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Foggy Tuesday morning, warm afternoon

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June gloom and dense fog appear Tuesday morning. Drive safely and utilize low beams along major highways. Clouds will slowly clear out and give way to mostly sunny skies. Highs will be a few degrees cooler than days prior. Expect 60s, 70s and a smattering of 80s inland. Winds provide a light breeze by the evening.

More clouds arrive Wednesday morning. Rinse and repeat weather is expected with clearing skies and minimal temperature changes. The bigger difference will occur during the sunset near Santa Barbara. Sundowner winds are in the forecast and will keep skies clear through the night. Some Wind Advisories may need to be issued. More details to come.

Overcast & gray skies will be slower to clear Thursday and Friday. Some beaches will fail to see the sunshine over the weekend. Temperatures fall below average for many areas. We hold with this gray, gloomy & cool pattern into next week.

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Reñidas elecciones primarias este martes para gobernador de California y alcalde de Los Ángeles, y otros comicios a observar

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Análisis por Aaron Blake, CNN

Seis estados celebrarán elecciones primarias este martes: California, Iowa, Montana, Nueva Jersey, Nuevo México y Dakota del Sur.

Esto es lo que estaremos observando cuando empiecen a llegar los resultados por la noche.

Ha sido una de las contiendas más impredecibles de los últimos tiempos.

Primero, una serie de figuras demócratas de renombre, como la exvicepresidenta Kamala Harris, declinaron presentarse.

Luego, parecía que el inusual sistema de primarias de dos vueltas del estado podría dar como resultado dos republicanos en las elecciones generales.

Finalmente, el demócrata Eric Swalwell, quien lideraba la contienda, se retiró tras las acusaciones de agresión sexual que él ha negado, lo que cambió drásticamente el rumbo de la carrera.

El martes veremos qué significa todo esto. Y es posible que descubramos quién será el próximo gobernador de California.

Las últimas encuestas muestran a tres candidatos a la cabeza: dos demócratas, el exsecretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU., Xavier Becerra, y el empresario Tom Steyer; y el republicano Steve Hilton, expresentador de Fox News.

Becerra experimentó un auge tras la salida de Swalwell, aparentemente en parte porque se le consideraba una opción segura con una sólida trayectoria política.

Los dos candidatos con mayor votación, independientemente de su partido, pasarán a la siguiente ronda en noviembre.

En los últimos días, Hilton ha instado a los republicanos que apoyan al sheriff del condado de Riverside, Chad Bianco, a unirse en torno a su candidatura, argumentando que una contienda entre dos republicanos ya no es posible.

Eso es significativo porque Hilton parece tener pocas posibilidades de convertirse en gobernador, salvo en una contienda entre dos republicanos. En otras palabras, parece estar más centrado en llegar a las elecciones generales.

Si Hilton llega a las elecciones generales, el demócrata al que se enfrente sería el claro favorito. Si son dos demócratas, entonces la contienda estará muy reñida.

Esta podría ser, incluso más que la contienda por la gobernación, aquella en la que los republicanos se han atrevido a soñar.

Spencer Pratt, exestrella de la telerrealidad, cuya campaña se ha centrado en el descontento con la respuesta de la alcaldesa demócrata Karen Bass a los devastadores incendios forestales recientes y a la crisis de personas sin hogar de la ciudad, está causando furor en los círculos republicanos nacionales y en los medios de comunicación conservadores.

La pregunta ahora es si podrá ganar las elecciones generales contra Bass o la concejala de Los Ángeles, Nithya Raman, una socialista democrática.

Los tres están muy igualados en las encuestas: una reciente consulta de la UC Berkeley-Los Angeles Times sitúa a Bass en el 26 %, a Raman en el 25 % y a Pratt en el 22 %.

Por supuesto, llegar a la final y convertirse en alcalde son dos cosas muy diferentes.

