[The New York Times]• The untold story of how Kevin Leon became Kevin de León, leader of the California State Senate. [Opinion | The New York Times]• A California secession advocate has faced scrutiny over where he’s based: Russia. [The New York Times]• “I don’t think I’ve been as sorry.” Milo Yiannopoulos resigned from Breitbart News after his remarks on pedophilia. [The New York Times]• Kenneth Arrow died in Palo Alto at 95. The California Today columnist, Mike McPhate, is a third-generation Californian — born outside Sacramento and raised in San Juan Capistrano.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2017 12:56 UTC