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• AP: California bacon law takes effect but pork from farms using cages will still be on shelves
• LAT $: West Hollywood will have the nation’s highest minimum wage. Businesses owners are not happy
• AP: New California Assembly speaker pledges to tackle the state’s biggest issues
• CG: Assemblyman Robert Rivas Sworn In As Next Speaker Of the California Assembly
• CG: Supreme Court Votes 6-3 To Strike Down President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Biden Runs Afoul of the Constitution, Again
• Reason: SCOTUS to Biden: You Can’t Forgive $400 Billion in Student Debt Without Asking Congress
• SDUT: Judge says San Diego’s encroachment law doesn’t violate rights of homeless people
• LAT $: Makeshift RV park stirs controversy in Sylmar. But is it a hazard or a help?
• CalM: Cal State proposes regular tuition hikes to forestall budget gap
• LAT $: L.A. air the 'cleanest' it's been in a decade, but rising temperatures could change that
• SDUT: Court ruling puts natural gas bans in the San Diego area on hold
• Fight for gun control continues decades after SF's deadliest shooting
• LAT $: Tens of thousands of L.A. County residents could soon lose Medi-Cal coverage
• SFC: Here’s what California’s first high-speed rail stations will look like
• Yes, bounty hunters still exist — and a new California law will change their business
• Starbucks employee attacked in central Fresno
• SFC: Man shoots himself after fleeing hit-and-run in S.F.'s Richmond District
• Suspect dies after being shot by Fresno County sheriff's deputies
• LAT $: Copper wire thefts on the rise, causing delays for Metro’s rail lines
• Surveillance video shows thieves ransack Davis glasses store
• NR: Did USPS Share the Private Info of 70 Million Americans with Labor Unions?
• SJMN: Targeting glut of political campaign signs, Livermore bans all temporary signs
• CG: Is the California EDD Pulling a Pandemic Scam?
• OCReg: California taxpayers pony up for transit systems they’ll never use
• It's Been a Bad Week for Supreme Court Leftists
• OCReg: I’m a tattoo artist, and I support the Supreme Court’s ruling protecting artistic freedom
• SJMN: Editorial: Kill the Delta tunnel boondoggle before it’s too late
• OCReg: America is still super exceptional this Fourth
• OCReg: Understanding the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision
• Addressing crime, bringing revenue is crux of battlefield for Sacramento's District 2 race
• Affordable housing complex opens in Sacramento after past neighborhood opposition
• SFC: Artist who ‘revitalizes’ spaces accused of owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent
• FresBee: Is pickleball coming to your neighborhood park? Fresno’s plan for the popular sport
• CalCoast: Was Kristin Smart’s body buried at Susan Flores’ Arroyo Grande home?
• VCStar $: County extends contract for health officer Levin
• VCStar $: Grand jury calls for outside panel to review local jail deaths
• VCStar $: Ojai denies councilmember's request for legal help
• LAT $: Union lawsuit to block deputy gang investigation draws criticism from civil rights advocates
• LADN: Los Angeles City Council candidate Imelda Padilla declares victory
• LAT $: L.A. approves $860,000 settlement for man wounded by police during 2020 protest
• OCReg: Expelled OUSD student sues district, alleges racial discrimination, violations of due process
• OCReg: After 25 years, San Juan Capistrano’s Cedar Creek Inn closes. Its replacement just opened.
• OCReg: When the 405 Express Lanes open up, some motorists will avoid the toll
• Redlands Unified settles another sex abuse lawsuit for $1.9 million
• After Riverside County courts dismissed 1,700 criminal cases, the worst is over, DA says
• Ex-Riverside County social workers complain of high caseloads, burnout, kids in ‘awful situations’
• SDUT: Sorrento Valley student loan servicer conspired to cheat students, San Diego jury finds. They could recover millions.
• SDUT: Opinion: Should La Jolla secede from San Diego? The pros, cons and details of being its own city

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