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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

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THE HEADLINES

  • SFC: Incarcerated Californians could vote from prison under new proposal
  • AP: 3 dead in San Francisco; fentanyl overdoses suspected
  • SDUT: County commits to ending homelessness among San Diego County veterans
  • LADN: LA Mayor Bass courts Biden Administration in addressing homelessness
  • VOSD: Downtown Councilman Pushing Big Homeless Project – and a Crackdown
  • Google, Defender of the BLM Narrative
  • California Secretary of State says state can ‘lead the nation’ in Black reparations
  • OCReg: Barricaded suspect in Rancho Santa Margarita surrenders after 8-hour standoff
  • FoxLA: Child kidnapped from Starbucks parking lot in LA's Van Nuys neighborhood
  • Man found dead after standoff, house fire in Sacramento County
  • LAT $: A Riverside high school freshman is beaten on video. Parents ask why no one has been arrested
  • AP: Riverside County deputies kill man armed with spike bat
  • AP: ‘Super bloom’ swarms force California city to say no more
  • CalM: Ground zero: Rain brings little relief to California’s depleted groundwater
  • California taxpayers wait for IRS guidance on inflation relief, Kiley issues 2nd letter
  • SFC: S.F. Muni faces massive $214 million deficit. Here’s what might happen next
  • CalM: Helping homeowners: California expands mortgage relief
  • LADN: New law in LA: Landlords must pay relocation costs if they raise rents too high
  • AP: California deputies shoot arson suspect after desert pursuit
  • SJMN: San Jose police: Man who wounded officer, shot at others had been following cops
  • SFC: Some propose creating an S.F. red light district amid local sex work concerns
  • FresBee: California won’t require school COVID vaccines. Will Fresno-area parents vaccinate anyway?
  • VOSD: High Tech High’s Teachers Union Has Approved Its First Contract
  • SFC: Biden seizes on the rare bipartisan rallying cry: Regulate Silicon Valley
  • SJMN: Tech layoffs: eBay reveals plans to cut nearly 200 Bay Area jobs
  • CG: LA County Board Of Supervisors Passes Package Of New Firearm Ordinances
  • FoxLA: LA Supervisors pass motion to strengthen gun regulations after recent mass shootings
  • SDUT: UCSD embarks on three-year, $3 million effort to train 200 community health workers
  • SFC: Natural gas prices sent Californians’ utility bills soaring. What's next?
  • Reason: A New Federal Bill Could Require You To Show Facebook and Twitter Your Government ID
  • LAT $: California hasn’t seen a catastrophic earthquake recently. But ‘quiet’ period won’t last
  • CG: Big Woke – Money Equals Power, As Usual
  • OCReg: A for-profit end-run around the Constitution to tax video streaming services
  • Reason: Biden Promises To Let Social Security's Ship Keep Sinking
  • CG: The Biggest Untold Reason for the Decline of Salmon
  • OCReg: California farmers can reduce emissions and feed the world with regenerative farming
  • OCReg: Rep. Katie Porter’s nonsensical explanation for voting against condemning the horrors of socialism
  • CalM: Western states play game of chicken over Colorado River
  • SFC: Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong demands reinstatement to his job
  • SFC: Why YIMBYs are about to sue the daylights out of Bay Area cities
  • SFC: S.F. Mayor London Breed’s resignation letter policy banned for good
  • SFC: S.F.'s plan to cut through red tape and get 82,000 housing units built
  • SJMN: Lawsuits link long-ago child abuse to schools in San Jose, Mountain View and Santa Cruz
  • SJMN: Major violations found at Santa Clara County’s main hospital involving suicidal patients
  • FresBee: Hospitals in ‘crisis’ in Central Valley as Fresno County ends its emergency declaration
  • FresBee: Luis Chavez to run for Fresno County Supervisor, challenge his former boss Sal Quintero
  • LAT $: Winery’s wastewater dump in the Merced was bad for fish, and the bottom line
  • Stanislaus aims to copy Father Boyle’s Homeboy Industries approach to gang intervention
  • CalCoast: State cites San Simeon for failures at wastewater facility
  • CalCoast: SLO County Superior Court prepares for new courthouse
  • VCStar $: Port Hueneme lays out plan to replace city manager
  • VCStar $: County settles farm lawsuit, but oil litigation remains
  • LADN: After Bass announces 2 new L.A. Police Commission picks, a current member says she’s stepping down
  • LAT $: Skid Row Housing Trust is in financial trouble
  • VOC: Huntington Beach City Council Ditches Pride Flag By Restricting Flags Flying Over City Hall
  • VOC: OC Green Power Agency’s Top Lawyer Resigns Before Possibly Being Fired
  • VOC: Is Anaheim Shortchanging its Commissioned Corruption Probe?
  • OCReg: How might district-based elections change voting in Irvine?
  • OCReg: Pirates of the Caribbean riders rescued from sinking boat by Disneyland Fire Department
  • SBSun: John Magness, master developer of San Bernardino’s former Norton Air Force Base, dies
  • SDUT: County janitorial companies must protect workers’ rights or lose their contracts, supervisors decide
  • SDUT: ‘It needed to be done’: Resident paints stairway railings at Windansea Beach without San Diego’s approval
  • VOSD: Sheriff’s Union Changes Leaders Following Internal Complaints
  • SDUT: Judge blocks high-density Rancho Peñasquitos housing project; city says ruling could ‘grind development to a halt’

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