Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Progressive Crime
LAT $: Crime is a ballot ‘vulnerability’ for California Democrats after Schiff, Bass break-ins -
Congress 2024
SJMN: Evan Low heads to November election as Joe Simitian is knocked off the ballot -
Energy Bills
SFC: ‘Everyone is getting squeezed’: California electricity prices now second-highest in U.S. - SJMN: CPUC voting soon on $24 fixed monthly charge for California electricity bills
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Campus Protests
CG: Save Us, You Bastards: Pro-Palestine Students Demand Cops Protect Them - CG: 15 Injured, 1 Hospitalized Following More Gaza Protests At UCLA
- OCReg: Students say will hold ground at UC Irvine pro-Palestinian encampment
- AP: Police move in and begin dismantling pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment at UCLA
- Pro-Palestinian UC Riverside students’ sit-in enters its third day
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Homeless Industrial Complex
CG: LA City Council Approves Evaluation of Creating a Department Of Homelessness -
Tech Tax
SacBee: CA bill taxes Big Tech to pay for tax credit for news orgs -
Insurance Crisis
SJMN: As Californians mitigate wildfire threats, why is there still an insurance crisis? - SFC: Thousands of homeowners in this wealthy Bay Area city are set to lose insurance: ‘No good options’
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SB 9 Law
LAT $: As court overturns a lot-splitting law, SB 9, one early adopter asks why -
Earthquake!
OCReg: 4.1-magnitude quake centered near Corona jolts Southern California -
Dive Boat Tragedy
AP: Captain faces 10 years in prison for fiery deaths of 34 people aboard California scuba dive boat -
Gas Prices
SDUT: California’s oil watchdog calls out industry for high gas prices; refiners push back -
Campaign Spending Rules
CalM: California politicians face rampant threats. Some want to use campaign cash for protection -
Sex Abuse Case
SacBee: Mom says she has new evidence in priest sex abuse case. But California’s AG’s office denied her request -
Prison Workers
CalM: California officials won’t say why it would cost ‘billions’ to protect prison workers from heat
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The Golden Pen
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Laguna Beach survey setting the stage for higher taxes -
John Seiler
OCReg: Steve Garvey and other statewide GOP candidates have no shot until Top Two is repealed -
Dan Walters
OCReg: New battlegrounds emerge in California’s endless housing conflict - CalM: Lagging revenue continues to drive California budget deficit as deadline nears
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Erica Smith Ewing and Daryl James
OCReg: Los Angeles zoning police know how to kill a party -
Susan Shelley
OCReg: University chaos is the direct consequence of prioritizing collectivism and identity politics -
Nor. Cal
SacBee: President Biden expands Berryessa Snow Mountain monument to protect Molok Luyuk ridge -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: DA’s lawsuit against Sacramento over homeless camps could be tossed. Here’s why - How many people in encampments accepted mental health help in Sacramento County?
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SF Bay Area
SFC: Here’s how S.F.’s mayoral candidates want to tackle the city’s notorious housing crisis - SFC: Data shows what state police have done in S.F. after yearlong drug crackdown
- SFC: Feds, state accuse S.F. of dumping sewage into bay, ocean for years
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Central Valley
Modesto’s delayed ACE rail service could get a jump start with temporary station - Modesto settles lawsuit for $912,500 with woman who says her car was rear-ended by city driver
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Ventura County
VCStar $: GasWorks project in Ventura to revive historic buildings -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Oversight inspectors accuse Sheriff’s Department of retaliation after reports on jail fires -
Orange County
OCReg: After months of delays and decades of waiting, fluffy sand is being delivered in San Clemente - LAT $: LGBTQ+ people in Huntington Beach fearful of what they say is a rise in hostility
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Riverside County
6 million square feet of warehouses proposed for the Temescal Valley -
San Diego County
SDUT: Poway Unified superintendent fired amid harassment allegations by Del Norte softball players - SDUT: Legislators ask Gov. Newsom for financial aid to repair fire-damaged Oceanside pier
- SDUT: Gloria’s proposed budget cuts would hit San Diego’s neediest especially hard, city analysis finds
- SDUT: County moves forward with plan for a long-term migrant center after securing federal funding