Mug shot of Donald Trump shows scowling former president during speedy booking at Atlanta jail
AP, ERIC TUCKER, KATE BRUMBACK, JILL COLVIN: "A scowling Donald Trump posed for a mug shot Thursday as he surrendered inside a jail in Atlanta on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, creating a historic and humbling visual underscoring the former president's escalating legal troubles.
The booking photo instantly becomes part of the former president's legacy as he confronts criminal charges in four American cities while seeking to reclaim the White House. His aides swiftly seized on the image, fundraising off the first mug shot in American history of a former president as representative of the persecution they contend Trump is encountering. His opponents, meanwhile, are likely to use it to remind voters of dangers in electing a president facing dozens of felony charges."
Trump surrenders to law enforcement in Fulton County 2020 election case
LA Times, SARAH D. WIRE: "Former President Trump surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Thursday night after being indicted last week and accused of conspiring with allies to overturn the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.
After turning himself in at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Trump was booked and photographed — something that did not happen in the other three jurisdictions in which he has been indicted — making him the first former U.S. president to receive a mug shot. His booking record listed his height as 6 feet, 3 inches and his weight as 215 pounds. His $200,000 bond was set by a judge and made public Monday."
California drought: How Hilary’s historic rains impacted most parched cities
The Chronicle, ANTHONY EDWARDS: "Tropical Storm Hilary rolled through Southern California on Sunday, bringing widespread rain and flooding to the Mojave Desert, one of the few areas of California that remained in moderate drought last week.
On Thursday, the U.S. Drought Monitor released its weekly update showing the impact of those rains: Nearly all of Imperial, San Bernardino, Riverside and Inyo counties are now drought free."
California state workers share mixed feelings on SEIU 1000 deal. Will the agreement pass?
Sac Bee, MAYA MILLER: "California’s largest state worker union this week announced what union leaders characterized as a historic win for workers after a tough, months-long fight at the bargaining table.
But instead of eliciting a resounding celebration, SEIU Local 1000’s tentative agreement with the state spurred an array of reactions ranging from relative enthusiasm to outright indignation."
Skinner remains hopeful of shifting the narrative surrounding menstruation
Capitol Weekly, LOLA WATTS: "With over half of American women in a 2023 poll stating that they’ve felt embarrassed about their period at some point, it is no surprise that there is a lack of discourse on menstrual cycle advocacy in governments across the country.
California State Senator, Legislative Women’s Caucus Chair, and menstrual product advocate, Nancy Skinner describes the narrative of shame that permeates the attitudes of both men and women alike regarding menstruation, stating, “In typical fashion, we as women are still hiding our periods, or some kind of shame, when it is a basic biological function. We should get out of the closet — there should be no shame, there should be no hiding.”"
California is a reproductive rights haven. So why are women being forced into surgeries?
Sac Bee, ARIANE LANGE: "Kaitlyn Weiss felt a searing pain on the surgical table, surrounded by strangers. She was in labor and she did not want to be in that icy operating room, so close to the scalpel meant to cut her open.
When she felt that pain, she knew immediately, “This was my last opportunity to have some control over how this delivery was gonna go.”"
Tens of thousands of Kaiser healthcare workers to vote on possible strike
LA Times, EMILY ALPERT REYES: "Tens of thousands of workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics across the country will soon vote on whether to authorize a strike, union officials announced Thursday.
The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, which includes a dozen local unions with members in seven states and the District of Columbia, said voting would begin Saturday and extend into the middle of September. Any strike would start no earlier than Oct. 1."
Why a Colorado ambulance company wants to limit California taxes
CALMatters, ALEXEI KOSEFF: "A feud between private ambulance companies and local fire departments, with millions of dollars in profits on the line, underpins another battle about a ballot measure to restrict taxation in California that looms over the end of the legislative session.
American Medical Response, the Colorado-based corporation also known as AMR that reigns in the medical transportation services industry, has poured more than $3 million into the November 2024 initiative that would increase the requirements for implementing taxes, fees and other government charges — the single largest donor so far outside of its sponsor, the California Business Roundtable."
College admissions: One factor has huge impact on who attends top U.S. schools
The Chronicle, NAMI SUMIDA: "Wealthy students have long been overrepresented at top colleges in the U.S. That’s partly because, on average, students from richer backgrounds tend to have higher GPAs, score better on standardized tests and attend higher quality K-12 schools than lower-income students.
But a new study from Harvard research group Opportunity Insights finds that even among applicants with the same SAT or ACT score, wealthy applicants are far more likely than less affluent ones to attend certain highly selective colleges."
