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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

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THE HEADLINES

  • LAT $: ‘Extremely disturbing’: High levels of heavy metals at Monterey estuary after lithium battery site fire
  • OCReg: As federal funding for DEI initiatives is threatened, Supervisor Don Wagner asks what OC has
  • CalM: This would be ‘devastating’: California sues to stop Trump’s chaos-inducing funding freeze
  • AP: Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
  • LAT $: Fire victims seek answers about rebuilding, cleanup timeline
  • SacBee: Gavin Newsom announces LA Rises philanthropic initiative to aid wildfire recovery efforts
  • LAT $: L.A. County says state housing laws stand in way of rebuilding. Advocates disagree
  • Owner floods store’s doorway to stop homeless people from sleeping outside
  • SFC: S.F. wants to bus more homeless people out of the city. So why are numbers still down?
  • CG: CA Assembly Republicans Announce Wildfire Prevention, Response & Recovery Legislation
  • LAT $: Bill providing one year of mortgage relief for L.A. fire victims moving forward
  • CG: Sen Wiener’s Bill to Hold ‘Big Oil’ Responsible for Natural Disasters Includes ‘Disinformation’ Punishment
  • CalM: Activists whose videos accused Planned Parenthood of selling fetal remains plead to felony
  • CG: New Bill to Increase Community Choice, Environmental Protections For Battery Storage Projects
  • SJMN: California utilities commission proposes new standards for battery storage facilities
  • CG: CA Assemblymen DeMaio and Essayli Introduce CA Voter ID Law
  • AP: A GOP lawsuit to limit people in the US illegally from the census count will be harmful, voters say
  • CalM: One reason your power bill is high: Baked-in profits that critics call excessive
  • NR: Trump Protects Gender-Dysphoric Children from the Mutilation of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
  • SacBee: California schools could be required to warn students, families about immigration enforcement
  • SDUT: El Cajon declines to pass resolution on police assistance with immigration enforcement
  • SFC: S.F. union boss says feds attempted two immigration enforcement actions downtown
  • SDUT: Nationwide, student test scores are ‘not good.’ But the data shows ‘a different pattern for San Diego.’
  • AP: California water regulators deny Trump’s claim that US military ‘turned on the water’ in the state
  • AP: Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
  • The Most Consequential 1st Week In Presidential History
  • CG: Naturally, CA Dems Blame Fire Damage on Climate Change, Blame Oil Companies
  • CalM: Southern California wildfires could be a double whammy for the state’s shaky budget
  • OCReg: Rebuild Los Angeles by liberating people and markets
  • The Bidenbucks Saga Isn't Over, or Shouldn't Be
  • SacBee: Sacramento has contracts of over $1 million with leader accused of bribery in mayor’s race
  • SFC: Alameda County’s next district attorney selected: She’s a superior court judge
  • SFC: Here’s what Daniel Lurie’s reformed S.F. mayor’s office looks like
  • SJMN: Hundreds gather in East San Jose to protest threats of mass deportations
  • New program in Stanislaus County puts survivors of sex trafficking on path to better lives
  • FresBee: Quartet of viruses ‘overwhelming’ Fresno emergency rooms. Which is hitting locals hardest?
  • CalCoast: Paso Robles City Council votes to raise garbage rates by 11.5%
  • VCStar $: Longtime Simi Councilwoman Cavanaugh chosen as mayor
  • LAT $: A judge tosses social media star Yashar Ali’s defamation case against LA Magazine
  • OCReg: LA County wildfires create fierce competition for homes in Newport Beach, South Bay
  • OCReg: Lawsuit against St. John Bosco alleges football coach Jason Negro embezzled money, had coaches pay players’ tuition
  • OCReg: Last defendant in armed smash-and-grab robbery of Tustin jewelry store gets 29-year sentence
  • Riverside County supervisors back measures to protect immigrant residents
  • SDUT: County looking to buy second helicopter for night missions as it takes hard look at fire response
  • SDUT: Supervisors won’t choose a new chair until after District 1 special election


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