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Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Sept. 17.
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More than 9 million recall ballots have been counted out of an estimated 13 million cast — enough for Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare victory.
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Some 9.5 million Californians have returned ballots in the recall election, more than half them Democrats — a positive sign for Gov. Gavin Newsom as he tries to stay in office.
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The ex-mayor of San Diego is the most experienced candidate in the race, more liberal than the national GOP on many issues, including abortion rights.
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In an era of fierce polarization, Judge Roger T. Benitez seems a perfect fit, an object of rage and adoration. His likeness as ‘St. Benitez’ — with robes and a halo, sometimes holding an AR-15 or a box of bullets — is plastered on T-shirts, prayer candles and even gun magazines.
Fernando Diaz, 50, was charged with felony kidnapping. He was released Saturday on $100,000 bail, according to sheriff’s department records.
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LAPD Chief Michel Moore said officials are investigating allegations of excessive force during a protest Saturday outside a Westlake spa.
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Right-wing media helped to stoke outrage around an L.A. spa and its policy toward transgender customers.
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Many people from California’s vast health, wellness and spiritual worlds have fallen down the extremism rabbit hole
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A world that has long embraced love, light and acceptance is now making room for something else: QAnon.
