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• AP: California wins leave GOP poised to seize US House control
• FresBee: Adam Gray pulls ahead of John Duarte in toss-up California congressional race
• OCReg: Democratic incumbents continue to hang on to leads in OC congressional races
• AP: Why the AP hasn’t called control of the House yet
• BreitbartCA: Andy Biggs Confirms He Is Challenging Kevin McCarthy for Speaker
• LAT $: Two California Democrats vying to lead party's campaign arm - Los Angeles Times
• SFC: Noncitizen voting for school board passes, but might never go into effect
• VOSD: Gloria To Urge Gov to Release State Homeless Funds
• LADN: Judge wants to meet with new LA mayor, Bass or Caruso, before approving homeless settlement
• SJMN: Just 2 votes separate two candidates in Redwood City council race
• CG: Three Major Mayoral Races Still Have No Winner One Week After Election Day
• OCReg: Rep. Michelle Steel wins reelection to Congress
• Rep. Ken Calvert declares election victory over Will Rollins
• CG: State Agency Claims Climate Change is Rapidly Accelerating in Golden State
• SJMN: Oakland: One killed, one injured in separate East Oakland shootings
• FresBee: Thousands on strike across University of California schools, including UC Merced
• AP: 48,000 University of California academic workers on strike
• OCReg: Fast-food workers to stage protest over opposition to new labor law
• CalM: Will this be the most diverse California Legislature ever?
• CG: San Francisco Vacant Residential Unit Tax Proposition Passes
• SJMN: Voters approve new taxes on business across Bay Area
• SFC: SF voters pass Prop M and approve vacant residential units tax
• FoxLA: Jay Leno seriously burned in car fire, reps confirm
• OCReg: Jay Leno burned in car fire at Burbank garage
• AP: Siebel Newsom gives emotional testimony of Weinstein rape
• AP: California breaks ground on Native American monument
• SFC: California reports first child in state to die from RSV and flu
• SJMN: Elizabeth Holmes should go to prison for 15 years and pay $804 million, feds demand
• LAT $: In Los Angeles and New York, the Church of Scientology is on opposite ends of two rape cases
• In some conservative California counties where anti-abortion candidates win, so does abortion
• OCReg: To solve housing shortage, build dense communities in unincorporated areas
• LAT $: Skelton: Rivas will usher in new era in California Assembly
• CalM: Will California Assembly speakership deal make any real difference?
• SFC: Loren Taylor maintains lead as Oakland mayor’s race tightens
• SFC: Breed appointee Matt Dorsey wins S.F.’s District Six supervisor race
• SFC: S.F.’s Muni Central Subway opens soon. Will the $1.95B project meet expectations?
• SFC: San Jose sideshow leads to 720 citations, 19 impounds
• SJMN: It’s now taken longer to decide San Jose’s next mayor than the last open race in 2014
• FresBee: Where’s Skippy? Longtime Fresno radio personality leaves KMJ after three years
• New Highway 132 segment west from Modesto finally opens — except for this piece
• CalCoast: New owners at Jada Winery accused of unneighborly behavior
• VCStar $: Ventura city manager placed on paid administrative leave
• LAT $: Rivas builds on small lead in L.A. school board race; Gonez extends lead
• FoxLA: Karen Bass expands lead over Rick Caruso in latest ballot count; Luna stretches lead for Sheriff
• OCReg: Huntington Beach to consider allowing certain cannabis activities, including sales
• VOC: It’s Neck-and-Neck: Who Will Control the Powerful OC Board of Supervisors?
• VOC: Does the OC Power Authority’s Social Media Policy Violate the First Amendment?
• OCReg: In Tustin’s first mayoral election, Austin Lumbard leads
• OCReg: Hoag’s $1 billion Irvine expansion will combine private practice, medical academics
• SDUT: Chula Vista adopts policy regulating uses for technology such as drones and license plate readers
• SDUT: With Martinez holding an insurmountable lead for sheriff, Hemmerling concedes
• SDUT: San Diego extends street vendor crackdown to beaches, coastal zone with new council vote
• SDUT: More repaving, fewer patches: San Diego cracks down on road trenching to boost street quality and safety
• VOSD: San Diego Has Made Little Progress Growing Its Tree Canopy, and Its Tree-planting Goals are Only Getting Steeper
• SDUT: Mayor seeks $175 million in new borrowing to pay for Ash Street, Civic Center Plaza buyouts

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