Saturday, January 23, 2021
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$41 Million & Counting
CalM: California’s bill for fighting Trump in court? $41 million so far -
*Only in California*
Small Businesses Become Criminals
CalM: Going underground: California business operates in secret amid pandemic restrictions - SDUT: San Diego appeals court overturns injunction that allowed restaurants to reopen
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Ballot Integrity
AP: Over 99% of mail-in ballots accepted in California election -
Unemployed California
AP: California jobless rate edges up amid 52,000 lost jobs - SDUT: San Diego unemployment rises to 8% after state put in new COVID-19 restrictions
- LAT $: A ‘full reverse’: California joblessness spiked in December, thwarting recovery
- FresBee: In Fresno County, some industries have yet to regain jobs lost to the pandemic in 2020
- SacBee: Sacramento region’s December jobless rate 7.9% as employers shed more workers
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PPP Fraud?
CalCoast: San Simeon CSD manager’s PPP payout raises questions -
MSM Bias: Washington Post = Democrat Propaganda
Reason: The Washington Post Tried To Memory-Hole Kamala Harris' Bad Joke About Inmates Begging for Food and Water - Washington Post caught scrubbing Kamala Harris 'prisoner' story
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Vaccine Rollout
SFC: To simplify vaccine rollout, California considers an age-based system - CalM: State activates MyTurn vaccine clearinghouse website
- LADN: LA County officials vow improvements in coronavirus vaccination system
- BreitbartCA: California Worst State at Vaccine Distribution
- LAT $: Arizona surpasses California as state with the worst coronavirus infection rate
- SJMN: Are Californians getting more mobile after winter COVID surge?
- LADN: Coronavirus state tracker: A peak of 740 deaths reported in California on Jan. 22
- AP: California keeps key virus data out of public sight
- CalM: ‘Tedious, stressful’: Why older Californians are still struggling to get vaccine
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Flavored Tobacco Ban
AP: Californians to vote on banning sale of flavored tobacco -
Free Hotels for Homeless
SFC: S.F. homeless hotels may be paid for under Biden, but questions remain -
Steel Seeks Answers
OCReg: Rep. Michelle Steel seeks answers about treatment of National Guard troops in D.C. -
L.A. Democrat Corruption
LADN: As L.A. City Hall corruption probe endures, ethics-reform bids launched — but will any take hold? - LADN: Ex-Councilman Englander to be sentenced Monday
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Gov't Lobbying: Racial Agenda
SDUT: San Diego adds social equity to city’s guiding principals for lobbying efforts -
Gas Tax Hike
Pete Buttigieg Puts Gas Tax Hike “On the Table” During Confirmation Hearing | Americans for Tax Reform -
Newsom Recall
CG: Newsom Recall Gathers Momentum Over Policies ‘Atrocious and Polarizing’ -
Under the Dome
SacBee: Californians would get more time off work to mourn dead loved ones under this bill -
Capitol Riot
AP: FAA employee charged with taking part in US Capitol riot -
Vegas Retreat
SacBee: No Las Vegas trip for California prison guards’ union — CCPOA cancels retreat -
Marijuana Billboards
AP: California says some highway marijuana billboards must go -
Vaccine Identity Politics
CG: Senator Announces Push Pilot Program for Farmworker Vaccines in California - AP: Language barriers, wariness make vaccinating immigrants hard
- OCReg: Patton State Hospital inoculates 65% of patients to help stem deadly COVID-19 outbreak
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Duke Cunningham Case
SDUT: Column: Corruption and lava lamps: The saga of Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham -
Manson Parole Case
LADN: State parole board panel recommends parole for onetime Manson follower
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The Golden Pen
Steven Greenhut
OCReg: Hiking the minimum wage lowers opportunities for poor - Reason: It's Not Just Trump. California Labor Unions Are Trying To Reverse the Outcome of an Election Too.
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Big Labor’s latest attack on worker freedom -
Glenn Greenwald
Reason: 'Journalists Are Authoritarians' -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Litigation to open up the pension books -
Katy Grimes
CG: Screeching Weasel Got it Right: ‘California Sucks’ -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: California isn’t a model for the rest of the nation -
Andrew McCarthy
NR: Dissent, Patriotism, and Insurrection: A Complicated History -
Kyle Smith
NR: Order of the Brown Nose -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento Bee’s midtown headquarters could be redeveloped into housing - SacBee: Lawyers say Aryan Brotherhood client is in danger in Sacramento prison — from guards
- SacBee: What crisis? Lawsuit claims urban Sacramento has enough housing, seeks to block apartments
- SacBee: Sacramento-area district cancels plans to lengthen school day following state directive
- SacBee: State errors confound vaccine rollout in California, as Sacramento pleads for more doses
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SF Bay Area
CG: San Francisco Vows to Vaccinate All City Residents By June 30 - SFC: Stabbing on BART platform at El Cerrito Plaza sends person to hospital
- SFC: S.F. taxi drivers lose dream, face foreclosures as pandemic jolts business
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South Bay
SJMN: Align Technology moves HQ from Silicon Valley to Arizona -
Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer kicks off Project Off-ramp - Stanislaus County COVID clinics reopen only to shut down again due to lack of vaccines
- FresBee: Fresno pauses some COVID vaccine clinics amid dose shortage. When will they restart?
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Unemployment in SLO County soars during lockdown -
Ventura County
VCStar $: County to take over privately run public clinics -
Los Angeles County
AP: State investigates Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department - LAT $: LAPD’s use of horses to clear crowd condemned by activists, civil rights leaders
- LADN: Negotiations continue between LAUSD, teachers union on hybrid learning
- LADN: California AG investigating possible wrongdoing in LA County Sheriff’s Department
- LAT $: California attorney general launches civil rights probe of L.A. County Sheriff’s Department
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Orange County
OCReg: Santa Ana councilmen to Chamber of Commerce board member: ‘We’re not happy’ - LAT $: Rainbow flag raises controversy at O.C. Fair & Event Center meeting
- OCReg: Orange County readies second mass vaccination site at Soka University, tweaks appointment system
- VOC: OC Supervisor Candidate Accused of Smearing Woman Who Alleged Rape by Ex-Assemblyman
- OCReg: Orange County’s second vaccine super site set to boost daily capacity by thousands
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside County announces 10,000 new coronavirus vaccine appointments - PE: Former Corona City Councilman Nolan accused of marijuana violations
- PE: Coronavirus surge pushes Inland Empire hospital workers to breaking point
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San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego mayor to issue executive order capping fees restaurants are charged by food delivery apps - SDUT: After years of running elections, Michael Vu, San Diego’s registrar of voters, takes on a new role
- VOSD: Federal Court’s Jury Selection Plan Under Fire