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City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi LoL.A. Outer Harbor, in feet.County Height Period DirectionSunday Downtown readingsMinutes to burn for sensitive peopleTemperature Los Angeles Fullerton VenturaToday’s rise/setMarch 2 March 9 March 16 March 24Los Angeles Co. Orange Co. Ventura Co.Key:Susunny;Pcpartly cloudy;Cycloudy;Fg
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Beach Newport
BeachSanta AnaLaguna
Beach San
ClementeMission ViejoIrvineOceansideEscondidoPowayRamonaSan DiegoTemeculaHemet Palm
SpringsFullertonChino
RiversideOntarioPomona/
Fairplex San BernardinoYucca ValleyHesperiaWhittier
HillsUCLASimi ValleyChatsworth
Burbank MonroviaSanta ClaritaL.A. DowntownSun 6:29a/5:45p 6:27a/5:44p 6:33a/5:48p
Moon 7:22a/6:53p 7:20a/6:52p 7:26a/6:57pAnaheim 69 54 .02 73 50 85 54
Avalon/Catalina 63 48 -- 63 55 71 60
Bakersfield 68 46 -- 67 44 74 47
Barstow 73 48 Tr 76 45 73 41
Big Bear Lake 51 31 .15 53 27 52 24
Bishop 68 30 .08 70 33 68 31
Burbank 65 48 .02 74 51 81 52
Camarillo 66 46 .02 70 49 82 54
Chatsworth 68 46 .02 77 53 79 52
Chino 68 55 -- 75 47 82 47
Dana Point 61 53 .02 65 49 76 54
Death Valley 77 50 .01 83 56 79 50
Del Mar 60 59 -- 64 49 75 56
Escondido 66 53 .02 71 44 81 50
Eureka 56 47 .02 53 39 56 42
Fallbrook 65 52 -- 70 44 81 48
Fresno 67 45 -- 67 45 73 47
Fullerton 68 55 .01 72 50 85 54
Hemet 62 49 -- 77 43 78 45
Hesperia 70 43 .02 70 35 69 32
Huntington Beach 66 56 -- 66 50 77 54
Idyllwild 53 35 .50 62 44 62 42
Irvine 68 55 -- 70 51 82 55
L.A. D’ntown/USC68 53 -- 72 53 82 55L.A. Int’l. Airport 65 55 Tr 66 54 78 57
Laguna Beach 67 53 -- 67 54 77 57
Lancaster 73 47 Tr 72 33 72 32
Long Beach 65 54 -- 68 51 81 53
Mammoth Lakes 55 25 Tr 54 20 55 20
Mission Viejo 64 51 .03 72 53 82 56
Monrovia 67 51 .13 76 52 82 53
Monterey 57 51 Tr 61 44 66 47
Mt. Wilson 55 35 -- 61 40 65 40
Needles 70 50 .03 75 52 71 46
Newport Beach 63 57 .01 65 52 77 55
Northridge xx xx -- 78 54 81 54
Oakland 62 52 -- 66 46 70 48
Oceanside 65 51 .02 68 42 80 45
Ojai 68 38 .03 74 50 79 50
Ontario 64 52 .04 76 51 81 51
Palm Springs 76 51 -- 85 57 83 53
Pasadena 69 50 .07 74 53 82 53
Paso Robles 66 48 -- 71 36 76 39
Pomona/Fairplex 65 52 .06 76 50 82 50
Redding 61 38 -- 72 48 77 44
Riverside 65 51 Tr 74 40 78 43
Sacramento 64 44 -- 73 43 74 43
San Bernardino 63 51 .01 77 50 80 49San Diego 66 58 .01 66 52 78 57
