Saturday, August 21, 2021
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Union Coup
Judge Overturns Election
AP: Judge: California ride-hailing law is unconstitutional
- SDUT: Prop. 22 is ruled unconstitutional, a blow to California gig economy law
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Vax Passport
SJMN: As new San Francisco vaccine passport mandate takes effect, customers scramble
- LAT $: San Francisco moves to suspend employees for not disclosing vaccination status
- SFC: As San Francisco's vaccine mandate takes effect, Breed hints at expansion
- AP: Some California prison workers ordered to get vaccinated
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Kamala to the Rescue!
SFC: VP Harris headed to the Bay Area to campaign for Newsom next week
- CG: Vice President Kamala Harris To Campaign For Gov. Newsom in Bay Area Next Week
- Reason: Some Progressives Are Now Claiming California's Recall Election Is 'Undemocratic'
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Drought Restrictions
SFC: State orders 4,500 cities, farms to stop drawing river water
- SJMN: How San Jose could become the first major California city with water allotments and drought penalties
- SacBee: Thousands of farmers face $10,000-a-day fines if they pull water from California rivers
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The Establishment Comes After Larry!
LAT $: Larry Elder draws fire for N-word comedy clip - AP: Claims against Elder: Will they harm him in Calif. recall?
- CalM: Who is Larry Elder and what would he do as governor?
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Recall Circus
LAT $: Fringe California gubernatorial candidate under fire for helping assailant flee L.A. protest
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Janitor Strike
SacBee: More than 20,000 California janitors vote to authorize strike that could start in September -
SF Corruption
SFC: Former building commissioner, senior inspector are accused of wire fraud -
Do You Feel Safe?
FresBee: Gunshots fired after high school football game in Fresno. 19-year-old struck multiple times
- LADN: LAPD is short about 300 officers but the chief hopes to fill the gap
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High Speed Boondoggle
FresBee: High-speed rail board approves Bakersfield-Palmdale segment. When will it get built? -
COVID Rates
CalM: COVID hospitalizations break records in six California counties -
California Wildfires
LAT $: Caldor fire has small towns under siege, threatening nearly 7,000 structures - AP: More winds threaten to blow California blaze into new fury
- SFC: Caldor Fire forces closure of 40-mile stretch of Highway 50, more communities evacuated
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Homeless Industrial Complex
CG: Sacramento’s Homeless Street Vagrants Live Under Separate Set of Laws
- LAT $: L.A. had a golden opportunity to house homeless people in hotels — but fell short of its goal
- SFC: Homeless man fatally shot in Vallejo
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Under the Dome
CalM: Garment manufacturers worry California bill threatens ‘golden window’ to reshore jobs -
Unemployment Rate
AP: California adding jobs, but unemployment claims remain high -
New Power Plants
CG: California Adding 5 Temporary Natural Gas Power Plants to Help Alleviate Energy Shortage
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The Golden Pen
Steven Greenhut
OCReg: Libertarians always predicted an Afghanistan fiasco
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Power shutoffs shouldn’t be the new normal -
Daniel Tenreiro
NR: Universities Are Complicit in Ballooning Student Debt -
Ann Coulter
Joe vs. The Swamp
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Joe Mathews
OCReg: Modern California should stop operating by outdated rules -
Golden Trash Can: Sacramento Bee
SacBee: GOP candidate Larry Elder must drop out of recall. California doesn’t want a sexist governor -
Supervisor Andrew Do
OCReg: America must embrace, not demonize, Afghan refugees
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento City Council to consider asking residents to reduce water use by 15%, upping fines -
Central Valley
FresBee: More than 2,300 new COVID cases in Fresno this week as delta spreads. Here’s the latest data - Stanislaus State leaders share details on now-virtual start to fall semester
- FresBee: Fresno Councilmember Esmeralda Soria has COVID a second time despite being vaccinated
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Central Coast
CalCoast: San Simeon CSD refuses to identify its general manager -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Ventura County issues mask mandate, cites rising surge - VCStar $: Camarillo raises transit fares for first time in 20 years
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Los Angeles County
LADN: Completion of Long Beach port’s automated terminal hailed as creating a ‘new bar’ for the industry - LAT $: Compton residents call on city councilman accused of election fraud and bribery to resign
- LADN: Inglewood treasurer files $10 million defamation lawsuit against mayor, City Council
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Orange County
OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 820 new cases and seven more deaths, Aug. 20
- LAT $: Orange County sheriff’s deputies apprehend suspect in airport closure, evacuation
- LAT $: Ex-Angels employee charged in Tyler Skaggs’ death supplied other MLB players with drugs, feds say
- VOC: Fullerton to Relocate Popular Dog Park to Brea Dam Park
- OCReg: Local, state officials spotlight Orange County mental health services
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Riverside County
PE: Coronavirus hospitalizations in Riverside County top those seen in summer 2020 surge -
San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego launching Pure Water, largest infrastructure project in city’s history - VOSD: After Long Push for In-Person School, Some Parents Are Getting Cold Feet
- VOSD: Civic Center Plaza Lenders Argue What They Didn’t Know Can’t Hurt Them