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Calif.'s largest newspaper won't endorse presidential candidate this year

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The Los Angeles Times' editorial board won't make an endorsement in the presidential election for the first time since 2004 .

The decision leaves Vice President Kamala Harris without the official backing of her home state’s largest newspaper.

LA Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong , a former surgeon who grew immensely wealthy in the pharmaceutical industry, decided the board wouldn’t release an endorsement.