Hello, everyone -- Peter Savodnik here. I'm a writer and editor at the Free Press, and longtime L.A. denizen. (Full disclosure: My wife and two kids and I live in L.A. County but not L.A. city proper; our driveway is about 1,000 feet from the city line.) Today, voters cast their ballots for governor and mayor. I've reported on both races: the meaning of Spencer Pratt, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's upstart bid, uber-progressive Nithya Raman (who imagined being L.A.'s Mamdani until, well, Spencer P

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Scott Pelly was fired for cause. An excellent development, for sure. He was an absolute disgusting example of why CBS and 60 Minutes needed a complete overhaul.