Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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FR Exclusive
Bruce Bialosky
		FRBlog:  The Disingenuous Actions of Senator Padilla
		
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FR Publisher Jon Fleischman's Commentary
		Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Ban on Gas Water Heaters and Furnaces Ripe For Repeal
		
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Trump in Control
		CG:  Ninth Circuit Court Panel Hears Arguments Over Trump’s Control Of California National Guard
		
 - CalM: Trump lawyers call his decision to send troops to LA ‘unreviewable’ by U.S. courts
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Sanctuary Laws
		OCReg:  US Justice Department lends support for Huntington Beach’s lawsuit challenging California sanctuary law
		
 
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Union Contract
CalM: California prison union strikes $600 million contract with Newsom that includes furloughs - 
	
	
Gas Tax Audit
		CG:  GOP Lawmakers Demand Audit of Gov. Newsom’s 65 Cent Gas Tax Hike Coming July 1st
		
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L.A. Violence
OCReg: Man who allegedly bragged about hurling rocks at CHP cars and setting fire in LA faces charges - 
	
	
Economy Slowing
SacBee: California’s economy expected to slow as unemployment rate rises - 
	
	
Congress 2026
Why are so many Democrats running against Inland Rep. Ken Calvert? - 
	
	
Hospital Care
		CalM:  A California county may lose its only hospital. How a dispute over roads is endangering it
		
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RIP: Eric Bauman
LAT $: Former California and Los Angeles Democratic Party chair Eric Bauman dies at 66 - 
	
	
Firefighter Gear
SJMN: New bill would ban cancerous chemicals from California firefighters’ gear - 
	
	
Jewelry Heist
		LAT $:  ‘Largest jewelry heist in U.S. history’: 7 indicted in massive Brink’s job
		
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ICE Notification
OCReg: Santa Ana council drops idea of ICE notification policy after federal warning - 
	
	
MSM Bias: Trump Derangement
LAT $: California’s 2025 wildfire season was already going to be dangerous. Trump has made it worse - CalM: California Republicans hate government ‘overreach.’ Most are quiet on Trump’s military in LA
 - LAT $: Can undocumented immigrants vote? Fact-checking Trump’s false accusations of voting fraud in L.A.
 - SJMN: Bay Area food banks warn millions of children and seniors in California will go hungry under Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
 
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The Golden Pen
Dan Walters
		CalM:  Bay Area transit systems want more money. But their payrolls soared as ridership declined
		
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Lauren Bixler
CG: Charter-friendly bill preserves educational freedom - 
	
	
Matt Fleming
OCReg: Senator Padilla deserves an Oscar nomination - 
	
	
Vijay Jayaraj
CG: The Lethal Fog of Clean-Air Hypocrisy - 
	
	
Katy Grimes
		CG:  Sanctuary State California is About to Get a Comeuppance
		
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David Bossie
WashTimes: LA Shows What the Radicalized Dem Party Wants - 
	
	
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: LA found she bullied Black staff. Now she manages Sacramento’s animal shelter - SacBee: As California cuts funding, can churches support Sacramento’s homeless?
 - Sacramento City Leaders pass ordinance cracking down on illegal fireworks
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SF Bay Area
SFC: S.F. union members arrested after halting City Hall meeting with rowdy protest - SFC: “Failed vision:” S.F. citizen body slams city, police for lack of progress on Vision Zero
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Central Valley
FresBee: City of Fresno takes on $100M in debt to repave dilapidated roads. Here’s where - 
	
	
Central Coast
CalCoast: Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing children in San Luis Obispo County - CalCoast: San Miguel faces public safety power shutoff over fire risk
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Ventura County
Caruso gets more time to buy The Lakes mall in TO - 
	
	
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Metro scrambles to find funding for massive bus fleet that is the heart of its Olympics plans - LAT $: L.A. County supervisor worries it’s ‘bad players’ — not ICE — terrorizing residents
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Orange County
		OCReg:  OC health care official calls for full audit of county’s dealings with 360 Clinic
		
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Riverside County
Ex-Riverside County deputies, tow company owner sentenced in tows-for-bribes scheme - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: Evacuations ordered in Lakeside as fire chars hundreds of acres - SDUT: Were people counted twice in El Cajon’s homelessness census? Maybe, officials say.
 
