Feedback: Hillary Clinton criticism of Bernie Sanders sharply divides readers

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In 2016 I was a volunteer for Hillary Clinton. The volunteers had a booth in Santa Monica. Two blocks away the Bernie Sanders volunteers also had a booth. Some of the Bernie supporters came to our booth. They were very verbally abusive and angry about how Hillary had treated Bernie. I tried to reason with them, telling them that when this was ...
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Lis Left Standing

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And I’d name like ten countries I’d been to,” she said. She told this story while sitting in the lobby bar of Santa Monica’s bougie haven Shutters on the Beach (a sentimental favorite from childhood). Her parents, both lawyers, had their own connections to Washington politics. Smith’s father, Thomas, is a cousin of Senator Sam Ervin ...
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Letters to the Editor: Ban cars on Hollywood Boulevard to make it truly walkable

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To the editor: I love it! A road diet for Hollywood Boulevard, an area already starved for road space in a car-dependent city. I appreciate how O’Farrell wants to make the Hollywood Walk of Fame like Santa Monica’s highly successful Third Street Promenade or Times Square’s pedestrian area in New York. But Hollywood Boulevard is a major ...
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Newsletter: Are L.A. food trucks in danger of going extinct?

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This week I talked to Ram Mann of Swami’s Sandwiches, a 5-year-old food truck that he operates with wife Christy. His truck sells gourmet sandwiches in various spots around Santa Monica, Burbank and West Hollywood. Mann has been spearheading an effort to bring more awareness to the challenges that food truck owners face in Los Angeles.
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Dance in L.A. this week: Ballet West’s ‘Giselle’ and more

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Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center, USC, 849 W. 34th St., L.A. Sat., 2 and 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. usc.edu Viver Brasil: Celebrating Samba Family-friendly exploration of Afro-Brazilian dance and music. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Sat., 11 a.m. $5. (310) 434-3200. thebroadstage.org
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Remember the last time the Chiefs played in the Super Bowl? The Kapp family does

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He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.
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L.A. is planning a big memorial for Kobe Bryant. But fans aren’t waiting to pay their respects

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The crush of grieving pilgrims to the crash site, just a quarter-mile behind the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District headquarters and near its restricted reservoir in the northwest Santa Monica Mountains, has prompted the agency to hire additional security guards. Representatives of the conservation authority, the water district and the city ...
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