Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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FR Publisher Jon Fleischman
		Medicaid’s Transformation into an Unsustainable Entitlement Amid a $36 Trillion Debt Crisis
		
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Katy Grimes
		CG:  Baby Murderer Granted Early Parole Thanks to Prop 57
		
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Democrats Defend Sex Trafficking
		California lawmakers to block effort to make it a felony to buy 16 and 17-year-olds for sex
		
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California vs. Trump
		LAT $:  California has sued Trump 15 times in his first 100 days. Where do those cases stand?
		
 - SFC: 100 days in, here's how California has fared under Trump
 
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LADWP Lawsuit
LAT $: Two California judges file suit against LADWP, saying utility failed to prepare, respond to fire - 
	
	
Oil & Gas Industry
		CG:  California’s Oil and Gas Industry Provides $338 Billion Reasons to Support
		
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MSM Bias: DOGE Cuts
CalM: Trump cuts millions in California crime prevention grants: ‘This was a sledgehammer’ - FresBee: Madera First5 suspends operations at Family Resource Center due to DOGE cuts
 - LAT $: ACLU sues to halt Trump administration attacks on Head Start child-care program
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Propaganda in the Classroom
NR: Ethnic Studies Activists Infiltrate California Curriculum, Allies Shame Jewish Parents Who Object - 
	
	
Edison Executive
LAT $: Edison told the government that Calderon was an ‘executive.’ Now it claims she wasn’t. - 
	
	
Justice Dept. Firing
OCReg: Ex-Justice Department prosecutor from LA challenges White House firing after Laura Loomer post - 
	
	
Inmate Death
		LAT $:  L.A. County inmate death marks 13th suspected homicide in California prisons this year
		
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Opioids in Prison
LAT $: Thousands of California prisoners falsely tested positive for opioids. Did it cost them their freedom? - 
	
	
Psychiatric Hospitals
SFC: Newsom moves to set emergency staffing rules in psychiatric hospitals following Chronicle investigation - 
	
	
Fishing Industry
CalM: Bodega Bay isn’t what it used to be. How an ailing industry has transformed this fishing village 
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Ron Lapsley & Jeffrey Ball
OCReg: The Legislature must confront the real drivers of our cost-of-living crisis - 
	
	
Dan Walters
		CalM:  One faction scores win in Capitol’s perpetual ‘tort wars’ while another battleground looms
		
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Washington Examiner
An Overdue Investigation of ActBlue - 
	
	
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento’s budget deficit may bring first layoffs in more than a decade - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
SFC: A UCSF doctor found unconscious was accused of stealing drugs. Records show a string of suspected thefts - Parents cheat school lottery with fake addresses. SF has given up stopping it
 - SFC: S.F. is no longer hemorrhaging workers to other cities — with one big exception
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		SFC:  South San Francisco police fatally shoot man they say fired at them
		
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Central Valley
Teen violence on the rise across Central Valley - CG: Gov. Newsom Assails Turlock Mayor After Council Voted Not to Support Local Homeless Shelter
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Ventura County
Empty Ventura lot eyed for homeless housing project - 
	
	
Los Angeles County
LAT $: About 55,000 L.A. County workers go on strike, disrupting services - 
	
	
Orange County
		LAT $:  Tony Lam was an original influencer in Little Saigon — and he’s still got it
		
 - OCReg: San Clemente mayor says progress made in asking Border Patrol to man cameras along shoreline
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Inland Empire
What’s new: Walmart Supercenter in Eastvale due by early 2026 - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego’s grand plan to revamp Mission Bay stalls over impasse with Coastal Commission - SDUT: Bob Filner, former mayor and lawmaker accused of harassment, dies at 82, leaving complicated legacy
 
