Newsletter: Today: Climate Change and the Education of a President-Elect. Megyn Kelly Tells Her Story.

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

Climate Change and the Education of a President-Elect

The U.S. military is preparing for global warming. Nearly 200 governments around the world have banded together to fight climate change. And last year, renewable energy investment hit an all-time high of $350 billion. Will any of it sway President-elect Donald Trump to not “cancel” the United States’ participation in the Paris climate agreement? Secretary of State John Kerry made the case that much will continue, whether Trump is on board with it or not.

A Transition Like No Other

Team Trump continues to insist that all is going smoothly in setting up a group to govern, but so far little tangible evidence has emerged. Rooms set aside for Trump staffers at the Pentagon remained vacant Wednesday, and the State Department hadn’t heard anything either. Questions remain over how much Trump’s family will be involved. Aides promised they’ll give more specifics today. Meanwhile, the Democratic leadership is plotting its next steps too.

The Red State Within the Golden State

The residents of Lassen County in northeastern California cast 73% of their ballots for Trump — the strongest vote in a state now known for its liberal leadership. Though some want to secede from California and form a new state, an estimated 65% of workers there are on a government payroll. “I think people here went to the polls to vote against government,” says one longtime county supervisor. “It is a scream of ‘enough is enough.’”

More Politics

-- Why California went its own liberal way in the election — and why Hillary Clinton is likely to wind up with 2 million more votes than Trump when the counting is done nationwide.

-- Meet California’s newest members of Congress.

-- Dreading post-election Thanksgiving? Four tips for survival.

Alt-Right Delete

What to do about white nationalists and leaders of the alt-right movement on the free-speech battleground of social media? Delete their accounts. Twitter banned several this week, after having long been criticized for staying out of the fray and allowing bullies, terrorists and bigots to run rampant. One head of an alt-right think tank called his suspension “corporate Stalinism” and denied violating Twitter’s policies. Consider his tweet from the Super Bowl: “The criminally insane Africans from my geographic region shall defeat those from your metropolitan area!”

Megyn Kelly Tells Her Story

Trump called her a “bimbo” and “crazy Megyn” on Twitter. His supporters threatened violence against her, to the point she had a body guard on her family’s Disney World vacation. “Yes, we took an armed guard to the Magic Kingdom. More guns, more guards. My year of Trump,” Megyn Kelly writes. That’s just one tidbit from her new book “Settle for More,” which goes behind the scenes in her dealings with Trump and former Fox News chief Roger Ailes. Some are wondering why she didn’t release it before the election. Others are waging an online war against her by trashing the book on Amazon.

CALIFORNIA

-- A 16-year-old mystery over the disappearance of a Long Beach woman has taken a dark turn.

-- Los Angeles tops the nation in chronically homeless people, according to a federal report.

-- An independent monitor has found the L.A. Department of Water and Power owes its customers at least $67.5 million in refunds and credits after the utility overbilled them.

-- The future building’s so bright they gotta wear shades? One neighbor of the Wilshire Grand Center wants to stop the project because of glare from the glass.

HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

-- Nicole Kidman taps into the deep well of motherhood for the movie “Lion.”

-- Director Paul Verhoeven and actress Isabelle Huppert talk about their new film “Elle,” which has sparked debate over its treatment of rape.

-- Taking risks and not playing it safe are what draw Jonah Hill to those non-“bro” roles.

-- A lot has changed for Haim, the Los Angeles-based sister trio, since its debut album came out three years ago.

-- It turns out Bob Dylan won’t go to Stockholm to pick up his Nobel Prize.

NATION-WORLD

-- Mexico is instructing its embassy and consulates in the U.S. to increase measures to protect immigrants.

-- Obamacare enrollment surged by more than 300,000 after Trump was elected.

-- Signs of a more aggressive Putin? Russia withdrew support for the International Criminal Court.

-- Cash chaos in India: An unprecedented ban on large bills backfires on the poor.

-- There’s another type of rural-urban divide in America: The teen birth rate in small towns is 63% higher than in the biggest cities, a report says.

BUSINESS

-- Two advocacy groups asked federal housing regulators to investigate Pasadena’s OneWest Bank over allegations that it discriminated against or failed to serve minority communities.

-- The head of a San Diego cybersecurity start-up has resigned and apologized for his alcohol-fueled election-night rant about assassinating Trump.

-- Blasts from the past, an electric Porsche and more: the latest from the L.A. Auto Show.

SPORTS

-- The USC-UCLA football game will be a pre-Thanksgiving feast for NFL scouts.

-- Dylan Hernandez: USA Soccer needs to move manager Jürgen Klinsmann out now.

OPINION

-- Having Google and Facebook censor content is no way to stop fake news.

-- George Skelton: It’s time to get rid of the Electoral College.

-- The kids are right to protest Trump.

-- Can Proposition 13 survive California’s new appetite for taxes?

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- A survey of people who didn’t vote in the presidential election shows that a lot of them are unhappy with the result. Hmmm. (Washington Post)

-- Rodrigo Duterte was elected president of the Philippines in May. Since then, more than 3,000 have died in his war on drugs. There’s even a slang term for extrajudicial killing: “salvaging.” (The New Yorker)

-- What happened to three World War II-era shipwrecks that have vanished? (The Guardian)

ONLY IN L.A.

Most video stores have come and gone, victim to the modern age of streaming. Vidiots in Santa Monica is a bit different: The nonprofit has more than 50,000 titles for rent. Two archivists wade through the 11,000 movies on VHS. And the shop has benefited from some high-profile help, including the Coen brothers and Tim Robbins, to stay open. Meet the two women who founded Vidiots in 1985 and see why they keep going despite the odds.

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