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Friday, December 29, 2023

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THE HEADLINES

  • CG: Loud Cash, Quiet Power: Foundations Extend Political Tentacles
  • CG: California Judge Decides Vince Fong Can Run for Congress in 2024
  • CalM: Vince Fong allowed to run for Kevin McCarthy’s seat in Congress
  • LAT $: Prosecutors seek 13-year prison sentence for former L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar
  • CalCoast: High surf warnings, flooding in SLO and Santa Barbara counties
  • FoxLA: High surf pounds SoCal coast, floods streets in Ventura County
  • OCReg: Big surf slams Southern California beaches for exciting end to 2023
  • OCReg: Maine becomes second state to bar Trump from presidential primary ballot
  • LAT $: Donald Trump will stay on California GOP presidential primary ballot
  • CalCoast: New California laws you need to know in 2024
  • Modesto authorities, auto businesses hope new law will decrease catalytic converter thefts
  • AP: A tax increase, LGBTQ+ youth protections and more sick leave highlight California’s new laws in 2024
  • CalM: California new laws for 2024: Alerts for missing Black children
  • LAT $: Traffic scofflaws beware: Speed cameras will go up next year in Los Angeles, Glendale, Long Beach
  • CalM: California new laws for 2024: Speed cameras and cruising allowed
  • LAT $: ‘45 seconds of horror’: Fullerton couple assaulted, heirlooms stolen in follow-home robbery
  • CalM: Will tougher fentanyl penalties ease overdoses crisis? New California law targets dealers
  • SFC: S.F. prosecutors drop knife charges against man shot by police
  • LAT $: Drone photos show California’s reservoirs filling up — but not yet at capacity
  • SFC: It’s not just the Bay Area — number of affordable homes is plummeting across California
  • FresBee: Election 2024: Watch these California races that experts say could decide House majority
  • SDUT: Michael Smolens: Rep. Peters, wife confronted by Gaza cease-fire protesters at La Jolla restaurant
  • Both sides claim win in court battle over ballot designation in Inland Empire House race
  • SDUT: Chula Vista city attorney race: Court rules that both candidates used misleading job titles
  • SFC: Google nears $5 billion settlement in ‘incognito’ mode privacy lawsuit
  • NR: So Now the Leaf Blowers Are Trying to Kill You
  • NR: Academic Bias and Censorship Are Huge Problems, and We Can Prove It
  • CG: Insanity Knows No Bounds: Censoring A Rap Song
  • Sacramento mayor, members of city council call on Loloee to resign. Some constituents agree.
  • AP: Ex-student found competent to stand trial for stabbing deaths near University of California, Davis
  • Visitors from all over world flock to Mavericks as surfers brave waves
  • SFC: Oakland Police Commission agrees to reopen police chief hiring process
  • OCReg: Former Cal swimming coach Teri McKeever suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport
  • SJMN: San Jose cop behind racist texts had large cache of weapons seized because of message about shooting Black attorney
  • SJMN: New Year’s risk? San Jose experiencing 3rd highest COVID wave right now, wastewater shows
  • Lack of translation services limits civic participation for Stanislaus’ Spanish speakers
  • VCStar $: Ventura City Council meetings will move to Tuesday nights
  • VCStar $: Input sought on Santa Susana lab groundwater cleanup
  • LAT $: University of California poised to buy former Westside Pavilion
  • OCReg: Disneyland chemical spill injures 2 employees
  • OCReg: Judge denies petition to prevent voter ID proposal from going on Huntington Beach ballots
  • 2048: What will Inland Empire political division look like 25 years from now?
  • SDUT: Can San Diego governments reverse population trends?
  • SDUT: San Diego’s lifeguard truck deal with Toyota is up for renewal. A new climate law could make things trickier this time
  • VOSD: San Diego’s Homeless Response Took a Punitive Turn in 2023


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