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Ex-LA Mayor Villaraigosa joins cannabis company board

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California's Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, is joined by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a news conference at Homeboy Industries on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in downtown Los Angeles. As rival Democratic candidates for governor, Newsom and Villaraigosa spent months talking about their differences. With the race behind them, they can't stop trading compliments as Newsom begins a fall campaign against Republican John Cox. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

One-time rivals talk unity in race for California governor

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox speaks during a Republican election party Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Republican advances in California primary with Donald Trump’s help

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 5, 2018 file photo, California gubernatorial candidate Travis Allen, a Republican Assemblyman from Huntington Beach, Calif., speaks during the California Republican Party convention in San Diego. Tuesday's primary election will set the stage for November races for governor, Congress and the Legislature, but it will also test whether the state's vanishing Republicans have enough remaining influence to avoid another shutout at the statewide polls.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull,File)

GOP avoids shutout in race for California governor

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 23, 2018, file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox address supporters at the Sacramento County Republican Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif. The heat for California governor is especially intense for Republican Cox and Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, whom polls show to be in a tough fight for the second of two slots on the general election ballot. Democrat Gavin Newsom is the undisputed front-runner and is expected to advance. The primary is Tuesday, June 5, 2018, and more than 1.4 million ballots have already been cast by mail. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Health care, immigration dominate California governor race

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 25, 2018, file photo, California gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a visit with veterans and their families in San Diego. The heat for California governor is especially intense for Republican Cox and Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, whom polls show to be in a tough fight for the second of two slots on the general election ballot. Democrat Gavin Newsom is the undisputed front-runner and is expected to advance. The primary is Tuesday, June 5, 2018, and more than 1.4 million ballots have already been cast by mail. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

California governor race heats up in days before primary

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 8, 2018, file photo, California gubernatorial candidate, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, discusses the state's housing problems at a conference in Sacramento, Calif. Charter school advocates are far outpacing teachers unions in spending to support candidates for California governor and state schools chief. Wealthy donors who support charter schools and education reform have poured more than $22 million into independent committees to support Villaraigosa for governor and former schools executive Marshall Tuck for state schools chief. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Charter backers outspend teachers in 2 California races

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press

Gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles and state Assembly speaker, right, visits Para Los Ninos Education Center, a social service and education organization dedicated to serve needy children and families in Los Angeles Monday, May 7, 2018. Drew Furedi, left, the center's President and CEO, stands beside Villaraigosa. The Democratic front-runner, Gavin Newsom, wants to face a Republican, but rival John Cox is locked in a struggle for second place with Villaraigosa, a Democrat. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The Latest: Democrats questioned about affairs during debate

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California gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, discusses the state's housing problems at a conference on Thursday, March 8, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom and five other leading candidates to replace Gov. Jerry Brown in this years' election expressed their thoughts on dealing with the shortage of affordable homes before housing advocates, business leaders, developers and others at Housing California's annual conference. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Candidates for California governor take on housing crisis

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

State Treasurer John Chiang, a candidate for California governor, speaks at a gubernatorial candidates forum, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Chiang, along with fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidates, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, addressed attendees at a conference held by Crime Survivors For Safety and Justice. In the center is Lenore Anderson, founder and executive director of Crime Survivors For Safety and Justice and at right is Alex Johnson, the managing director.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli).

California governor candidates back criminal justice reforms

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Former Los Angeles Mayor and Democratic Convention Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa calls for a vote to amend the platform at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Antonio Villaraigosa, former L.A. mayor, considering Senate run

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** FILE ** Antonio R. Villaraigosa, chair of the 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee and Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif. addresses the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., September 5, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to run for governor, but not against Jerry Brown

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Trucks wait in long lines to load at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Crippling strike at L.A. ports ends; deal reached

By John Rogers - Associated Press

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Mayors stand up to striking teachers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Los Angeles Mayor and Democratic Convention Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa calls for a vote to amend the platform at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

EDITORIAL: Obama’s party says no to God

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Former Los Angeles Mayor and Democratic Convention Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa calls for a vote to amend the platform at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Convention head Villaraigosa blames delegates in ugly platform fight at DNC

By Susan Crabtree and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Former Los Angeles Mayor and Democratic Convention Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa calls for a vote to amend the platform at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

CURL: A game changer, in three minutes

By Joseph Curl

**FILE** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (The Washington Times)

Dems managing expectations for upcoming convention

By David Eldridge and Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: L.A. mayor says GOP can’t ‘just trot out a brown face’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

L.A. mayor: Bypass states on No Child Left Behind education waivers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times