Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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Dear John,
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- CG: Billionaire VC Chamath Palihapitiya Announces Gubernatorial Run
- Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya eyes run for California governor - Axios
- SacBee: Gavin Newsom recall closes in on signature count with 7 weeks to go. Is it enough?
- CalM: Recalling a California governor, explained
- Reason: Hypocritical Politicians Violate Their Own Coronavirus Restrictions
- SFC: Calif. Supreme Court allows high-ranking justice to be removed from office
- AP: California appeals court judge to be removed for misconduct
- LAT $: Former Baldwin Park councilman to plead guilty in bribery case, helps FBI with probe
- AP: Blue Shield of California tapped to speed up state vaccines
- SFC: Poll: 71% of Californians want vaccine. That may not be enough
- SJMN: Good Samaritan Hospital says disciplinary action not taken in vaccine scandal, contradicting hospital spokeswoman
- LADN: LA City Council focuses on equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines
- SacBee: Closing 5 California prisons would free up money to house former inmates, Democrat says
- LAT $: Man arrested with explosives may have been targeting Gov. Newsom, authorities say
- SFC: Protesters close down Santa Clara Co. courthouse in protest over evictions
- FresBee: Why some California renters are being forced from their homes despite ‘eviction moratorium’
- SJMN: Flash floods remain a threat with more rain coming
- PE: Residents near El Dorado, Apple fire burn areas warned to evacuate as storm approaches
- Storm doesn’t stop COVID vaccinations in Stanislaus County; Patterson site opens Friday
- SDUT: Greater San Diego could get 1.5 inches of rain from ‘atmospheric river’
- SacBee: Sacramento cleans up after California storm’s winds pull down trees and cut power
- AP: California remains under flood, blizzard watches from storm
- SFC: S.F. tech companies reducing presence in the city: New surveys support trend
- SacBee: Union-backed bill would give more job security to seasonal Cal Fire firefighters
- OCReg: Orange County man who became face of GOP ballot drop box controversy says it ‘destroyed’ his life
- Bus Ins.: Sen. Dianne Feinstein is willing to pay a fine for botched stock disclosure
- AP: San Francisco to strip Washington, Lincoln from school names
- SFC: Next challenge for S.F. school district: Choosing names for a third of its schools
- NR: San Francisco Mayor Criticizes Renaming of Schools While Students Continue Remote Learning
- CG: San Francisco School Board Votes To Change Names of 44 Schools Over ‘Racist’ Namesakes
- SacBee: GOP activist, one of three from Sacramento area charged in Capitol riot, to stay in jail
- LAT $: Victorville gym owner charged in Capitol attack
- OCReg: Orange County woman sues former employer for firing her after riots at U.S Capitol
- KQED: After Trump, California GOP Seeks to Reset and Rebrand
- FresBee: This Democrat is challenging Devin Nunes again in 2022. Why he says he can win next time
- SFC: Biden halts new oil drilling on federal lands. Here’s what move means for California
- SJMN: 40,000+ excess deaths in 2020, and other things we learned from California death data
- LAT $: Skelton: He fought Trump’s attacks on Obamacare. Now Xavier Becerra hopes to vanquish COVID-19
- OCReg: Energy poverty in the name of environmental justice
- OCReg: Challenging California’s pandemic mandates on businesses
- OCReg: School choice more important than ever
- OCReg: Newsom, Legislature must urgently prioritize kids and reopen schools
- SacBee: Sacramento supervisors delay vote on expanding troubled Main Jail downtown
- SacBee: Sacramento to open warming center for homeless. Will it stay open through the winter?
- SFC: Breed appoints new S.F. assessor-recorder
- SFC: Are San Francisco rents showing first sign of return to ‘normal’?
- SFC: Second S.F.-to-East Bay Transbay Tube coming? BART and regional rail unveil new plan
- SFC: BART, Muni get millions in first round of federal relief funds
- The rebellion against Silicon Valley (the place)
- SJMN: Santa Clara County public defenders ask to be vaccinated alongside incarcerated clients
- SJMN: Santa Clara County reverses prep sports rules to fall in line with rest of California
- Turlock City Council delays decision on public pool. What’s holding it up?
- FresBee: Grocery store gets restraining order against Fresno anti-mask protester after confrontation
- FresBee: Fresno County reports 38 more COVID-19 deaths. Masks are still a hot-button issue
- CalCoast: Thousands of SLO County residents lose power amid storm
- VCStar $: Data shows county owns state's highest COVID rate
- OCReg: LA, Long Beach ports weather storms, record cargo and COVID-19 surges
- LAT $: L.A. Mayor Garcetti receives his first dose of the COVID vaccine, aide says
- LADN: LA County’s K-6 schools could reopen in weeks, if coronavirus stats comply
- LADN: $18 million raised for 101 Freeway wildlife crossing intended to save Southern California mountain lions
- OCReg: Orange County working out bugs with vaccine app, officials say
- VOC: Orange County Coronavirus Vaccination Effort to Add Language Options as Software Questions Mount
- VOC: Special Supervisor Election Heats Up as GOP Condemns Two Republican Challengers
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 1,038 new cases, 71 new deaths as of Jan. 27
- SBSun: San Bernardino County breaks record for deaths reported in 7-day period as backlog clears
- PE: Riverside County sees progress on coronavirus vaccinations
- PE: Homeless people flee burning abandoned restaurant in Riverside; city wants to tear it down
- PE: Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco tests positive for coronavirus, says symptoms are mild
- SDUT: January now the deadliest COVID-19 month in San Diego
- VOSD: San Diegans Are Drowning in Water Debt During COVID-19
- SDUT: Former deputy ordered to trial on murder charge in death of fleeing detainee
- SDUT: San Diego County jail records its first death of 2021
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