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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

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THE HEADLINES

  • SFC: State reparations task force’s first estimate of damages: up to $1.2M per Black resident
  • CalM: California reparations task force to recommend ‘down payments’ for slavery, racism
  • FoxLA: California tops list of most exited states in 2022
  • SFC: California’s population is still shrinking. These counties lost people
  • CA National Guard, CHP begin crackdown on SF open-air drug market
  • AP: California sues Elk Grove over housing project for homeless
  • Modesto to seek state money to buy, convert motel into homeless housing. How many units?
  • LAT $: Low wages, short hours drive many fast-food workers into homelessness
  • CG: San Jose Reallocating Voter-Approved Affordable Housing Funds To Homeless Services
  • FoxLA: $300K salary is $100K in these California cities
  • LAT $: Hollywood writers strike over streaming pay after talks fail
  • OCReg: The cost of high-speed rail in California might surprise you
  • OCReg: California fire chief: Prepare now for height of fire season delayed by record precipitation
  • SJMN: California flooding: 80% of Sierra Nevada snowpack hasn’t melted yet
  • CA's snowpack boosts state's water supply but raises flooding concerns
  • SFC: Shooting in S.F. leaves one dead
  • LAT $: Mass shooting leaves 3 women and 1 man dead in the Mojave Desert as detectives search for answers
  • OCReg: Mojave mass shooting: 4 killed in California desert community
  • Shelter in place ordered in Davis after reports of 3rd stabbing
  • SJMN: San Jose: Three arrests made in robberies targeting AAPI community
  • SDUT: A former San Diego bank robber, recently out of prison, robbed again. It’s not uncommon
  • SBSun: Years of trouble at Montclair-area home preceded January triple slaying, records show
  • CG: Los Angeles County Begins County-Wide Single-Use Plastics Ban In Restaurants
  • VOSD: Border Report: Cross-Border Truckers Brace for California’s New Environmental Rules
  • Hill: Jayapal backs Lee in California Senate race
  • NR: Tough Court Day in Arkansas Paternity Case for ‘Tapped-Out’ Hunter Biden and His High-Price Lawyers
  • LAT $: Copenhagen mayor to California’s ‘Danish Capital’: Stop acting homophobic
  • FresBee: Protesters push Fresno to beef up immigrant protections, declare ‘sanctuary’ status
  • LAT $: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin rules out presidential campaign while in California
  • OCReg: Housing First has failed. The homeless crisis in California demands a swift, effective response.
  • CG: Teacher Pension Fund Betrays Its Mission
  • CG: Is Julie Su’s ICE Agent Ban Coming Back to Haunt?
  • Biden Challengers Have To Beat Censorship Regime
  • CalM: When California laws go too far, the courts intervene
  • CG: Transgender Takeover: A Breeding Ground for Sexual Assault
  • OCReg: Politicians get into position for 2026 California elections
  • SFC: Prosecutors decline to charge security guard in fatal S.F. Walgreens shooting. Here’s why
  • Oakland teachers to strike if no deal reached by Thursday
  • SFC: Oakland mayor releases $4 billion plan amid city’s largest budget crisis
  • SJMN: H-1B: Feds want criminal charges over application fraud for Silicon Valley’s favorite visa
  • SJMN: Facebook owner chops 1,500-plus more Bay Area jobs
  • FresBee: Here’s who’s on Community Health System’s board — and their backgrounds and connections
  • Stanislaus County is taking in millions from multistate opioid lawsuits. Big Pharma pays
  • FresBee: Community Health System board chair Farid Assemi steps down, but many members still tied to him
  • CalCoast: Atascadero felon impersonates an officer, lands in jail
  • CalCoast: Did SLO County officials violate the Brown Act again?
  • LAT $: ‘She felt paralyzed’: L.A. woman sues Big Sur’s Esalen Institute for alleged use of video with N-word in class
  • FoxLA: At least 3 children possibly overdose on unknown substance at LA middle school
  • OCReg: Gov. Newsom touts state’s transition to renewable energy in LA facility tour
  • LAT $: 2 students stabbed near Los Angeles High; LAPD investigating
  • FoxLA: 2 students stabbed near Los Angeles High School
  • LAT $: Bass’ budget proposal for Animal Services is far less than what department requested
  • OCReg: Janitors say they’re understaffed, overworked at Irvine Co.-owned properties
  • LAT $: Three killed in small plane crash near Big Bear airport, authorities say
  • SDUT: A 23 percent raise in just over 2 years: Thousands of San Diego employees get big pay hike in new labor deals
  • VOSD: Escondido’s Budget Deficit Has Taken a Toll on the City That May Take Years to Correct
  • SDUT: Privacy board wants more public input on San Diego police bid for streetlight cameras, license plate readers
  • SDUT: How much sewage can San Diego recycle? To keep Pure Water on track, city slashes capacity, eyes Lake Murray
  • New rules for San Diego short-term rentals in effect

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