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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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THE HEADLINES

  • OCReg: Violent clashes break out among opposing protest factions at UCLA; situation got ‘out of control’
  • CG: Police Clear Buildings, Arrest 35 Protestors at Cal Poly Humboldt Pro-Palestine Occupation
  • NR: Police Intervene at UCLA after Violent Clashes between Anti-Israel Protesters, Counter-Protesters
  • OCReg: Orange County Register sues OpenAI, Microsoft
  • AP: California’s population grew in 2023, halting 3 years of decline, state estimates
  • SJMN: California’s great exodus finally slows as population increases after 3-year decline
  • SDUT: San Diego labor unions calling on city to mandate $25 minimum wage for service workers
  • Sources: Assembly top law enforcement officer remains on paid leave, investigation underway
  • CG: It’s Kentucky Derby Time For California Assemblyman Flora
  • SFC: Restaurant surcharges will soon be illegal in California
  • California department increases state gas tax by 2 cents as prices increase
  • CalM: California passed a law to stop ‘pay to play’ in local politics. After two years, legislators want to gut it
  • SacBee: California crime victims’ groups are pressing state lawmakers to restore funding. Here’s why
  • SacBee: California deficit could halt raises for disability workers. They say Newsom ‘breaking a promise’
  • SJMN: Evan Low leads Joe Simitian by four votes as Santa Clara County finishes recount.
  • LAT $: DEA’s big marijuana shift could be a lifeline for California’s troubled pot industry
  • CalM: California colleges got billions in pandemic relief funds. What will happen once it’s gone?
  • LAT $: Column: From a Tommy’s security job to a ride home on Metro, her last hours alive
  • Woman, child escape injury in armed robbery of Ceres business
  • OCReg: Man shot by Newport Coast resident during apparent home robbery attempt appears in court
  • AP: Campaign to build new California city submits signatures to get on November ballot
  • SFC: Thousands of homeowners in this wealthy Bay Area city are set to lose insurance: ‘No good options’
  • CalM: Californians are protecting themselves from wildfire. Why is there still an insurance crisis?
  • SFC: Google program will give $1,000 a month in guaranteed income to recently homeless S.F. families
  • AP: Study says California’s 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don’t get used to it
  • SFC: California begins demolition of 173-foot dam as part of nation’s largest removal project
  • AP: California is joining with a New Jersey company to make a generic opioid overdose reversal drug
  • CalM: California protects its Joshua trees. A new bill could allow more to be cut down for development
  • CG: Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrat Supermajority are Coming for Your $$$
  • CalM: New battlegrounds emerge in California’s endless housing conflict
  • OCReg: Newsom runs away from state’s issues, again
  • OCReg: Transit dangers are scaring away riders. Will transit authorities do anything about it?
  • California $20-Hr. Fast-Food Minimum Wage Already a Disaster
  • SacBee: Sacramento has a plan to address $66 million deficit. Here’s where you could pay more
  • SacBee: To stop new Shake Shack, Sacramento building could be labeled historic by City Council
  • SFC: Residents of struggling S.F. Parkmerced apartment complex deal with rodents, mold and squatters
  • SFC: Crime falls in Oakland through first third of year, raising hopes of turnaround
  • SFC: DA Price recall: County supervisors to decide date of election at May meeting
  • Why Modesto thinks temporary stays in motels may get homeless off the streets for good
  • CalCoast: SLO County offers remaining 10 homeless at safe parking site $60,000
  • CalCoast: Court rejects attempt to close Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant
  • CG: Support For, Opposition Against Los Angeles’ Proposed Cashless Store Ban Grows
  • VOC: Will Tourism Dollars Help Fund Anaheim’s Affordable Housing Trust?
  • OCReg: Little Saigon remembers Black April with traditional ceremony
  • OCReg: Testimony begins in hearings tied to misconduct allegations in OC murder prosecution
  • Riverside County might owe you money. Here’s how to get it
  • SDUT: Henry Clay Elementary is renamed for a San Diego trailblazer. But the process raises questions about transparency.
  • SDUT: Michael Smolens: It’s time to ditch San Diego’s airport rail connection fantasy
  • SDUT: Poway Unified superintendent fired amid harassment allegations
  • SDUT: ‘Time is all we need’: With thousands still displaced by January floods, county extends hotel program with $9 million.


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FlashReport Editors
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