Sunday, August 24, 2025
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FR Exclusive
Bruce Bialosky
		FRBlog:  We Need More Immigrants Like This
		
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FR Publisher Jon Fleischman's Commentary, PART I
		ICYMI - 5 Stories And One Video From Last Week, And Other Stuff…
		
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FR Publisher Jon Fleischman's Commentary, PART II
		What’s Jon Reading This Week, And Some Amazing News Out Of The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles
		
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Heat Wave
		LAT $:  Unseasonable heat causing severe conditions in SoCal, new wildfires starting to burn
		
 
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Proposition 36
SJMN: Bay Area prosecutors charged 1,200 theft felonies under Proposition 36. Will it help curb crime? - 
	
	
Fire Season
		SFC:  Pickett Fire containment grows to 11% as Napa County forecast predicts relief
		
 - OCReg: Lightning sparks brush fire in Trabuco Canyon as thunderstorm moves through region
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RATS!
SFC: What’s behind the growing rat problem in this Bay Area region? - 
	
	
Menendez Brothers
LAT $: Unexpected release of audio file causes drama as Menendez brothers are denied parole - 
	
	
High Speed Boondoggle
		OCReg:  Congressional committee is investigating California’s high-speed rail project
		
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Survey Says
LAT $: Most California voters disapprove of Trump’s immigration enforcement policies, poll shows - 
	
	
Sanctuary State
LAT $: Trump can’t deny funds to L.A. and 30 other ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions, judge rules 
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Brent Skorup
		OCReg:  California’s telehealth licensing regime undermines the First Amendment
		
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Jeff Gonzalez
OCReg: Jeff Gonzalez: Sacramento chose politics over people - 
	
	
John Moorlach
OCReg: John Moorlach: The predictably harmful consequences of Assembly Bill 218 - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
SJMN: SFPD recruit officer dies after completing training exercise - 
	
	
South Bay
SJMN: Union says San Jose animal shelter needs new leader to ‘reset the culture’ - SJMN: Despite more dumpster days and free junk pickup, illegal dumping continues to plague San Jose
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Central Valley
		FresBee:  Fresno airport receives $20.8 million federal grant for terminal expansion
		
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Gifford Fire is 95% contained, 15 people injured - 
	
	
Ventura County
Ventura weighs water rate increases, sale of water utility - VCStar $: College district to study plan for new Santa Paula campus
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Orange County
		OCReg:  California’s fuel crisis threatens Orange County’s economic engine
		
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Inland Empire
OCReg: Child abuse probe is related to missing Cabazon boy’s case - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit over man’s torture and killing in San Diego County jail - SDUT: San Diego starts cracking down, slowly and ‘one at a time,’ on RVs along Mission Bay
 - SDUT: Facing heightened scrutiny, sheriff proposes third-party review of jail healthcare. But its model has a problem.
 
