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• Trump Didn't Deserve to Win, But We Deserved to Lose

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• David: What to Pay Attention to in the Election Results
• David: The Arrogance of Celebrity: How Kamala Harris’s Strategy Backfired
• LA Times: Democrats keep expecting white women to save them, and they keep getting burned
• Newsom goes on offensive against Trump
• Trump made ‘significant gains’ with Latino voters in 2024 election. Is it true for California?
• Early results show Santa Ana voters rejecting measure that would allow non US-citizens to vote
• The diminishing path to a Democratic House majority runs through California
• Democrats have one last shot at keeping power in Washington. Can they win the House?
• Newsom launches rescue mission for rejected Prop 1 ballots

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• Hobart "Hobie" Alter (October 31, 1933-March 29, 2014)
• Trump’s Ridiculous Media Gambit Roasted as it Crashes and Burns
• Daughter of L.A. Times owner says endorsement decision stemmed from Harris stance on Gaza War
• District Attorney will ask court to resentence Menendez Brothers
• Protest of S.F.’s Scott Wiener at kids’ event ‘textbook antisemitism,’ Jewish leaders say
• Valero could be next to shutter California oil refineries
• India, South Korea, the Middle East: Where California will get its gasoline when Phillips refinery shuts down
• Despite spending billions on climate-change initiatives, 84 percent of California’s energy still comes from fossil fuels
• California’s violent crime rate rose somewhat in 2023 and remains above pre-pandemic levels.
• California Governor Newsom touts crime drop, local data less rosy
• Newsom calls for big boost in funding for California’s film and TV tax credit, throwing Hollywood a lifeline
• Retirement benefits remain a sticking point in Boeing strike

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• Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela, who changed MLB by sparking Fernandomania, dies at 63
• My cancellation only proves my point about California’s illiberalism
• Quetzalcoatl statue, San Jose
• Los Angeles Times won’t endorse for president
• Harris rejects religious exemptions for abortion
• Phillips 66 is closing Wilmington-area refineries after more than a century, marking the end of an era
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX sues California agency for political bias
• Newsom on SpaceX rejection: ‘I’m with Elon’
• Consultants and lobbyists are helping California cities raise your streaming prices

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• Man arrested outside rally a ‘committed Trump supporter,’ Clark County GOP chair says
• The human costs of Kamala Harris’ war on truancy
• California deploys Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams ahead of Hurricane Milton
• Gov. Newsom signs fuel storage bill to prevent gas price spikes
• As Newsom urges refinery controls, California regulators consider hike in gas prices
• California officials reject more SpaceX rocket launches, with some citing Musk’s X posts
• San Jose State volleyball team with transgender player says no more future matches have been forfeited
• Mark Zuckerberg is done with politics
• Don’t feel sorry for the Menendez Brothers
• California student test scores fall short but education officials ignore root causes
• California Teachers Pushed Anti-Israel Views In Classrooms After Oct. 7, Docs Show

Andrew Davenport on CPC’s Municipal Fiscal Health Dashboard

• Find the dashboard here

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• Hey, Kamala: David has a name – it’s cohost of Radio Free California!
• Kamala Harris’s campaign manager is Julie Chávez Rodríguez, a Central Valley-born and raised granddaughter of Cesar Chavez
• Magic Johnson campaigns with Harris in Michigan
• Inside Stanford’s fight to keep a precious diary about China’s troubled past
• Judge temporarily blocks new California election deepfake law, citing First Amendment
• Bill to end legacy and donor-preferred admissions to California colleges signed  into law by Gov. Newsom
• Gov. Newsom says baseball saved him. But the legend of his career doesn’t always match the reality

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• Chattel slavery: formal apology.
• New California law bans Native American mascots at K-12 schools
• California is first state to banish Froot Loops from school cafeterias
• Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Protecting Workers From Forced Political and Religious Messaging
• Is your closet full of old clothes? A new California law will require the fashion industry to take them back for free
• Bill To End Legacy & Donor-Preferred Admissions To CA Colleges Signed Into Law By Gov. Newsom
• Bill separating new California warehouses from neighborhoods signed into law
• Gavin Newsom signs bill to expand IVF coverage in California, an election-year swipe at GOP
• Resurrected bill forces insurers to fund IVF treatments for same-sex couples and singles
• Ban on local voter ID
• Gavin Newsom’s homeless accountability veto
• Senator Wiener Responds To Governor Newsom Vetoing Landmark AI Bill
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars
• Gov. Newsom vetoes bill to help farmworkers who are working in extreme heat. Here’s why
• Gov. Newsom vetoes bill to make undocumented immigrants eligible for home loans

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A’s fans chant 'Sell the Team,' take home Coliseum dirt and seats during final games

Before the Oakland Coliseum there was Wrigley Field LA, opening Sept 29, 1925

Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Moderated Conversation with Oprah Winfrey at a Unite for America 2024 Event

California firefighters will soon have a 66-hour work week. Why Cal Fire will make the change

Faculty accuse UC campuses of labor violations over pro-Palestinian protest crackdowns

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs plastic grocery bag ban 

Newsom vetoes bill to study reparations for families displaced at Chavez Ravine

Newsom vetoes 2nd bill to help undocumented immigrants, this one about hiring UC, CSU students

This California law could break your kid’s social media addiction

Elementary students in Elk Grove Unified need parental permission to participate in extracurriculars

Breed has dodged scandals before. This one might actually stick

The Dream Keeper project

Steven Greenhut on the history of Chavez Ravine

Abuse Of Power: How The Government Misuses Eminent Domain

Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story

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• California Legislature quietly spends millions on Italian stonework for Capitol Annex Project
• Trump’s threat to withhold firefighting aid to California is blasted by firefighters union
• Behind the scenes of Trump’s Rancho Palos Verdes meeting with the city’s mayor
• My Kid Has a Firm Reason Not to Vote for Kamala Harris. I’m Not Sure How to Respond.
• How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up
• Kamala Harris Was Not a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’
• The Blue State Family Exodus: Families are migrating to red and purple states
• This California beach city just barred people from smoking in their own apartments, condos
• Santa Ana benches a teacher for too much transparency
• Harry Angell on Substack