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• Sacramento’s Sex Trafficking Loophole: A Bizarre, Shameful Step Backward
• LAT $: Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as pope, says his election is a cross and a blessing
• LAT $: Federal lawsuit alleges UCLA medical school uses a race-based admissions process
• FresBee: Fresno schools hold ethnic graduation ceremonies despite attempted federal ban
• LAT $: Most Californians favor proving citizenship to vote, poll finds
• SFC: S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie unveils first big haul of private funds to address homelessness
• LAT $: In multimillion-dollar building, formerly homeless people face ‘dismal’ conditions, suit says
• It gets rough Sacramento proposes to build tiny homes for homeless seniors
• SDUT: Hundreds of San Diegans could soon be homeless without continued federal aid, officials say
• CG: Riverside Co. Sheriff, Gubernatorial Candidate Chad Bianco Joins Huntington Beach Sanctuary City Lawsuit
• OCReg: Lead, other toxins present on destroyed parcels after Eaton, Palisades wildfire debris, soil removal
• CG: Gov. Newsom Touts How Advanced California’s HSR Project Is Over Texas, While Ignoring Many Shortfalls
• SFC: CHP’s latest weapon against speeding? SUVs you won’t see coming
• SJMN: Jay Leno pushes bill to end smog checks in California for vehicles 35 years or older
• Will Travis Air Force Base be a migrant detention center? CA Democratic Reps want answers
• CalM: Floods exposed weaknesses in California prisons’ emergency plans. They still aren’t ready
• AP: Police say 2 students turned themselves in after fatal stabbing outside California high school
• SacBee: California State Parks website contractor adds illegal junk fees, lawsuit claims
• LAT $: More Californians now get therapy via a video screen or phone than through in-person sessions
• SacBee: How Gavin Newsom wants to ward off Donald Trump’s ‘misinformation machine’
• CalM: If lawmakers or lawsuits get oil companies to pay for climate change, consumers will pay, too.
• CG: Ringside: Saving California’s Rural Water Users
• OCReg: Can Steve Hilton flip California Republican?
• Proposal to annex 472 acres of farmland in Sacramento, develop into industrial complex moves forward
• SFC: Mayor-elect Barbara Lee selects Oakland native and progressive politico as chief of staff
• SFC: S.F. DA Brooke Jenkins faces pushback as she presses for funding boost amid budget cuts
• SJMN: South Bay hospital accused of ignoring manager’s alleged San Jose steakhouse sex attack on nurse
• SJMN: Will San Jose get a new police unit to arrest homeless residents who refuse shelter?
• FresBee: Fresno State, facing severe budget cuts, to cut back financial support to athletics
• FresBee: Foster Farms settles lawsuit with animal rights group over ‘cruel’ practices
• CalCoast: Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong sails through congressional hearing
• Conejo Unified promises empathy in dealing with harassment allegations
• Ventura to spend $47M to open up area near auto center
• LAT $: To stave off layoffs, L.A. council members seek to cut police officer hiring
• LAT $: 3D printed houses? Shipping-container ADUs? In L.A.’s fire zones, new forms of construction take root
• LAT $: ‘Now is not the time’: Trump cuts to L.A. overdose prevention efforts alarm experts
• OCReg: Seal Beach increases parking rates at three beach lots
• Former Pomona police officers acquitted in brutality case settle lawsuit against city for $2.5 million
• SDUT: Michael Smolens: San Diego refocuses on preserving neighborhoods amid housing push
• SDUT: Should San Diego slash its road-repair budget next fiscal year?
• SDUT: Former El Cajon council member ordered to surrender June 9 to serve jail term

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