San Francisco 58 50 -- 64 47 68 48
San Gabriel xx xx -- 75 51 84 53
SanJose 61 45 -- 68 44 74 48
San Luis Obispo 64 49 -- 71 48 79 46
Santa Ana 68 58 .01 70 54 83 56
Santa Barbara 64 43 -- 68 47 73 48
Santa Clarita 67 46 .03 78 51 78 50
Santa Monica Pier 62 49 Tr 66 53 78 55
Santa Paula 68 44 .01 74 50 82 53
Santa Rosa 70 35 -- 72 39 78 42
Simi Valley 67 45 .01 77 52 79 51
Tahoe Valley 54 21 -- 52 25 54 27
Temecula 64 52 -- 75 42 80 47
Thousand Oaks 64 47 -- 73 53 81 53
Torrance 63 54 -- 67 49 79 51
UCLA 63 50 -- 69 54 80 55
Van Nuys 66 47 .02 76 52 82 53
Ventura 64 50 .07 65 51 73 56
Whittier Hills 71 49 -- 73 51 84 54
Woodland Hills 67 43 .01 78 53 82 52
Wrightwood 55 35 .02 59 39 57 35
Yorba Linda 67 53 -- 74 52 82 53
Yosemite Valley 59 32 -- 63 38 64 38Sunny; warmer82/
Sunny; warm 81/
Clouds, sun 85/
Clouds, sun 83/Sunny; warm 80/
Sunny; windy 80/
Clouds, sun 82/
Partly sunny 81/Sunny; warmer78/
Sunny 77/
Partly sunny 81/
Clouds, sun 78/Sunny; windy 52/
Sunny; windy 56/
Partly sunny 59/
Clouds, sun 58/Sunny 83/
Sunny 79/
Clouds, sun 85/
Partly sunny 86/Mostly sunny Mostly sunny; breezy Mostly sunny Sunshine Sunshine
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FridayTodayInnerwaters:Winds west 10-
knots.Windwaves2-4feetwitha
west swell of 2-4 feet.
Surf zone:The risk of strong, dan-
gerous rip currents will be low for
Orange and San Diego counties, but
moderate for Los Angeles, Ventura,
and Santa Barbara county beaches.Santa Barbara 2-4’ 10 sec WNW
Ventura 2-4’ 10 sec WNW
Los Angeles 2-4’ 7 sec W
Orange 1-3’ 12 sec WSW
San Diego 1-3’ 9 sec WSunday Today Tuesday Sunday Today Tuesday Sunday Today TuesdayForecasts byAccuWeather, Inc.©Today 9:18a 5.4 Hi 3:15a 1.3 Lo
10:16p 4.3 Hi 4:00p -0.3 Lo
Tue. 9:49a 5.1 Hi 3:47a 1.3 Lo
10:40p 4.3 Hi 4:23p 0.0 LoHigh/low 68/53 68/55 64/
Normal high/low 69/50 69/49 67/
High/low a year ago 62/46 64/40 60/
Record high/date 90/1954 84/2016 91/
Record low/date 35/1894 39/2006 34/24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) Trace 0.01 0.
Season total (since Oct. 1) 7.32 7.00 7.
Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 15.76 13.96 14.
Season norm (Oct. 1 to date) 10.30 9.67 11.
Humidity (high/low) 77/49 86/52 92/Precipitation Los Angeles Fullerton VenturaLas Vegas, 45
Los Angeles, 45Phoenix, 45
San Francisco, 45(^72) / (^5377) / (^5466) / (^5353) / (^2785) / 57
High85 in Zapata, Texas
Low–17 in Boulder, Wyo.
