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• LAT $: Carjacking victim dies after being dragged under SUV by murder suspect fleeing LAPD
• LA Crime Spree: Suspect steals car, drags and kills carjacking victim, leads two police chases
• Man in wheelchair stabbed in neck while dining inside Taco Bell in Mar Vista
• LAT $: Teen who allegedly hit liquor store clerk with scooter arrested in fatal Highland Park robbery
• FresBee: Felon accused of California family’s massacre enters plea to four counts of murder
• AP: California kidnapping, slaying suspect pleads not guilty
• SFC: S.F. man on federal probation arrested in Bayview fatal shooting
• SFC: S.F. exodus: More people say they intend to leave than in any other major metro area
• CG: New Poll Finds San Francisco Voters Are Moving Back To The Center
• SJMN: Mark Wahlberg left California for Nevada to give his kids ‘a better life’
• CG: Why Haven’t LA Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo Resigned?
• LADN: Two LA City Councilmembers who are refusing to step down could take a financial hit if they quit
• LA City Council scandal: Acting president frustrated over refusal of de Leon, Cedillo to step down
• Reason: L.A.'s Leaked City Council Tape Reminds Us Why 'Smoke-Filled Rooms' Are Bad
• LAT $: How all 15 L.A. City Council members have responded to the racist leaked audio
• CG: Interim LA City Council President Mitch O’Farrell Cancels Friday’s City Council Meeting Amid Scandal
• President Biden in Southern California for fundraising event
• AP: Democrats hoping Biden can provide West Coast election boost
• LAT $: Biden can’t quit L.A., or its complex politics, even as audio leak rocks city
• OCReg: Biden treks to Metro construction site in LA to talk infrastructure spending, jobs, inflation
• Top Democratic women call out California senator for downplaying unwanted hugging
• EdS: Conservatives are waging a war for control over California school boards
• CalM: A pivot on desalination plants: California approves project in Orange County
• AP: Drought-stricken California approves desalination plant
• SDUT: Coastal Commission OKs 13-year extension for nuclear waste storage site at San Onofre
• VCStar $: Will new laws make a difference in state's catalytic converter thefts?
• SFC: Here’s why California Lyft and Uber gig workers are forming a union that can’t bargain over a contract
• How fast are California gas prices dropping? Compare costs as US expense rises
• OCReg: Orange County’s congressional candidates view Jan. 6 differently
• SJMN: With double-digit lead, is Kevin Mullin a shoo-in for congress? David Canepa says not yet
• Confused about California Props. 26 and 27? Here’s what each would do
• LAT $: Kristin Smart murder trial: Juror replaced during deliberations after talking to priest
• CalCoast: Juror on Kristin Smart murder case talks with priest, dismissed
• BreitbartCA: Exclusive–Rep. Issa Demands PayPal Disclose Government Communications on ‘Disinformation Policy’
• CalM: ‘We’re not going to close the equity gaps’: Despite progress, California Community Colleges won’t reach Newsom’s aspirational goals
• AP: Feds: California’s Orange County misused jail snitches
• OCReg: OC prosecutors, sheriff’s deputies violated rights in jailhouse informant scandal, DOJ concludes
• CalM: What would Rob Bonta do next as California attorney general?
• AP: Meta hits back in fight with FTC over VR company acquisition
• SFC: Pelosi gets off-menu zoodles. How the rich and famous get treated at S.F. restaurants
• SFC: Officials raid, destroy illegal grow worth $15 million
• VCStar $: Future unclear for Project Roomkey as funding ends
• SDUT: Congress members investigating ‘collective failure’ of agencies to monitor ‘Fat Leonard’ before escape
• LADN: Gabby Giffords named Rose Parade grand marshal
• Reason: We Told You Why and How California's High-Speed Rail Wouldn't Work. You Chose Not To Listen.
• FRBlog: CA vs. Other States – REVISED Oct, 2022
• War on Energy Industry Takes Toll on Democrats
• Eureka council to discuss police reorganization
• SacBee: UC Davis finds Nazi swastikas on campus again; chancellor calls those responsible ‘cowards’
• SFC: S.F. planners are upset that panels were removed from Sutro Tower’s legs
• SJMN: This Silicon Valley suburb approved its first 100% affordable housing project
• SJMN: Two rapes at Stanford University raise fears among students, prompt calls for action
• SJMN: New auditor report excoriates Santa Clara County sheriff’s office for killing probe into controversial jail injury case
• FresBee: City Council approves rezoning for Fresno food plant, despite opposition from residents
• In stepped-up effort against crime, Turlock expands security camera use. Where are they?
• FresBee: City Council passes compromise on Fresno neighborhood rezone. ‘This was a slap in the face’
• Rural California as the 51st state? Speakers convey their vision to Modesto City Council
• State plans to build a power plant near Modesto to avert rolling outages. And quickly
• CalCoast: SLO County voter guide includes multiple errors, candidates seek redress
• VCStar $: McCoy's church, county give court arguments in lockdown fight
• LADN: In LA City Council 5th District race, it’s Katy Young Yaroslavsky versus Sam Yebri on Nov. 8
• LAT $: For Black Angelenos, leaked audio stokes anger, fear of losing gains
• LAUSD accused of telling teachers to take down GoFundMe raising money after classroom vandalized
• OCReg: Former Baldwin Park officials conspired in Rialto water district election scheme, DOJ alleges
• LAT $: Orange County bus service could be suspended Monday due to bus mechanic strike
• OCReg: Mission Viejo’s first by-district election draws wide field of candidates
• OCReg: Orange parts ways with city manager in ‘mutually agreed’ separation
• VOC: How Anaheim Candidates Answer Key Questions on FBI Corruption Probe, Disney and Little Arabia
• VOC: Anaheim’s Resort Interests Spend Big on Election Campaigns Following FBI Corruption Probe
• SBSun: Helen Tran or Jim Penman? San Bernardino voters pick a new mayor in November election
• OCReg: Vengeful trucker allegedly set 25 tractor-trailer fires, including 6 in San Bernardino County
• Desert composting facility plagued by odor complaints ordered to cease and desist
• Here’s who’s running for Murrieta City Council on Nov. 8
• SDUT: Racial disparities are focus in San Diego Measure D battle over union-friendly construction pacts
• LAT $: Nearly 40% of students absent at San Diego school as wave of illness signals fierce flu season

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