Thursday, May 2, 2019
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*FR Exclusive*
Edward Ring
FRBlog: City of Oxnard Pension Contributions Set to Double by 2024
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High Speed Boondoggle
AP: New California rail plan pegs Central Valley line at $18.3B
- LAT $: On California high-speed rail project, Newsom to scale back consultants but push ahead
- SFC: California’s high-speed rail might start with old-school diesel trains
- FresBee: High-speed rail now has a scaled-down vision for operations in the San Joaquin Valley
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No Cars Allowed
OCReg: New roads throughout Southern California are not for cars but come at the cost of traffic lanes
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Slow Growth California
AP: California growth rate slows as 2020 census looms
- SDUT: California’s population growth is the slowest in recorded history
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Money in Politics
SacBee: Chevron, PG&E and the ACLU are spending big to influence California politicians. Here’s why -
Utility Costs
SDUT: SDG&E takes its long-running dispute over wildfire costs to U.S. Supreme Court
- AP: California utility offers $105M ‘wildfire assistance’ plan
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Poway Attack
SDUT: SDSU vigil remembers Poway victim, marks Holocaust Remembrance Day -
The Babysitters Club
CG: Should Campaign Funds Be Used for Babysitting Costs? -
Future of Work
AP: California governor creates panel to study future of work -
Election Integrity
CG: A Fix for California’s Election Integrity Issues or Something Else Entirely?
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Homeless Crisis
SJMN: Homeless housing proposal at old supermarket site sparks concern -
Police Oversight
SFC: Ex-cop: I was ‘fighting for my life’ before shooting. Report says that was a lie -
Buying an Education
LAT $: Family in China paid $6.5 million to college admissions fixer for a spot at Stanford, sources say
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Campaign 2020
SacBee: Kamala Harris just got a campaign assist from Donald Trump’s attorney general -
Housing Crisis
CalM: Amid the housing NIMBYs and YIMBYs, meet PIMBYs—“Parents in my Backyard" -
Unsafe Water
SacBee: Cancer water? Unsafe drinking water puts 15,000 Californians at risk, study says -
Santa Anita Safety
LAT $: Santa Anita is buying a machine that can detect horse injuries earlier
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Ramadan 2019
LADN: As Ramadan approaches, Southern California Muslim communities take extra security precautions following string of attacks -
Child Abuse Reporting
VOSD: What Happens When Educators Fail to Report Child Abuse (Hint: Not Much) -
LB Terror Plot
LADN: Long Beach terror plot case highlights new challenges for investigators as online recruiting grows
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The Golden Pen
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: With a growing 100k pension club, California’s pension problem only gets worse
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Joel Fox
FH: Island California -
SDUT Editorial
SDUT: Editorial: Is Democrats’ overreach the only hope for reviving California Republican Party? -
John Phillips
OCReg: California has gone from ‘three strikes and you’re out’ to issuing intentional walks
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Ronald Stein
FH: California’s Legislature continues to dance around the Transparency pricing at the pump issue -
George Skelton
LAT $: Newsom says he has a fresh approach to California’s longtime water woes -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Could all Measure U funds go to pensions? ‘That’s just not accurate,’ city manager says -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Cleaning up SF’s Tenderloin costs a lot of money — soon it might cost even more
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East Bay
SFC: Ghost Ship trial: Defense attorney blames arsonists for deadly warehouse fire -
South Bay
SJMN: Former Santa Clara councilman Dominic Caserta sues school district over ‘devastating’ emails -
Central Valley
FresBee: Clovis housing boom – and more prison inmates – drove Fresno County growth, study says
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Central Coast
CalCoast: SLO City Council approves management raises -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Santa Paula to keep exploring City Hall options -
Los Angeles County
LADN: L.A. County approves Tejon Ranch project, despite critics’ concern over the environment - LAT $: Michelle Obama, celebrities in tow, brings words of inspiration to students at UCLA
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Orange County
VOC: Fullerton Moves Ahead With Paid Downtown Parking Using License Plate Readers
- Bring Me the Head of Dan Bane: How a Weekly Reporter Got Played in the Heat of the 2018 Elections
- OCReg: Freight containers to be re-purposed for homeless shelter in Buena Park, part of new construction trend
- OCReg: At-risk youth hear from law enforcement and Angels players, coaches on how to succeed in life and avoid gangs
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Inland Empire
PE: Graduate of Corona women’s prison jobs program returns to encourage inmates - PE: Calimesa Councilman Jim Hyatt, who helped the city incorporate, dies at 75
- PE: Alvord Unified cuts 66 employees so it can pay next year’s bills
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San Diego County
VOSD: County Supervisors Reject SANDAG’s Big Move - SDUT: County supervisors oppose police use of force bill during emotional meeting