Sunday Today Sunday Today
Albany 53 22 -- 52 34 Su
Albuquerque 50 37 .12 57 27 W
Anchorage 18 14 .02 18 8 Pc
Aspen 37 31 .19 26 9 Cy
Atlanta 57 37 -- 54 51 R
Austin 70 53 Tr 74 43 Pc
Baltimore 60 23 -- 58 44 Pc
Boise 58 29 -- 45 24 Pc
Boston 58 34 -- 58 42 Su
Buffalo 47 30 -- 46 35 Cy
Burlington, Vt. 45 19 -- 47 30 Pc
Charleston, S.C. 65 29 -- 66 57 Cy
Charlotte 60 31 -- 50 46 R
Chicago 55 35 -- 42 34 R
Cincinnati 55 28 -- 46 43 R
Cleveland 53 32 -- 47 39 R
Columbia, S.C. 62 28 -- 56 53 R
Columbus 51 23 -- 44 40 R
Dallas/Ft.Worth 59 46 .03 66 43 Su
Denver 42 32 .06 38 18 W
Detroit 54 28 -- 44 35 R
El Paso 63 55 Tr 67 41 Su
Eugene 51 37 .07 50 30 Pc
Fort Myers 80 55 -- 81 64 Su
Hartford 56 24 -- 57 37 Su
Honolulu 82 68 .02 82 68 Pc
Houston 68 49 -- 76 50 Sh
Indianapolis 54 28 -- 45 41 R
Jacksonville, Fla. 70 41 -- 77 62 Cy
Kansas City 63 42 -- 44 31 R
Knoxville 55 29 -- 48 46 R
Las Vegas 69 48 .05 70 47 Su
Louisville 59 31 -- 50 47 R
Medford 59 34 Tr 56 31 Pc
Memphis 54 41 .08 62 44 R
Miami 78 64 .03 80 69 Pc
Milwaukee 51 34 -- 39 33 Cy
Minneapolis 44 27 -- 37 27 Fg
Nashville 58 34 Tr 54 48 R
New Orleans 68 47 -- 73 59 Ts
New York 56 39 -- 56 43 Pc
Norfolk 61 29 -- 57 47 R
Oklahoma City 52 44 .08 55 37 Pc
Omaha 61 27 -- 46 28 Cy
Orlando 78 53 -- 81 62 Pc
Philadelphia 56 28 -- 58 44 Pc
Phoenix 64 50 .01 72 49 Su
Pittsburgh 51 26 -- 47 38 R
Portland, Ore. 52 42 .12 49 33 Cy
Providence 55 24 Tr 56 40 Su
Raleigh/Durham 63 30 -- 52 46 R
Reno 65 28 -- 61 32 Su
Richmond 63 26 -- 55 45 Pc
St. Louis 62 41 -- 50 37 R
Salt Lake City 54 28 -- 42 25 Cy
Acapulco 90 73 -- 84 75 Su
Amsterdam 52 46 1.22 51 42 R
Athens 55 45 .02 62 50 Su
Bangkok 93 75 -- 96 73 Su
Barcelona 63 46 -- 64 48 Su
Berlin 45 44 .78 46 39 Pc
Cabo San Lucas 84 66 -- 79 59 Pc
Cairo 63 55 -- 62 50 Pc
Dubai 86 72 -- 85 68 Hz
Dublin 45 40 .54 53 34 R
Havana 82 59 -- 85 64 Pc
Ho Chi Minh City 95 73 -- 95 75 Pc
Hong Kong 74 64 -- 73 67 Pc
Istanbul 48 34 -- 54 42 Cy
Jerusalem 55 44 -- 54 47 Sh
Johannesburg 73 60 .09 76 51 Hz
Kuala Lumpur 91 75 -- 94 76 Pc
Lima 83 73 -- 80 72 Pc
London 57 48 .05 54 37 R
Madrid 72 36 -- 69 35 Su
Mecca 89 68 -- 91 65 Hz
Mexico City 81 53 -- 83 53 Su
Milan 62 40 -- 66 45 Pc
Montreal 43 25 -- 41 28 Pc
Moscow 36 32 .54 38 25 Cy
Mumbai 93 77 -- 91 75 Su
New Delhi 79 59 -- 79 55 Su
Paris 55 48 .02 57 45 Cy
Prague 54 45 .37 44 40 Pc
Rome 59 37 -- 63 49 Pc
Seoul 45 24 -- 55 42 Pc
Singapore 88 76 .02 86 78 Pc
Taipei City 74 62 -- 81 63 Pc
Tokyo 57 46 -- 56 46 Su
Vancouver 46 39 .30 45 33 Sh
Vienna 64 39 .13 51 39 W
Seattle 48 39 .19 48 37 Pc
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More sunshine:Some coastal low clouds and fog will hang around San Diego, Orange and L.A. counties, but
sunshine will break out later in the day as a ridge of high pressure moves into the state. Sundowner winds will
be possible late in the day in Santa Barbara County. Otherwise, generally dry and mild weather is expected
through Friday as high pressure remains in control.
