Thursday, August 12, 2021
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Court Backs Newsom
AP: California justices won’t limit governor’s emergency powers
- LAT $: California’s top court lets stand ruling that upheld Gov. Newsom’s emergency powers
- FresBee: California Supreme Court won’t hear Republican case on Newsom’s emergency COVID-19 powers
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Vax Mandate for Teachers
AP: California requires vaccines, tests for teachers and staff
- CalM: Newsom makes California the first state to require teacher vaccines or COVID tests
- SDUT: All public and private school staff must now get vaccinated or test weekly for COVID-19
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L.A. Vax Mandate for Indoors
BreitbartCA: L.A. City Council Unanimously Votes Vaccination Requirement for Indoor Public Spaces
- LAT $: L.A. moves toward vaccine requirement for indoor sites
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Democrat Insurance Corruption
SDUT: After donation scandal, insurance commissioner resumes campaign, raises $300K
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Prisoner Early Release
SacBee: Sacramento DA decries “egregious” examples of inmate early releases -
Print-Your-Own Ballot
CG: SOS Issues Guidance to Counties on ‘Print-Your-Own Ballot From Home’ Program
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Newsom Recall
NR: Pelosi: Newsom Recall Is ‘Not Good for Children and Other Living Things’ - BreitbartCA: Newsom Meltdown: Everybody ’B*tching’ About California
- CalM: Could Latino voters make the difference in whether Newsom survives California’s recall election?
- Reason: Gavin Newsom Takes Aim at Larry Elder as California Recall Builds Up Steam
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Terror Plot
LAT $: Veteran convicted in thwarted Long Beach terror plot to use nail bomb - AP: Army veteran convicted of plotting to bomb California rally
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Amazon Takeover
SacBee: Amazon more than doubles its presence at Metro Air Park with new fulfillment center
- LADN: Amazon leases large delivery station in Moorpark, as part of ongoing Southern California expansion
- It’s official: Turlock Amazon fulfillment center to open in 2022, company announces
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Vax AND Test!
SFC: Stanford will require weekly COVID testing even for vaccinated students -
Reduced Work Week
OCReg: Southern California congressman proposes 32-hour work week -
Worker Benefits
CalM: Yoga classes, therapy and 401(k)s: California businesses beefing up benefits to attract workers -
Dixie Fire
Dixie Fire in California Burns 1,000 Buildings, Turning Up Heat on PG&E
- LAT $: More than 550 homes destroyed by Dixie fire, as it surges past half a million acres
- AP: College professor charged with setting California fire
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COVID Stats
FresBee: Fresno, Valley lag behind California’s COVID vaccine rate. Who’s not getting the shots? - LADN: 28 coronavirus deaths is LA County’s highest daily toll since May 1
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COVID-19 Tests
SFC: Is it hard to find a COVID-19 test right now in S.F.? We tried — here’s what happened -
Tech Censorship
YouTube censors Rand Paul, senator accuses tech giant of becoming 'arm of the government
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Not So Woke NBA
BreitbartCA: LAPD Union Demands NBA Punish Player for Alleged Assault on Cops, Using N-Word -
College GOP Post
FresBee: Fresno State College GOP makes fun of military vet over mask video. University responds
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The Golden Pen
Veronique de Rugy
Reason: State Governments Didn't Need Coronavirus Bailouts. They Got Billions of Dollars Anyway.
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Thomas Buckley
CG: How the Democrats May Have Out-Thunk Themselves on the Newsom Recall -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: No, the recall isn’t ‘undemocratic’ -
David Harsanyi
NR: Biden Admits the Green New Deal Would Devastate the Economy -
Michael Barone
California Liberals Flunking First Duty of Government -
Susan Shelley
OCReg: California can’t continue to sweep mental health under the rug
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn says he’s retiring after four turbulent years - SacBee: Sacramento supervisor casts doubt on COVID vaccine at demonstration near Kaiser hospital
- SacBee: Sacramento City Council approves homeless shelters, tiny homes, camps at these 20 sites
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East Bay
SFC: CHP will help Oakland enforce traffic laws on city streets -
SF Bay Area
SFC: First effort to recall Boudin fails to collect enough signatures
- SFC: S.F. housing project using state laws to circumvent neighborhood protest
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South Bay
SJMN: Google employees who work from home could see pay cut -
Central Valley
FresBee: Interior of Fresno’s oldest theater was gutted under the very noses of city staff - FresBee: Joe Biden says he had ‘Fresno in mind’ for infrastructure bill in meeting with Mayor Dyer
- FresBee: Fresno Unified board reverses decision, will hold election to fill Carol Mills’ seat
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Central Coast
LAT $: Santa Barbara surfer dad ‘enlightened by QAnon’ to kill his kids, feds say - CalCoast: Who ignored SLO County corruption?
- CalCoast: SLO County votes to divorce waste management agency
- CG: Paso Robles School Board Votes To Ban Critical Race Theory From Classrooms 4-3
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Ventura County
VCStar $: County community colleges to implement vaccine mandate -
Los Angeles County
SBSun: LA County deputy hospitalized after being exposed to unknown liquid substance in Chino Hills -
Orange County
OCReg: Coronavirus: Vaccination and test positivity rates by ZIP code in Orange County as of Aug. 11
- VOC: Laguna Beach City Council Censures Another Colleague
- VOC: Santana: Should OC Homeowners’ Park Taxes Fund Free Police Patrols For Newport Bay?
- VOC: OC Supervisors Bury Public COVID Updates, Shut Down Effort to Have Experts Answer Questions
- OCReg: In Orange County, reactions run the gamut to new vaccine mandate for teachers
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Inland Empire
PE: Inland Empire educators react to state’s new vaccine-or-test mandate for school employees - PE: Temecula won’t change name of its race and diversity commission
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San Diego County
Caught on Tape: SANDAG Admits to Playing Games With Your Tax Dollars - SDUT: Broker accused in San Diego city lawsuit over pricey hotel purchases defends his actions
- VOSD: Broker Says Housing Commission Staff OK’d Investment That Launched Probe
- SDUT: San Diego prices have increased 6% in a year, says new inflation data