"...he preened, he hugged, he shook hands and hobnobbed with legends and politicians... two days before Tuesday's election..."
"...this was about the dedication of murals featuring the late Dodgers ace Fernando Valenzuela... De León emceed the one-hour-plus program attended by hundreds of baseball fans."
"...what they were about to see was 'my gift to all of you, to all of Boyle Heights and to all of L.A.'"
"Hubris was the engine of De León's 18-year political career... propelled the child of Guatemalan immigrants from an impoverished upbringing in San Diego..."
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