Soaking rain for southern Plains:A disturbance will continue eastward
across the southern Plains, bringing a heavy bout of rainfall to Kansas,
Missouri and southern Illinois. Dry and mild weather will persist in
southern New England. Snow will continue in the Rockies.
gaffes, starting with Gerald
Ford biting into a tamale —
still wrapped in its husk —
during his unsuccessful 1976
presidential run. Last year,
then-South Bend, Ind.,
Mayor Pete Buttigieg stum-
bled with Latinos by admit-
ting to enjoying salsa mixed
with ranch dressing. And in
2016, we got the unexpect-
edly poignant existential-
ism of Hillary Clinton star-
ing down a cup of boba tea in
Flushing, N.Y.
I’ve always found these
awkward outreach efforts
terribly outdated and em-
barrassing for all parties.
Who is swayed by these
gestures — the occasional
mangled words of Spanish,
or the hackneyed “ethnic
food” photo op?
They seemed to be prem-
ised on some bizarre as-
sumptions. If Klobuchar
gets grass jelly in her half-
sweet, no-ice boba tea, does
that mean she understands
Asian American youth
culture? Should future
candidates practice eating
tacos? And what guarantee
is there that these attempts
will amount to anything
more than a photo op?
I decided to visit some
Los Angeles eateries popu-
lar with presidential candi-
dates and see if I could find
anyone whose vote was
swayed by appeals like
these. I also asked people
what kind of outreach they
would choose, if they had
the chance to give the cam-
paigns some advice.
I started at Dulan’s on
Crenshaw, a cafeteria-style
soul food restaurant that
has hosted Joe Biden and
former President Obama.
Last year, Biden donned
an apron and helped serve
breakfast to a group of
community leaders there.
Reginald Ridgeway, long-
time pastor of the Faith Way
Missionary Baptist Church,
wasn’t aware of the visit.
Still, he’s a Biden sup-
porter, and he appreciates
that the former vice presi-
dent decided to spend time
talking to members of the
community.
Knowledge of African
American culture and eat-
ing soul food — these things
weren’t as important to him
as spending the time, Ridge-
way said.
“You don’t have to eat
our food. I’ll eat my own
food. Just listen to us ... give
us a genuine feeling that you
hear what we have to say,”
Ridgeway said. “We can eat
at a Taco Bell if we get that.”
Ridgeway thinks the
stakes are too high in this
year’s elections to worry
about cultural gaffes and
who said what to whom.
He’d love to see a female
president someday and
believes in many prog-
ressive causes, but his main
priority is electing anybody
who isn’t President Trump.
“The only reparations I
need is being true to the
Constitution,” Ridgeway
said.
Barbara Melancon and
Willimae Fulton, two social
workers having lunch, also
appreciated that candi-
dates took time to stop by.
But they were tired of sym-
bolic gestures of solidarity.
“We’ve seen so many
candidates come here and
do this, but once they get
into the office, they just
forget us,” Melancon said.
“We should hold them to
ahigher standard,” Fulton
said. “It’s 2020. Time is up
for these traditional politics.
I’m supposed to vote for you
just because you enjoy our
culture? Nah,” she said. “It’s
all about what are you going
to do.”
My next stop was King
Taco #10 in Pico-Union,
where Clinton, Biden and
many others have made
stops. Biden ate some tacos
here last year, accompanied
by Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Jesse Ramirez, a recent
USC graduate, didn’t re-
member Biden’s visit. He
appreciates when candi-
dates try to speak Spanish
and show an interest in
Latino culture. Still, he’s
going to cast his vote based
on policy.
“They’re trying to reach
out,” Ramirez said. “Effort
is good but that doesn’t
mean they get my vote.”
