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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

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  • CalM: Gavin Newsom pledged to release his tax returns every year. The last one was for 2020
  • CG: How Did CA Gov. Gavin Newsom Buy a $9.1 Million Home on a Public Servant Salary?
  • OCReg: Thousands of UC patient care, service workers to strike Wednesday, Thursday
  • SFC: Two UC unions set strikes Wednesday, Thursday at UCSF and campuses statewide
  • LAT $: Founder of company that created LAUSD chatbot charged with fraud
  • CG: Prop. 32 Fails As Voters Reject Statewide Minimum Wage Going Up To $18 An Hour
  • CalM: No raise for California’s minimum wage workers. Voters reject Prop. 32
  • VOC: Derek Tran Expands Lead Over Rep. Michelle Steel in One of Nation’s Tightest Congressional Races
  • AP: Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states
  • CalM: California’s slow vote count sows doubt. Here’s how one group is trying to fix that
  • NR: FEMA Contractor Told Georgia Family to Remove Trump Yard Signs, Whistleblower Says
  • CalM: A California child tested positive for bird flu. Here’s why this case is different
  • AP: California governor will not make clemency decision for Menendez brothers until new DA reviews case
  • SFC: Pregnant woman shot in stomach in S.F.
  • SFC: BART police shoot, wound woman who allegedly assaulted officer in Union City Station parking lot
  • LAT $: California’s drug task force halts entry of an estimated $11.9 million in fentanyl, governor says
  • SFC: ‘Charter’ cities are gaining popularity in California, but voters are worried about new taxes
  • New law will require local school districts to teach about mistreatment of Native Americans
  • OCReg: ACLU sues government for records detailing Trump’s mass deportation plan
  • NR: Los Angeles City Council Passes Sanctuary-City Ordinance as Trump Prepares for Mass Deportations
  • LAT $: L.A. ‘sanctuary city’ law won’t prevent deportations. But ‘we are hardening our defenses’
  • SacBee: California undocumented students grapple with Trump’s re-election: ‘I feel hopeless’
  • How California keeps transgender student athletes in the game as bans unfold across the country
  • OCReg: UC should cut administrative bloat, not increase non-resident tuition
  • CalM: California’s political clout will fade as long as population growth remains slow
  • CG: Ending DEI Requires Largest Demotion Operation in American History
  • SacBee: Cannabis lounge pilot program advances in Sacramento city council. What’s next?
  • SacBee: Sacramento County school admin failed to stop student from spreading child porn, lawsuit alleges
  • SFC: Risk of Oakland insolvency prompts anxious queries from council members
  • SFC: Meet S.F. mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s secret weapon: His wife, Becca Prowda
  • OpenAI’s Altman is lobbying City Hall — and advising its new boss
  • SFC: Hundreds of S.F. street ambassadors could be laid off amid City Hall budget crunch
  • SJMN: In Bay Area first, San Mateo supervisors will ask voters for authority to remove sheriff from office
  • SFC: A big change is coming to S.F.’s controversial Valencia Street bicycle lane
  • SFC: Testimony: Communications app was deleted from 49ers-backed council member’s phone
  • SJMN: Anthony Becker trial: Defense fights to show who had access to leaked 49ers report
  • LAT $: Fresno has a homeless problem. So why are its leaders rejecting state-funded housing?
  • Modesto City Schools’ Board of Education approves layoffs of over 75 staff members
  • CalCoast: Paso Robles City Manager back after $2.25 million claim denied
  • CalCoast: Repeat Madonna Inn burglary suspect arrested in San Luis Obispo
  • LAT $: The crops and their paychecks went up in flames: How the Mountain fire hammered farms and farmworkers
  • OCReg: AG asks judge to force LA County to address ‘serious ongoing deficiencies’ in juvenile halls
  • LAT $: Trump takes a hard line on homelessness. Why L.A. Mayor Karen Bass hopes to find common ground
  • CG: Former LA DA Jackie Lacey Speaks About Nathan Hochman’s Victory
  • LAT $: Federal review ‘raises concerns’ about care for Black pregnant patients at Cedars-Sinai
  • OCReg: Once called The Farm, Musick jail in Orange County gets $420 million in improvements
  • VOC: Will La Palma See 20-Year Politicians?
  • VOC: Outgoing Placentia-Yorba Linda School Board Majority Seeks To Lock in Controversial Superintendent
  • VOC: OC Supervisors to Consider Hiring Outside Investigators in Wake of Bribery Scandal
  • Cheech Marin statue now greets visitors outside Riverside museum
  • SDUT: Family landowners want battery storage site in rural San Diego County. Some neighbors do not.
  • SDUT: Crack down on spurs? More veterinarians? Short of banning rodeos, San Diego weighs how to keep animals safe


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