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AP: California lawmakers to consider ban on tackle football for kids under 12CalM: Cal State faculty union vows to strike over the university’s final pay offerAP: California faculty at largest US university system could strike after school officials halt talksLAT $: Cal State faculty just got a 5% raise. Here’s why they’re upsetLAT $: DWP board president is out amid ethics questions, power struggle at utilityOCReg: Blue-state leaders can’t see that their ‘progressive’ tax systems are bleeding their states dryVCStar $: State sues developer of stalled T.O. homeless housingCalifornia sues San Bernardino County, LA developer for bungling homeless housing projectsUniversal healthcare for undocumented residents would end under Corona lawmaker’s billSFC: Northern California legislator steps away from work after suffering strokeAP: With California’s deficit looming, schools brace for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spending planState lawmakers seek to limit property tax increases as home values soarFoxLA: Historic Compton cemetery vandalizedLAT $: Security footage captures attempted burglary of a bike shopFresBee: Vandals, thieves strike old University Medical Center. Could it impact pending $6M sale?SJMN: Gov. Newsom calls for new laws targeting retail thieves amid rash of robberiesCG: Chevron Reduced Spending in California by Hundreds of Millions of Dollars since 2022SFC: Katie Porter’s first TV ad is Bay Area-only. Here’s what it says about the Senate raceCalM: From ‘train to nowhere’ to Fresno’s dream: What high-speed rail means for the Central ValleyLAT $: California’s biggest winter storm so far is on its way after a slow start for Sierra snowFoxLA: Street vendors sue City of LA for alleged violation of 14th AmendmentLAT $: ‘We’re still San Francisco:’ Board of Supervisors votes in favor of cease-fire resolution in GazaCalM: U.S. Supreme Court avoids California tobacco law, hears housing caseNR: Fauci Said He ‘Did Not Recall’ Specifics on Covid Origins, Pandemic Policies over 100 Times in Closed-Door TestimonyLAT $: What rising immigration really means for California’s economyFresBee: Clovis Unified employees say pro-union state ruling did not go far enough. Here’s whyIn targeting women and minorities, billionaire Rick Caruso reopens past racial controversiesOCReg: Let the California budget kabuki dance beginCG: The Greenberg Brief: Charitable Donations – Events Signal ReconsiderationCG: Why Julie Su Matters: Labor Department Moves to Gut FreelancersCalM: California’s worker shortage has quickly become another existential issueOCReg: The toxic state of political discourseOCReg: Pascucci and Early: California’s Senate debate should include truly diverse perspectives, like oursCG: Reid Hoffman Channels Sam Bankman-FriedHow the Sacramento City Council plans to replace Sean LoloeeSacramento light rail station approved outside public housing complex after board reverses voteSacramento council may rescind city manager’s raise, apologizes for breaking lawSacramento City Council tables discussion of pay raise for city managerSFC: Exclusive: Owner of S.F. luxury apartment complex reaches deal to stave off foreclosureSJMN: San Jose police chief will step down to head DA investigations bureauFresBee: ‘Out there alone’: Madera County homeowners forced to live with contaminated waterStanislaus County struggles with shortage of dispatchersFresno County lab ordinance gets final approvalVCStar $: DUI hearing against Oxnard councilman postponedOCReg: LA County supervisors want Congress to fix broken suicide and crisis hotlineOCReg: Los Angeles DA declines to charge former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías with felonyLAT $: L.A. Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida to step downOCReg: Vote on whether Cypress will change its election structure is coming WednesdayOCReg: OC’s first Hall of Famers will be inducted Friday; Gwen Stefani set to appear in personSpeakers in Pomona riled about Gaza, not city manager’s $600,000 payoutSDUT: How, and when, should San Diego pay off its $3.4B pension debt? As budget woes loom, officials are weighing these optionsSDUT: Nora Vargas will chair San Diego County Board of Supervisors for a second yearSDUT: Together in San Diego, Bill and Hillary Clinton talk Gaza, Trump and everything else 
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