Saturday, December 12, 2020
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*California's Ruling Class*
Dream Homes for State Employees
LAT $: Million-dollar views, cheap rent and allegations of favoritism at California state parks
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*California's Ruling Class*
No Lockdowns for Celebrities
CG: California Businesses Getting Clever After Gov. Newsom’s Latest Ruinous Lockdown Orders
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*California's Ruling Elite*
Fraudsters and Scam Artists
LAT $: Man bought Maserati with jobless money scammed from EDD, authorities say
- AP: Suspect in unemployment benefit fraud had $197K in cash
- SacBee: A whistleblower said high-level prison officials were wasting money. Was the inquiry biased?
- SacBee: Why California says it overpaid some workers’ unemployment aid and wants the money back
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*California's Ruling Class*
Homeless Entitlements
CG: Deja Vu: Another Wealth Tax Bill Introduced in Assembly to Combat Homelessness
- OCReg: Anaheim considers new team to shift 6,000 homeless calls away from police
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All While Foster Kids Suffer
SFC: California sent vulnerable children to out-of-state facilities. Reports of rampant abuse followed -
Business Bailout
FresBee: Fresno businesses seek proof for COVID restrictions. A senator wants $2.6 billion for them
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Progressives Attack DiFi
Dianne Feinstein defends her service, won't say if she will commit to a full six years -
Defiance!
VCStar $: Cronies in Agoura Hills defies outdoor dining ban - CalCoast: Paso Robles council votes to skirt governor’s stay-at-home order
- FresBee: Fresno business racks up $14,000 in COVID fines. Others also hit with controversial citations
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CA Exodus
AP: Oracle says it will move HQ from Silicon Valley to Texas
- SFC: Oracle to move headquarters from California to Austin, in latest loss for Silicon Valley
- CG: Leaving CA: Tech Giant Oracle Leaving California for Texas
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Sailor Missing
AP: Navy searching for sailor possibly overboard off California -
COVID Vaccine
SJMN: COVID vaccine rollout raises data privacy questions in California - AP: California hospitals prepare to get first vaccine doses
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COVID-19 Cases
AP: California virus outbreak linked to illegal basketball event - LAT $: L.A. County at ‘catastrophic’ COVID-19 levels, with 13,815 new cases and more than 500,000 total
- CalM: COVID tests lagging: Slower turnaround times creeping back for Californians
- LAT $: ICU capacity explained: What to know about a key coronavirus metric in California
- SFC: State investigates after virus cases linked to Placer Co. youth league
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Newsom's Staff
AP: California governor taps new senior staff amid tough stretch
- SFC: Newsom bans advisers from lobbying as criticism mounts
- SacBee: Gavin Newsom taps Dee Dee Myers to oversee California’s economic recovery
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Zodiac Cipher
AP: Zodiac cipher solved 51 years after it was sent to newspaper -
Parole Voters
AP: Momentum builds for letting people vote while on parole -
Weinstein Trial
AP: Another delay granted for Harvey Weinstein extradition -
Google Anti-Trust Case
AP: California to join federal antitrust case against Google
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Housing Regulations
VOSD: Encinitas Wants to Exempt Itself From New State Density Law - OCReg: Bubble Watch: Appraisers see overinflated home prices in Southern California
- FH: Housing Laws that Allow the Theft of Community Wealth
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Election 2020
SJMN: California certifies 2020 election results, marked by record turnout - LAT $: More eligible Californians voted in November’s election than any time since 1952
- NR: Is Biden Just Picking His Cabinet Nominees at Random?
- SFC: Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn presidential results, backed by California GOP
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Nunes Infection
FresBee: California Congressman Devin Nunes likely had COVID-19 and didn’t know it
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The Golden Pen
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: California should review school contracting laws -
Steven Greenhut
OCReg: Bipartisan pique threatens to destroy an open internet
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Teri Christoph
OCReg: Pandemic hypocrisy is creating a societal rift this holiday season -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Gavin Newsom owns the failures at state unemployment agency -
Congressman Tom McClintock
CG: The Only Relief from Lockdowns is to End Them -
Kerry Jackson
FH: Assembly Bill 5: California’s ‘Swiss Cheese’ Law
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Stuart Waldman
FH: Looking to 2021 and Our Recovery -
Lake Tahoe
KQED: Is Tahoe 'Closed'? What to Know About Winter Sports Visits in a Stay-at-Home Order - SFC: Tahoe vacation rentals under lockdown: Some hotels offer refunds; Airbnb still open
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento City Unified rejects budget cuts. New school board will inherit financial crisis -
SF Bay Area
SFC: More than 1,000 San Francisco families asked Salvation Army for toys this year. It received 10% of normal donations -
East Bay
SFC: Developers want to build 4,000 homes on a toxic East Bay site
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South Bay
SJMN: Groups renew pressure on San Jose school district to end on-campus police -
Central Valley
CalM: Fresno County tracks COVID-19 outbreaks at workplaces. Why keep it secret? - FresBee: A deadly week for coronavirus in Fresno County. How many lives were lost?
- FresBee: COVID-19 outbreaks at 2 Fresno nursing homes add nearly 300 cases as Valley totals grow
- FresBee: Is Fresno dragging its feet cleaning up toxins from this neighborhood? Residents are angry
- Stanislaus County’s ICUs in critical condition due to COVID. Where will patients go?
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Judge disqualifies SLO County district attorney for political reasons - CalCoast: Coronavirus outbreaks reported at CMC and the SLO County Jail
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Ventura County
VCStar $: 20K vaccine doses could arrive locally by Dec. 31 -
Los Angeles County
AP: LA deputies involved in shooting suspended in unrelated case - Only Half The Households In This LA Congressional District Filled Out Census Forms On Their Own. Who Loses Out?: LAist
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Orange County
AP: Judge orders reduction at Orange County jail due to COVID-19
- LAT $: Orange County healthcare system is ‘in crisis’ as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record
- OCReg: Judge orders OC sheriff to cut jail population in half to combat coronavirus outbreak
- OCReg: Doheny beach concession operator lodges protest to state’s contract award
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County getting 15,600 doses of coronavirus vaccine - PE: FBI reassembles shredded plan for 2015 San Bernardino terrorist shooting
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside County ending restaurant-meal delivery program for seniors - PE: Arraignments in Corona-Norco schools embezzlement case are postponed
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San Diego County
CG: San Diego City Council Elects New President After Contentious, Seven Hour Meeting - SDUT: Three more inmates die in Sheriff’s Department custody
- SDUT: San Diego County posts new COVID-19 case record; ICU staff wearing thin
- SDUT: Column: Was Todd Gloria destined to be San Diego’s mayor?
- SDUT: San Diegans more pessimistic about economic future than other Californians, study says
- VOSD: VOSD Podcast: Jen Campbell Is Council President
- SDUT: SDG&E on the verge of refunding $51.6 million to customers for botched lightbulb program