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Friday, February 7, 2025

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  • CG: Special Envoy Ric Grenell Says No DEI in LA Fire Cleanup: ‘That Bullsh*t Can’t Happen’
  • CG: Newsom’s New Executive Order to Harden Homes Against Wildfires ‘Too Little, Too Late?’
  • AP: Newsom wants to speed up a delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
  • California Republican state lawmakers barred from Latino Caucus, leader confirms
  • LAT $: FCC investigating San Francisco radio station that shared location of undercover ICE agents
  • SJMN: Oakland federal cases against Sheng Thao, Duong family to involve reams of evidence, prosecutors say
  • LAT $: Protesters call for Children’s Hospital L.A. to reverse restrictions on transgender care
  • OCReg: Santa Ana reaffirms city’s sanctuary promises
  • CG: Bill to Limit Youth Chatbot Usage Gains Support In The Senate
  • LAT $: A month after L.A. firestorms, vital questions still haunt Southern California
  • As wildfire cleanup crews surge to nearly 1,200 workers, concerns about safety grow
  • LAT $: Residents sue energy companies after massive toxic battery fire at Moss Landing
  • AP: Utility says its equipment may have started a small blaze that erupted during January’s LA firestorm
  • Attorney for arsonist of Esperanza fire, which killed 5 firefighters in 2006: He’s not the ‘actual killer’
  • CalM: Will new bond funds be enough to rebuild LA schools — and all of California’s other crumbling schools?
  • NorCal reservoirs continue to fill as water releases create anticipated surge in river levels
  • LAT $: How Trump tamed the ‘9th Circus’: Legal challenges to White House are moving east
  • LAT $: Head Start child-care centers face pay delays after Trump’s federal funding freeze
  • CalM: Colorado River poses another California water conflict that Trump will affect
  • OCReg: Effort to recall Newsom again is a waste of time and energy
  • OCReg: Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams deserve the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • SFC: ‘The house was moving’: Mother and daughter trapped by Sonoma County landslide after storms
  • SF Chronicle owner eyes purchase of rival Bay Area newspaper
  • SFC: Here are the wealthy donors who gave to Daniel Lurie’s inauguration as S.F. mayor
  • SFC: S.F. Mayor Lurie launching police task force to counter crime in core downtown areas
  • Layoffs are possible as SF government faces fiscal crisis
  • SJMN: Valley Medical Center dedicates building in honor of iconic Santa Clara County supervisor
  • FresBee: Did conflict of interest cost Fresno State in football stadium deal with Valley Children’s?
  • CalCoast: SLO County battles order to release Lopez Lake water for fish
  • CalCoast: What you need to know about Ty Lewis’ settlement with Paso Robles
  • OCReg: Internal audit of American Rescue Plan Act-funded contracts sample find Orange County in compliance
  • LAT $: Mysterious land purchases within Joshua Tree National Park worry locals, environmentalists
  • Suit alleges sexual violence by Chino prison gynecologist, says state failed to prevent it
  • SDUT: Pressure builds from Coastal Commission to trim San Diego’s Big Bay Boom fireworks
  • SDUT: Worsening San Diego budget crisis prompts efforts to boost revenue, bickering over spending cuts


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