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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

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THE HEADLINES

  • LAT $: Progressive California lawmakers rally against Proposition 36
  • CG: Long Beach Becomes Latest City Clearing Out Homeless Encampments
  • SJMN: San Diego’s safe sleeping program could inspire San Jose
  • LAT $: Nearly $1 billion in funds left unspent by centers for disabled Californians
  • SDUT: Newsom wants California refineries to keep enough fuel in reserve to prevent spikes in gas prices
  • CG: University Of California Announces Ban On Encampments and Face Masks
  • OCReg: California is center stage at DNC: Mayor Bass, Reps. Garcia and Waters speak
  • CalM: Some California Democrats want an arms embargo on Israel. How far will they push Kamala Harris?
  • SDUT: Years ago, Kamala Harris offered Todd Gloria ‘real mentoring.’ Now he wants to ‘help her do this historic thing.’
  • OCReg: In DNC speech, Rep. Robert Garcia denounces Trump’s response to COVID
  • SacBee: Democratic lawmakers pull bill to establish antisemitism ‘guardrails’ in ethnic studies
  • SacBee: California wanted state workers back in the office. Here’s how many have returned
  • LAT $: Men charged with murder in Johnny Wactor’s death implicated themselves in jailhouse talk, sources say
  • SFC: Long-running S.F. retail theft ‘blitz’ results in dozens of arrests
  • CG: Animal Shelter Medical Records Bill Signed Into Law By Gov. Newsom
  • CalM: More California schools are banning smartphones, but kids keep bringing them
  • Deal set to be announced on journalism and tech in California
  • CalM: Big California health care businesses win exemptions from proposed hedge fund rules
  • NR: The Biden Family Scandal
  • CalM: Crime was once California’s biggest political issue. It’s made a major comeback
  • OCReg: Lawmakers can revitalize the California dream by removing the chokehold of single-family zoning
  • OCReg: Lawmakers should reject AB 2286 and work with the AV industry in pursuit of a better future
  • SFC: Investor’s quest to ‘improve’ ritzy S.F. neighborhood is uprooting legacy businesses
  • Waymo exec. apologizes to SF residents for robotaxi honking mess
  • SJMN: Tech and biotech layoffs jolt Bay Area with hundreds of lost jobs
  • SJMN: Opinion: Santa Clara County DA Rosen’s flawed arguments to overturn murderers’ death sentences
  • LAT $: Kern County is having its summer of fire. And summer’s not over
  • Video of principal's dance with mascot raising concerns in Atwater
  • Modesto students decry alleged cuts to arts money. School district says it’s expanding funds
  • Stanislaus County auditor-controller won’t complete her term. Family health issues cited
  • CalCoast: Arroyo Grande’s outrageous limit on public comment, dangerous precedent
  • SFC: Huge numbers of barking sea lions overrun beach in heart of Monterey
  • VCStar $: Here's why Camarillo, Moorpark are canceling elections
  • LAT $: ‘A shock to us all’: LAPD moves to fire supervisors of troubled Mission gang unit
  • VOC: Irvine Officials Approve $100 Million Indoor Public Gym
  • OCReg: 2 new $26 million Orange County firefighting helicopters use Black Hawk design, replace ‘Super Hueys’
  • VOC: Orange Cuts $1.3 Million in Spending to Shrink Deficit; Will Officials Forgo Pay?
  • Secession from California unneeded, San Bernardino County gets ‘fair share,’ report finds
  • Riverside will turn Fairmount Park armory into an arts, recreation center
  • $900 million bond will be on ballot in the Riverside Community College District
  • SDUT: Palomar Medical Group restores key digital services after cyberattack


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