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• AP: California fish conservation law could protect bees
• SFC: Yes, bumblebees may be fish, California Supreme Court agrees
• AP: Record spending over California’s legal gambling initiative
• CalM: When California industry takes its beef to the ballot
• SDUT: Georgette Gómez drops bid for 80th Assembly seat
• SacBee: CalPERS underperformed for a decade, investment chief says in pitch for more risk
• CalM: Will women rule in the 2022 California election?
• LAT $: Migrants flown to California from Texas not part of GOP operation, activists say
• FresBee: Gavin Newsom blasted Ron DeSantis’ immigration stunt. But he has his own Latino problem
• LADN: Signatures gathered to oppose pay hike for healthcare workers
• CG: Californians Redistricted Out of Old State Senate Districts
• OCReg: Southern California’s housing collapse: Sales plunge after 47% payment jump
• LADN: Bass, Caruso swap barbs over homelessness, other issues in debate for LA mayor
• LAT $: Bass, Caruso clash on USC ties, ethics, crime in L.A. mayor debate
• Karen Bass, Rick Caruso discuss homelessness, corruption, crime in mayoral debate
• AP: Fugitive in massive Navy bribery case caught in Venezuela
• CG: AG Bonta Launches New Office of Gun Violence Prevention
• USDA grants $130 million to encourage ‘climate-smart’ dairy and almonds in California
• CG: Gov. Newsom Announces CA Small Businesses To Receive $1.1 Billion in Federal Funding
• SDUT: Coronado, three other cities lose legal bid to limit affordable housing
• ‘I never had to think about my personal safety.’ California election officials brace for mid-terms
• CG: Gap Announces Mass Layoffs in SF, NY Corporate Offices
• LAT $: Without a body, Kristin Smart murder case hinges on graphic image, rape claims, forensics
• SacBee: Mosquito Fire: All evacuation orders lifted as rain graces California foothills
• SJMN: Welcome back to San Quentin: Warriors renew rivalry with prison team
• OCReg: Conveniently timed ‘inflation relief’ checks set to go out in California
• In SF, 'Racial Justice'=Keeping the Drug Market Open
• OCReg: Poor-performing school districts need a heavy dose of accountability
• Hill: Dems Set the Standard on Illegal Immigration
• SacBee: Trump backer who plotted bombing Democratic HQ in Sacramento blames beer for ‘huge mistake’
• SFC: S.F. Mayor Breed opposes homelessness department oversight commission on ballot
• SFC: Schaaf, Breed have picked a candidate in the Oakland mayor’s race
• SFC: Oakland securing over $320 million for A’s ballpark project. Will it be enough?
• SJMN: Downtown San Jose struggles, sales taxes crater
• Big spending ahead: Stanislaus leaders OK money for ‘island’ projects, parks, libraries
• CalCoast: San Simeon directors refuse to pay attorney, want to see bills
• VCStar $: Convicted director resigns as VCRCD treasurer
• VCStar $: Preservation of Ventura hillsides honored at news event
• LA County Sheriff's race: Alex Villanueva, Robert Luna discuss corruption, homelessness and more
• LAT $: Luna, Villanueva trade charges in antagonistic L.A. sheriff debate
• LADN: $1 million grant allows LACCD students to ride Metro buses and trains for free
• LAT $: 7th LAUSD teen overdoses from possible fentanyl-laced pills
• VOC: Have Orange County Supervisors Reignited the Debate Over Renaming John Wayne Airport?
• OCReg: Irvine grandparents lose visitation bid as court declares law interferes with ‘right to parent’
• OCReg: Huge patches of red tide seen off several Orange County beaches
• PE: Riverside County supervisors won’t be able to draw their own districts
• PE: Statement sought by Riverside council member in dispute with sheriff won’t be sent
• VOSD: The Great Trash Fee Debate Hits Council Races
• SDUT: In tentative ruling, judge grants summary judgment motion in Ash Street litigation
• VOSD: Cash for Trash Program Resumes
• VOSD: New Mandate Could Further Stress San Diego’s Clogged Behavioral Health System
• VOSD: The Plan to Save the Del Mar Train Tracks

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