Sunday, March 16, 2025
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FR Exclusive
Ray Haynes
		FIGHT SOME MORE
		
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FR Exclusive
Bruce Bialosky
		FRBlog:  No DOGE Dividend
		
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State Farm Rate Hike
		CG:  California Department of Insurance Provisionally Accepts State Farm’s Requested 22% Rate Hike
		
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Climate Hypocrites
		300 people rescued from climate conference amidst Big Bear snow storm
		
 
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COVID Tyranny
SJMN: On 5th anniversary of COVID shutdown, Bay Area public health officers reflect on fray between life, liberty - 
	
	
CA GOP Convention
		CG:  Hopeful Republicans Descend on Sacramento
		
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State Holidays
CG: How Many Official State Holidays Does California Need? - 
	
	
$50 Million Award
Delivery driver severely burned by hot tea at Starbucks awarded $50 million by LA jury - 
	
	
National Monuments
SFC: Trump seeks to eliminate two California national monuments - 
	
	
Yosemite Reopens
		SJMN:  Yosemite to reopen some campgrounds after Trump’s cuts and protests
		
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Illegal Immigration
OCReg: Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later - 
	
	
Builder’s Remedy
SDUT: Michael Smolens: Once-obscure ‘builder’s remedy’ law is now shaping local housing policy - 
	
	
Inmate Pay
CG: Bill to Increase Pay Inmate Wildfire Crews To $19 per Hour Passes Asm. Public Safety Committee - 
	
	
MSM Bias: Blame Trump
SDUT: ‘Code red for our universities’: San Diego students, faculty fear for campus free speech under Trump 
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The Golden Pen
Joshua Monnington
		Covid Tyrants Were Perpetrators, Not Victims
		
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Susan Shelley
OCReg: Susan Shelley: Medi-Cal under strain after state extends aid to illegal immigrants - 
	
	
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Modernized procedures at California’s Oroville Dam could improve flood safety, report finds - SacBee: Hotel Marysville now entombed as ‘Mount Marysville.’ How long will the rubble remain?
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South Bay
		SJMN:  VTA union strike to continue, officials tap Newsom for help
		
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Central Valley
FresBee: Co-founders behind Bitwise collapse in Fresno report to prison to serve fraud sentences - 
	
	
Ventura County
Moorpark chooses next police chief - Ojai's new police chief will start in April
 - VCStar $: Oxnard project could have up to 950 housing units
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: An L.A. City Council member is launching a nonprofit. Ethics experts have questions - 
	
	
Orange County
		OCReg:  Capo Unified trustee apologizes for saying racial slur during board meeting discussing ‘James’ novel
		
 - VOC: Why Did a South OC School Board Member Say the N-Word?
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Riverside County
Libel lawsuit against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco dropped by councilmember - CG: Desert Sands Unified to Approve Agreement for Bargain Basement DEI(B) Teachers
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San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego grew last year – but only because of a surge in immigration - SDUT: Encinitas social services agency needs to be a better neighbor, council members say
 
