Saturday, January 15, 2022
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Out of Control Crime
Cargo thieves stealing packages from trains in Downtown LA - OCReg: Thieves raiding rail cargo containers in Los Angeles
- SJMN: Group of eight pistol-whipped employee, robbed Palo Alto tobacco store before fleeing
- CG: Lawless California? Homicides Up Again In 2021
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CA Response: More Early Release
SacBee: Sheriff to release 203 inmates to halt outbreak as COVID cases quadruple at Sacramento jails -
COVID Hits Emergency Rooms
AP: Californians asked not to use strained ERs for virus testing - LAT $: Emergency rooms nearing ‘crisis levels’ in parts of California
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Students Suffer
CG: One-Third of All LAUSD Students Called In Absent During First Week Back At School - LADN: LAUSD adopts modified quarantine for students
- LAT $: About 130,000 LAUSD students absent amid Omicron COVID surge
- SDUT: How San Diego schools are fighting to stay open: Study halls, substitutes, testing
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Progressive Values
SFC: ‘Lol f— you’: Vallejo council member lays into constituents in emails - SFC: Ninth Circuit says Breed was within her rights to ask for removal of opponent’s billboard
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Your Tax Dollars Wasted!
AP: County’s $7M in PPE left outside, damaged by California rain -
Pelosi Corruption
Nancy Pelosi's son Paul was involved in FIVE companies probed by the feds -
Tsunami Advisory
OCReg: West Coast under tsunami advisory after volcano erupts in Pacific -
"Free" COVID Tests
LADN: Here’s how you can get free home COVID-19 tests - FresBee: Amid the COVID-19 surge, Fresno County health department begins providing at-home test kits
- CalM: Free tests? As COVID surges, rapid results cost up to $300
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Homeless Industrial Complex
LADN: LA mayor hopeful Bass wants to house 15,000 people in first year, end encampments in first term - SJMN: Newark residents bash plan to house homeless people in converted hotel
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Under the Dome
OCReg: State Assembly bills seek to preserve, boost school funding amid pandemic -
Google's Illegal Contracts
California judge says Google’s confidentiality agreements are illegal -
Bait Cars
OCReg: Costa Mesa is going after catalytic-converter thieves with bait cars -
Vote 2022
SBSun: Ballot proposal would raise billions for electric cars, charging stations -
Biden's Economic Crisis
SFC: What’s really going on with empty grocery store shelves in the Bay Area? -
San Diego Trash Fight
SDUT: San Diego threatens legal action against Republic Services; county says company violating contract -
Congress 2022
PE: Ken Calvert, one-time foe of same-sex marriage, wants to represent LGTBQ haven Palm Springs
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The Golden Pen
Arif Ahmed
How Universities Became Sheep Factories -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Bipartisan bill throws money at fire problem -
Yael Bar Tur
Why Is the Media Erasing the Victims of Violent Crime? -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Newsom vows to spend big, reform little -
Stephen Moore
Welcome to Biden's Inflation Tax -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento City Unified gets N95s for staff, expects respirator masks for students soon -
East Bay
SJMN: Oakland winds down its pandemic-era street closure program -
SF Bay Area
SFC: What happened in the Tenderloin when S.F. got laser-focused on a few troubled blocks - SFC: This small Bay Area city has big problem with abandoned vehicles on streets
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South Bay
LAT $: Retired San Jose police officer convicted in multimillion-dollar fraud scheme - SJMN: Want to hand out food or clothes in San Jose parks? You may need to pay the city first
- SJMN: When and where should you get a COVID test? Santa Clara County issues new guidance
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Central Valley
FresBee: Judge sentences former Fresno City Council assistant convicted of domestic violence - Modesto hospitals seeing a flood of COVID omicron patients. But they are not as sick
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Large COVID testing sites to open in Moorpark, Oxnard -
Orange County
OCReg: Push to recall Westminster council member hits key milestone -
San Bernardino County
SBSun: Another Redlands Unified teacher arrested for sexually abusing student -
Riverside County
PE: Riverside targets trucks seeking short cuts on Van Buren Boulevard -
San Diego County
SDUT: Large package of housing reforms, including changes to granny flat rules, heading to San Diego council - SDUT: Life science developer buys Costa Verde Center near UTC to complete ‘mega campus’
- SDUT: Former city attorney pledges to sue NFL over Chargers move if Gloria doesn’t act by next week