Tuesday, September 15, 2015 – 05:00 p.m.

The Lou Desmond and Company Show is broadcasting from the Toyota of San Bernardino Recording Studios!

On a special edition of the Lou Desmond and Company show, Lou is joined in studio by Tom Del Beccaro and Cliff Cummings. First up, Tom talks about why he is running for U.S. Senate and what his priorities are.

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Capitol Alert
By Christopher Cadelago
ccadelago@sacbee.com
September 14, 2015

• Measure would generate $7 billion to $9 billion

With California’s Proposition 30 income tax hikes expiring in 2018, a coalition of education and other groups on Monday filed an initiative for next year’s ballot to temporarily extend those taxes on some of the wealthiest residents.

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Donald Trump signs a pledge of loyalty to the Republican Party on Sept. 3 in New York City. (Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Mark Halperin
Sep 15, 2015 2:00 AM PDT

• The front-runner is a genius at attack, and completely invulnerable so far. So much of the GOP is searching for a way to turn him into a mere mortal.

Like almost everyone I know who is working on, covering, or closely following the presidential election, I spend about 60 percent of my waking hours talking about Donald Trump. People want to know if he can win, if he will win, and what might possibly derail his candidacy. The reason the answers are so elusive is that Trump has proven to be unlike any other candidate in modern American politics.

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