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Newsletter: Today: Democrats’ Split Decision. Food Truck Safety.

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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.

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No KO; Split Decision

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Bernie Sanders has won the Oregon primary and appeared to fall just short of taking Kentucky from Hillary Clinton. It’s possible there could be a recount in the Bluegrass State. Either way, Sanders was celebrating. He held a rally in Carson, where he claimed he would win California’s primary next month. In short, things are getting tense. How tense? Keep reading.

The Bern That Burns

Thrown chairs. Hurled insults. Death threats. That was the Nevada Democratic Convention over the weekend. And this week, Sanders and party leaders clashed over the outbreak. They wanted him to condemn the violence; instead he mostly blamed party officials. Has he “unleashed something that I don’t think even he knew he would unleash,” as one analyst says?

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More From the Campaign Trail

-- Donald Trump won in Oregon. He also asked Megyn Kelly to pardon him for calling her a bimbo.

-- Hello, Columbus! John Kasich plans to stick around but rules out a third-party run.

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-- John Chiang jumps into California’s 2018 governor’s race.

Food Truck Safety: Chew on This

Food trucks have gone from underground phenomenon to mainstream popularity. Here’s something to digest: A Times analysis of L.A. County data shows they are lagging behind restaurants and even sidewalk food carts in terms of food safety. About 27% of trucks inspected by the county over the last two years earned grades below A, compared with 5% for restaurants and 18% for carts. Read on for more stats and to see why it’s harder for them to stay sanitary.

Was This Oil Spill a Crime?

The one-year statue of limitations was getting close, but a grand jury has indicted an oil pipeline company and one of its employees on criminal charges after a spill of about 143,000 gallons of crude oil last year. Plains All-American Pipeline officials said they were “deeply disappointed” by the decision to pursue criminal charges in what they deem an accident. Here’s why the company could face $3 million in fines.

Takin’ Care of Business and Working Overtime

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Income inequality has been one of the key issues in this election year. After states like California and New York moved to raise minimum wages and expand paid family leave, President Obama is getting in on the act: New federal regulations will double the salary level under which workers must be paid overtime, to $47,476 a year. That will make roughly 4 million more Americans eligible for OT. Could it backfire, as the critics say it will?

CALIFORNIA

-- L.A. County seeks state approval on a “millionaires tax” to fund homeless programs.

-- Steve Lopez to Gov. Brown: Notice anything fishy about your coastal commission?

-- An LAUSD assistant principal has been arrested on suspicion of sexual misconduct with a student.

-- Seven former top officials in Beaumont in Riverside County have been charged with corruption.

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NATION-WORLD

-- A small Mississippi town’s schools have finally been ordered to desegregate.

-- Over 200 families are missing after a massive landslide buried homes in three villages in Sri Lanka.

-- Mexico’s president proposes legalizing same-sex marriage.

-- A new U.S. plan aims to give Libya another chance, but will it work?

-- The spy who wasn’t a spy: a tale of two Koreas.

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-- For loved ones of critically ill patients, hope often trumps understanding of a physician’s prognosis.

HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

-- Sinead O’Connor’s problems have made headlines, but don’t let the drama eclipse her art.

-- Jeff Nichols’ “Loving,” a possible Oscar contender, is creating a debate over racial issues.

-- The great feminist movie of the Cannes Film Festival is a 1930s-set Korean thriller from the director of “Oldboy.”

-- The creator of the animated series “Steven Universe” is building a fantasy world that connects with real life for kids and adults.

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BUSINESS

-- How can Gap get back in fashion with clothes shoppers?

-- A federal consumer watchdog agency is turning its attention to auto-title loans.

SPORTS

-- The Lakers received the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft lottery. What will they do with it?

-- Is the Preakness easy to win? Nyquist is seen as the presumed victor on Saturday.

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OPINION

-- How to make the Senate consider Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court.

-- Why is L.A. too pricey? Blame low vacancy rates, not luxury high-rises.

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- Two authors say now is the best time to be alive, even though it may not feel that way. (The Guardian)

-- Is there no such thing as free will? (The Atlantic)

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-- Wooden skyscrapers. Yes, you read that right. (Bloomberg)

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA

The state’s Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation will be tasked with licensing medical marijuana sellers beginning in 2018, but its acronym — BMMR — has become a joke that lawmakers swear they never intended. Now the governor wants to rename the agency the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation. What a bummer.

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