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• FAA orders all airlines to pause domestic flights
• CG: California’s Budget Black Hole: Where Did the $97.5 Billion Surplus Go?
• AP: After years of surpluses, California headed toward a deficit
• CalM: Reversal of fortune: Gov. Newsom outlines plan to deal with budget deficit
• CG: Rep. Katie Porter Announces 2024 U.S. Senate Run
• LAT $: Barabak: Katie Porter just forced the California Senate race into the open, where it belongs
• AP: Rep. Katie Porter seeking Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024
• SJMN: San Jose transgender rights activist was sane when she murdered Oakland family, judge rules
• Proposed CDCR budget about the same despite prison closures, inmate numbers declining
• AP: Storm-struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain
• SDUT: Pacific storm again whips and drenches San Diego County, and another system is on the way
• FoxLA: California storm: Atmospheric river unleashes flooding, mudslides, strong winds
• SFC: California storm: At least 17 dead as thunderstorms thrash state with lightning, hail
• AP: Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy California
• CG: Reservoir, Snowpack Levels Continue To Rise Across California Due To ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Storms
• CalM: Environmentalists say Newsom’s budget cuts jeopardize climate programs, electric car mandate
• AP: California budget: More for homelessness, less for climate
• OCReg: Scott Baugh launches congressional bid for Rep. Katie Porter’s seat
• CG: Former Los Angeles Teacher’s Stand Against Union Push to ‘Defund the Police’ Reaches 9th Circuit
• SBSun: San Bernardino man accused of killing woman, 18, in Fontana
• LADN: LA County supervisors declare homeless emergency
• LAT $: With state of emergency on homelessness, L.A. County officials look for red tape to cut
• VOSD: Yes, Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
• SFC: Alameda County calls for a recount in ranked choice elections. Is it legal?
• Yosemite College board, chancellor share blame for MJC chaos, must fix turnover
• SFC: Progressives on track to take over S.F. school board despite delayed vote
• SFC: S.F. school district finances audit raises as many questions as it answers
• OCReg: Rep. Adam Schiff’s un-American effort to silence critics on Twitter
• Where's the DOJ Special Counsel for Biden?
• OCReg: On brink of recession, Newsom and lawmakers must budget cautiously
• Reason: Was 'Every Conspiracy Theory' About Twitter True?
• OCReg: Three years later, who was right about the correct approach to COVID?
• CalM: California’s volatile tax system strikes again
• NR: Biden’s War on Gas Stoves
• SacBee: Wind, rain and thunder headed for Sacramento. Here’s when next round of storms will hit
• SJMN: Salesforce discloses plans to ax more Bay Area tech workers
• SFC: S.F. D.A. pledged to go after dangerous fentanyl dealers. Here’s what happened
• SJMN: This Bay Area city ranks as No. 1 happiest city in America in new study
• Stanislaus County leaders declare local emergency, citing storms and flood damage
• CalCoast: Tree falls on grocery store in SLO, damages building
• VCStar $: Conservancy acquires 8-acre open space in Agoura Hills
• LADN: LA City Council sees quieter protests against Kevin de León
• LADN: Can LA City Council resolve its most vexing and troubling issues in 2023?
• LAT $: Long after L.A.'s mental health chief quit, pressures he faced still shape the agency
• OCReg: OC Supervisors Chaffee, Foley, Sarmiento are sworn in, outline priorities
• VOC: Did Orange Unified School Officials Improperly Replace Their Superintendent?
• VOC: How Did Fullerton’s Roads Get So Bad?
• OCReg: Disneyland loosens parkhopping restrictions after visitor complaints
• SBSun: A look at secession from California by San Bernardino County and others
• SBSun: Massive business park planned for 700 acres north of San Bernardino airport
• SBSun: At least 2 injured in crash involving San Bernardino city bus
• SBSun: San Bernardino County supervisors select Dawn Rowe as chairperson
• SDUT: San Diego refiles Ash Street, Civic Center Plaza lawsuits against former mayoral adviser Jason Hughes
• SDUT: With focus on veterans, children and seniors, Nora Vargas becomes first Latina to lead board of supervisors
• SDUT: Homes, hotels and more. Del Mar Fairgrounds consultant will consider financial prospects of new development

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