Newsletter: Today: Yin and Yang Behind Bernie Sanders. Jonathan Gold, Back on Pico.

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

The Yin and Yang Behind Bernie Sanders

Should he stay or should he go? Bernie Sanders is looking to his top two strategists for advice. One embodies his revolutionary rage. The other knows all too well how political sausage is made. The one thing they all have in mind, another aide says, is not to be the next Ralph Nader. Sanders meets with President Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid today and holds another rally tonight.

Can Trump Win by Just Being Trump?

Chief strategist. Campaign spokesman. Overseer of day-to-day operations. In effect, Donald Trump does it all. As he recently tweeted: “The only quote that matters is a quote from me!” He says he doesn’t have much use for the tools of modern political warfare: polling, advertising and data-driven targeting. Will his decidedly unorthodox approach work in the general election?

Republican vs. Democrat? That’s So 2010

Pitting a Republican versus a Democrat may be fine for presidential elections, but in California, as many as two dozen contests for congressional and legislative seats will feature a fight between same-party candidates in November. It all traces back to a rule change the state’s voters approved in 2010, with the blessing of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Here’s why outside money and the number of candidates are playing a bigger role in who makes it on to the final round.

More From the Campaign Trail

-- How Hillary Clinton won California.

-- Next up for Loretta Sanchez: A campaign to appeal to Republicans.

-- Obama: “I am worried about the Republican Party.”

Count Him Out

The Newport Banning Ranch project calls for 900 homes, retail space and a hotel to be built on the largest undeveloped coastal parcel in Southern California. The chairman of the California Coastal Commission won’t be voting on it, though. He’s recused himself, after coming under scrutiny for failing to properly disclose private meetings with the project’s developers.

Where Feng Shui and Fantasyland Meet

When Shanghai Disney officially opens a week from today, it won’t have a Main Street U.S.A. But it will feature animals in the Chinese zodiac, a shopping district and 99 acres of gardens, lakes and parkland. And at $5.5 billion, no expense has been spared in the hopes it won’t encounter the setbacks previous Disney overseas projects faced. Here’s how far the company has come from the early days of Euro Disneyland.

CALIFORNIA

-- L.A.’s city attorney says an oil field near USC must remain closed permanently or comply with stringent regulations.

-- A former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault blames a “party culture and risk-taking behavior.”

-- BMW beats out Tesla to win an LAPD electric car contract.

-- China won’t build an L.A.-to-Vegas rail line; the U.S. company involved has called the deal off.

NATION-WORLD

-- Palestinian gunmen were detained after an attack that killed at least four in Tel Aviv, Israeli police say.

-- A look at the numbers in the abortion case before the Supreme Court.

-- Is this booming Northwest land a paradise or disaster waiting to happen?

-- Learning Mandarin is really, really hard, even for many Chinese people.

-- A new fossil find in Indonesia could represent the ancestors of the mysterious “Hobbit” species.

HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

-- Music critic Mark Swed: Why movie soundtracks still matter.

-- What India’s film censors worry about: long kisses, gay themes and now a gritty story about drugs.

-- Sheldon Harnick, lyricist for “Fiddler on the Roof” and “She Loves Me,” sails back into the Tony spotlight at 92.

-- “Voltron: Legendary Defender” roars back to life on Netflix, more colorful and still cheesy.

-- “Ali” is coming back to movie theaters this weekend.

BUSINESS

-- Heady days ahead? Anheuser-Busch looks to carve out a new market in the U.S. by importing the Mexican beer Estrella Jalisco.

-- Diversity takes center stage at Airbnb’s annual tech conference.

SPORTS

-- LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 120-90 win over the Warriors. The NBA Finals series now stands 2-1 in favor of Golden State.

-- Tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins can do something that seemed impossible six months ago: win the Stanley Cup.

OPINION

-- As California’s “death with dignity” law takes effect, what can we learn from Oregon’s experience with assisted suicide?

-- How higher taxes will make the rich happier.

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- His mother died in the Charleston church massacre. Now he finds solace in prayer and baseball. (The Undefeated)

-- “The Bat Man of Los Angeles”: Revisiting one mighty strange sex scandal. (Atlas Obscura)

-- Where do all those coins in public fountains end up? (The Atlantic)

ONLY IN L.A.

Pico Boulevard holds a special place for restaurant critic Jonathan Gold. In his first year out of UCLA, he assigned himself a Herculean task: to eat at every restaurant on Pico. Though he didn’t reach his goal, he did make it “pretty far.” As he says, “It was the year I learned to eat.” And now he’s back. Read the first in a series on Pico Boulevard, in which Gold finds a great hangover cure.

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