottage in the backyard of her Piedmont home.
King said the cottage, also known as a granny flat or accessory dwelling unit, helped address the state’s housing crisis by adding density to her home and allowing her father to sell his Millbrae house, freeing it up for another family. King bought the prefabricated box, which has a base price of $268,000, from an Oakland-based company and had it airlifted into her backyard in 2022."
Sacramento County pays $217K settlement to man kicked by deputy. Deputy keeps job
Sacramento Bee's THERESA CLIFT: "Sacramento County this year paid a $217,000 settlement to a man who was kicked four times by a deputy during the arrest. The deputy is still on the force.
On March 10, 2020, deputies pulled over Brandell Sampson, who is Black, mistaking him for a man who had a warrant for a probation violation, according to a Sheriff’s Office disciplinary document. Deputies directed Sampson out of the car, he exited, and placed his hands on the top of his head, a video of the incident taken by Sampson’s sister showed."
