Newsletter: Today: Sorry, ‘None of the Above’ Isn’t Running. Minimum Wage, Maximum Anxiety.

I’m Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don’t want you to miss today.

TOP STORIES

Sorry, ‘None of the Above’ Isn’t Running

The latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll has some great details about how California voters view the presidential candidates. In terms of front-runners, we’re in a land of disenchantment: 45% view Hillary Clinton unfavorably, while three-quarters feel that way about Donald Trump. On the Democratic side, most of Bernie Sanders’ supporters here say they expect Clinton will be elected president and they’re largely OK with that. As for the Republicans, the divide between supporters of Trump and Ted Cruz is wider. And in a hypothetical general election? Clinton wins the Golden State easily, even when pitted against John Kasich.

Minimum Wage, Maximum Anxiety

Lawmakers and unions have reached a tentative deal that would increase California’s minimum wage to $10.50 an hour next year and then gradually to $15 by 2022. It could be approved as early as this week. But the news is making employers and employees wonder how the higher wage would affect them. Read on to see why both sides are making some nervous calculations.

An Easter Sunday Bombing

It was supposed to be a pleasant evening in a public park in Lahore, Pakistan -- an Easter Sunday escape for families in a country with just a tiny Christian minority. Then, a suicide bomber set off an explosives vest, killing scores and wounding hundreds, most of them women and children. A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility and said it was aimed at Christians celebrating Easter.

The Retaking of Palmyra, Jewel of the Desert

After the ancient city of Palmyra fell into Islamic State hands in May, militants sparked outrage when they blew up archaeological treasures and beheaded the retired director of the city’s antiquities museum. On Sunday, Syrian government forces regained control of what had become a powerful symbol in the conflict. It was also one of the clearest indications yet that the tide is turning against the extremist group in the six months since Russia began providing military support. What’s left of the city’s treasures? We should find out soon.

Virtual Reality: You Can Goggle It

With the ringing of a doorbell by a delivery person, the era of virtual reality at home is here this week -- at least for those early adopters who preordered Oculus’ $599 Rift. More high-end headsets, from HTC and Sony, are on the way. So will this be the year virtual reality redefines mass media? That’s where it gets complicated. Reporter Todd Martens walks us through this brave, new world. Best part: He won’t give you motion sickness.

OUR MUST-READS FROM THE WEEKEND

-- San Bernardino is trying to stop a rise in violence, much of it tied to gangs and drugs.

-- When serving in the U.S. military isn’t enough to prevent deportation.

-- Two more deaths may be linked to contaminated medical scopes.

-- Unintended conflict: In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA.

-- California has blood test results showing high levels of lead in children living near the closed Exide battery plant in Vernon but isn’t using the information to direct its massive cleanup.

-- New front in the culture wars: Hollywood threatens to boycott production in Georgia over proposed legislation regarding gay people.

-- Start them up: The Rolling Stones played Cuba, and reporter Kate Linthicum was there.

-- Garry Shandling’s “The Larry Sanders Show” is where the new age of television really began.

CALIFORNIA

-- Changes could add hundreds of millions of dollars to the first 29 miles of the bullet train.

-- The pharmaceutical industry is lobbying hard against an L.A. County proposal to create sites where unused medication can be dropped off for disposal.

-- Here’s how a former high school dropout became a top education official.

-- The slaying of a British tourist in San Francisco, caught on video, brings shock and outrage.

NATION-WORLD

-- The inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s email handling enters a new phase as FBI interviews loom.

-- They called him Papa Noel: A Brussels Islamic militant recruiter groomed young men for violence.

-- Police escorts, curfews and long lines: What it takes to get water in western India.

-- Years after the Great Recession, Chicago-area homeowners are still trying to recover.

-- Washington’s Olympic Peninsula loses two dams and gains a wild river, plus a new beach.

HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

-- Has Warner Bros. created too bleak a world in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”? Either way, it did big box office.

-- Go inside “The Big Lebowski” house, slated to be added to LACMA’s collections.

-- “Legends of the Fall” author Jim Harrison has died at age 78.

-- Why Hollywood is having a love affair with Ireland.

-- Jessica Biel doesn’t care if you call her snotty for her kid-friendly restaurant Au Fudge.

-- Photos: From Fred Flintstone to Daenerys Targaryen, here are the cosplay costumes at WonderCon in downtown L.A.

BUSINESS

-- Southern California home buyers face fierce competition and tight inventory this spring.

-- “Disingenuous,” “extreme” and “capricious.” It’s not the presidential campaign. Airlines get nasty in the competition for routes to Cuba.

SPORTS

-- Why this year’s Final Four will be scandal versus smile.

-- The Ball brothers and Chino Hills just completed one of the greatest, and most entertaining, prep basketball seasons ever.

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- Bedrooms are mysteriously popping up in Berlin’s subway system, and no one is quite sure of the maker or the message. (The Guardian)

-- In the Victorian era, some men had a thing for climbing trees and collecting bird eggs -- a perilous hobby that provides today’s scientists with valuable information. (The Atlantic)

-- RuPaul talks about identity, meeting David Bowie and how straight culture has “liberally lifted things from gay culture” -- and that’s just fine. (Vulture)

ONLY IN L.A.

Strawberry-filled doughnuts. Thirty-dollar eggs. The “porno burrito.” Columnist Carolina Miranda and her pals tried them all over the last few months, but with a twist: They combined their culinary tour of L.A. County with 120 miles of running, which gave them a ground-level view of the communities in which these eateries exist. See what they learned on the way and how they give new meaning to the term “eat and run.”

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