Newsletter: Today: Bernie’s Barnstorm. Is Trump a Brutus, Macbeth or Mark Antony?

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

Bernie’s Barnstorm

Vista. Riverside. San Bernardino. Cathedral City. Lancaster. Ventura. This week, Bernie Sanders has gone where few presidential candidates have gone before – although Hillary Clinton made it to the Inland Empire and Salinas too. Here’s why Sanders is hitting the exurbs hard.

Is Trump a Brutus, Macbeth or Mark Antony?

Is comparing Donald Trump to Caesar unfair to Caesar? And is his presidential run a tragedy, comedy or none of the above? Our theater critic Charles McNulty delved into how The Bard can help us understand The Donald.

More From the Campaign Trail

-- Trump clinches the GOP nomination and vows to back out of a global warming pact.

-- Obama can’t endorse during the Democratic primary, so he’s just pointing out how hard the job is instead.

‘You Start Cleaning Your House, So That You Can Then Die?’

When Islamic State was driven out of Ramadi, its fighters left behind thousands of explosive devices. Some are hidden in couches or under carpets. Others are in minefields stretching nearly two miles long. Since February, more than 800 people have been killed or injured. Now, some former residents say they’d rather stay in the relative safety of their tents.

16 Years Old. 50 Years to Life.

Tyris Lamar Franklin was 16 years old when he fatally shot another teenager for beating up his younger brother. The sentence for his crimes amounted to 50 years to life in prison. And now, the California Supreme Court has unanimously upheld it – saying that a recent state law giving juvenile offenders the chance of parole after 25 years satisfies any legal concerns.

Pot Growers Fear the Green Machine

Deep in the heart of the Emerald Triangle, the Northern California region known for its marijuana farms, some small-time growers aren’t feeling high. They’re worried about a takeover by the likes of a Big Alcohol or Big Tobacco – especially after recent state cannabis regulations mean they will have to sell their weed to distributors. Take a look at the struggles within the cradle of the marijuana movement.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Satellite

Mapping the Earth. Expanding broadband access. Tracking packages on shipping vessels. There’s a lot you can do with small satellites, which is why they are taking off in popularity. That’s good news not only for manufacturers but also for the companies that give the satellites a ride into space. Though the small-satellite concept has crashed and burned once before, experts say this time will be different.

CALIFORNIA

-- A woman from Germany tells of being attacked by the man convicted in the Grim Sleeper serial killer murders.

-- You can thank the drought for improved water quality at Southern California beaches.

-- Pink razors and blue razors should cost the same under a gender-pricing measure the California Senate just approved.

-- Who was she? A 145-year-old casket was found beneath a San Francisco home. Inside: a blond girl in a white dress holding a rose.

NATION-WORLD

-- In the final stretch, how will a divided Supreme Court rule on big cases involving immigration, abortion and more?

-- His past, present and future flashed through his mind on the day of his West Point graduation.

-- In Venezuela, a country of chronic shortages, one thing is not hard to find: a political demonstration.

-- Portland’s police chief has been put on leave after allegedly shooting his friend during a hunting trip.

-- Holy bat sounds! An unusual library will help scientists track bat species. Listen to them here.

HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

-- An Asian American theater group is working for the day when #StarringJohnCho won’t be needed to point out Hollywood’s lack of diversity.

-- Times critic-at-large Rebecca Carroll writes that the photography magazine Aperture shows we are bearing witness to a profound moment in black culture.

-- LACMA leader Michael Govan and architect Peter Zumthor take their pitch to remake the museum on the road to Venice, Italy.

-- Movie review: “Alice Through the Looking Glass” is more blunder than wonder.

-- What exactly does the sound and fury of “X-Men: Apocalypse” signify?

BUSINESS

-- Faraday Future, the Gardena-based electric car company, is looking to add a production facility in the Bay Area.

-- David Lazarus: A pain-in-the-neck change from the organizers of the “Oldchella” concert.

SPORTS

-- Major League Baseball finds that a gaffe involving the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus was “a product of human error.”

-- After “The Slide,” the Dodgers’ Chase Utley will return to New York today prepared to face the vitriol of Mets fans.

-- The Indianapolis 500 will celebrate its 100th running with a sellout Sunday.

OPINION

-- Gov. Jerry Brown’s sledgehammer fix for California’s housing crisis.

-- A theory for why men like Trump.

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- Read and listen: The annotated oral history of Run-DMC’s cover of “Walk This Way.” (Washington Post)

-- Tinder’s in-house sociologist tries to get to the core of attraction. (Los Angeles Magazine)

-- Is this Aristotle’s tomb? (Archaeology News Network)

ONLY IN L.A.

Rob Bell used to be a pastor at a mega-church in Michigan, but he left after questioning the existence of hell in his bestselling book “Love Wins.” Now you’ll find him at rock venues, theaters and comedy clubs in L.A., talking about science, spirituality and self-help. Pay a virtual visit to his West Hollywood home and learn why he says a sermon should fall “somewhere between guerilla theatre and performance art.”

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