Friday, May 1, 2020
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Zero Bail
LAT $: Arrested 4 times in 3 weeks: L.A. police blame zero bail for rise in repeat offenders
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Newsom Punishes Orange County
AP: Orange County beaches closed by California’s governor
- CalM: Line in the sand: Newsom closes all beaches in the OC but not elsewhere — sparking legal fight
- OCReg: Gov. Newsom orders hard close of beaches in Orange County
- AP: California governor’s beach closure order sparks anger
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Huntington Beach Sues
OCReg: Huntington Beach officials planning legal challenge to Gov. Newsom’s OC beaches closure
- ‘Expect MASSIVE protests’? Gavin Newsom catches heat ahead of expected beach closures in California
- LAT $: Huntington Beach mounts legal fight against Newsom closure of O.C. beaches
- OCReg: Orange County beach closure order draws wave of response
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Was It Petty Payback?
Orange County Supervisor Makes Surprise Appearance During Gov. Newsom Phone Q&A
- SDUT: San Diego beaches to remain open as Newsom clamps down on Orange County
- FresBee: SLO County beaches are staying open; governor announces closures in Southern California
- VCStar $: Governor spares Ventura County beaches from closure
- SFC: SF’s five public golf courses get the OK to re-open next week
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State Budget Crisis
Travel limits, end to vacation buy-back directed for state agencies as California’s recession hits -
County to Re-Open
AP: Northern California county is 1st to ease stay-home orders
- SFC: 1st in California, Modoc County to drop shelter-in-place orders on Friday
- LAT $: This California county might defy the state and lift stay-at-home order
- SJMN: Coronavirus Bay Area stay-at-home FAQ: What am I allowed to do on May 4 that I wasn’t previously?
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Gov't Bailouts for Elite Prep Schools
LAT $: Elite private schools taking coronavirus PPP loans -
The Resistance
SacBee: El Dorado restaurant to open dine-in service, won’t practice social distancing, owner says - SacBee: Sacramento gym owner relents, won’t open doors during shutdown. ‘Sad day for freedom,’ he says
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Green New Deal
California's Green New Deal Likely To Be Sidelined By COVID-19; Lawmakers Hope To Salvage Its Goals -
Creepy Joe's Sexual Assault
LAT $: Biden to respond to sexual assault allegation from former aide
- SacBee: The hypocrisy dividing line: How accusations against Biden reveal what we really care about
- Why Won’t TV News Book Tara Reade? – DNyuz
- NR: Biden’s Disgraceful Hypocrisy on Sexual Misconduct
- Reason: Justin Amash: If Biden Assaulted Tara Reade, He Is Disqualifed From Being President
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May Day Communism Rallies
LAT $: Strikes by essential workers, anti-lockdown protests set for May Day -
Homeless Crisis
CalM: “Someone will contract the virus here:” Meet homeless Californians trying to survive a pandemic -
ACLU Agenda
OCReg: ACLU pushes OC Sheriff Don Barnes to release 500 medically vulnerable jail inmates -
COVID-19 Testing
LAT $: Every California resident with coronavirus symptoms should be tested, state officials say
- SDUT: Coronavirus death toll higher in California than previously known, new data suggest
- SFC: Bay Area company receives FDA nod for coronavirus antibody test
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CA Health Corps Debacle
AP: Most California Health Corps volunteers not eligible to join -
Remote Marriage
SJMN: Coronavirus: New order allows Californians to obtain marriage licenses via videoconference -
Food Supply & Demand
CalM: Farmers: demand -50%. Food banks: +73% -
Pension Reform Case
SacBee: Will pensions be ‘on the chopping block’ in recession? California Supreme Court to hear case
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20% Unemployment
CG: California Unemployment Rate Almost 20% -
Under the Dome
Assembly leaders fear remote voting could lead to laws being overturned - SacBee: Does California law allow lawmakers to vote from home? Top Democrats are divided
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Low Snowpack
AP: Latest survey of California snow pack measures below normal -
Del Mar Gun Shows
