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Free Speech is the Cure and Not the Cause of AntisemitismSFC: S.F. surpasses deadliest year for drug overdoses. This is the grim tollCalCoast: Officials vote to extend life of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power PlantAP: California regulators vote to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations through 2030SDUT: What did MTS know about Fletcher case, and when? Recent filing raises questions about its responseCG: California Reps help House Pass Extension of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ActCalifornia EDD fraud: Former Sacramento man sentenced, took over $1 million in COVID moneySacramento is getting its first competitive Assembly race in a decade. Here’s who is runningWhy it’s notable that Assemblymember Bill Essayli is registered to vote in his districtCG: 60% of Homeless Vagrants in San Francisco Refusing ShelterCalM: L.A. company hired children to cut poultry with sharp knives, regulator saysSecret Censorship Undermines National SecurityMicrosoft Risking Reputation With Left-Wing News BiasOCReg: OC authorities announce crackdown on home burglary ring tied to LA gangsState commission studies how to combat California's retail theft problemSFC: Protesters stage ‘die-in’ over Google’s work with Israeli governmentCG: Senator Wiener Says State Is At ‘Inflection Point’ For Psychedelic Drug DecriminalizationOCReg: Juvenile arrested in connection with ‘swatting’ of OC synagoguesAP: Large menorah vandalized and dismantled in California cityLAT $: Nancy Pelosi endorses former Rep. Gil Cisneros in L.A.-area House raceLAT $: California embraces emergency rules to protect countertop workers from incurable silicosisAP: Miljenko ‘Mike’ Grgich, an immigrant who put Napa Valley on the world’s wine map, dies at 100LAT $: Shutting a freeway in traffic-clogged L.A. gets attention. But is it effective activism?OCReg: Massive deficit is California’s first good news in yearsCG: Greenberg Brief: Dean Preston’s Anti-Capitalist Hypocrisy Amid FailingsOCReg: John Seiler: What if the United States never united?Add Obstruction to Potential Impeachment ChargesProposed Sacramento sales tax ballot measure to fund affordable housing, transit is shelvedMario Gonzalezs family, Alameda settle wrongful death suit for $11MSF makes it easier for small businesses to get permitsSFC: Mohammed Nurus ex-girlfriend, former Recology exec both to be sentencedSFC: S.F. officials respond to complaints about Valencia Streets bike laneSJMN: San Jose Chamber of Commerce picks new presidentFresBee: Clovis Unified violated employees’ rights to unionize, board says. Here’s what we knowFresBee: Madera hospital creditors want to be paid, including CEO. She’s asking for $200,000Costs to pick up trash in Fresno could increase next summerCalCoast: SLO awards $150,000 to nonprofits for DEI programsVCStar $: Mayor highlights Thousand Oaks achievements at addressCG: Poll Shows Gascon Weak in Los Angeles DA’s Election RaceLAT $: Independent governance reform group calls for stronger Ethics CommissionVOC: Can an Ethics Officer Restore Trust in Anaheim After the FBI Corruption Scandal?OCReg: Who benefits from the 405 Freeway’s new express lanes? More than just the people who use themOCReg: Chapman 2024 economic forecast: ‘Very slow growth. No recession’OCReg: Westminster asks voters to decide on a new tax in the March electionFoxLA: Activist known for protecting street vendors manipulated the public asRiverside County appoints a new registrar of votersCity, driver sued over death of 8-year-old boy in Riverside collisionTemecula City Councilmember Curtis Brown resignsSDUT: After a decade in limbo, the plan for one San Diego neighborhood’s future just got its final stamp of approval. Here’s what’s next.SDUT: San Diego may mandate rigorous training for concert crews to prevent stage collapses, injuriesVOSD: North County Report: The Comment That Almost Canceled Christmas 
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