Saturday, February 6, 2021 |
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- FRBlog: Lessons From History: The Recall is Good, But Not a Cure-All
- PE: Do Inland Empire voters want to recall Gavin Newsom?
- OCReg: Supreme Court lets California churches hold indoor services
- AP: Justices: California can’t enforce indoor church service ban
- SDUT: Supreme Court rules California churches may open despite the pandemic
- SFC: Supreme Court lifts Calif.'s ban on indoor church services, keeps 25% capacity limit
- LAT $: To get through its budget crisis, L.A. could postpone paying some of its bills
- LADN: LA city budget gap widens to more than $750 million, despite recent labor concessions
- OCReg: Victims advocate accuses OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer of defamation
- OCReg: Sexual harassment claims lodged against former high-level supervisor at OC DA’s Office
- LAT $: Gascón makes exception to death penalty ban for ‘boy next door’ killer
- CG: LA County Prosecutors Barred from Attending Parole Hearings Under DA Gascón’s ‘Reforms’
- LADN: Lancaster football player’s frustrated Twitter shot at Newsom steamrolls into national spotlight
- AP: California adds mass vaccination sites despite short supply
- AP: Los Angeles limits new vaccinations amid tight supplies
- SJMN: About half of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s employees have declined vaccine
- CG: New Bill Would Replace Junipero Serra Statue with Native American Monument at State Capitol
- LAT $: Former Garcetti aide says top mayoral advisor engaged in unwanted touching
- LADN: LAUSD officials say full school reopenings beyond their control; Buscaino ponders legal action
- OCReg: Anaheim Union approves ‘tentative calendar’ to reopen classrooms March 31
- VCStar $: Teachers unions share school reopening concerns
- SFC: S.F. teachers share demands for returning to classrooms but no timeline
- AP: California pushes back high-speed rail construction deadline
- SFC: Oakland woman charged with bilking $1M in COVID relief funds
- LAT $: Republicans hit Newsom over unemployment fraud in California
- SFC: New California EDD snag could leave some without benefits for 2.5 months
- AP: California utilities to spend billions to cut wildfire risk
- SacBee: PG&E unveils $3 billion California wildfire plan, warns of ‘very extreme’ season ahead
- AP: Terrorist’s sister-in-law sentenced in sham marriage scheme
- SDUT: Missing plastic explosives from Southern California base raise questions the Marines won’t answer
- FresBee: California prison employees file lawsuit demanding hazard pay during COVID pandemic
- FresBee: Lawsuit by California Ag growers threatens ‘farmworkers’ basic labor rights,’ ALRB says
- SDUT: California theme parks’ pleas to reopen gets an assist from a new state bill
- OCReg: California lawmakers rush to address the effects of rising sea
- CG: Refunding the ‘Cal Competes Tax Credit’ through Senate Bill 313
- CalM: Conspiracy theory doctor surrenders medical license
- OCReg: Did Tito Ortiz commit hit-and-run at Huntington Harbour boat parade? Sheriff’s report says ‘nah’
- Why a California Democrat is getting hate mail meant for Republican Josh Hawley
- NR: Dark-Money -- Democrats’ Self-Defeating Crusade
- OCReg: Classroom closures provide another reason to pursue charter school alternatives
- CalM: Gov. Newsom’s unlikely foe: teacher unions
- OCReg: Newsom needs a tougher approach to reopening schools
- CalM: It’s time to reform AB 5 to help California’s business climate
- LAT $: California lawsuit seeks moratorium on new cellphone towers at Lake Tahoe
- SacBee: Woman with knife was fatally shot by Nevada County deputy in front of her kids, DA says
- SacBee: Sacramento Supervisor Don Nottoli won’t seek re-election, after nearly three decades in seat
- SacBee: Sacramento County CEO Nav Gill is retiring, after accusations he created ‘toxic culture’
- SacBee: Sacramento City Unified makes cuts to preschool program, college visits and bus routes
- SFC: Oakland’s interim chief retires after 10 tumultuous months on the job
- SFC: Schaaf selects veteran LeRonne Armstrong to lead Oakland police
- SJMN: SF prosecutor held back key evidence until murder trial was underway, court rules; Richmond man’s murder conviction reversed
- SFC: D.A. Chesa Boudin won’t charge S.F. police in 2 fatal cases
- SJMN: Suit: State underestimating Bay Area housing crisis
- SFC: Lowell’s Black Student Union calls for changes ahead of school board vote
- SJMN: Santa Clara County’s Latino population vaccinated at lower rate than other groups so far
- SJMN: Levi’s Stadium will open next week as Northern California’s largest COVID vaccination site
- Escalon mayor allegedly tried to use power of office to evict renter, lawsuit claims
- FresBee: Three Fresno-area colleges search for new leaders. You can help decide who gets hired
- CalCoast: Coronavirus deaths in San Luis Obispo County nearing 200
- VCStar $: COVID-19 update: 568 new cases, 16 deaths Friday
- VCStar $: City Council OKs process to appoint new member
- LAT $: Vaccine shortages force L.A. County to limit first doses
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County surpasses 1 million vaccinations, reports 194 fewer patients as of Feb. 5
- LADN: LA County officials warn public to wait their turn for coronavirus vaccine
- OCReg: Five candidates, one big issue in O.C. Supervisor race
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 1,028 new cases and 30 new deaths as of Feb. 5
- PE: Coronavirus vaccine appointments in Riverside County expanded to those 75 and older
- SBSun: San Bernardino County sees record number of coronavirus deaths Thursday
- SBSun: Nearly 40,000 coronavirus vaccination appointments open for seniors in San Bernardino County
- SDUT: San Diego’s bayfront is controlled by a little-known agency with power that will be tested in new year
- VOSD: MTS Review Recommends Changes, But Stops Short of Sweeping Assessments
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