Trump wants to rein in federal judges. One California Republican is already working on it
LAT, FAITH E. PINHO/JAMES QUEALLY: "As court orders against his administration mount, President Trump has ramped up his attacks on federal judges in recent days, railing against their authority and calling for their impeachment.
In particular, the president seems to have zeroed in on the idea of limiting federal district judges’ ability to issue injunctions that have national implications."
Attorney general urges Californians: Consider deleting genetic data from 23andMe
Sac Bee, LIA RUSSELL: "Attorney General Rob Bonta is advising people who have submitted their DNA to the California-based company 23andMe to invoke their state right to privacy and request that the company, which is facing bankruptcy, delete their genetic information.
23andMe, which analyzes saliva samples and provides personalized genetic, health and ancestry reports in return, is facing the potential of shutting down after its stock prices plummeted since going public in 2021."
A Bay Area Democrat ventured into a red district for a town hall. Here’s how it went
The Chronicle, MALIYA ELLIS: "Rep. Ro Khanna told hundreds of voters at a town hall Sunday to mobilize against Republican priorities like slashing funding for Medicaid and other federal services.
It was a standard message coming from a Democrat like Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley."
Mia Love, the first Black Republican congresswoman, has died at 49
LAT, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM/MATTHEW BROWN: "Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday.
She was 49."
The Micheli Minute for March 24, 2025
Capitol Weekly, STAFF: "Lobbyist and author Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week in Sacramento."
An O.C. couple’s sudden deportation sends shock waves: ‘They have never broken the law’
LAT, RUBEN VIVES: "Nelson and Gladys Gonzalez lived in the United States illegally for decades, working hard and raising a family while regularly checking in with Immigration Customs and Enforcement as part of an agreement to remain in the country.
But when the Laguna Niguel couple showed up for a routine check-in on Feb. 21, they were detained and sent back to Colombia, according to the family’s GoFundMe page and a spokesperson for ICE."
READ MORE -- They were called gang members and deported. Families say their only crime was having tattoos -- LAT, STAFF
Why Trump has Sacramento State, UC Davis students and faculty afraid for free speech
Sac Bee, JENNAH PENDLETON: "Following news of investigations into 60 universities and the detention of a Palestinian student activist in New York, Sacramento State students responded to a national call to protest the federal government’s “existential attacks” on the student movement against Zionism.
Around 40 people gathered in the library quad to chant and to condemn President Donald Trump’s crackdown on student activism, bearing signs that advocated for free speech and the liberation of Palestinians."
UC’s most competitive major has a 1% acceptance rate, and it’s not computer science
The Chronicle, NANETTE ASIMOV: "Winning admission into the University of California’s most competitive majors — including computer science, engineering and business — is about as likely as hitting a home run your first time at bat.
Yet even those subjects are not the hardest to get into. That honor belongs to nursing, for which you might have to hit two home runs. In a row."
A magnetic pouch is key to enforcing school cellphone bans. Kids are getting around it
LAT, DANIEL MILLER: "The bell dinged and the University Charter High School students gathered their things and headed for the door. As students flooded from classrooms, a strange, new sound filled the long hallway: the din of hundreds of students talking.
To each other."
Five years after Covid shuttered schools, parent empowerment lives on
EdSource, KAREN D'SOUZA: "Five years ago, when Esti Iturralde’s daughter was in the first grade, the little girl struggled with learning to read. The teacher told her mother not to worry, Winnie just wasn’t ready yet, but Iturralde knew in her heart something was wrong.
She blamed herself, until the pandemic hit, the schools shuttered, and remote learning gave her a chance to peek inside the classroom. What she saw opened her eyes and shocked her into action."
California weather: Warm spell set to break temperature records
The Chronicle, ANTHONY EDWARDS: "California’s first significant warm spell of 2025 will send the mercury soaring this week. Temperatures are predicted to climb to the 80s in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento and Los Angeles, the 90s in the deserts and near 100 in Death Valley.
Monday and Tuesday will be the warmest days in many Northern California cities since October. A gradual cooldown will commence Wednesday before a chance of rain returns to the Bay Area forecast Thursday and Friday."
READ MORE -- Temperatures to spike Monday into record-breaking territory, then a big 20-degree dropr -- LAT, MATTHEW ORMSETH
Best startup companies in California? Here are the top 10 places to work, Forbes said
Sac Bee, FERNANDA GALAN: "A Northern California software company is the best place to work in the nation, according to Forbes.
The media company recently ranked America’s Best Startup Employers in 2025, singling out a total of 500 companies as great places to work."
S.F. wants more entertainment zones, but experts say infamous bureaucracy is not helping
The Chronicle, ALDO TOLEDO: "Less than a year after launching the first entertainment zone in the Financial District, San Francisco leaders are touting its successes and rapidly embracing similar zones across the city to boost traffic at struggling bars and restaurants.
The zones allow restaurants and bars to sell alcohol for customers to drink on the street during special outdoor events and activities."
California considers more homeless shelter oversight after CalMatters investigation
CALMatters, LAUREN HEPLER: "A new state bill would add more oversight to California homeless shelters after a CalMatters investigation exposed that many taxpayer-funded facilities are plagued by violence, mismanagement and low success rates.
The bill would build on an existing state law that was supposed to add basic checks on homeless shelter safety and sanitation. Previous CalMatters reporting found all but a handful of cities and counties have ignored the law."
A federal ‘naughty list’ is making some California condo sales nearly impossible
The Chronicle, CHRISTIAN LEONARD: "Buying a condo is tricky enough. But a federal database of problematic condo buildings — which some lenders are calling a “blacklist” — is making it even harder to get a mortgage for some.
The database was created by Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored corporation that buys mortgages from lenders and sells them to investors as securities. The system frees up lenders’ funds for additional loans and lessens their risk, generally resulting in lower rates for buyers."
‘There is a real problem’: Bay Area legislators seek to prevent BART and Muni from unraveling
The Chronicle, RACHEL SWAN: "Two state senators have set in motion the Bay Area’s master plan to save public transit, with legislation to authorize a sales tax measure in up to five counties.
The bill that Sens. Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguín are introducing on Monday has sweeping aspirations. By enabling leaders in San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties to place a measure on the ballot in November 2026 — with options for San Mateo and Santa Clara counties to join in — their Connect Bay Area Act (SB63) aims to prevent the near-total erosion of BART and Muni."