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Saturday, January 11, 2025

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THE HEADLINES

  • OCReg: Palisades fire tops 20,000 acres, encroaches into San Fernando Valley
  • LAT $: Palisades fire flare-up forces more evacuations as L.A. reels from staggering losses
  • AP: With their Los Angeles-area homes still smoldering, families return to search the ruins for memories
  • AP: How a week of weather extremes upended the lives of millions of Americans
  • Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley says city failed residents
  • FoxLA: LAFD chief says budget cuts hindered response to California fires
  • LAT $: Wildfires, dry hydrants and an empty reservoir
  • LAT $: State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded
  • FoxLA: 45K sign petition demanding LA Mayor Karen Bass resign over fire response
  • CalM: Why Newsom invited Trump to visit LA fire zones amid worries he’ll block disaster aid
  • FoxLA: Palisades Fire forces new evacuations near Encino and Brentwood
  • LAT $: Glow of Palisades fire seen across L.A.’s San Fernando Valley; swaths of Encino, Brentwood told to evacuate
  • OCReg: 1 in 10 Los Angeles homes don’t have insurance, says one estimate
  • SFC: California FAIR Plan could be on the hook for up to $24 billion in L.A. fire losses
  • SFC: CEO of California’s third-largest home insurer says state will still be insurable after L.A. fires
  • SFC: No more $1.7 million toilets? S.F. says it can now build bathroom for about $260,000
  • CG: Reform California Releases List of Target 26 ‘Toss-Up’ Seats in Congress, Assembly and Senate
  • SDUT: Sexual misconduct lawsuit against Nathan Fletcher appears headed for trial
  • SDUT: California Gov. Newsom’s budget plan fully funds Pre-K, maintains money to clear homeless encampments
  • SJMN: Silicon Valley Congressman Khanna torches Democrats for alleged bumbling that will ‘hurt the young folks’
  • A game-changing law against secret meetings started here in Modesto over 70 years ago
  • CG: California-Based Meta Announces The End Of Their DEI Policies
  • SacBee: California pledged to cut 10,000 vacant state jobs. Why were only two thirds eliminated?
  • CityJrnl: L.A.'s Total Leadership Failure
  • CalM: Three years later, surplus spending casts a shadow over Newsom’s new state budget
  • An Inferno of Incompetence in California
  • Lawfare Exposed: How Dems Weaponized Justice
  • A Time for Truth and Reconciliation
  • CG: The Special Session Gov. Newsom and Lawmakers Should Have
  • OCReg: Matt Fleming: Newsom’s state budget trickery
  • SacBee: Owner of Sacramento real estate company faces third lawsuit accusing him of sexual battery
  • SFC: San Francisco traffic is getting worse. Here’s why
  • SFC: S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie picks new fire chief in first appointment after taking office
  • SFC: Chinatown celebrates narrow victories of S.F.’s two Chinese American supervisors
  • SJMN: ‘Numerous’ attempts to serve subpoena to ex-Alameda County DA Pamela Price have failed, public defender says
  • CalCoast: What’s the Paso Robles coveted recording mystery?
  • FoxLA: Santa Monica parking ticket, issued during Palisades Fire, prompts backlash
  • OCReg: Another OC COVID contractor accused of fraud scheme in whistleblower lawsuit
  • OCReg: Al Mijares, former county schools superintendent, has died at age 71
  • Former San Jacinto Councilmember Brian Hawkins acquitted in child cruelty case
  • SDUT: New rules aim to rein in chaos at county supervisor meetings. So how are they working?
  • SDUT: Michael Smolens: Gloria plans an unmistakable message for San Diegans


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