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Saturday, February 29, 2020
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- CG: Meth Addicts Would Get Cash Rewards for Treatment Under SB 888
- AP: Agency: 2nd US case of person who got virus from community
- CalM: California low on test kits and face masks in its battle against coronavirus
- AP: New coronavirus cases of unknown origin found on West Coast
- Reason: No, Trump Didnt Cut the CDC Coronavirus Budget. No, People Arent Blaming Corona Beer for the Disease.
- SJMN: Second U.S. coronavirus case of unknown origin confirmed in Santa Clara County; third reported in Oregon
- CG: CA 2020 Primary: Is California Going to have Iowa-style Primary Chaos?
- LADN: LA County Democrats, GOP fear losing votes amid massive polling overhaul
- SFC: Sluggish mail balloting could mean packed polling places on election day
- AP: California voting changes raise concerns for 'Super Tuesday'
- CalM: Are low-income voters Bernie's secret weapon?
- SJMN: Bernie Sanders rally in San Jose still on for Sunday despite new coronavirus case of unknown origin
- AP: California governor's wife backs Elizabeth Warren
- PE: Get ready LA area: Democratic presidential candidates are roaring in
- SFC: DA Chesa Boudin sets new policies on SF police stops, gang enhancements, three strikes
- VOC: Billionaire Spending on OC Elections Denies Intentional Wrongdoing as State Probes His Political Activities
- SDUT: County awaits coronavirus test result for local home quarantine case
- AP: Feds won't put quarantined passengers in Southern California
- SFC: Game Developers Conference in SF postponed as coronavirus fears grow
- OCReg: Parents and schools confront growing coronavirus fears
- LAT $: South Korean flight attendant developed coronavirus symptoms after leaving Los Angeles
- LAT $: Federal government says it won't put coronavirus patients in Costa Mesa
- SacBee: Expect more Sacramento coronavirus cases in the next few days, county health chief warns
- OCReg: In Orange County, more than 600 asked to stay home due to coronavirus concerns
- PE: Coronavirus risk confines 54 Riverside County residents to homes; SB County monitors 92
- SacBee: CalPERS fund drops by $15 billion amid market plunge and coronavirus fears
- LAT $: Westlands Water District gets permanent U.S. contract for massive irrigation deliveries
- LAT $: UC Santa Cruz fires 54 graduate student workers striking for higher pay
- SDUT: Prosecutors, Hunter defense spar over how much detail to include in public sentencing record
- CG: Legislator Misclassification: The Key to AB 5
- SacBee: Gov. Newsom's dad helped protect California mountain lions. Now his son faces the fallout
- CG: 2020 March Primary Preview: 2nd Congressional District
- LAT $: Deputies were ordered to delete Kobe Bryant crash photos to avoid discipline, sources say
- CG: Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin Proposes Law to Authorize Withholding Autopsy Reports From Public Disclosure
- CG: Disgraced Congresswoman Katie Hill Forms Political PAC And Announces A Coming Memoir
- Reason: Federal Immigration Raids in 'Sanctuary Cities' Have Conservatives Abandoning Federalism
- SFC: Court in SF grants Trump emergency stay of its ruling in asylum-seeker case
- SDUT: San Diego native Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's, dies at 89
- Reason: 'Conservatives Will Cease To Exist Online': CPAC Speakers Fret About the Tech Bogeyman
- OCReg: Government turns homelessness into big business
- Reason: The National Debt Is 'Unsustainable' and the Pentagon's Finances Are a Total Mess, Federal Audit Says
- NR: The end of boys and girls
- SDUT: Editorial: Chula Vista shouldn't gamble on pension bonds
- OCReg: Business as usual as lawmakers introduce over 2,200 bills
- FH: The Curse of the California State Lottery
- OCReg: California sells its citizens on health care
- FH: Why California's crossover primary is bad for democracy
- SacBee: Hit with ADA access suit, Sacramento says NAACP head, festival organizers must pay
- SacBee: Update: 2 dead, 2 hurt in 'chaotic' stabbing rampage inside Carmichael clinic; suspect held
- SFC: Is taxing empty SF storefronts the solution for the blight on streets?
- SFC: Supervisor Walton says SF cigar bar discriminated against him
- SJMN: Affordable housing group calls for 15,000 homes near Google development around Diridon Station
- FresBee: Fresno City Hall is adding a security fence. It protects only the top officials
- FresBee: 'We're here to shed a few tears.' Porterville mourns firefighters killed in library blaze
- FresBee: MS-13 gang leader in Fresno County faces lengthy prison term after pleading guilty
- Stanislaus elections makes it easier to vote in Tuesday's primary
- Fair Political Practices Commission investigating Stanislaus judicial candidate
- FresBee: The Fresno Bee is moving to a new building - but we're not going anywhere
- CalCoast: Activist Kevin Rice behind controversial SLO County voter robocall
- AP: Residents sue nearby California cannabis growers over smell
- VCStar $: City documents show mix-up led to balloon release
- VCStar $: Simi police name homicide victim and the boyfriend accused of killing her
- LADN: LAUSD sex-ed curriculum worries parents, so they plan forum
- LADN: L.A. County's temporary homeless shelter opens Monday, March 2, in San Pedro
- VOC: Future of OC Charter Schools at Stake in County Education Board Election
- VOC: Homelessness a Top Concern for Voters as OC's 1st District Candidates Face Off
- VOC: Feet to the Fire Podcast: OC Republican Party Chair Fred Whitaker
- OCReg: County reveals 3 plans that could save eroding Capo Beach
- PE: Corona-Norco embezzlement spanned 15 years - not 6, prosecutors say
- SDUT: Backers of Measure C raise $3.5 M in support of hotel tax hike initiative
- VOSD: San Diego Considered Giving Police Real-Time Access to Streetlight Cameras
- SDUT: City, county officials learn how tiny homes could be housing solution
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