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Bernie's Last Stand

As Trump coasts to victory, Sanders still bashing Clinton in California.

Bernie's Last Stand
Jerry Roberts

THIS JUST IN: “There is no drought,” Donald Trump, soon-to-be Republican nominee for president, announced in the San Joaquin Valley a few days ago. Apparently one of the world’s great unsung hydrologists, he told Fresno farmers that getting all the water they want is a mere push-button matter of political will, which I, Donald, will see to in a jiffy.

Back on Planet Earth, meanwhile, future Democratic foe Hillary Clinton still struggles to turn full attention to Trump, as she fights to fend off the insurgency of Senator Bernie Sanders, who’s camped out in California in a last-ditch bid to derail her.

In the final days and hours before the June 7 primary, here is a look at the state of play: