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• SJMN: San Jose transgender activist, teacher was vengeful ‘enforcer’ for all-female biker gang, leading to Oakland triple homicide, DA says
• FLASHBACK: Dana Rivers at Millennium March
• VIDEO: Woman with pickaxe smashes in windows of Pasadena home
• SFC: Man punches Antioch mayor after a speech
• LAT $: 1 killed and 1 injured in shooting at Valley Glen hookah lounge
• AP: Girl, 14, took loaded gun to California high school campus
• SDUT: Report: For every 10 homeless people who found housing in last year, 13 more people became homeless
• CG: Sen. Jones’ Multi-Pronged Approach to Removing Homeless Encampments
• SFC: S.F.’s Mission gets program for ‘chaos’ on streets. Others might too
• Proposal for new Sacramento homeless shelter would put cabins in warehouse, allow parking
• SFC: Bay Area city's ban on living in RVs more extreme than others, lawsuit says
• AP: Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes in San Francisco Bay Area
• SJMN: Calaveras Fault: Latest temblor a good reminder of creeping menace
• LAT $: In battle with Big Oil, Newsom rips into Valero’s 500% rise in profit amid soaring gas prices
• CalM: Gavin Newsom’s reelection campaign looks more like a run for president
• AP: Regulators propose $155M fine for PG&E for 2020 wildfire
• CalM: Four justices vie to keep spots on ‘collegial’ California Supreme Court
• SDUT: San Diego may triple paid parental leave from four weeks to 12 weeks to reduce worker turnover
• FOX: Tax and spend typical in Democrats playbook: Rep. Michelle Steel
• OCReg: PAC supporting AAPI candidates withdraws support of Rep. Michelle Steel ahead of election
• CG: California 22nd District House Race Swings Back Towards Valadao
• SBSun: These 2 GOP lawmakers are battling for California’s 34th Assembly District
• Fact check: Did California Assembly candidate try to raise taxes while failing to pay her own?
• OCReg: Standardized test scores down statewide, here is what some OC educators are saying
• CalCoast: Plunging school tests scores in SLO County, compare local school districts
• AP: California man pleads guilty in pandemic fraud case
• Guilty plea in $1.2 million EDD fraud that filed hundreds of California claims from same address
• LAPD launches investigation into leaked recording at center of City Hall racism scandal
• LAT $: LAPD launches criminal probe of racist leak at request of Martinez, De León, Cedillo
• LAT $: Amid noisy protest, the L.A. City Council — listening via earbuds — conducts its business
• LA City Council resumes meeting amid continued protests
• SJMN: Elizabeth Holmes to try forcing key prosecution witness to talk about his mental health
• Temecula won’t consider anti-abortion stance by opposing Prop. 1
• LAT $: California sees rise in RSV, a respiratory illness that can be dangerous for babies
• OCReg: How many more Los Angeles city officials will end up on trial?
• CalM: The rise and fall of careerist Kevin de León
• San Francisco's Mayor Apologizes for Telling Truth
• CG: California Truthtellers Face Woke Crybullies
• Reason: Adding the COVID-19 Vaccine to the Childhood Immunization Schedule Is a Mistake
• SacBee: Another sexual assault reported at Sacramento State, this time at on-campus housing
• SFC: Hundreds of East Bay homes named as using too much water. Many are repeat offenders
• SFC: Environmental group sues foundry, air regulators over cancerous emissions
• CG: San Francisco Drops To Third Most Expensive Average Rent In US According To New National Rent Report
• SFC: S.F. must return $15M in grants to revitalize Market Street after failing to hit deadline
• SF home prices dropping faster than any other city in America: Data
• SFC: S.F. one-bedroom rent drops below Boston, falling to third-most expensive U.S. city
• SJMN: Santa Clara apartments are bought as rental housing demand stays robust
• FresBee: Fresno County ag value surpasses $8 billion for first time. Which crops topped the list?
• FresBee: After apology, Fresno’s Mayor Dyer abandons Calwa annexation plans, leaving some confused
• FresBee: Measure C, Fresno County’s $7 billion transportation sales tax, explained
• FresBee: Everything you need to know about who is running for the Madera County Board of Supervisors
• VCStar $: Leader of Ventura County Medical Association to retire
• VCStar $: College council to discuss Ventura affordable housing, more
• OCReg: Yorba Linda’s Measure Z would rezone for more homes to meet state mandate
• OCReg: Orange County animal shelter puts bureaucracy above animals
• OCReg: Maps: What 2022 redistricting means for these elections in Orange County
• Surfer rescues woman after duo jumps from Huntington Beach Pier, man does not survive
• SBSun: Unpermitted San Bernardino dorm still open, despite court deadline
• Secession measure in San Bernardino County inspires jokes, questions
• DA: Riverside County dismissing hundreds of cases due to lack of available courtrooms
• Riverside County DA criticizes local judges for dismissing 200 cases
• Short-term rental moratorium extended in Idyllwild, Temecula Valley Wine Country
• SDUT: SDSU selects developer to build 600 market-rate apartments at Mission Valley campus
• SDUT: San Diego home price has biggest monthly drop since Great Recession
• SDUT: Poll results show tight race between Martinez, Hemmerling to be next San Diego County sheriff

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