Friday, August 17, 2018
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Senior Correspondent Katy Grimes
FRBlog: Incompetent CA DMV Had 13 Years To Implement Real ID Program
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Katy Grimes on Water Wars
McClintock vs. Marcus
FRBlog: Rep. McClintock Letter Gives Stern Warning to Felicia Marcus of CA Water Control Board
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Victor Davis Hanson
NR: The Double Standards of Postmodern Justice
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Competing for California’s biggest pension-spiking scam
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Tech Overlords: You Shall Comply!
SJMN: Google confession: Yes, we track your location, even when you turn off Location History - SFC: Twitter bans GOP candidate’s ad for ‘inappropriate content,’ then relents
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Under the Dome
VCStar $: California Senate bill deems conversion therapy fraudulent
- LAT $: Legislation that would make it easier to prosecute police officers who kill civilians is put on hold
- California Lawmakers Consider Proposal to Eliminate Bail
- SacBee: Kids’ meals would have to be marketed with water or milk under California bill
- LAT $: Proposal to radically overhaul California's bail system advances in Legislature
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Computer Program Costs
SacBee: California’s $918 million computer program has hidden costs, auditor says -
Delta Tunnels
SacBee: Delta tunnels cost soars to nearly $20 billion when accounting for inflation -
Whether You Like Him or Not!
LAT $: Gavin Newsom defends gas tax and high-speed rail, accuses Trump of bankrupting the nation -
Drinking Water Tax
SacBee: Tax on California water revived to clean up drinking water – but it’s voluntary -
Marijuana Legalization
FH: SB 311 Shows What’s Wrong With Transition to Marijuana Legalization
- LAT $: California lawmakers reject marijuana banking plan and panic buttons for hotel workers in a frenzy of Sacramento action
- SFC: Cannabis tax revenue in California falls short of projections — again
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Always Blame Trump!
PE: In attempt to save starving orca population, advocacy group sues Trump administration -
Did Animal Rights Group Lie?
OCReg: LAPD says it’s not clear sexual abuse of pit bull actually happened -
MSM Bias: Why Doesn't the Headline Identify Bad Boy as Democrat?
SDUT: Criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike, El Cajon councilman tries to join largely defunct Federalist Party -
California Wildfires
LAT $: Rare 'fire tornado' killed firefighter as he raced toward burning Redding neighborhood during blaze
- SacBee: Melted car batteries and twisted metal: How California cleans up after a ‘firenado’
- SacBee: Scientists have a forecast for the rest of California’s fire season. It isn’t pretty.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
SDUT: Aretha Franklin, dead at 76, made history at her final San Diego show (and it all started with an interview) -
Visa Discrimination
SJMN: H-1B: Indian outsourcing firm discriminates against non-Indian workers, games U.S. visa system: lawsuit -
Trump's Military Parade
Reason: Trump's Ridiculous Military Parade Is Already Three Times Over Budget
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The Golden Pen
Steven Greenhut
AmerSpec: Money for Nothing and the Rent’s for Free
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Ronald Stein
FH: The Time for CALTRANS to Restructure Passed Decades Ago! -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Watching California’s political-finance watchdogs -
Loren Kaye
FH: High Court Ruling Raises Questions on Passage of Local Special Taxes -
Ben Boychuk
SacBee: This is why all Americans should support President Trump on immigration
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William F. Shughart II & Josh T. Smith
OCReg: The moratorium on soda taxes puts California on the right track -
George Will
NR: The Scourge of Domestic Protectionism -
SF Bay Area
SJMN: New phone theft wave aboard BART trains
- SFC: Muni officials to step up background checks on contractors
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Central Valley
Gary Condit started political career on Ceres council. Grandson soon will follow - FresBee: ‘Courts should be sensitive locations.’ ICE agents at Tulare courthouse stirs concerns
- FresBee: A company dropped off electric scooters in Fresno. City pondering license and next step
- Modesto city council members criticize citizens oversight group on Measure L projects
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Five Cities Fire Authority chief accused of retaliation and labor violations -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Doubt lingers over Oxnard landscape districts - VCStar $: Medi-Cal plan faces audit in pharmacy controversy
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: L.A. officials moved to ban rental scooters in March. So why are they everywhere? - LADN: LA mayor turns down $425K in federal funding to counter violent extremism after opposition from civil rights groups stalls process
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Orange County
OCReg: Anaheim officials to Disney: Let’s talk about hotel subsidy -
LAT $: Disney promised a luxury hotel and Anaheim offered $267 million in tax breaks — but a growing feud has plans on hold
- VOC: Newport Beach City Council Names New City Manager
- OCReg: Outrage erupts over Orange County sheriff recording attorney-client phone calls from jail
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Inland Empire
SBSun: This Inland Empire charter school is teaching students to be the boss - SBSun: Fontana bans smoking in city parks
- PE: Evacuations lifted in San Jacinto Mountains; flooding seen in San Bernardino County
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San Diego County
SDUT: Is Walmart's tech investment in San Diego a sign of bigger things to come? - SDUT: Imperial Beach man keeps letting friends sleep in dangerous backyard, city claims