Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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FR Exclusive
Bruce Bialosky
		FRBlog:  The Presidential Tax Plans
		
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Min. Wage Hike
		SJMN:  Proposition 32 would raise California’s minimum wage to $18 — but would it cost jobs or lead to higher prices?
		
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Your Tax Dollars at Work I
		SDUT:  San Diego Unified interim supe gets $433K-a-year contract, explains her plans for the job
		
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Your Tax Dollars at Work II
		VOC:  Laguna Beach Gives City Manager Home Loan to Keep Him in Town
		
 
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Prop. 36
SJMN: New poll finds strong Bay Area support for Prop. 36 theft and drug crime ballot measure - 
	
	
Crime Watch
		SFC:  SFPD solves fewer crimes than other major California cities. Here’s the data for each category
		
 - SJMN: Man who set fire at California Target store gets 23 years in prison
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US Senate 2024
CG: Schiff, Garvey Face Off at The U.S. Senate Candidate Forum In Glendale - CalM: Garvey, Schiff clash on abortion, guns and Trump in only one-on-one debate
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Ballot Counting
AP: Florida has nearly all ballots counted on Election Day, while California can take weeks. This is why - 
	
	
War on Oil
		CG:  California Senate Special Committee on Fuel/Price Spikes Passes Gov. Newsom’s Bill to Create Gas Shortages
		
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Veeps in CA
SJMN: JD Vance returns to Bay Area for another Silicon Valley fundraiser - LAT $: Gavin Newsom hosts Tim Walz for a fundraiser at his Sacramento home
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Anti-Israel Protests
SJMN: Protest against Israel-Hamas war roils UC Berkeley campus, a day after Bay Area Jews mourned Oct. 7 victims - SFC: UC Berkeley students stage walkout to demand end to Gaza war
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Disneyland Prices
LAT $: Disneyland Resort increases prices on most theme park tickets - 
	
	
Home Prices
		OCReg:  Southern California home prices dip from from record high
		
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Parent Revolt
On school steps, parents rage at news of closures - 
	
	
Catalina Island Plane Crash
LAT $: 5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway - 
	
	
California Exodus
CalM: How to stay calm when Elon Musk says he’s leaving California — and other lessons from business relocations 
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The Golden Pen
OC Register Editorial
		OCReg:  Newsom’s special session is obviously a farce
		
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Dream Keeper Scandal
San Francisco’s ‘Dream Keepers’ are asking for legal trouble - 
	
	
Matt Weidinger
NR: Kamala Harris’s Main Priority Is Expanding Welfare, Not Strengthening the Middle Class - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
SFC: SFMTA warns of fake ‘Phone Pay’ QR codes on San Francisco parking meters - SFC: $550 million plan for Fisherman’s Wharf divides owners of historic businesses — including a father and son
 - SFC: S.F. scales back rent control expansion that hinges on statewide vote
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South Bay
		SJMN:  Two lifelong District 6 residents face off for San Jose City Council seat
		
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Central Valley
FresBee: Retired teacher runs for trustee to ‘uphold core values of Clovis Unified,’ back parental rights - Modesto Council incumbents outraise challengers five-to-one in November election
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Election 2024: Meet Simi Valley's candidates for mayor - 
	
	
Los Angeles County
LAT $: LAPD chief overrules finding that cleared officer in fatal shooting of man asleep with gun - CG: Former LA City Councilman Jose Huizar Begins 13 Year Federal Prison Sentence
 - LAT $: The end of Hahn Hall? L.A. County takes first step to buy Gas Company Tower
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Orange County
		VOC:  Orange County Supervisors Jump Into Street Crime Debate
		
 - OCReg: ‘Electrical event’ involving SCE power line caused destructive 2022 fire in Laguna Niguel, OCFA report claims
 - OCReg: Irvine PD unveils new police Cybertruck
 - LAT $: Anti-Asian slurs scrawled on ‘Dave Min for Congress’ signs in Huntington Beach; suspect arrested
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Riverside County
Jose Medina, Richard Roth face off in Riverside County supervisor race - Riverside takes UC Riverside to court over university’s growth plans
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San Diego County
SDUT: County leaders delayed a superfund decision about Tijuana River Valley pollution. One supervisor said she’d go her own way. 