EdSource, EMMA GALLEGOS: "Record-high chronic absentee rates in California show little sign of returning to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon, and data shows that’s especially true for kindergarten students.
Chronic absenteeism surged to 40% among kindergarten students in the 2021-22 school year, said Hedy Nai-Lin Chang, founder and executive director of Attendance Works."
U.S. sues SpaceX, alleging discrimination against hiring asylees and refugees
LA Times, SAMANTHA MASUNAGA: "Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against asylees and refugees by discouraging them from applying for jobs and by refusing to consider or hire them because of their citizenship status, the Justice Department alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
In an investigation, the Justice Department found that the actions taken by company recruiters and by “high-level officials” to discourage asylees and refugees from seeking jobs at the Hawthorne aerospace company amounted to a de facto ban on their hiring, in violation of federal laws."
BANG*Mercury News, CURTIS PASHELKA: "Oakland Athletics team president Dave Kaval says the team has narrowed the list of potential temporary homes while construction of their proposed stadium on the Las Vegas Strip is underway to three cities: Oakland, the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin, and San Francisco.
The A’s want to relocate to southern Nevada, but the ballpark they want to build next to the famed Las Vegas Strip will not open until 2028 at the earliest. The A’s lease at the Coliseum expires after the 2024 season, and Kaval said, in the meantime, the team will probably play its home games either at the current — and nearly 60-year-old — facility, San Francisco’s Oracle Park, or Las Vegas Ballpark, the home field of Oakland’s Triple-A affiliate."
Column: What we’ll really get from paying nearly $1 billion more for a new LAPD union contract
LA Times, ERIKA D. SMITH: "How much would you be willing to pay for a security blanket?
$1?"
‘This has to stop’: S.F. police to use new tactic to crack down on car break-ins
The Chronicle, LAYA NEELAKANDAN: "San Francisco law enforcement officials announced new plans Thursday to use bait cars in an effort to crack down on smash-and-grab break-ins.
At a news conference Thursday morning outsideDEA investigated for hiring agents who failed lie detector tests, report saysDEA investigated for hiring agents who failed lie detector tests, report says the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Supervisor Catherine Stefani discussed the new strategies, which will include adding more officers to tourist areas — among the hardest hit by car break-ins."
Inside the ruthless crime wave targeting L.A.’s vulnerable street food vendors
LA Times, DANIEL MILLER, RUBEN VIVES, RICHARD WINTON: "It was nearly midnight, and Saul Martinez was cleaning up Tacos Los Chemas’ kitchen, a cramped space fragrant with the scent of pork roasted on the trompo.
Just as Martinez, who owns the food truck, was about to put away a salsa container, he saw two men in hooded sweatshirts approach. He didn’t give them a second thought, assuming they were hungry customers looking for a last-minute bite."
DEA investigated for hiring agents who failed lie detector tests, report says
LA Times, KEEGAN HAMILTON: "The Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed dozens of job applicants to become special agents and perform other work despite failing a lie detector test during the hiring process, according to a new federal watchdog report, which describes the agency’s polygraph unit as facing pressure to pass “legacy” candidates related to senior officials.
Details of the report, issued Wednesday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General, were independently verified by The Times based on court documents obtained from a whistleblower case filed by a former member of the DEA polygraph unit."
Deputy accused of trying to cover up colleague’s DUI crash, California officials say
Sac Bee, DON SWEENEY: "A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy faces charges that he tried to cover up a fellow deputy’s off-duty drunken driving crash, California prosecutors reported.
Deputy Gregory Davis, 54, drove to the Santa Clarita Valley crash in August 2022 and pulled his colleague from behind the wheel of the marked sheriff’s SUV, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release."
Hayward BART Station temporarily closed after train hits person
The Chronicle, MEGAN FAN MUNCE: "The Hayward BART Station was temporarily closed Thursday night after a person was hit by a train, according to BART officials.
At 5:53 p.m., BART received a rep ort of a person on the tracks who “ca me into contact with a train,” according to spokesperson Christopher Filippi. The person survived and was removed from the tracks, Filippi said."
Biden is vacationing at a Lake Tahoe home. For locals, he’s another tourist tearing them apart
LA Times, BENJAMIN ORESKES: "Strolling on the Lake of the Sky Trail, U.S. Forest Service officer Daniel Cressy marveled at the wildlife that first attracted him to Lake Tahoe.
A bald eagle nestled into the top of a Jeffrey Pine looking out over the shimmering blue of North America’s largest alpine lake, and rising in the distance was Mt. Tallac, a 9,739-foot peak that he’s skied many times."