Wednesday, January 8, 2025
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L.A. on Fire
OCReg: Homes burning as 2,920-acre wildfire spreads in Pacific Palisades amid strong windstorm - AP: Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control in and around Los Angeles and homes are destroyed
- LAT $: Fires tear through Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and Sylmar; gusts of up to 99 mph reported
- OCReg: Southern California windstorm brings havoc, cancels Biden event and the peak is yet to come
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Soaring Electricity Bills
OCReg: Soaring electricity bills could hobble California’s green energy push, state report says -
Sky High Egg Prices
OCReg: ‘Normal’ California egg prices months away, analyst says -
Sanctuary Lawsuit
OCReg: Huntington Beach sues state again over California’s sanctuary law - VOC: Huntington Beach Sues California Over Sanctuary Laws
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Homeless Industrial Complex
FresBee: Businesses fed up with Fresno’s homelessness crisis. Is anti-camping law solving anything? -
Unemployment Debt
CalM: California’s $20 billion unemployment debt is looking like a political hot potato -
Men in Women's Sports
CG: Bill to Ban Biological Males From Competing in Women’s Sports Introduced - SJMN: New bill aims to bar California high school transgender athletes from women’s sports
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ExxonMobil Sues Bonta
CG: ExxonMobil Sues Calif. AG Rob Bonta, Environmental Groups Over Defamation - OCReg: Exxon sues California AG, environmental groups over recycling ‘smear’
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High Speed Boondoggle
CG: Gov. Newsom Celebrates High Speed Rail Kern County Track Laying -
UC Enrollment
SFC: UC system enrolls record number of Californians amid continued growth, gains for minorities -
CA Divide
CalM: Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in California’s rain -
Baby Food
LAT $: FDA sets limits for lead in many baby foods as California disclosure law takes effect -
Meta Drops Fact Checkers
CG: Zuckerberg to Replace Facebook ‘Fact Checkers’ With Community Notes
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The Golden Pen
Dan Walters
CalM: Promises to reduce California’s high living costs conflict with state’s progressive policies -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: New Year brings hundreds of mostly pointless laws in California -
Wayne Winegarden
OCReg: Newsom promises efficient and accountable state budget, delivers bloated and ineffective spending plan -
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento City Council appoints interim city manager. Here's what we know -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Mega-development could transform S.F. railyards into cluster of towers — one 850 feet tall -
Central Valley
FresBee: Nonprofit Fresno Economic Opportunity Commission starts search for new CEO amid deficit - FresBee: Auction of 135-year-old Fresno hospital site was 15 months ago. What’s stalling the sale?
- Vacant Tracy City Council seat causes controversy after leaders consider changes to policy
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Heather Moreno sworn in as San Luis Obispo County supervisor - CalCoast: Former Mindbody CEO loses appeal, multiplies his judgement
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Emergency rooms fill up in Ventura County -
Orange County
OCReg: Huntington Beach owes $180,000 in attorneys’ fees in air show public records lawsuit - VOC: Fountain Valley City Council’s Pay Gets Doubled
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Riverside County
President Joe Biden creates national monument in Riverside County -
San Diego County
SDUT: Who will run for San Diego mayor in 2028? A lot may depend on what one man decides - SDUT: Del Mar renews train tunnel concerns, asks to delay new bridge
- SDUT: With seat newly vacant, supervisors hit their first impasse: electing a chair