SDUT: Judge approves settlement reached by Del Mar fairgrounds and gun show operator
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2022 Ballot
AP: California battle on malpractice caps delayed to 2022 ballot -
Medical Ethics Rules
SFC: California to re-work ethics guidelines deemed ‘terrifying’ by seniors -
San Onofre Clean Up
OCReg: After decades, the heart of a nuclear reactor will finally leave San Onofre -
Public Health Confusion
VOSD: Confusion and Contradictions Swirl Over Public Health Directives
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The Golden Pen
John Phillips
OCReg: Carolyn Goodman a stronger leader than Eric Garcetti
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Edward Ring and Soledad Ursua
CG: The Regulatory Taking of Venice Beach -
Jeff Montejano & Tracy Hernandez
OCReg: New transportation and housing plan needs more public review -
Joel Fox
FH: Density Debate is Shifting Ground Because of the Pandemic
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Joe Mathews
FH: It’s Time for Home Repair -
Eric Eisenhammer
CG: Repeal AB 5: Innovation is Key to Recovery -
Edward Ring
FH: AB 828 is an Attack on Property Rights -
*Ray Haynes*
FRBlog: Politics, Not Science, Drive the Decisions of California’s Arrogant Lazy Authoritarian In Chief
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: How Sacramento City Hall plans to fill a $92 million budget hit caused by coronavirus - SacBee: Sacramento State receives $17.8 million in federal coronavirus grants to give to students
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SF Bay Area
SFC: San Francisco supervisors to vote on shutting Hall of Justice jail by fall - SFC: Mayor Breed’s message to out-of-town homeless people during coronavirus: Stay away
- SFC: Protesters hold ‘die-in’ outside Mayor Breed’s home
- SFC: Antioch official in hot water over Facebook post on coronavirus deaths
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South Bay
SJMN: COVID-19: South Bay cities ask county for ‘accelerated action’ on testing -
Central Valley
Calls to reopen Stanislaus County muffled by Turlock nursing home coronavirus calamity - FresBee: Reopen Fresno before coronavirus gets contained? The consumer will decide that fate
- Stanislaus will use federal money to help 300-plus businesses survive the pandemic
- Coronavirus order means looting charges for teens arrested in Oakdale school theft
- Stanislaus County records biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases. Two more have died
- FresBee: Fresno State students will get coronavirus relief money next week. Here’s how it works
- FresBee: Councilmen’s advice risks coronavirus resurgence. Wiser course is to stay sheltered
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Most SLO businesses financially impacted by shelter orders -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Coronavirus update: 18 new cases, 1 new death -
Los Angeles County
LADN: $5 million donation to help fund another 20,000 Angeleno Cards, Garcetti says
- LADN: LA County deaths from coronavirus at 1,111 as officials expand testing criteria
- LADN: L.A. County officials plead for street vendors to shut down during coronavirus crisis
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Orange County
OCReg: Irvine voters will see veterans cemetery issue on ballot again - OCReg: Hate rising? In age of coronavirus, Asian Americans in Orange County are targets
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino leader calls for resignation of public safety appointee over ‘unpermitted’ caravan - SBSun: New fines start at $1,000 in San Bernardino for illegal use or sale of fireworks
- SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 4 more coronavirus deaths, 130 new cases
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside County crosses 4,000 coronavirus cases; deaths now at 149 - PE: Riverside County complains to state about nursing home where 80-plus were evacuated
- PE: What will Inland Empire’s 2020-21 public school year look like?
- SBSun: Riverside County coronavirus health orders likely to be lifted
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San Diego County
SDUT: The collapse of small business: How the shutdown could change the face of San Diego’s neighborhoods - SDUT: Cruises have stopped, but ships with thousands of crew members still in San Diego waiting to return home
- SDUT: Live updates: County officials lift some restrictions on boating, parks and golf courses