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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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  • CalM: New fire maps put nearly 4 million Californians in hazardous zones. What does that mean for the people who live there?
  • OCReg: Southern California fire danger zones increase 76% in new maps
  • SFC: S.F. needs to better monitor employee conflict of interest, new report finds
  • SDUT: San Diego Unified to vote on resolutions providing housing to educators
  • SacBee: What do the city records show about the alleged bribe in the Sacramento mayor’s race?
  • LAT $: Community college district’s audit of secret $8M insurance rebate fund exposes violations
  • CG: Taking Down The Assembly Supermajority: 7 Seats To Go in 2026
  • LAT $: Barbara Lee has avid fans in Oakland mayor’s race. But Loren Taylor is making it a contest
  • SFC: Katie Porter and Barbara Lee are running for executive roles. Did Congress prepare them?
  • CG: New Poll Finds Half of All Californians Now Considering a GOP Candidate For Governor 2026
  • SFC: ‘There is a real problem’: Bay Area legislators seek to prevent BART and Muni from unraveling
  • LAT $: USC calls for hiring freeze, austerity efforts amid budget woes and Trump investigations
  • CalM: Rural California schools and roads lose millions in federal funding after latest cuts
  • LAT $: With billions at stake, lawyers pour into Altadena and race to courthouse
  • LAT $: Pasadena school district files lawsuit against Edison over Eaton fire damages
  • CG: San Francisco Assemblyman Proposes Tax Breaks for ‘Dying’ California Cannabis Industry
  • California caps city council campaign contributions at $5,500 but some cities say that’s too high
  • SJMN: 23andMe bankruptcy announcement sparks data security concerns
  • SFC: S.F. judge says racism might have played a role in revoking immigrants’ protected status
  • LAT $: How looming tariffs are worsening California’s alcohol industry hangover
  • CalM: If zero-emission cars cut gasoline sales and tax revenue, how will California replace them?
  • CG: Greenberg: Gavin Newsom’s Budgetary Sleight of Hand
  • SJMN: Yosemite: Caltrans announces opening date for road closed by huge rockslide
  • SacBee: City Council may fast-track safety projects after dozens of deaths on Sacramento streets
  • SFC: Retired judge LaDoris Cordell blasts DA Brooke Jenkins over ‘attacks’ on S.F. judges
  • SFC: Vandals target San Francisco’s Great Highway with more anti-park graffiti
  • SJMN: Vast East Bay nuclear energy center site is bought by nuke decommissioning firm
  • SJMN: VTA workers reject latest contract offer, extending strike
  • ‘Hands off the U.S. mail’: In Ceres, Postal Service workers rally against privatization
  • CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County facing $15.3 million budget shortfall
  • CalCoast: Coastal Commission overstepped authority on Oceano Dunes, court rules
  • VCStar $: Two Ventura County sites earn national historic recognition
  • LA on Fire: Hidden Crisis Behind the Flames
  • VOC: Santa Ana Scrambles to Narrow an Expected $35 Million Deficit in Four Years
  • OCReg: Orange County misses out on more than $68 million in federal earmarks this year
  • VOC: Irvine City Council Race Sees a 10-to-1 Lead in Campaign Spending
  • LAT $: Inside the mystery of O.C.’s ghost town mall: ‘Why does it feel like I’m trespassing?’
  • VOC: California Regulators: Huntington Beach’s Proposed Light Show Threatens Wildlife
  • SDUT: San Diego State University freezes hiring for most faculty and staff due to expected budget cuts
  • VOSD: Ex-City Real Estate Adviser Gets a Restricted License After 101 Ash Debacle
  • SDUT: In its 80th year, taxpayers association turns to volunteer leadership amid financial collapse
  • VOSD: Poway Residents Start Recall Effort to Remove Councilmember Tony Blain


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