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• AP: California could face floods, blizzards from huge US storm
• SJMN: ‘Rock bottom temperatures’ chill Bay Area, with more snow, rain to come
• FoxLA: Southern California gets hit with powerful storm bringing rain, mountain snow, gusty winds
• OCReg: Lawsuit targets new law forcing elected officials to recuse on matters involving campaign donors
• AP: California bill would eventually ban all tobacco sales
• SFC: Is California’s overdose epidemic slowing down? Experts remain skeptical
• FoxLA: New street drug laced with Fentanyl rots skin, turns humans into zombies
• FresBee: Bill to expand coverage to migrants may test Newsom’s pledge on universal health care
• LADN: Addressing homeless crisis, LA Metro will offer its surplus land for housing
• LADN: Woman shot by LAPD officers near Silver Lake homeless camp dies at hospital
• LAT $: Southern California races to shelter homeless people as frigid storm bears down
• CalM: Gavin Newsom moved to close 4 California prisons. How many more can he shut?
• CalM: Do California’s energy policies conflict?
• EdS: California sinks millions into teacher residency programs, but many can't afford to enroll
• SFC: S.F. man arrested after convenience store robberies, police say
• SJMN: ‘This is an ongoing attack’: San Jose leadership speaks out against food vendor assaults
• CalM: Water board waives Delta rules that protect salmon
• AP: Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations
• VOSD: UC Student Workers Got a New Contract — But with a Big Sticking Point
• CG: The 2024 California U.S. Senate Race: Where It Currently Stands Post-Feinstein
• LAT $: Schiff, Porter in tight race to replace Sen. Feinstein, poll shows; others trail far behind
• CalM: California Community Colleges board selects new chancellor
• SFC: Conservative group sues Kaiser Permanente over transgender care
• Transgender disc golf athlete sues after being told she cannot compete in California event
• SDUT: State says Chula Vista must offer land set aside for universities to housing developers
• SFC: Only-in-S.F. tactic to kill or slow housing might be on the chopping block
• LAT $: DeSantis leads Trump by wide margin in California as primary race starts, poll finds
• FoxLA: Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years for LA rape conviction
• OCReg: Sen. Bernie Sanders coming to Glendale’s Alex Theatre for his new book
• NR: Social-Justice Curricula Having Measurable Impact on Students, Study Finds
• CG: Green Prisons and Anti-Racist Roads: Your State Government at Work
• OCReg: Spendthrift Anaheim City Council suddenly stingy when it comes to corruption probe
• Biden Nationalizes the DEI Bureaucracy
• SFC: San Francisco’s downtown office vacancy rate hits 27% — but a rebound might be ahead
• SJMN: San Jose firefighter spent years in Marines, but sexual abuse, racism, swastikas in city’s fire department drove her out: lawsuit
• SJMN: Los Gatos’ projected annual budget deficit grows by $1 million
• FresBee: After months of busing struggles, Fresno Unified spends $1.2 million on new school buses
• FresBee: Did a Fresno Unified employee order staff not to speak Spanish? An investigation is under way
• For flood victims in Stanislaus, other counties, it’s a long wait for FEMA assistance
• FresBee: ICE says it takes misconduct allegations seriously. Central Valley hunger strikes continue
• VCStar $: Fairgrounds stadium pitch brings hoots, hollers
• LADN: LA County supervisors consider ending COVID emergency declarations
• LAT $: In grisly case that D.A. Gascón said he ‘lost sleep’ over, teen suspect won’t be tried as adult
• LADN: With a ‘broken heart,’ area Catholics look ahead to funeral services for Bishop David O’Connell
• VOC: OC Board of Education’s Mari Barke Faces Financial Disclosure Probe
• OCReg: As Huntington Beach restricts pride flag, health foundation pulls event from city
• VOC: After Santa Ana, Rent Control Murmurs Get Louder in One Coastal Orange County City
• OCReg: Westminster’s annual Tet parade is now an official city event
• VOC: Meet the Investigators Trying to Shine a Light on Corruption at Anaheim City Hall
• SBSun: Grand Terrace contracts with San Bernardino for animal sheltering services
• SBSun: Rialto school officials accused of not reporting sexual assault avoid trial, accept diversion
• State launches investigation into death rate in Riverside County jails
• Ted Hoffman, Norco city councilmember, dies at 70
• $850,000 grant raises profile of Riverside’s pioneering Koreatown
• VOSD: County: City Needs More Restrooms, Handwashing Stations to Combat Hep A
• SDUT: State Supreme Court deals another defeat to San Diego Unified’s student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
• SDUT: In major setback, proposed San Diego parcel tax for libraries, parks falls short of signatures for 2024 ballot
• SDUT: Search warrants linked to rape allegation involving former SDSU football players unsealed

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