Friday, March 4, 2022
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Homeless Response
AP: Newsom proposes mental health courts for homeless people
- SDUT: Newsom proposes creating new court that could mandate mental health treatment
- SFC: Newsom has a bold new mental health plan, inspired by the misery on S.F. streets
- CalM: Newsom unveils ‘completely new strategy’ for California’s mental health crisis
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Mask Wars
AP: Los Angeles County to drop indoor mask order Friday
- SFC: What will it take for S.F. public schools to drop the mask mandate? Officials won’t say
- FresBee: Anti-mask protesters film students at this Fresno school. ‘It’s concerning,’ police say
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Pro-Criminal Agenda
VOSD: Morning Report: Felony Murder Case To Test Criminal Justice Reform
- OCReg: OC judge withdraws her offer to felon accused of assaulting cop after police, prosecutors protest
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Prison Abuses
AP: ‘Abhorrent’: Prison boss vexes DOJ with alleged intimidation -
Crime Watch
AP: 3 killed in California police shootings; officer stabbed
- SFC: Two adults injured in shooting in S.F.’s Fillmore District
- OCReg: Countering the deadly scourge of fentanyl in Orange County
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Victimhood Fraud
AP: Prosecutors: Woman faked kidnapping, defrauded California -
UC Berkeley Enrollment Cut
CalM: UC Berkeley enrollment capped, forcing campus to decline by 3,000 students after state Supreme Court decision -
Tesla Union Vote
CG: Tesla CEO Elon Musk Invites UAW to Hold Union Vote at Fremont Plant Following State of Union Address -
L.A.'s Squad
LAT $: Guerrero: Will L.A. City Council get its own ‘Squad’? This young Latina candidate hopes so -
Under the Dome
SFC: State senator grills California officials over bottle deposit program
- CalM: California legislators propose new slate of COVID-19 vaccine laws
- CG: Bill To Increase Number of Nurse Practitioners Performing Abortions Introduced in Senate
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Housing Rules
SFC: Court: Minority residents can’t use gentrification fears to block housing -
Election 2022
LAT $: Latino evangelicals used to shun politics. Now their right-wing ideas could help sway U.S. elections -
Worker Rights
OCReg: Terranea Resort to pay $3.3 million for failing to rehire laid-off workers -
Police Oversight
LAT $: Second LAPD officer alleges commander obstructed investigation into gun store thefts
- CalM: California Highway Patrol lags local police, other states in officer body cams
- SDUT: San Diego County law enforcement watchdog could use more money, more teeth, expert says
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Capitol Riot
LADN: Anti-vaccine doctor from Beverly Hills pleads guilty to joining Capitol riot -
Russian Cargo
OCReg: 20,000 West Coast port workers refuse to handle Russian cargo -
Meaningless Displays
OCReg: Local landmarks bathed in Ukrainian colors in show of support
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The Golden Pen
Veronique de Rugy
OCReg: To prepare for emergencies, keep fiscal order
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Ben Mathis-Lilley
Russia 'Experts' Cheerlead Their Way To Nuclear War -
John Baackes
CalM: Kaiser’s secret deal with the state exposes two problems -
Issues & Insights
It's Time to Kill This Big Fat Biden Lie Once and for All -
Sacramento Valley
CG: Sacramento Claims There Won’t be Money to Continue Funding Existing Homeless Shelters -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Chesa Boudin’s office just released new data on charging rates and case outcomes
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South Bay
SJMN: Santa Clara Valley Water District chairman to step down for 60 days following controversy over semi-nude photos - SJMN: Does VTA have tunnel vision on its BART extension? Inside the San Jose subway debate
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Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno County DA plays politics on Brown Act, Granite Park. It’s an election year - Amazon partners with Modesto JC, Stanislaus State to pay tuition for Valley employees
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Ventura County
VCStar $: County shortens Sespe oil drilling permit - VCStar $: Are cannabis dispensaries coming to Simi Valley?
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Los Angeles County
LADN: CDC shifts LA County’s COVID-19 transmission to ‘low,’ triggering major move away from masking - LAT $: LA city, county roll out pilot program that sends mental health workers to 911 calls
- LADN: LAX completes structure for 4th pedestrian bridge to connect terminals, People Mover
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Orange County
OCReg: OC’s new public cemetery may set aside space for first responders
- OCReg: Tom Yuen, longtime Orange County tech mogul and philanthropist, dies at 70
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Inland Empire
PE: Coronavirus hospitalizations in Riverside, San Bernardino counties are lowest since July - SBSun: San Bernardino will revisit options for heap of broken concrete at Oxbow site
- PE: Rialto Unified administrators threatened to expel student who reported sexual abuse, claim alleges
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San Diego County
SDUT: Vacant Mission Valley site chosen for Pure Water phase two purification plant - SDUT: Padres development team offers $35M for Tailgate Park, plans $1.5B residential project
- SDUT: San Diego paying out $2.3M total to settle excessive force, pothole, crosswalk lawsuits