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• FoxLA: Trump arraigned: Former president pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts
• Is That Really All There Is to the Trump Indictment?
• Reason: Trump's New York Indictment Turns One Hush Payment Into 34 Felonies
• BreitbartCA: Watch: Donald Trump Holds Post-Arraignment Press Conference at Mar-a-Lago
• OCReg: After Donald Trump’s arrest, dozens of his supporters rally in Laguna Hills
• SBSun: Trump supporters rally in Redlands area after his arraignment
• FoxLA: This is how much money you need to make to be happy living in California, study says
• FoxLA: Carjacking, shooting near Santa Monica beach ends with 2 suspects on the run
• SFC: Tech executive killed in stabbing in San Francisco
• FresBee: Officer shoots man with gun after suspect wounds relative in Fresno, police say
• FresBee: Convicted of sexual assault, Kingsburg man avoids prison as judge sentences him to probation
• LAT $: Jury foreperson talks about reaching guilty verdict against ex-L.A. Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas
• LAT $: Opinion: Why Black Angelenos should be angry with Mark Ridley-Thomas
• SJMN: Cindy Chavez could land top San Diego County admin role, a major upheaval in South Bay politics
• SJMN: Bay Area school enrollment plummets for the sixth year in a row
• SFC: California public schools exodus slows; share of disadvantaged kids grows
• SFC: Push to name wild parrots S.F.’s official animal takes flight with supervisors’ proposal
• CG: Rep. Mike Gallagher and Lawmakers to meet with Disney, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, about China
• SFC: Feds charge Bay Area landlord with housing discrimination
• CalM: K-12 enrollment: Does the increase in homeless students indicate a worsening trend?
• LAT $: L.A. blasting classical music to drive unhoused people from subway station. It’s louder than officials claim
• SFC: S.F. can’t spend affordable housing money fast enough, audit finds
• OCReg: Santa Ana’s zoning laws discriminate against homeless, lower-income people, lawsuit alleges
• VOC: Orange County’s Unhoused Have Nowhere to Warm up as Temperatures Drop
• VOSD: The Rise and Fall of North County’s Only Sobering Center
• OCReg: Street medicine pilot launches in Garden Grove
• Supervisors address Fletcher scandal
• SDUT: ‘Resign immediately’: Desmond calls on Fletcher to step down now, not May 15, amid misconduct accusations
• Rains back in the forecast; when it arrives, what to know
• LAT $: Garment workers in SoCal are paid ‘as little as $1.58 per hour,’ Labor Department says
• CalM: California backlog persists on illegal guns
• Undocumented California farmworkers would get path to state residency under new proposal
• OCReg: 25-year-old OC TikTok influencer could become the next Gen Z member of Congress
• LAT $: Twenty police officers in California face possible decertification, which would end their careers
• AP: Ex-San Diego detective pleads guilty to running sex parlors
• No One Is Above the Law? Give Me a Break
• OCReg: California’s controller finally files state audit – for 2021
• What The Democrats Are Doing Is Poison for America
• OCReg: John Stossel: Trump is a horrible person, but Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of him is bogus
• OCReg: California needs an alliance between good government and small government forces
• CalM: California’s water battles continue despite record rain and snow
• AP: Robotaxis aim to take San Francisco on ride into the future
• SJMN: Tech companies plan hundreds more Bay Area job cuts as layoffs worsen
• Modesto will pay $7.5M to settle lawsuit in fatal police shooting of unarmed Trevor Seever
• CalCoast: Wade Horton’s separation agreement includes severance, NDA
• VCStar $: Simi council approves 10% raises for city employees
• VCStar $: Mr. Avocado takes back the helm at Calavo in Santa Paula
• FoxLA: Special Election: Former LA City Council president Nury Martinez’s seat up for grabs
• LADN: Thousands of LAUSD students show up for school — during spring break
• LADN: LA County supervisors say contracted hospital workers will get health benefits
• LAT $: Imelda Padilla takes early lead in election to fill Valley City Council seat
• LADN: 3 women lead tight LA race to fill Nury Martinez’ former City Council post
• LAT $: Hundreds of ‘undercover’ LAPD officers take step to sue city over release of photos
• VOC: Surf City Cans Housing Plan, Sets Up Another Legal Fight With Sacramento
• VOC: How Many Residents Really Complained About Prayers at Huntington Beach City Council Meetings?
• OCReg: Irvine goes all-electric for most new buildings, moving away from gas
• SBSun: 2 former San Bernardino police officers face decertification for serious misconduct
• SBSun: Plans for 10-acre lake in Rialto get $2 million federal boost
• SBSun: HBO’s John Oliver cues up ’90s ‘work-ethic music’ from Riverside County
• VOSD: Embattled City Council Chief of Staff Out
• SDUT: Top aide to San Diego council member resigns following reports his political consulting firm did business while suspended
• SDUT: Supervisors vote to support state proposal on keeping SVPs from within 5 miles of tribal lands

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