Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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State Secrets
SacBee: California state agencies free to delete emails after legislators kill retention bill
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*Strategic Blunder*
Venture to Recall Gascon Fails
AP: Recall election aimed at LA prosecutor fails to make ballot
- BreitbartCA: L.A. Claims 27% Error Rate in Recall Signatures; < 1% Error Rate in 2020 Mass-Mail Voting
- CG: Gascón Recall Effort Fails as LA Registrar Recorder Denies 200K Signatures
- OCReg: Campaign to oust Gascón fails to secure enough signatures for recall vote
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Under the Dome
SacBee: California lawmakers use secretive process to kill would-be laws: ‘Where good bills go to die’
- CG: Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Bill Gutted Before Crucial Assembly Vote
- CalM: Supervised drug injection sites could soon pop up in California. How will they work?
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Back to School
LAT $: L.A.’s back-to-school challenges: low test scores, scramble for teachers, missing students
- SFC: Data shows severity of S.F. teacher shortage, absenteeism, low reading scores
- LADN: Nearly 50,000 students absent on first day as LAUSD deals with chronic absenteeism
- FresBee: ‘We started a movement.’ Fresno Unified’s plan to end achievement gap for Black students
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No Outdoor Watering
LADN: 4 million LA County residents asked to not water outdoors for 2 weeks beginning Sept. 6 - CalM: Four things to know about Colorado River water in California
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Amazon Walkout
SBSun: Amazon workers at San Bernardino airport stage walkout
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Starbucks Strike
LAT $: Two more California Starbucks stores go on strike, joining Santa Cruz workers at the picket line - AP: Starbucks asks labor board to halt union votes temporarily
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Newsom vs. Enviros
FresBee: Not easy being green: Newsom clashes with with CA environmentalists on climate, water -
Taxpayers Beware
FresBee: $7B road tax measure moves to Fresno County’s fall ballot for one reason: Job creation - VOC: Westminster Sales Tax Proposal Heads to November Ballot After Several Tries
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Homeless Industrial Complex
SDUT: Column: Programs big and small are targeting homelessness — but where’s the ‘moonshot’?
- SJMN: Palo Alto forging ahead with Project Homekey homeless shelter proposal as leaders await state grant
- SacBee: If moving one homeless Sacramento man is this hard, how can we help 9,300 unhoused people?
- SDUT: County considers plan to track homeless by name, not number
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UC Admissions
SDUT: Faced with overwhelming demand, UC San Diego cuts freshmen admission offers by 9,500 -
Rehab Fraud
OCReg: Rehab doctor Randy Rosen pleads guilty to insurance fraud - AP: California surgeon pleads guilty in sober living fraud case
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Assembly 2022
OCReg: Inland candidate isn’t registered to vote in Assembly district he wants to represent
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Hearing Aid Program
CalM: A state program to provide children’s hearing aids for uninsured families falls short -
LulaRoe Lawsuits
SacBee: LulaRoe has faced complaints and lawsuits. Will CA plaintiffs follow through with their case? -
Kobe Bryant Photos Case
OCReg: Ex-fire captain says he has little memory of Kobe Bryant crash site -
Gun on Campus
AP: Student disarmed after pulling out gun at California school
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Housing Market
LAT $: Homeowners are backing out of a slowing housing market -
Car Sales
SDUT: California car sales are down 18% but not for all — electric vehicles are hot sellers -
Subsidized Broadband
CG: CPUC Set to Strip CA Residents of Subsidized Broadband Service
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The Golden Pen
Karol Markowicz
Who Will Be Held Accountable for CDC Dishonesty?
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Jim Geraghty
NR: What If the Law Treated All Politicians the Same? -
Dan Walters
CalM: Newsom’s climate change agenda lacks specifics -
Lee Trepanier
The Compliant College Classroom -
William Doyle
GOP Must Continue To Fight for Election Integrity -
Washington Examiner
How To Empower Families When Public Schools Are Failing
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Rich Lowry
NR: Merrick Garland Is on a Path to the Abyss -
J.D. Tuccille
Reason: Something Upon Which Americans Can Agree: The FBI and the IRS Suck -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Exclusive: Sacramento police arrested man brandishing gun at city councilman’s house -
SF Bay Area
SFC: New York wants to charge up to $23 to enter parts of Manhattan. What happened to S.F.’s congestion pricing plan? - SFC: Where do S.F.’s Millennials move to the city from? Here’s what the data says
- SFC: Privacy advocates challenge S.F. police use of cameras during BLM protests
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South Bay
SFC: As Facebook pulls pro-settlement ads, Santa Clara to weigh 49ers’ offer
- SJMN: Multiple building demolitions loom in downtown San Jose Google village footprint
- SJMN: Palo Alto, Mountain View focusing future housing along this corridor. But can it handle the pressure?
- SFC: Apple to mandate three days in a week in the office by Labor Day
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Central Valley
Who is running for Stanislaus County offices in the November election? Here’s a list - Update: Modesto suspect in custody after hours-long standoff and multiple shots fired
- FresBee: Students, parents sound off on cell phone ban at Bullard High. ‘Taking away our voices’
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Lawsuit blames SLO officers in death of suspect and officer Luca Benedetti -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Thacher head resigns amid sexual misconduct fallout -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Op-Ed: L.A. is spending tens of billions of dollars to make climate change and traffic worse - LAT $: Caruso touts support of Hollywood, while his firm battles studio expansion near the Grove
- LADN: Santa Susana activists, residents slam Regional Water Board’s agreement with Boeing: ‘Huge tragedy’
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Orange County
VOC: San Juan Capistrano Considers Subsidizing Security Cameras For Downtown Businesses
- VOC: Anaheim Council Members Head Into Election While Investigating Campaign Contributions
- OCReg: Candidate filing extended in several local council, school board races
- OCReg: Saddleback Valley Unified students move on to the business of learning
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: Here’s who’s on Nov. 8 ballot in San Bernardino County, Pomona and Claremont - SBSun: Fontana Unified School District names Juan M. Lopez interim superintendent
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Riverside County
PE: Here’s who’s on the Nov. 8 ballot in Riverside County -
San Diego County
VOSD: Why Your Energy Bill Is High and Explaining the New CCA Charge - SDUT: County lifts ocean contact closure for part of Coronado beach; water to the south still unsafe
- VOSD: Did Oceanside’s Treasurer Lose the City Millions of Dollars? It’s Complicated