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• CG: Democrat Running For State Controller Studied Socialism in Venezuela on a Trip in 2006
• SFC: 65% of San Franciscans say life in the city is worse now than when they moved here
• SFC: Here’s how many San Franciscans say they’ve been the victim of a crime
• BreitbartCA: Almost 1/2 of San Francisco Residents Say They Were Victims of Crime in Past 5 Years
• SFC: Breed responds to merchants’ protest over drugs, homelessness by pledging police help
• PE: Two arrested in Riverside home invasion robbery
• SBSun: Two teens fatally shot, another injured in San Bernardino
• AP: California high school staff member shot after fight
• SFC: Alameda County D.A. charges Oakland student, 12, in shooting of schoolmate
• SDUT: City gets grant for project that seeks to interrupt cycles of violence among young people
• CalM: The new face of No on 30: Gavin Newsom
• SFC: Newsom’s allies support Prop. 30 — here’s why it makes sense that he doesn’t
• CG: Veto Urged for Bill Extending CA Reparations Task Force
• CG: California Governor Launches Abortion.ca.gov
• SacBee: Firefighters hold line in Foresthill after flare-up pushes Mosquito Fire past 50,000 acres
• SFC: Mosquito Fire: Evacuation orders expand in El Dorado County
• AP: California 1st to make firms disclose social media policies
• LAT $: Killings, robberies, extortion. California can’t stop its booming illegal cannabis stores
• Amazon begins hiring the 1,000 jobs needed to open new Turlock facility. How to apply
• SFC: SFUSD paid $14M for new payroll system. Now, it needs a $2.8M fix
• LADN: LA County supervisors propose ban on sales of big handguns, buffer between gun stores and schools
• LADN: LA County considers dropping indoor mask recommendation as COVID cases drop
• SJMN: Water use drops significantly in Santa Clara County; drought targets met by increased conservation
• LADN: Los Angeles sets record-low water usage for 3rd straight month
• SacBee: California’s drought regulators lose big case. What it means for state’s power to police water
• LAT $: Katie Porter lives in a home she bought on the UC Irvine campus. Now she’s facing criticism
• VCStar $: How Project Homekey funds will help build housing for young adults
• SDUT: There’s no government money being used by this homeless provider
• AP: Rains, mudslides prompt Southern California evacuations
• Fred Franzia, father of Two Buck Chuck and other wine innovations, dies at Denair home
• PE: Racist, misogynistic Instagram site potentially linked to guards at Victorville prison
• OCReg: Katie Porter lives in subsidized ‘glass house’
• NR: Biden Can’t Pretend Inflation Away
• Voters Must Make Dems Pay For Out Of Control Crime
• CalM: Tax-the-rich dynamics are different this time
• SacBee: Sacramento pays settlement to woman who was shoved by officer at George Floyd protest
• SacBee: Sacramento councilman swore at constituents who asked for update on city investigation
• SacBee: Sacramento seniors say they face harassment and eviction threats at mobile home park
• SacBee: Sacramento enforcement targeting sideshows leads to 204 citations, 52 vehicles towed
• CG: San Francisco Begins Major Crackdown on Illegal Street Vendors
• SFC: HIV infections rose in S.F. for first time in a decade, perhaps due to pandemic
• SJMN: Inmates to wear “non-removable” electronic bracelets in Santa Clara County jails
• SJMN: TikTok’s parent company reaches big sublease deal in San Jose
• CalCoast: Pismo Beach loses appeal, ordered to pay developer more than $1 million
• CalCoast: Guadalupe get nearly $5 million in federal funds for theater renovation
• VCStar $: Late supervisor Ramirez honored for work in county
• LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 1,601 more cases and 13 new deaths, Sept. 13
• LADN: LAUSD board gives superintendent emergency power to swiftly respond to cyberattack
• OCReg: OCTA offers Santa Ana nearly $680,000 to offset trolley-related revenue loss
• OCReg: Meet Jorge Valdes, the new OC Board of Education trustee
• PE: Short-term rental rules tightened by Riverside County supervisors
• SBSun: After mudslides, firefighters hunt for missing Forest Falls resident in San Bernardino Mountains
• SBSun: San Bernardino County supervisors appoint new assessor-recorder
• SDUT: San Diego selects Midway Rising to redevelop sports arena site
• SDUT: Sweeping reforms will make neighborhood planning groups more diverse, but possibly less powerful
• SDUT: County supervisors agree to buy former Volunteers of America properties
• VOSD: City Council Approves Mayor’s Sports Arena Redevelopment Pick
• VOSD: City Attorney Accuses Council President of Trying to Silence Her as Council Approves Settlement with Accused Broker

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