Saturday, February 10, 2024
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Fast Food Union
		CalM:  California’s fast food workers gain new, first-of-its-kind union to represent them
		
 - CG: SEIU Launches New Fast Food Workers Union Weeks Before Start Of New $20 Minimum Wage Law
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COVID Homeless Spending
		CalM:  Feds leave California on the hook for $300 million in COVID homeless spending
		
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Drug Crisis
		SFC:  S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider investigated by state after two overdose deaths
		
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*Katy Grimes*
		CG:  The Plastic Bag Ban Fraud is Back
		
 
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Earthquake!
LAT $: ‘Wait, was that an earthquake?’ Magnitude 4.6 temblor strikes near Malibu, rattles Southern California - 
	
	
Retail Theft
		OCReg:  Walmart, Target push for new shoplifting crackdown in California 
		
 - SJMN: On second straight day, suspects arrested in Berkeley Apple store thefts
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Newsom Appointee
Cal OES deputy director Ryan Buras to resign amid sexual harassment lawsuit - 
	
	
Homeless Industrial Complex
LAT $: L.A. hotel’s homeless residents forced school to shut down, lawsuit says - SDUT: Former employee of San Diego homeless center sentenced for stealing checks from unhoused people
 - VOSD: Sacramento Report: San Diego’s Public Camping Ban Could go Statewide
 - SJMN: San Jose to ban homeless camps along Guadalupe River Trail
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Don't Question Woke Kindergarten
SFC: Woke Kindergarten critic put on leave by Bay Area school district amid national backlash - 
	
	
Housing Crisis
		SFC:  California officials take a rare stance against YIMBYs, side with Bay Area city
		
 - OCReg: You need a $73,000 pay raise to buy Southern California’s median-priced home
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Jail Manslaughter Case
AP: Nurse acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in 2019 death of a 24-year-old California jail inmate - 
	
	
Under the Dome
CG: Bill To Require a Driver in Driverless Trucks Reintroduced In Assembly - 
	
	
CARE Court
LAT $: She hopes CARE Court will save her husband. Two months in, she’s waiting for answers - 
	
	
Coming to Your Neighborhood
SDUT: Sexually violent predator to be placed in Campo next month despite community outcry 
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The Golden Pen
Wenyuan Wu
CG: A DEI Superintendent Gets Sacked: A Good Win from Southern California - 
	
	
Michael Saltsman
		OCReg:  The SEIU’s fake fast food union
		
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David Harsanyi
Biden Escapes Charges for Being Too Feeble-Minded? - 
	
	
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento City Unified reaches 2-year deal with its teachers union - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
SFC: Moderates have been ascendant in S.F. politics. This new group is fighting back - 
	
	
East Bay
SJMN: Fired Oakland cop claims she didn’t author social media posts repeatedly disparaging Black people, Guatemalans - SFC: Two people shot near West Oakland BART station
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Central Valley
		Modesto mayor has two challengers. Here’s where they stand on issues, fundraising
		
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Central Coast
CalCoast: SLO Tribune cutting back print newspaper to 2 days a week - 
	
	
Ventura County
VCStar $: County gears up for EV charging demand. Is it enough? - LAT $: ‘I wish I had not looked away’: Grossman’s texts show she was distracted before crash
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Los Angeles County
OCReg: Tagger-ravaged LA skyscraper spurs City Council strategy - LAT $: Locked gates in historic L.A. neighborhood spark debate in City Council election
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Orange County
		OCReg:  Prime Healthcare pleads with state for return of CalOptima contracts with 4 OC hospitals
		
 - VOC: OC Struggles To Track Taxpayer Dollars For Tourist Advertising
 - OCReg: Landslide dumps dirt 150 feet in San Clemente, debris came down near tidepools in Dana Point
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San Bernardino County
Street-vendor advocate Edin Enomorado to remain jailed without bail in San Bernardino County, judge rules - 
	
	
Riverside County
Riverside County could see a strike by its largest public employee union - Ex-LAPD officer won’t be retried in Corona Costco shooting of disabled man, attorney says
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San Diego County
SDUT: Port commissioner’s lawyer sues agency, alleges violation of civil rights - SDUT: SDSU breaks ground on a new lab in the Imperial Valley, and a new push in its research boom
 - SDUT: Coastal Commission approves Oceanside corridor plan with roundabouts, crosswalks and more
 