Pratt espera enfrentarse a la impopular Bass. Pero Los Ángeles sigue siendo un bastión demócrata, y la encuesta mostró que el 57 % de los votantes probables desaprobab

Bummer Summer! Why do the top pop girlies sound so morose this season?

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Madge hasn't given up on the power of clubbing.

By Scottie Andrew, CNN

(CNN) — It’s nearly summertime, and we’re all doomed.

So says Charli XCX, who’s abandoned the party in her new music and trained her gaze instead on death and destruction: “The world is gonna end, no hope for any of it,” she sings in “Spring Summer ‘26,” her latest single. Charli and preeminent pop divas Olivia Rodrigo and Ariana Grande are releasing some of the bleakest music of their careers just in time for summer, the traditional season for party anthems and celebratory bangers.

Charli is facing down the end of the world on her newly announced album “Music, Fashion, Film,” whose cover art is a black-and-white photo of aging legends of the respective fields: John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese. Based on their glowering expressions, the trio seems to agree with the assertion Charli makes in her new single — “nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion or film.”

Where on “Brat” Charli wanted to “dance all night” in sweaty euphoria, in her new music, Charli sounds like she’s lost hope. In “Rock Music,” the first single off her new album, Charli says she thinks “the dance floor is dead.” On “Spring Summer ‘26,” she splits the difference between boredom and resignation about the impending apocalypse: “We’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell.”

Charli isn’t pretending the world’s ills are curable through a sweaty night dancing with friends. The US is waging war in Iran. The economy is on the verge of what feels like constant collapse. Sweltering nights are just one more sign that the planet’s climate is overheating. Club classics can’t do much about that.

Rodrigo, whose previous songs about love have skewed grungy and triumphant, has soured on romance in her new summer singles. Love is a sickness and lust will kill you, she announces on her forthcoming album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.”

“It don’t matter how your love feels anymore/It’ll never be the cure,” she sings.

And Grande, she of powerful belts, sticky choruses and ear-splitting whistle tones, sounds downright lethargic on “Hate That I Made You Love Me.” “It’s all bad news,” she drones in her most downbeat single in nearly 15 years of pop superstardom.

Fans don’t quite know what to make of the gloomy dissonance. Many listeners who dug the grinding, club-ready sound of “Brat” are cooler toward the simplistic, slower beat and elementary lyrics of “Rock Music.” (Anthony Fantano of the viral Needle Drop online series and devoted Charli fan called it “disappointing.” Another self-professed fan bluntly said it was “straight-up rotten ass cheeks.”) Grande’s new single is so subdued and vocally bland that New York Magazine deemed it “one of her worst.”

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5 things to know for June 2: Primaries, gas prices, Kyiv attacks, ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, artificial intelligence

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By Alexandra Banner, CNN

Do you remember when airport goodbyes happened at the gate instead of the curb? A growing number of US airports are reviving that nostalgic tradition by allowing visitors to pass through security and walk loved ones to their gate, even without a plane ticket.

Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.

1⃣ Primaries

Six states will hold primaries today: California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. Some of the high-profile races include California’s open governor’s contest and the wild battle for Los Angeles mayor. Read more.

MORE: Spencer Pratt brings Los Angeles’ economic anxieties into primetime

2⃣ Gas prices

Gas prices have hit a one-month low, currently averaging $4.29 per gallon, according to AAA — but analysts warn the relief may be short-lived. While prices remain well above the pre-war level of $2.98 a gallon, they have fallen significantly from the recent peak of $4.56 on May 21. Much of the drop reflects easing oil prices amid expectations that a potential US-Iran deal could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed for 94 days. Read more.

3⃣ Kyiv attacks

Russia launched a large-scale deadly attack early today on Kyiv as part of a broad offensive on targets across Ukraine, authorities said. At least 17 people were killed in the assault that Ukraine’s military said involved more than 600 drones and dozens of missiles, including advanced hypersonics. Read more.

