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Newsletter: Today: Sanders Winds It Down. When Fathers Are the Star.

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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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‘We Won’t Let Him Win’

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Orlando continues to come to terms with the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub massacre. President Obama met with the victims’ families, and though it has become an all-too-familiar role for him, this time was the most difficult yet. Meanwhile, members of the LGBT community mourned but remained resilient. One club even hosted a Latin Night fundraiser. The message: “We won’t let him win.”

More About the Shooting

-- The investigation: The gunman searched social media for news of his rampage.

-- The CIA’s director predicts more terrorist attacks like those in Orlando, Brussels and Paris.

-- Congress remains unlikely to change U.S. gun laws.

Sanders Winds It Down

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Bernie Sanders didn’t concede the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton in his speech Thursday night, but he did signal that the end is near. What’s more, his campaign manager said Sanders was no longer seeking the support of those much talked-about superdelegates. But the senator did vow to “make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly,” and to work “with Secretary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party.”

The Makings of a Perfect Firestorm

The forecast calls for a scorcher this weekend in Southern California, with temperatures hitting triple digits. That’s bad news for a region in its fourth year of drought. Wildfires have already burned more than 30,000 acres across the state, and the Sherpa fire north of Santa Barbara is adding to the toll. “You add a little bit of wind and these continued drought conditions and fires are going to threaten more homes and do more damage,” said one official.

Hollywood’s All Shook Up

In Hollywood’s executive ranks, the shake-ups keep coming. Twentieth Century Fox is getting a new leader in Stacey Snider, one of only two female executives running a major film studio. Meanwhile, media giant Viacom is embroiled in a power struggle, with Sumner Redstone and his daughter planning to replace five of its board members. They’re not alone. All this comes not long after Sony Pictures Entertainment restructured its top ranks, and Walt Disney Co. looks to find a successor to CEO Bob Iger in 2018.

When Fathers Are the Star

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On Father’s Day this weekend, there will be no shortage of paternal advice: “Whatever you do, do it well.” “Never grow old.” “Become a doctor!” Sound familiar? That’s just some of the wisdom we picked up when The Times interviewed three famous dads and their children — Clint and Alison Eastwood; Alfonso and Jonás Cuarón; and Norman and Ben Lear — about the challenges of fatherhood and following in those famous footsteps.

CALIFORNIA

-- Lawmakers are cutting off the cash to an incentive program that subsidizes the purchase of electric vehicles.

-- The father of a Cal State Long Beach student killed in the Paris attacks is suing Google, Twitter and Facebook.

-- L.A. power plants may burn diesel fuel to avoid summer blackouts.

-- A new University of California research center on gun violence will get $5 million from the state.

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NATION-WORLD

-- Jo Cox, the British lawmaker who was fatally shot and stabbed, had campaigned against leaving the European Union.

-- A divided Supreme Court once again decides a case without settling it.

-- Bangladesh crackdown: More than 14,000 arrests, yet machete attacks continue.

-- Officials said they’ve found a missing EgyptAir plane’s black box and pulled it out of the sea.

-- A German rape case with overtones of Stanford and a twist: The accuser has been fined over it.

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HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

-- TV critic Mary McNamara laments the demise of the network news anchor in these challenging times.

-- Movie review: The occasionally entertaining “Finding Dory” fails to find that “Nemo” magic.

-- Steely Dan with strings at the Hollywood Bowl? “For some reason we decided we were gonna do this.”

-- “Wicked” will finally come out as a movie in 2019. That’s 16 years after the musical’s Broadway premiere.

BUSINESS

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-- Clairvoyants, sweepstakes and calls from “the IRS”: A lot of scams are targeting seniors.

-- A Canadian developer has entered into a preliminary agreement to buy the landmark Los Angeles Times building.

SPORTS

-- The Cleveland Cavaliers won 115-101 to force a historic Game 7 with the Golden State Warriors.

-- The U.S. advances to the Copa America semifinals with a 2-1 win over Ecuador.

OPINION

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-- Banning firearm sales to suspected terrorists is a distraction. America needs real gun control.

-- Humans are the not-so-innocent bystanders in the Zika mosquito’s proliferation.

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- An interactive graphic breaks down what members of Congress said after the Orlando shooting. (Washington Post)

-- Is Trump considering his own cable channel? Sources say yes; his campaign says no. (Vanity Fair)

-- The Middle East and China are on an opera house building binge. (The Economist)

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ONLY IN L.A.

Boxier. Grittier. Louder. That could have been the motto for the Olympic Auditorium. It opened to much fanfare more than nine decades ago and became a spot for the hoi polloi to see a fight — or an opera. But during World War II, the venue took a more populist tack. Over the years, it has served not only as a boxing arena but also as a roller derby rink, a wrestling and lucha libre ring, a punk rock playground and a Korean evangelical church. Take a closer look at a crossroads of L.A. subcultures.

Please send comments and ideas to Davan Maharaj.

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