But Rudy Lico, 20, was
mostly unimpressed.
“We’re not all about
tacos,” Lico said.
My last stop was Mr.
Boba in Koreatown, where
last year Biden met with
Korean American commu-
nity leaders over a cookies-
and-cream milkshake with
boba. Aaron Vallejo, 29, said
Biden showing up in Korea-
town “surprised the hell out
of me.”
“To see this kind of per-
son come here, it’s really
rare. It kind of puts Korea-
town on the map,” Vallejo
said.
At the end of my presi-
dential campaign food
crawl, I felt differently about
these cultural gestures. Just
because they are symbolic
doesn’t mean they can’t be
powerful, said Karthick
Ramakrishnan, professor
of political science at UC
Riverside.
There’s a generational
divide in the way these
messages are received, he
said. To college-educated,
second-generation or
younger Americans like
myself, these gestures are
often condescending and
reductive. But to immi-
grants and those who rarely
feel included in U.S. politics,
even clumsy and awkward
attempts to reach out are
seen as long-awaited signs
of respect and inclusion.
“It sends the signal that
your culture, your commu-
nity, your food, is American
too,” Ramakrishnan said.
“It suggests that immi-
grants don’t need to assimi-
late, that the candidate is
comfortable with the
prospect of a multicultural
nation.”
And research shows
these gestures do help gar-
ner votes, said Rudy
Alamillo, assistant profes-
sor of political science
at Western Washington
University.
In an analysis of 2016
presidential candidate Jeb
Bush’s appeal among Lat-
ino voters, Alamillo and his
coauthor Loren Colling-
wood found that Bush’s
identity-based strategy was
one of the most influential
factors. Cross-racial mobili-
zations — things like speak-
ing Spanish, emphasizing
that he has a Mexican
American wife, and com-
mercials depicting Bush
eating Mexican food — were
a more powerful factor than
even party identification or
ideology.
The efficacy of these
appeals, Alamillo said,
allows Republicans to go
after Latino votes without
meaningfully supporting
causes and issues that
Latinos care about.
“They can run ads in
English saying we’ll build a
wall and favor mass depor-
tations,” Alamillo said. “But
in Spanish, they’ll just make
identity-based appeals. It
allows them to run two
different campaigns at the
same time.”
We’re headed toward a
future in which racial poli-
tics will become a regular
part of political campaign-
ing. Winning elections in an
increasingly diverse country
will require many kinds of
cultural appeals.
But if our votes can be
easily bought with gestures
of respect and inclusion, we
lose the chance to advocate
for the causes most impor-
tant to us.
I have to admit I would
be highly entertained by the
sight of future presidential
candidates trying to suck
the meat off chicken feet at
dim sum, but I want so
much more than that. And
so did a lot of the people I
spoke to.
Ramirez proposed a
“King Taco Town Hall”
where presidential candi-
dates would answer ques-
tions posed by customers
and locals for an hour,
rather than primarily ad-
dressing cameras and gath-
ered media.
Melancon suggested that
the candidates sit down
with gang members to draw
attention to the roots of
crime and poverty.
Fulton said she’d love to
see a presidential candidate
shadow some social workers
for a day to highlight the
mental health crisis and
flaws in the safety net.
Fulton also suggested
campaigns hand out free
school supplies in impover-
ished neighborhoods to
point out the fact that
schools in black and Latino
neighborhoods receive
unequal funding.
To me, all these suggesti-
ons sound far more practi-
cal and convincing than
what any presidential cam-
paign has tried. They show
that it’s possible to convey
symbolic cultural meaning
as well as highlight substan-
tive and meaningful issues.
And no one has to choke
on a tamale.
‘Ethnic food’ photo ops fall flat for voters
[Shyong,from B1]
ONE ANGELENOproposed candidates stage restaurant town halls to address
locals instead of news cameras. Above, Sen. Elizabeth Warren in New Hampshire.
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PETE BUTTIGIEG
holds court at an Iowa
restaurant last year.
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