4⃣ ‘Anti-weaponization’ fund

The Trump administration has signaled to Republican congressional leaders that it plans to drop the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, although it was unclear how firm or permanent that plan is. Many senators told CNN they cannot move ahead with funding ICE and Border Patrol until they know that the fund is dead, rather than just kicked down the road. Read more.

5⃣ Artificial intelligence

A rush of AI-related IPOs is captivating Wall Street, with Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX all making moves toward going public. The AI boom is also driving gains in companies tied to the massive data centers needed to power the technology, fueling rallies beyond big tech. Read more.

PLUS: Florida sues OpenAI, alleging it’s unsafe for children

Breakfast browse

Takeaways from Jill Biden’s new memoir

The book, which is being released today, offers a candid account of her husband’s time in office, the end of his political career and her views on key moments in the White House.

Steph Curry signs Li-Ning deal

The NBA superstar announced a partnership for his signature brand with Li-Ning on Monday, ending his sneaker free agency in a major win for the Chinese sportswear giant.

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A closer look at Patrick Kelly’s tragically short but outsized influence on fashion

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Fashion model and entertainer Grace Jones wearing a brightly colored ready-to-wear ensemble by Kelly in a 1989 fashion show.

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN

(CNN) — There’s a somber scene in a new documentary about Patrick Kelly, where executive producers Jess Manning and Ray Cornelius are at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, about to dive into research about the late fashion designer.

To their surprise, there are only seven small boxes, containing photos, sketches, notes, and a scattering of trinkets to go through. It’s a stark contrast to Kelly’s vivid legacy, one that viewers will eventually see depicted in “Love, Patrick: Nothing is Impossible” — a boisterous retelling of how a Black man would unknowingly shape the generations of designers that would come after him.

Before the likes of Telfar Clemens, LaQuan Smith, or the late Virgil Abloh became fashion industry forces, Kelly blazed a trail of his own. In just the six short years when his formal ready-to-wear line was actively in production, Kelly landed a six-page spread in ELLE magazine, maintained a robust clientele that included everyone from Madonna to Cicely Tyson and even Princess Diana, and became the first Black designer to be inducted into what is now known as the Federation de la Haute Couture, France’s governing fashion body.

The documentary will premiere at several film festivals later this summer and offers an intimate look at Kelly’s career, charting his unlikely success and tragic death at 35 due to complications from AIDS. The movie features rarely seen clips from his high-energy fashion shows across Atlanta, New York, and Paris, that starred supermodels like Pat Cleveland, Naomi Campbell and Iman, and interviews with those who worked alongside him.

“What really struck me was the overall plot of this project — that a Southern boy from Vicksburg, Mississippi, made it so big in the world of fashion. That’s the type of underdog story that I love,” said Ryon Horne, who along with his brothers Byron and Tyson directed “Love, Patrick.” Speaking on a video call along with Manning and Cornelius, the three of them wore oversized buttons pinned on their shirts — a small gift from one of Kelly’s former atelier workers while they made the documentary and a way to honor their film subject. “Something that (Kelly’s partner) Bjorn Amelan says in the movie is that Patrick smiled a lot, but there was something behind that smile,” Horne continued. “And in this film you will find out what that truly was. We want people to find out about the real Patrick Kelly… not just the bullet points.”

Kelly was one of the most prominent Black fashion designers of the 1980s, and his peers included Willi Smith, known as a forefather of modern-day streetwear, and Dapper Dan, a beloved auteur of hip-hop haberdashery. But Kelly’s interpretation of haute couture was notably edgy in its own right, with rainbow-colored tulle skirts, sequin encrusted mini dresses, and ornate prints — his imaginative silhouettes bringing to mind the modern day work of a Sergio Hudson, from South Carolina (and who appears in the documentary) or the Louisiana-born Christopher John Rogers. His work was often political, with his cartoonish art prints and couture creations subverting racist iconography from American history. Kelly had sent models down the runway wearing anything from a watermelon bra top and matching headdress to a mini dress featuring golliwog e

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