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Friday, January 26, 2024

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THE HEADLINES

  • UC board delays vote over hiring undocumented students
  • CalM: UC rejects proposal to allow campuses to hire undocumented students
  • LAT $: California board blasts EV charger company, then approves its $200-million plan anyway
  • New CA bill would stop cars from going 10 mph over speed limit
  • SFC: S.F. City Hall corruption: Another employee charged in alleged kickback scheme
  • SJMN: San Francisco city employee accused of buying VR headsets, cameras with city money in growing corruption scandal
  • LAT $: ‘I lost everything.’ Former L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar seeks leniency in corruption case
  • California state worker pay database updated with 2023 wages, overtime for civil servants
  • Kamala Harris asks California Democrats for support, money ahead of high stakes 2024 election
  • CG: Gov. Gavin Newsom Stumps For Biden Campaign In South Carolina Ahead Of The Primary
  • OCReg: Campus jobs are ‘real work’: 20,000 California college students begin union vote
  • OCReg: Record number of Californians visiting emergency rooms for dog bites
  • CalM: Approaching Bay Area deadline a ‘test case’ for California’s housing crisis
  • Northern California congressman recognized for support of people with disabilities
  • OCReg: OC congressional Democrats back Adam Schiff in California’s U.S. Senate race
  • LAT $: PG&E penalized $45 million in Dixie fire settlement with CPUC
  • OCReg: Realtor associations deluged with ‘copycat’ commission lawsuits
  • OCReg: Gunman who killed 6-year-old in road-rage shooting on 55 freeway found guilty
  • SDUT: Outside review of MTS firing in Nathan Fletcher case finds no knowledge of improper relationship
  • Less than 4% of Bay Area Caltrans claims approved last few years: data
  • SFC: ‘Pure fear’: Violent crime in Oakland rose 21% last year. Residents worry it will define the city
  • FoxLA: Postal carrier struck by vehicle driven by alleged mail thieves
  • LAT $: Metrolink passenger car in Antelope Valley sprayed with bullets as gunfire erupts nearby
  • SJMN: Just how many homeless people are in the Bay Area? Annual census aims to nail down a number
  • CalM: California regulators want to spend billions to reduce a fraction of water usage
  • OCReg: Steve Garvey didn’t do great in his first debate. But here’s how he can win over more voters to his side.
  • OCReg: Joanna Weiss reminds voters why Dave Min can’t be trusted
  • CG: Ringside: Half of California’s Energy Comes from Crude Oil
  • SJMN: Biden administration awards nearly half a billion dollars for Northern California offshore wind project
  • CG: Sacramento City Manager Pushed for $20K Raise Before Delivering Bad News: $50 Million Budget Black Hole
  • Sacramento residents to file lawsuit against property owners of multiple apartment complexes
  • SF mayor pushes for Prop E to broaden police powers for safety
  • SFC: Mayor Breed is taking credit for the dip in S.F. crime last year
  • CG: Levi Strauss Announces Corporate Workplace Cuts Of 10%-15%
  • SFC: S.F.’s Powell Street has seen better days. Now there’s a push to give it a makeover
  • This Bay Area county is ranked the worst for pedestrian fatalities
  • SJMN: Norm Mineta statue unveiled at San Jose airport terminal
  • This Central Valley county is one of least affordable spots in US to own a home, study says
  • FresBee: After claim $36K food truck fees targeted Latinos, Chowchilla leaders reform rules
  • VCStar $: La Reina High to close at the end of the year
  • LAT $: Manhunt underway after inmate escapes Ventura detention facility
  • VCStar $: Ventura keeps free downtown parking for now
  • VCStar $: Ojai clinches deal with new city manager
  • CG: LA Board Of Supes Proposes Maximum Indoor Temperatures For Apartments During Warm Months
  • FoxLA: Former LA Times journalist says they got laid off during work trip, may need own credit card to fly home
  • OCReg: Federal regulators offer final word on oil spill off coast of Huntington Beach
  • OCReg: 73 alleged victims of a Newport Beach doctor who was arrested in September file lawsuit claiming sexual abuse
  • Criminologist doubts cartels are responsible for slaying of 6 in San Bernardino County desert
  • LAT $: Live in Redlands? Prepare to forfeit your homegrown fruit to stop the Oriental fruit fly
  • Unsolved 1974 San Bernardino County desert slaying linked to Idaho serial killer
  • Five takeaways from Riverside’s State of the City speech
  • SDUT: San Diego Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos resigns from board
  • SDUT: Flood relief funding is coming together, but will federal aid materialize for San Diego?
  • SDUT: Levin announces $53.9 million for San Diego County railroad projects day after landslide blocks tracks
  • SDUT: U.S. completes $134 million modernization project at the Otay Mesa border crossing
  • SDUT: Vargas’ annual State of the County speech postponed in favor of ‘day of service’ for flood victims


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