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• After $6.7M in pandemic bonuses to employees, Modesto considers payments to its retirees
• SDUT: Palomar Health to make $100,000 incentive payments to nurses over three-year period
• SDUT: UC San Diego chancellor given $500,000 pay raise to prevent him from taking presidency at unnamed private school
• CG: California Bill Will Release Death Sentenced Murderers After 20 Years
• SFC: Vandalism forces S.F. supervisors to postpone meeting
• CG: ‘Flagship’ San Francisco Whole Foods Closes Only One Year In; Cites High Crime, Rampant Drugs
• SFC: Closure of one Whole Foods means the prospect of an S.F. ‘doom loop’ is now ‘more doomy’
• Downtown SF Whole Foods closes due to safety concerns
• CG: Why Businesses Are Leaving San Francisco
• CalM: California approved $300 million in state-backed home loans. Who got the money?
• California Bill Would Mandate HPV Vaccine for Incoming College Students
• SDUT: San Diego paying out $110K to settle lawsuits challenging vaccine mandate for city workers
• SFC: Google drops COVID vaccine mandate for people entering its buildings
• CalM: US proposes options for cutting California’s Colorado River water
• AP: US floats options to reduce water pulled from Colorado River
• LAT $: California has so much snow that flood danger will last through the year
• SFC: When fires create floods: Is California ready for a cascade of disasters?
• CalM: The California mask mandate is gone. Now some patients fear for their health.
• FoxLA: California opioid epidemic: ‘Melanie’s Law’ aims to tackle youth fentanyl crisis
• SJMN: Court rules California charter cities can implement sugary drink tax without penalty
• Michael Curran claims Board can remove Fletcher based on 'moral turpitude'
• Supervisors pass ‘no confidence’ vote against Nathan Fletcher
• Who is in running to take Fletcher’s District 4 seat?
• MID farmers will pay $9 more per acre for water. How does it compare with nearby areas?
• FresBee: Central Valley congressman calls for more water storage, less environmental regulation
• SJMN: Bill requiring California schools to tell parents if child is transgender denied committee hearing
• AP: Fed up by LA pothole, Arnold Schwarzenegger fills it himself
• FoxLA: Arnold Schwarzenegger fills LA pothole: 'Let’s not complain, let’s do something about it'
• AP: GOP attorney joins California race for Feinstein Senate seat
• As a single Black mom, Barbara Lee felt unrepresented. Now she runs for the U.S. Senate
• SFC: A growing chorus on the left is calling for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign
• CalM: Following California’s lead, EPA proposes national standards to ramp up electric cars
• OCReg: 340,000 Teamsters to rally ahead of labor negotiations with UPS
• OCReg: Former Rep. Harley Rouda exits congressional race after suffering traumatic brain injury
• FresBee: Why some say Fresno County’s lawsuit against state of California is ‘bigotry in action’
• CG: Winning Purple: Here’s How
• Reason: The Media and Politicians Keep Trying To Censor Things That Turn Out To Be True
• OCReg: Don’t look now, but Californians are West Virginia dreamin’
• CalM: Increasing temperatures increase California flood risk
• OCReg: Only Big Labor centers are OK in the UC system, apparently
• See first city-owned travel trailer delivered to North Sacramento homeless encampment
• Postal Service offers $50,000 reward for tips connected to robbery of Sacramento-area mail carrier
• Push for more cameras on Bay Area freeways amid shootings
• SFC: S.F. blames PG&E for $41M in costs, delays to affordable housing projects
• SFC: Rent prices are up in most of the Bay Area in past years — except in these ZIP codes
• SFC: San Mateo D.A. clears Redwood City officers following fatal police shooting
• Ransomware attack may cost Modesto more than $1M for expert help, better IT security
• FresBee: Political tensions mount over renaming of Fresno street to ‘Avenida Cesar E. Chavez’
• FresBee: Fresno County special district official accused of running over a man faces murder charge
• Storms, standing water are recipe for spreading West Nile disease in Stanislaus region
• FresBee: Andrew Janz and a Fresno judge both were targets of death threats made by Clovis man, cops say
• Save Mart retirees file suit against Modesto grocer. Could they get ‘hundreds of millions’?
• CalCoast: Supervisor Jimmy Paulding explores dumping Oceano
• AP: Lawsuit seeks to uphold closing California’s last nuke plant
• LADN: LAPD chief says most undercover investigations ‘unimpacted’ following photo release
• FoxLA: Hospital workers protest working conditions at Santa Clarita City Council meeting
• LADN: Inglewood OKs plan displacing 41 businesses to make way for people mover to sports, entertainment venues
• LAT $: L.A. moves to rein in catalytic converter theft, but some question the need for a new law
• FoxLA: LA City Council appoints Heather Hutt to fill seat once held by Mark Ridley-Thomas
• OCReg: Irvine will buy controversial asphalt plant for $285 million
• VOC: Calls for Rent Control Increase in Orange County as Housing Crisis Worsens
• SBSun: What’s with the fence around Carousel Mall in downtown San Bernardino?
• Riverside Fire Capt. Tim Strack to be honored with memorial procession
• Riverside County drug rehab center reopens after state-ordered shutdown
• SDUT: Port of San Diego approves $8.5M plug-in electrification project for idling ships in National City
• New bridge will let steelhead repopulate Southern California waters

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