It’s Thursday, October 15th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 99 degrees and a low tonight of 66. Our top story: With election day a little more than 2 weeks away, over a million Californians have already returned their mail-in ballots. That’s according to the state. This marks the most ballots collected by mail at this point in any California election.