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Friday, December 15, 2023

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THE HEADLINES

  • Free Speech is the Cure and Not the Cause of Antisemitism
  • SFC: S.F. surpasses deadliest year for drug overdoses. This is the grim toll
  • CalCoast: Officials vote to extend life of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
  • AP: California regulators vote to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operations through 2030
  • SDUT: What did MTS know about Fletcher case, and when? Recent filing raises questions about its response
  • CG: California Reps help House Pass Extension of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
  • California EDD fraud: Former Sacramento man sentenced, took over $1 million in COVID money
  • Sacramento is getting its first competitive Assembly race in a decade. Here’s who is running
  • Why it’s notable that Assemblymember Bill Essayli is registered to vote in his district
  • CG: 60% of Homeless Vagrants in San Francisco Refusing Shelter
  • CalM: L.A. company hired children to cut poultry with sharp knives, regulator says
  • Secret Censorship Undermines National Security
  • Microsoft Risking Reputation With Left-Wing News Bias
  • OCReg: OC authorities announce crackdown on home burglary ring tied to LA gangs
  • State commission studies how to combat California's retail theft problem
  • SFC: Protesters stage ‘die-in’ over Google’s work with Israeli government
  • CG: Senator Wiener Says State Is At ‘Inflection Point’ For Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization
  • OCReg: Juvenile arrested in connection with ‘swatting’ of OC synagogues
  • AP: Large menorah vandalized and dismantled in California city
  • LAT $: Nancy Pelosi endorses former Rep. Gil Cisneros in L.A.-area House race
  • LAT $: California embraces emergency rules to protect countertop workers from incurable silicosis
  • AP: Miljenko ‘Mike’ Grgich, an immigrant who put Napa Valley on the world’s wine map, dies at 100
  • LAT $: 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 years
  • CG: Greenberg Brief: Dean Preston’s Anti-Capitalist Hypocrisy Amid Failings
  • OCReg: John Seiler: What if the United States never united?
  • Add Obstruction to Potential Impeachment Charges
  • Proposed Sacramento sales tax ballot measure to fund affordable housing, transit is shelved
  • Mario Gonzalezs family, Alameda settle wrongful death suit for $11M
  • SF makes it easier for small businesses to get permits
  • SFC: Mohammed Nurus ex-girlfriend, former Recology exec both to be sentenced
  • SFC: S.F. officials respond to complaints about Valencia Streets bike lane
  • SJMN: San Jose Chamber of Commerce picks new president
  • FresBee: Clovis Unified violated employees’ rights to unionize, board says. Here’s what we know
  • FresBee: Madera hospital creditors want to be paid, including CEO. She’s asking for $200,000
  • Costs to pick up trash in Fresno could increase next summer
  • CalCoast: SLO awards $150,000 to nonprofits for DEI programs
  • VCStar $: Mayor highlights Thousand Oaks achievements at address
  • CG: Poll Shows Gascon Weak in Los Angeles DA’s Election Race
  • LAT $: Independent governance reform group calls for stronger Ethics Commission
  • VOC: 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 them
  • OCReg: Chapman 2024 economic forecast: ‘Very slow growth. No recession’
  • OCReg: Westminster asks voters to decide on a new tax in the March election
  • FoxLA: Activist known for protecting street vendors manipulated the public as
  • Riverside County appoints a new registrar of voters
  • City, driver sued over death of 8-year-old boy in Riverside collision
  • Temecula City Councilmember Curtis Brown resigns
  • SDUT: 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, injuries
  • VOSD: North County Report: The Comment That Almost Canceled Christmas


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