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• LAT $: Analysis: McCarthy’s once-formidable powers of persuasion couldn’t prevent a humiliating defeat
• WashTimes: In historic vote, GOP rebels eject House Speaker McCarthy after heated debate
• ‘He’s a liar. He’s a fraud.’ How lack of trust sank Kevin McCarthy’s speakership
• Kevin McCarthy goes down in infamy as the first deposed House speaker. He earned it | Opinion
• LAT $: Column: McCarthy’s fall was sudden, but a long time coming
• Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leader
• NYT: Behind Kevin McCarthy’s Extraordinary Downfall as House Speaker
• NR: Kevin McCarthy Bows Out of House Speakership Rerun after Historic Ouster
• NR: The McCarthy Fallout
• OCReg: 23,000 Kaiser workers in Southern California prepare for 3-day strike
• AP: Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
• SFC: Sen. Laphonza Butler defends consulting work with Uber, living in Maryland
• Watch: Laphonza Butler sworn in as California’s next U.S. senator
• CG: Seriously? The Choice of Laphonza Butler
• NR: Speaker Pro Tempore McHenry Orders Nancy Pelosi to Vacate Her Office
• CG: Sacramento Homeless Crisis has Caused ‘Erosion of Every Day Life;’ City is ‘Collapsing into Chaos’
• SFC: S.F. just approved the ‘most expensive homeless response’ ever
• SFC: Potential factory, rehab program raise hopes for more S.F. homeless shelter
• LAT $: Supervisors demand urgency in L.A. County’s efforts to address homelessness, RVs
• AP: ‘Miracle’ water year in California: Rain, snow put state’s reservoirs at 128% of historical average
• SFC: California will soon require many cities to significantly cut water use
• CalM: Cal State student workers get the OK to hold a union vote
• SJMN: Would-be burglars crash Land Rover through East Bay Louis Vuitton store
• LAT $: Caught trying to steal copper piping, he fled across freeway and was run down, police say
• OCReg: Anaheim police shoot, kill suspect in convenience store parking lot
• Fentanyl crisis: Fatal overdoses spike in Stanislaus County. ‘Tranq’ is on the streets
• CG: Seven (!) Starbucks Closing in SF is Demise of Downtown Culture
• CG: LA County Parents’ Free Speech Win Has National import
• 12 migrants bussed from Texas dropped off in SJ, nonprofit says
• CalM: Strike benefits squabble renews focus on California’s insolvent unemployment insurance system
• OCReg: Senate choice of Laphonza Butler shows Newsom is seriously out of touch
• OCReg: A deputy was executed – and George Gascon only wants to spare the life of his executioner
• SacBee: Davis violating California state housing law, HCD says
• CapRadio student board member calls for leadership shake-up
• SFC: Severely congested Bay Area highway is about to see first phase of $1.6 billion revamp
• SJMN: Bay Area school district settles lawsuit over death of teen for $5 million
• SJMN: Riling PG&E, San Jose approves its own electric utility, will study feasibility
• Modesto, Ceres silence Zoom after hate speech comments at council meetings
• California school refuses to play football team because it has girls for 2nd straight year
• VCStar $: Port Hueneme sidesteps rent stabilization measure
• LAT $: L.A. County wants to buy — and forgive — your medical debt. Here’s how that would work
• CG: Los Angeles City Councilman John Lee Accused Of Violating Ethics Laws back to 2016
• LAT $: A ‘tenant from hell’ checked into a luxury Airbnb, then refused to pay or leave. It’s been 540 days
• OCReg: Use of snitches unravels 57 murder and other felony cases in Orange County
• VOC: How Much Money Does the Pacific Airshow Bring to Huntington Beach?
• VOC: Anaheim Election Night Results: Will Hotel Workers Get a $25 Minimum Wage?
• OCReg: Orange County lawsuits against utility company cite taxpayer losses suffered in 2 recent wildfires
• OCReg: Buena Park is now home to Orange County’s second Koreatown
• Riverside residents concerned about youth treatment program moving into their neighborhood
• Redlands planning commissioner accused of possessing child pornography
• SDUT: Proposal would crack down on ‘rogue’ sidewalk vendors in Gaslamp, East Village, Little Italy

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