Bay Area heat wave coming this week, 114 degrees forecast for Central Valley, 117 for Las Vegas
BANG*Mercury News, PAUL ROGERS: "After a mild spring, temperatures are expected to heat up steadily later this week across the Bay Area, culminating in a heat wave in the mid-to-high 90s in many Bay Area cities and up to 105 in Livermore and other inland areas by this weekend.
“Summer is definitely arriving. It may have been a little late coming to the the Bay Area, but it’s here now,” said Dial Hoang, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey."
The legislative process explained: Bill signing deadlines
Capitol Weekly, STAFF: "CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Staffers, journalists and even lobbyists can get confused trying to understand the very specific processes and deadlines guiding the signing – or veto – of a bill, by the Governor. How long does the Governor have to sign or veto a bill? Does the 12 day timeline include weekends and holidays? When does the 30-day timeline start? And what happens when the Legislature adjourns?
Our guest today answers all of these questions and explains the process. Lobbyist Chris Micheli, is the author of several books on lobbying, teaches at University of the Pacific, and is a frequent contributor to Capitol Weekly. He explains the bill signing calendar, and looks at what can happen when things go wrong."
Newsom signs budget with bills to streamline environmental approval for clean energy
BANG*Mercury News, JOHN WOOLFOLK: "Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on the state’s $311 billion budget Monday along with a package of what he called California’s most ambitious environmental review reforms in half a century to speed approval of clean energy projects.
The governor, expected to be a future White House contestant, touted the 2023-2024 budget for the fiscal year that began this month as a model of Democratic financial stewardship, noting it built reserves and closed a nearly $32 billion shortfall."
California spent $600 million to house and rehab former prisoners — but can’t say whether it helped
CALMatters, RHONDA LYONS: "As Gov. Gavin Newsom retools the state’s prison system to emphasize rehabilitation, his administration has little evidence that a privately run program for parolees costing taxpayers $100 million a year works to prevent future crime.
The state does not collect data on whether parolees who participate in the program have found jobs or whether they are returned to prison for another crime. What state data does show is that only 40% of participants completed at least one of the services they were offered."
Rising Stars: Michael Dyar, office of Assemblymember Damon Connolly
Capitol Weekly, LISA RENNER: "Michael Gonzales Dyar got his passion for politics from his grandfather, who helped Cesar Chavez with the United Farm Workers union.
His grandfather started out as a migrant farm worker before opening up a small supermarket in Delano, a town in the Central Valley. He helped people register to vote, met with local leaders and organized meetings. “Everybody knew my grandpa in my hometown,” Dyar said."
East Bay city forced to shut down government websites after cybersecurity breach
The Chronicle, SAM WHITING: "Hayward officials said they were forced to shut down the city’s official website and government portals Sunday after a possible cybersecurity breach was detected.
The website remained offline Monday as officials continued reviewing their systems."
Arson suspect arrested after fire at L.A. City Hall, officials say
LA Times, TERRY CASTLEMAN, DAVID ZAHNISER: "A suspect has been arrested in connection with a fire that broke out Saturday night after an object was thrown through L.A. City Hall’s second-floor window.
In a tweet, the Los Angeles Police Department said that officers apprehended the suspect in downtown Los Angeles around 6:15 p.m. Sunday “without incident.”"
‘Intense’ weeklong heat wave coming to Southern California. Here’s the timeline
LA Times, SUMMER LIN: "A heat wave is expected to hit Southern California this week, bringing “elevated” fire danger to the region and increasing the chance for heat-related illness.
The next stretch of hotter temperatures comes after a brief weekend break when most of Southern California enjoyed mild weather."
Mosquitoes are making life miserable in this popular California tourist destination. Here’s why
The Chronicle, AIDIN VAZIRI: "The high temperatures hitting the Sierra Nevada have led to an unexpected surge in the mosquito population just in time for the peak summer tourist season.
The area has witnessed an explosion of snowmelt mosquitoes, an assortment of half a dozen highly aggressive species that hibernate beneath the ice and emerge to feed as it melts. However, this year’s boom is happening later than usual due to the record-breaking snowfall in the spring and the late start to the snow melt."
California alcoholic liver disease deaths soared as COVID-19 pandemic increased drinking
KFF Health News, PHILLIP REESE: "Excessive drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic increased alcoholic liver disease deaths so much that the condition killed more Californians than car accidents or breast cancer, a KFF Health News analysis has found.
Lockdowns made people feel isolated, depressed and anxious, leading some to increase their alcohol intake. Alcohol sales rose during the pandemic, with especially large jumps in consumption of spirits."
Federal financial aid for foster youth | Quick Guide
EdSource, BETTY MARQUEZ ROSALES: "Foster youth in California and nationwide have historically enrolled in college at lower rates than non-foster youth, a difference that researchers have found impacts employment and income prospects long into adulthood.
In recent years, foster youth advocates have led a significant push to support students in filing applications for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also known as FAFSA, as a way of increasing foster youth college graduation rates and connecting them with support programs."
Commentary: Athletics’ impending departure from Oakland leaves a deep hole in East Bay
LA Times, BILL SHAIKIN: "“The A’s saved my life.”
Dontrelle Willis told me that the other day, not by raising his voice, but by looking me straight in the eye. He wanted to make sure I understood the gravity of what he was saying."
Comedian Sarah Silverman sues Bay Area tech firms over AI book capture
BANG*Mercury News, ETHAN BARON: "Comedian and author Sarah Silverman is suing social media giant Meta and ChatGPT pioneer OpenAI in a pair of related lawsuits accusing the high-profile Bay Area technology companies of breaking state and federal laws by using her memoir “The Bedwetter” as fodder for their artificial intelligence products.
Silverman and two novelists claim Menlo Park-based Meta and San Francisco-based OpenAI violated copyright and other laws by ingesting their books — and those of thousands of other authors — to train their artificial intelligence software."
Rolling Hills Estates residents lose their homes and the ground they sat on
LA Times, NATHAN SOLIS, GRACE TOOHEY: "Katie Schwartz thought she was probably overreacting.
But after noticing a few small cracks in her Rolling Hills Estates home, she decided to call the Fire Department on Saturday to check it out."
S.F. man who sprayed unhoused woman gets 35 hours of community service
The Chronicle, RACHEL SWAN: "A San Francisco gallery owner who faced misdemeanor battery charges for spraying a homeless woman with a garden hose — an incident captured in a stark, 14-second video that instantly went viral — has agreed to do 35 hours of community service to have his criminal case dismissed.
Shannon Collier Gwin, 72, appeared in court Monday morning at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice to negotiate the terms of the deal, a subdued conclusion to an episode that inflamed the city’s debate about how to treat its unhoused population. The video turned him into a symbol of the cruelty sometimes displayed by residents and merchants who are fed up with homelessness and mental illness."
Is it illegal to drive slow in the left lane? Here’s what California law says
Sac Bee, ANGELA RODRIGUEZ: "It’s 7:52 a.m. You’re late for work, again.
You speed through traffic. The red lights are taking too long to change."
A filmmaker feared his subject had turned on him. So he staged his own murder
LA Times, NOAH GOLDBERG: "A man lies flat on his stomach on the floor of an apartment high above the La Brea Tar Pits.
He isn’t moving. His hands are tied behind his back. His face rests in a pool of blood spilling from his neck."
