Sunday, April 20, 2025
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FR Exclusive
Bruce Bialosky
		FRBlog:  Living in a Post Racial World
		
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State Employee Payday
		LAT $:  Banked vacation leads to a $1.2-million payday: How state workers cash in on days off
		
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L.A. Corruption
		LAT $:  Former L.A. Councilmember Kevin de León faces ethics fine for voting on issues in which he had a financial stake
		
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Newsom Clemency
		SacBee:  Gavin Newsom grants clemency to 25, including Yuba County shooting convict
		
 
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Easter Sunday
		Faithful celebrating Easter, Passover find connection in stories and traditions
		
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CEQA Reform
SJMN: CEQA has a history of derailing California’s high-speed rail - SDUT: Michael Smolens: Criticism of CEQA, Coastal Commission on housing goes national
 - SJMN: The CEQA graveyard: Projects delayed by California’s powerful environmental law
 - SJMN: A California environmental law makes it ‘too damn hard’ to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it?
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Oakland Mayor's Race
AP: Progressive icon and ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee wins race for mayor of struggling Oakland, California - 
	
	
Anti-Trump Rally
VCStar $: Anti-Trump rallies draw thousands in Ventura County - SJMN: Bay Area protesters rally against Trump Administration
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Congress 2026
		CG:  CA Republican Congressional Members Show Strong Q1 Donation Earnings
		
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Fire Debris Removal
LAT $: As heavy as 100 Eiffel Towers: Monumental L.A. County fire debris removal could finish by June - 
	
	
Transgender Athlete Order
SJMN: How Trump’s transgender athlete order affects California high schools - 
	
	
Homeless Industrial Complex
LAT $: Lancaster mayor’s remedy for homelessness: ‘Free fentanyl’ and ‘a purge’ 
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Katy Grimes
		CG:  ALEC’s ‘Rich States, Poor States’ Ranks California 47th in the Nation – Again
		
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Sally Pipes
OCReg: California can’t afford free health care for undocumented immigrants - 
	
	
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Nonprofit scrambles to help Sacramento farmworkers after abrupt loss of food aid - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
SFC: Fans of controversial S.F. fountain fear Embarcadero Plaza makeover puts it ‘in danger’ - 
	
	
Central Valley
Frank Carson case ends with a $22.5 million legal settlement with Stanislaus County - Police Chief Mindy Casto's journey within the Fresno Police Department
 - Public speaks out on use of force, accountability after viral video in Patterson
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Prosecutors find convicted murderer Paul Flores’ appeal meritless - 
	
	
Ventura County
		Gorell's former chief of staff sues County of Ventura
		
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: Mayor Karen Bass weighs deep cuts, including layoffs, as L.A.’s challenges mount - 
	
	
Orange County
OCReg: ‘Little Saigon Freeway’ on the 405 pays homage to the Vietnamese American community - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego County has hundreds of millions in reserve. Federal cuts are renewing a push to spend more of it. - SDUT: Gutting Head Start would end services to thousands of San Diego families, cut hundreds of jobs
 
