Tuesday, February 14, 2017
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*FR Senior Correspondent*
Katy Grimes
FRBlog: CA Dams Crumble While Politicians Fiddle in Nonsense -
Oroville Dam Failure
SacBee: Feds order independent review of Oroville Dam spillway problems - SBSun: 4 questions about damaged Oroville Dam
- SacBee: Engineers have known for decades that Oroville’s backup spillway was unreliable
- SacBee: Oroville update: Evacuation order remains as officials want ‘100 percent’ safety assurance
- LAT $: Lake Oroville: $100 million in damage, more than 100,000 ordered to evacuate and more rain on the way
- SFC: No easy solution for Lake Oroville’s spillway problem
- SacBee: Oroville Dam evacuation underscores challenge of moving masses
- SJMN: Oroville Dam: State said emergency spillway was ‘safe and stable’
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Crumbling Infrastructure
SBSun: Is there an Oroville-style threat looming in Southern California? Experts say no - BreitbartCA: DONNELLEY: Jerry Brown’s California Legacy is a Dam Failure
- LAT $: Gov. Jerry Brown says he's not worried that Trump's criticism of California will stifle help on Oroville's dam emergency - LA Times
- SFC: As California waits on Trump, FEMA gets going around Oroville Dam
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Gun Control
BreitbartCA: San Francisco City Attorney Sues Five Companies Over ‘High Capacity’ Magazines -
CA Rejects Trump
LAT $: California Assembly rejects Trump's executive order on refugees and immigrants -
Baca Retrial
LAT $: A final round of legal sparring as Baca's retrial nears -
Congress: Townhalls
VCStar $: Despite protests, Knight plans town hall -
Marijuana Regulations
SacBee: Colorado governor offers advice to California on taxing legal marijuana -
CA Governor 2018
OCReg: How California could get a Republican governor -
CA Investment Mistakes
SacBee: Investment shift costs CalPERS $900 million in potential gains - SJMN: Will Congress block California’s retirement savings program?
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Congress at Work
SBSun: Could Congress bring back kicks to Route 66? These SoCal boosters hope so - LAT $: With Trump in the limelight, Congress has been quietly working to undo Obama-era regulations
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Flynn Resigns
SDUT: Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn resigns over contacts with Russia -
Google Self-Driving Car
SJMN: Google self-driving car staff took ‘F-you’ money and ran: report
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The Golden Pen
SDUT Editorial
SDUT: Oroville dam evacuations: Check all state reservoirs now -
Dan Walters
SacBee: Oroville Dam crisis underscores need to maintain infrastructure -
Victor Davis Hanson
NR: The Uses of Populism -
Joel Fox
FH: Mayors Don’t See Eye to Eye on Infrastructure Fixes -
David French
NR: An Open Letter to the Mainstream Media’s Anonymous Sources -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Highway 50 is riddled with mudslides and will be ‘closed indefinitely’ -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Sheriff takes the heat as SF loses its black history - SFC: SF educators still waiting for promised teacher housing
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South Bay
SJMN: Alternate to Highway 17 shut down as crews continue work clearing slide -
Central Coast
CalCoast: Complaints lodged over sexist SLO Chamber video - SJMN: Homeland Security raids arrest MS-13 gang members across Santa Cruz County
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: County voters to decide on quarter-cent sales tax for homelessness programs - LAT $: Compton Community College regains local control after years of oversight
- LADN: LA City Council motion would try to keep Westwood seniors in their retirement home
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Orange County
OCReg: County asks court to delay ruling on ACLU request for Santa Ana River homeless camp - VOC: No Longer ‘Garbage Grove,’ City Appears on the Verge of Hotel Building Boom
- LAT $: Fire in Disneyland parking structure burns 8 cars, injures 7 people and prompts evacuations
- OCReg: Ortega Highway will reopen this week after 3 weeks of storm-related repairs
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: Lawsuits challenge San Bernardino marijuana law -
San Diego County
SDUT: Pacific Beach homeless man wins harassment settlement from police - SDUT: Map shows 12,094 potholes in San Diego and how long it took to fill them