Daylight saving 2024: Time to reset clocks and ‘spring forward’ this weekend
The Chronicle's MICHAEL CABANATUAN: "Just when you finally got all your clocks changed and your body and attitude adjusted, it’s time to take another leap in time — ahead to daylight saving time.
Daylight saving begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. Californians and most other Americans will set their clocks ahead an hour, losing an hour of sleep and making the mornings darker and the daylight longer — until Nov. 3."
READ MORE -- Why daylight saving time is starting again in California -- CALMatters's LYNN LA
‘When is enough enough?’ PG&E rates to rise again after California regulatory vote
The Chronicle's JULIE JOHNSON: "State regulators have voted to approve another bill hike for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers that will add just under $5 a month for typical households, piling onto a sharp increase in bills that hit in January.
PG&E asked for the increase to recover expenses paid for projects in 2020 through 2022 that mostly dealt with wildfire prevention and modernizing the company’s infrastructure. PG&E said most of those projects were mandated by the state."
We still don’t know the outcome of Proposition 1. Why is the vote so close?
The Chronicle's SOPHIA BOLLAG: "Two days after the election, Californians still don’t know whether Proposition 1, the mental health bond measure, will become law.
On Thursday, vote tallies showed Proposition 1 winning by a single percentage point, with 50.5% in favor and 49.5% against."
California could beat its record on women in the Legislature
CALMatters's SAMEEA KAMAL: "With Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey advancing to the general election later this year, it’ll be the first time in 32 years that California won’t have a woman representing the state in the U.S. Senate. (That seat is currently held by Laphonza Butler, who was appointed after the death last September of Dianne Feinstein.)
But in the Legislature, at least, representation of women is likely to grow."
The legacy — and disappointment — of Katie Porter’s Orange County revolution
LAT's GUSTAVO ARELLANO: "Until Katie Porter won her congressional seat in 2018, being a Democrat in Orange County was like rooting for the Angels: Someone has to do it, amirite?
Republicans had held a majority of my home county’s legislative, congressional and supervisorial seats for decades. They maintained a robust ecosystem of candidates, funneling activists onto school boards and party committees to learn how politics works before moving on to higher offices. The GOP way took Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan to the White House, the latter infamously saying, “Orange County is where the good Republicans go before they die.”"
Mayor Breed says she grew up fighting. Now she’s battling for her political future
The Chronicle's J.D. MORRIS: "Mayor London Breed likes to invoke her difficult upbringing in San Francisco’s public housing when talking about her unlikely ascendancy to lead the city and how the determination and grit she learned in the neighborhood shaped her as a leader. Now, as she enters a fierce battle for reelection, she says her roots prepared her for the tough contest ahead.
“We grew up fighting,” Breed told a crowd of construction union supporters in late January. “Fighting was just what we did. Back then, I fought with my fist. And now I fight with my mouth — with the words that I say, but also with the deeds and what it is that I stand for.”"
What are the rules of an election recount? Sacramento mayor race is too close to call
Sacramento Bee's ANGELA RODRIGUEZ: "As results continue to trickle in for the California presidential primary election, four candidates are neck and neck in the closely watched race for Sacramento mayor.
With the mayoral race and other local elections too close to call, would it be possible for someone to request a vote recount?"
‘We can do better’: Western states divided over long-term plans for Colorado River water
LAT's IAN JAMES: "With climate change compounding the strains on the Colorado River, seven Western states are starting to consider long-term plans for reducing water use to prevent the river’s reservoirs from reaching critically low levels in the years to come.
But negotiations among representatives of the states have so far failed to resolve disagreements. And now, two groups of states are proposing competing plans for addressing the river’s chronic gap between supply and demand."
After winter storms, California can expect a late start to the wildfire season
LAT's ALEX WIGGLESWORTH: "A series of late-season winter storms has filled reservoirs, boosted snowpack and left forecasters anticipating a late start to California’s wildfire season.
And while the odds are also tilting toward a milder than normal fire season overall, that outlook could change by July, said National Interagency Fire Center meteorologist Jonathan O’Brien."
Rain is coming back to Northern California. Here are 3 wet weather events in the forecast
The Chronicle's ANTHONY EDWARDS: "Following a brief break in active weather across Northern California, a wet pattern will return with a series of rainmakers from Saturday through Tuesday.
Before the rain resumes, Friday is shaping up to be gorgeous. Sunshine is expected across Northern California, with highs in the lower 60s at the coast and mid-60s inland. Parts of the Santa Clara Valley could reach the upper 60s."
English learner advocates in California oppose ‘science of reading’ bill
EdSource's ZAIDEE STAVELY: "Two prominent California advocacy organizations for English learners are firmly opposing a new state bill that would mandate that reading instruction be aligned with the “science of reading,” saying it could hurt students learning English as a second language.
Assembly Bill 2222, authored by Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, would require schools to teach children how to read using textbooks and teacher training grounded in research, which shows that children must learn what sounds letters make and how to sound out words, in addition to vocabulary and understanding, learning how to read fluently without halting, and how to write."
What you need to know about California housing and corporate landlords
CALMatters's BEN CHRISTOPHER: "Some of the state’s most powerful legislators want Big Landlord out of California’s single family neighborhoods.
The Legislature will consider at least three bills this year to keep so-called institutional investors from gobbling up too many of the state’s widely coveted single-family homes."
Ex-undersheriff admits to having alleged deputy gang tattoo — then getting rid of it
LAT's KERI BLAKINGER: "It was a Caveman, and it was on his ankle.
After more than two years of resisting subpoenas to testify about deputy gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, this week former Undersheriff Tim Murakami admitted under oath that he once sported a tattoo representing the Cavemen, a controversial subgroup affiliated with the East Los Angeles station."
Biden SOTU: Is Washington ready to get serious about the housing crisis?
The Chronicle's SHIRA STEIN: "President Joe Biden had a difficult needle to thread in his State of the Union speech Thursday night ahead of his rematch with former President Donald Trump: tout the strength of the economy under his administration, while acknowledging the frustration many Americans feel about the cost of living.
He attempted to do that by zeroing in on the housing crisis, an issue acutely familiar to Californians that is becoming more serious across the country. The proposals he floated Thursday included expanded tax credits for low-income and first-time homebuyers, grant funding to increase housing construction and efforts to address rental price fixing and hidden fees."
READ MORE -- Biden’s big audition at State of the Union - Biden’s big audition at State of the Union -- LAT's DAVID LAUTER