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Commentary: The gaslighting of the COVID hyper-cautious during the omicron surge

California recorded a million new cases of COVID-19 last week, hospitals are overtaxed, and it feels like everybody has omicron — or knows somebody who does — as sickness, ennui and burnout already are defining the new year. Could this last part explain why the current pandemic peak is being…

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How supply chain crunch, limited security, idle trains made cargo in LA vulnerable to thieves

With Southern California a global hub for cargo in this e-commerce age, train cars filled with valuable goods are crisscrossing hundreds of miles of track at all hours.

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: Alex Padilla isn't scared to push through a pro-immigrant agenda

Alex Padilla believes in the power of his story: a son of two Mexican immigrants — a short-order cook and a house cleaner — who became California's first Latino U.S. senator.

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Newsom has big plans to get rid of California's homeless camps. Will they work?

After pouring an unprecedented $12 billion into homeless housing and services last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom now is turning to the massive tent camps, shanty-towns and make-shift RV parks that have taken over California's streets, parks and open spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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California to give $10,000 to low-income college students for community service work

LOS ANGELES -- Kaelyn Hughes, 21, has wanted to teach since she was in third grade. For her, school has always been a place of solace — and she wants to share what education has meant to her with other children.

Los Angeles Times

California kids 12 and older could receive COVID-19 vaccine without parent’s OK

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ani Chaglasian spent much of last year trying to convince her parents that she should be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Los Angeles Times

Netflix Stung by Slowing Subscriber Growth

Netflix on Thursday reported cooling subscriber growth as fierce competition and the pandemic weigh heavy despite hits like "Squid Game" and "Money Heist." The streaming service ended the year with 221.8 million subscribers, just below target, after booming during coronavirus lockdowns that kept people at home and on the platform,…

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Virgin Orbit California rocket launch paves way for UK lift-off

Rocket strapped to wing of 747 takes off from California space port to launch site above Pacific

The Guardian - UK

Preteens may be vaxed without parents under California bill

California would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, the youngest age of any state, under a state senator's proposal

The Independent UK

Appeals court accusers’ case against Church of Scientology can proceed

LOS ANGELES — Four women who accused the actor Danny Masterson of rape can move forward with a harassment lawsuit against the Church of Scientology, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Jury selection proceeds for Avenatti-Stormy Daniels trial

Michael Avenatti, the once high-profile California attorney who regularly taunted then-President Donald Trump, was introduced to prospective jurors who will decide whether he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels out of hundreds of thousands of dollars

The Independent UK

Governor vows state help in cracking down on LA rail theft

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising statewide coordination as law enforcement and prosecutors go after thieves who have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded boxes

The Independent UK

Coronavirus transmission rates falling across California, bringing guarded optimism

LOS ANGELES — After weeks of an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases that challenged hospitals, schools and other institutions, there are growing indications that the surge spawned by the omicron variant is flattening and, in some parts of California, even beginning to wane.

Los Angeles Times

‘Rise in violent rhetoric’: Lawmakers in both parties report spike in death threats

WASHINGTON — The voicemail begins innocuously enough. “Yeah, this voicemail is for Madison,” a man says, casually, as if he’s trying to get in touch with an old friend.

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Judge rips PG&E as 'continuing menace to California' over wildfires as probation ends

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — PG&E Corp.'s five years of criminal probation are ending, but not before the supervising judge delivered one last blistering lecture about its troubled safety record and suggested that California's largest utility be carved in two.

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A sign the drought is easing: California officials to ship more water to farms, cities

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State officials said Thursday they will increase deliveries to farms and cities that belong to the State Water Project — a sign that this winter’s rain and snow has eased drought conditions in California.

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49ers-Packers injury report: Jimmy Garoppolo, Nick Bosa, Fred Warner all poised to play

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jimmy Garoppolo's sprained shoulder and thumb will not keep him from his Lambeau Field debut Saturday night, when the streaking 49ers visit the top-seeded Packers.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Lithium might not be a gold rush for California. But it could be for people near the Salton Sea

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — People have been fighting Salton Sea shrinkage, salinity and stench for decades without much success. But now the local economy could be headed toward a boom.

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Kamala Harris to announce wildfire money in visit to California on Friday

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit a San Bernardino fire station Friday to announce the federal government will provide California $600 million to help the state recover from a historically severe wildfire season while highlighting plans to spend $5 billion more to prevent fires, an administration official…

Los Angeles Times

Support grows for limiting Congress members’ ability to own stocks

WASHINGTON — Recent allegations of lawmakers potentially benefiting from personal stock market trades has propelled new interest in reigning in their ability to trade or own individual stocks while in office.

The Independent UK

California's COVID gun store shutdowns ruled illegal

A federal appeals court has found that two California counties violated the Constitution’s right to bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic

Reason

Maggy Krell Repackages Her Bogus Backpage Prosecution Into a Book

The pimping charges Krell helped bring against Backpage's CEO and founders were twice thrown out of court.

Roll Call

At the Races: Build back bite-sized - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns around the country, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in this At the Races newsletter.

Tribune News Service

California transplants overwhelming other housing markets? Maybe not

The pandemic may not have spawned an all-out urban exodus, but it has driven some residents of America’s most populous state to seek shelter elsewhere.

The Independent UK

When is Super Bowl LVI, who is playing and how can I watch it?

America’s biggest sporting event is set to take place in California

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