Saturday, September 26, 2020
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Pay to Play
CalM: California NAACP president aids corporate prop campaigns — collects $1.2 million and counting
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Steven Greenhut
OCReg: California is indeed a cautionary tale for the nation
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COVID-19 Uptick
AP: Concerns over coronavirus upticks in California
- LADN: LA County reports coronavirus bump; state officials worry Labor Day surge may have arrived
- SFC: California officials predict uptick in cases tied to Labor Day, reopening
- AP: California virus hospitalizations could surge in next month
- Reason: Are You Ready for a Second Round of Pandemic Lockdowns?
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3rd World California
Fire & Blackouts
AP: California braces for power shutoffs and warm, windy weekend
- SFC: Bracing for fire weather, PG&E notifies 100,000 customers of potential blackouts
- LAT $: ‘300-foot flames coming at us’: The battle to save Mt. Wilson from the Bobcat fire
- LAT $: Can technology predict wildfires? New systems attempt to better forecast their spread
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UC Admissions Scandal
SFC: Former UC Regent Ward Connerly blasts Blum over admissions revelations - CG: 4 UC Universities Found To Have Admitted Unqualified Students Over Connections
- CG: Senator Feinstein’s Husband Found To Have Given ‘Inappropriate’ Help In UC Admissions
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Anti-Police Agenda
AP: Police say officers assaulted during protest in California
- FresBee: Family of man killed by deputies will sue Fresno County, alleging excessive force
- FresBee: Fresno city manager to release report of alleged police misconduct withheld by auditor
- VOSD: Sacramento Report: New Police Reform Committee Members Count Police Unions Among Donors
- VOC: Orange County Coastal Enclave Becomes Ground Zero of Police Violence Controversy and Protests
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Rent Strike
CalM: California’s rent strike: Who pays and how it works -
Prison Closure
SFC: Calif. to shut first prison since 2003 — Tracy lockup set for closing - SacBee: California prison employing 1,100 to close in 2021 — and Newsom wants to shut another
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Under the Dome
LAT $: Gov. Newsom signs law to expand mental health coverage in California
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EDD Fraud
CG: EDD Fraud Case Grows, 87 Arrested Over Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits -
Cost of Liberal Ivory Towers
CalM: Welcome to Zoom University. That’ll be $500. -
Congress 2020: Michelle Steel
NR: Michelle Steel Campaign Aims to Revive Orange County GOP | National Review
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California Thinks It's A Country
SJMN: California plans to independently vet COVID-19 vaccine data - SFC: California to create its own consumer financial protection agency
- OCReg: California passes first-in-nation plastics recycling law
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Jewish New Year
SFC: Jewish New Year signals how the pandemic will change the holiday season -
Congress 2020
LADN: 2020 Elections: Sherman, Reed square off for San Fernando Valley’s 30th Congressional seat
- LADN: 2020 Elections: Adam Schiff faces off with Eric Early in race fueled by impeachment aftermath
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ICE Politics
SBSun: ICE facility where unwanted hysterectomies allegedly performed to get visit from Reps. Correa, Barragan, Gomez -
Supreme Court Nomination
LAT $: In Judge Barrett, conservatives see the Supreme Court champion they’ve longed for
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The Golden Pen
Katy Grimes
CG: California Ballot Initiatives: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Ugliest
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Zach Weissmueller
Reason: How California's Environmental Mandates Led to Blackouts -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Governor Newsom should deliver theme park guidelines ASAP -
Steve Swatt & Susie Swatt
CalM: Will politics trump gender in California this election year? -
Joel Fox
FH: Can One Individual Tell Us What We Can Drive?
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Dan Brouillette
OCReg: A plan for solving California’s energy problem: Dan Brouillette -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: UBI grows in popularity among local governments -
Edward Ring
FH: Why Can’t Sacramento’s Financial Reporting Match Private Sector Standards? -
Willie Brown
SFC: Brown: Democrats need to forget about the court and concentrate on November
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Joe Mathews
FH: Reading the Props 14 Stem Cell Bonds Reproduce Themselves -
Paul Mitchell
CapWkly: CA120: California’s mail-in voting cranks up -
SF Bay Area
SFC: SF public defender calls for firing of chief medical examiner
- SFC: S.F. Supes delay resolution to condemn homophobic attacks on Sen. Wiener
- SFC: Knight: S.F. begs to fund program that pays essential workers to quarantine
- SJMN: Competition for Bay Area jobs is 8 times what it was in January
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Central Valley
Should Turlock raise sales taxes amid financial issues? Measure A lets voters decide - Modesto City Council mired in second costly investigation involving city clerk
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Camarillo Springs development passes to next stage - VCStar $: Simi Valley candidates discuss racism in forums
- VCStar $: COVID-19 update: 51 new cases, three new deaths
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Los Angeles County
LADN: 2020 elections: LAUSD District 7 voters to decide new office holder
- SBSun: Nike gets tax break to operate Ontario distribution center
- LADN: 100 miles of rail — plus freeway, bus and bicycle projects — included in $400 million LA Metro plan
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Orange County
OCReg: Orange County is headed to the even less-prohibitive orange tier. What would reopen then? - OCReg: OC sheriff’s deputies who lied on reports testify that they didn’t know it was illegal
- OCReg: Santa Ana school district sets timeline for return to in-person learning
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 4 more coronavirus deaths -
Riverside County
PE: Riverside spends about $885,000 in losing fight over mayor’s veto power -
San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego charter schools sue state seeking funding for thousands of students - VOSD: The City Doesn't Know Where $14M in Ash Street Deal Went
- SDUT: Gloria shifts momentum versus Bry in mayor’s race fundraising
- SDUT: 9-member panel appointed to redraw San Diego’s council district boundaries