Tuesday, January 7, 2025
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State Budget
AP: After 2 years of shortfalls, California governor proposes $322B budget with no deficit - Trump, taxes, Prop 36 and other takeaways from Gov. Newsom's budget preview
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Fire Threats
AP: Strongest winds in over a decade could increase fire risk to dry Southern California - OCReg: ‘Particularly dangerous situation’ red flag warnings issued for Santa Ana windstorm in Southern California
- OCReg: Cal Fire moves resources to Southern California as agencies brace for extreme winds
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High Speed Boondoggle
OCReg: Legislators ask Biden and Senate for rail project funds before Trump assumes White House - FresBee: California high-speed rail project: Here’s where Central Valley construction stands
- SFC: California’s new plan for its long-delayed high speed rail system: Connect it to Las Vegas
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Ballot Integrity
CG: Why Incumbent Congressional Representatives Michelle Steel and John Duarte Should Have Won
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Cost of Living
SJMN: ‘We get it’: Democrats aim to cut California’s cost of living in 2025 - CalM: Californians: Here’s why your housing costs are so
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Rob Bonta's Spotlight
CG: ExxonMobil Sues AG Rob Bonta, Environmental Groups Over Defamation - SacBee: California’s AG could receive $25 million to fight Trump. Attorney union has concerns
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Under the Dome
CalM: Five things to watch as California’s Legislature returns to the Capitol in 2025 -
New National Monuments
AP: Biden will announce the creation of two new national monuments to protect tribal lands in California -
Power Grid
SDUT: Will California’s power grid keep running smoothly? -
Lottery Winner
SFC: Holder of $1.27 billion lottery ticket, sold in Shasta County, still a secret -
Offshore Oil Drilling
OCReg: Local environmentalists applaud Biden’s offshore oil drilling restrictions -
Crime Watch
LAT $: Catalytic converter thief shouted ‘No!’ before accomplice shot Johnny Wactor, police say - OCReg: Part-time Huntington Beach actor who solicited investments for phony COVID cure gets 8 years
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California Exodus
LAT $: How legal immigration helped end the great California exodus -
Illegal Immigration
LAT $: ‘I don’t feel safe anywhere.’ California moves to aid undocumented students as fears surge
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Dan Walters
CalM: Will Newsom simply finish his governorship or mount a White House campaign? -
Katy Grimes
CG: SF Chronicle Calls Prop. 13 Property Tax Cuts ‘Subsidies’ -
Daniel Buck
NR: When Gender Theory Becomes State Education Policy -
Wine Country
SFC: Napa government says winery owes $8 million after contentious legal battle -
East Bay
CG: Oakland Closing Two Fire Stations, Reducing Services at Four More -
SF Bay Area
SFC: What kind of mayor will Daniel Lurie be? San Francisco is about to find out - New public safety czar accused of driving drunk in 2016 crash
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South Bay
SJMN: Santa Clara’s Great America theme park lease could be terminated in three years: new docs -
Central Valley
Newsom visit to Turlock draws criticism from Republican leaders in Stanislaus County -
Orange County
VOC: Will Huntington Beach’s Legal Argument of Limited Independence Hold up in Court? - VOC: Cypress Doubles City Manager’s Spending Power
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Inland Empire
Lake Elsinore’s new city hall is under construction next door -
San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego’s annual pension price tag soars past half a billion dollars - SDUT: Re-elected San Diego County supervisors sworn in — except one
- SDUT: Widow of late Padres chairman Peter Seidler sues two of husband’s brothers over control of team