Thursday, March 20, 2025
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Gas Tax Cut Blocked
SJMN: California GOP’s plan to cut gas prices is squashed, backers say
- CG: Senate Enviro Committee Kills Bill to Repeal 65¢ Gas Tax Increase, and Low-Carbon Fuel Regs
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University of California DEI
NR: University of California Eliminating Diversity Statements in Hiring
- LAT $: As Trump attacks DEI, UC bans ‘diversity statements’ in faculty hiring
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Illegal Immigration
SFC: ‘We will hunt you down’: Why ads targeting immigrants are blanketing Bay Area airwaves
- AP: California has a $6.2 billion Medicaid funding gap partly due to expanding immigrant coverage
- SDUT: Trump moves to close gaps in San Diego border fence, but environmental concerns linger
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Voter ID Ballot Measure
OCReg: Ballot measure to require voter ID in California eyed for 2026
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L.A. Crips Gang Interventionist
LAT $: L.A. Crips leader turned gang interventionist ran ‘mafia-like’ enterprise, feds allege -
Crime Watch
Walgreens staffer stabs shoplifter in the eye, officials say
- 4 stabbed with sickle at bus stop and food plant in Atwater
- LAT $: ‘Our little angel.’ Fifth-grader dies of powerful narcotics combo, and SoCal woman is charged
- SFC: Oakland college prep student slain in attempted robbery in front of best friend
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Assisted Living Providers
LAT $: They were banned from assisted living. They stayed in the caregiving business. -
Democrat FBI Raid
SJMN: FBI raid: Who is Mary Jo Rossi, the prolific Contra Costa County consultant visited by the feds? -
Newsom’s Podcast
CalM: Gavin Newsom’s MAGA-curious podcast mystifies listeners — and sets Democratic lawmakers on edge -
CA Insurance Market
CG: CA Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara: Stabilizing Insurance Market, Overhauling Regulator Overhauling Regulations
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Port Air
CalM: ‘Herculean effort’: These port communities have waited decades for clean air. Why a new plan may fall short -
Wine Tariffs
AP: California’s wine industry leery of tariffs, but some growers hope they help -
Democrat Rage
LAT $: “I wish you’d be angry.” California Democrats face voter fury over Trump, Elon Musk - SFC: What Nancy Pelosi’s digs at Chuck Schumer reveal about her post-leadership career
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Under the Dome
SJMN: Bay Area assemblyman to introduce cannabis tax relief bill before major hike this summer
- CG: Newly Elected Sen. Tony Strickland Appointed to Several Critical Senate Committees
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Google Settlement
SJMN: Google to pay $28 million to settle claim it paid White and Asian workers more -
COVID Comeback
CalM: Schools in this California town won acclaim for their pandemic comeback. How they did it -
MSM Bias: Protecting Waste
SDUT: San Diego joins lawsuit challenging firings of federal employees - SDUT: Lawmakers paint dire ‘real-world’ picture of possible Medi-Cal cuts
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Dan Walters
CalM: Lobbyists are a growth industry in a state as complex as California
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Padilla, Schiff swing and miss in defense of DOE -
Francis Mizner
OCReg: California’s prep sports governors suddenly find themselves isolated in their battle over trans athletes -
Edward Ring
CG: Ringside: Ignoring Role of Bass in Salmon Decline is Negligence -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Mayor Lurie taps Google, Open AI, Giants execs for group to help fix S.F.'s economy
- SFC: S.F.’s speed cameras are active, with $50 citations for violators
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South Bay
SJMN: San Jose approves Mahan’s budget message centered around outcomes, accountability -
Central Valley
Two key department heads retire from Stanislaus County service. New directors are named -
Central Coast
CalCoast: Atascadero school board rejects controversial superintendent applicant - CalCoast: Cayucos Sanitary District planning to rehire out-of-state manager
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Ventura County
Oxnard treasurer plans to take city fight back to judge -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Unsheltered homelessness projected to be down over much of L.A. County - LAT $: DWP has fixed the vast majority of fire hydrants flagged for repairs last year
- LAT $: Former LAPD assistant chief embroiled in AirTag scandal keeps license to carry badge
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Orange County
OCReg: Chef Andrew Gruel selected as new Huntington Beach councilmember
- OCReg: Family of man killed by deputies in Laguna Woods wins $5.8 million in case alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations
- CG: City of Newport Beach Denies Former Navy Diver Permit to Teach Surfing on Public Beaches
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Inland Empire
Former Rialto Unified superintendent levels more corruption allegations against district -
San Diego County
SDUT: Harbor Police Department HQ on San Diego Bay slated for redevelopment
- SDUT: Last-minute appeals fail to stop Carlsbad’s ban on living in vehicles