Thursday, August 15, 2019
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*FR Exclusive*
Edward Ring
FRBlog: City of Richmond Faces Pension Stress
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CalPERS Long Term Care Liability
SacBee: CalPERS faces ‘very serious risk’ in $1.2 billion long-term care case, judge warns
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Homeless Industrial Complex
FH: Homelessness, But Not Hopelessness: San Francisco Can Fix Its Problem
- SFC: Revamped hotel helps solve SF’s homelessness puzzle
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PG&E Problems
AP: Report: PG&E failed to deal with some trees near power lines
- SDUT: Report: PG&E failed to deal with some trees near power lines
- SFC: ‘Very broad’ and ‘very dangerous’: PG&E shutoffs blasted in Sacramento
- FresBee: PG&E wants to increase rates to make wildfire areas safer. Fresnans say no
- VOSD: Homeowners Are Increasingly Relying on Last-Resort Fire Insurance Plan
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Plastic Ban
CG: ‘The Future of California’s Quality of Life is at Stake’ Unless Plastic Packaging Is Banned -
Ethnic Studies Curriculum
LAT $: California ethnic studies must add lessons on Jewish Americans and anti-Semitism, schools chief says
- AP: Jewish lawmakers blast California ethnic studies draft plan
- PE: California ethnic studies curriculum faces changes after backlash
- CG: Racism in California Education
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Base Damage
AP: Quake damage estimate tops $5B at California Navy base -
Sprinkler Regulations
SacBee: New sprinklers will soon be more expensive in California. Here’s why -
Prison Riot
AP: California prison riot leaves nearly 60 injured
- LAT $: Nearly 60 inmates hurt in Soledad prison riot
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Congress 2020: Nunes
FresBee: How Devin Nunes turned Twitter parody accounts into political ‘weapons’ – against himself -
Death by Tacos
AP: Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest -
Immigrant Agenda
‘A lot of kids are still in cages’ Congressman visits immigrant detention centers -
Quake Alert
LAT $: 2 quakes in 2 days, no warning from ShakeAlertLA. Now the app is getting reworked
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Inmates in Charge
SacBee: Inmate killed herself one day before parole hearing. Now California will pay $1.5 million - VOC: State Senator’s Bill, Backed By County Officials, Aims To Boost County Jail Mental Health Services
- SFC: Man accused of attacking tenant outside her SF condo released from jail
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Immigrant Rights
LAT $: U.S. appeals court appears likely to rule for Trump on ending protections for many immigrants -
Gun Control
LAT $: Rifle used in deadly Riverside shooting was untraceable ‘ghost gun,’ sources say
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White House 2020
CalM: Presidential candidates weigh in on California fight over "gig" workers - SFC: Marianne Williamson campaigns in California, where she feels ‘understood’
- CG: Who is Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer?
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Migrant Smuggling Case
OCReg: 6 Camp Pendleton Marines and 1 sailor released after arrest, charges pending on another 12 in migrant smuggling investigation
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The Golden Pen
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: California’s costly local government pension profligacy
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Joel Fox
FH: New Split Roll Initiative, Same Old Problems -
Chris Reed
SDUT: Chris Reed: Has the left won the culture war? Hit movies, shows suggest otherwise -
SDUT Editorial
SDUT: Sweetwater Union leaders have lost way and need an intervention -
George Skelton
LAT $: Skelton: California’s election law requiring Trump’s tax returns is just plain petty politics -
Dan Walters
CalM: Property tax measure altered
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Stephen Eide
OCReg: What’s wrong with more rights for the homeless? -
Mike Wade
FH: Legislature Must Remove Roadblocks to Voluntary Agreements on Water -
John Kabateck
FH: Will California Legislature Help or Hinder National Economic Momentum? -
East Bay
SJMN: Jury could be on ‘eve of a decision,’ Ghost Ship defense attorney predicts during Day 8 of deliberations -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Opponents of naming Chinatown subway station after power broker Rose Pak protest - SFC: SF’s new fire chief talks about a ‘crisis’ on streets stretching resources
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SJMN: Bay Area sizzles, and there’s more heat on the way
- SFC: Peskin faces $8,000 fine for problems in Chinese-language ads
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South Bay
SJMN: Cisco lays off nearly 500 workers in San Jose and Milpitas -
Central Valley
FresBee: ‘A lot more West Nile activity’ prompts neighborhood spraying, officials say - Modesto bans glass bottles, rocks and other potential weapons at protests
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Andy Caldwell challenges Salud Carbajal for seat in Congress -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Public advised not to worry over air show pyrotechnics -
Los Angeles County
LADN: LA City Councilman-elect John Lee is ready to get to work. But it won’t be long before he’s defending his Valley seat - LAT $: She vowed to upend the status quo. But voters chose a longtime City Hall aide for council
- LADN: Culver City boosts tenant protections, capping rent hikes at 3%
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Orange County
OCReg: After losing OC, GOP needs a path forward
- VOC: Sparse Info on Three Jail Deaths Draws Concern from Activists
- OCReg: Anaheim hopes to see stadium lease proposal from Angels by October
- OCReg: Bold funding experiment for The Toll Roads pays dividends decades later
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: With contract approved to extend Gold Line to Pomona, officials continue push for San Bernardino County connection - SBSun: San Bernardino closed its police station 2 consecutive Fridays, but officials say it won’t happen again
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Riverside County
PE: Massive distribution facility leased to Nordstrom in Riverside sells for $124 million -
San Diego County
SDUT: Supervisor Greg Cox highlights projects in southern San Diego County - SDUT: Column: Coming to grips with San Diego’s crumbling coastline