Gavin Newsom is mesmerized by the growth of driverless cars. Other California Democrats, not so much
LA Times, LAUREL ROSENHALL: "California Gov. Gavin Newsom walked out of the Tesla gigafactory in China last month feeling jazzed about the future.
A future where people do a lot less driving, instead being whisked around by autonomous cars and flying taxis. A future where, he said, the “entire transportation system is completely reorganized.”"
Is Sacramento ‘going backwards’? Mayor candidates offer vision for new direction
Sacramento Bee, ARIANE LANGE: "A crowd gathered in a Fruitridge auditorium Saturday to hear Sacramento mayoral candidates lay out plans for addressing racial justice, police reform and health care in a forum hosted by the Sacramento NAACP.
All of the candidates onstage emphasized their commitment to pursuing evidence-based solutions to problems such as homelessness, incarceration and youth violence."
Thousands march against APEC in S.F.’s first major protest of summit
The Chronicle, ALDO TOLEDO, LAURA WAXMANN, SUSIE NEILSON, ROLAND LI: "Thousands of people packed Embarcadero Plaza on Sunday for a protest expected to be one of the biggest demonstrations against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
The protesters, who included Palestinian liberation activists, anti-capitalist organizations and climate change advocates, gathered shortly before noon for a rally and march up Market Street toward Moscone Center, where some of the world’s most prominent leaders are crafting economic policy that detractors say will damage the environment and take away rights from the most vulnerable."
San Francisco CEO summit offers welcome boost — and some risk — for Biden, Newsom, Breed
BANG*Mercury News, JOHN WOOLFOLK: "The massive convergence of world and corporate leaders on San Francisco for this week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering offers a welcome boost — but also some risk — for Democratic Party leaders from President Joe Biden to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor London Breed.
All three have seen their popularity sag in recent polls amid mixed economic signals, troubles abroad and domestic woes from crime to homelessness, while the host city itself has seen its spectacular vistas, cable cars and sourdough eclipsed by news reports of rampant retail thefts, car break-ins and homelessness."
Corporate growers’ carrots are soaking up water in this arid valley. Locals are fighting back
LA Times, IAN JAMES: "In the Cuyama Valley north of Santa Barbara, lush green fields stretch across the desert. Sprinklers spray thousands of acres to grow a single thirsty crop: carrots.
Wells and pumps pull groundwater from as deep as 680 feet, and the aquifer’s levels are dropping."
Southern California’s first significant storm of the season expected to hit Wednesday
LA Times, ANDREA CHANG: "The first significant storm of the season is expected to arrive midweek in Southern California, bringing cooler temperatures and 1 to 2 inches of rain over several days.
The predicted rainfall total is “fairly significant for this early in the season,” said meteorologist David Gomberg with the National Weather Service. “This is more typical of what you would see in the winter.”"
Rain, wind and storms to ‘linger for several days’ across California, latest forecasts say
Sacramento Bee, ANGELA RODRIGUEZ: "“When it rains, it pours” — or so the saying goes.
While this isn’t usually true for sunny California, heavy rain is predicted for next week starting on Monday and continuing through at least Thursday, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center."
Beyond insulin: Medi-Cal expands patient access to diabetes supplies
LA Times, ANGELA HART: "June Voros sprang from her couch as a high-pitched beep warned that she needed a quick dose of sugar.
Her blood sugar was plummeting, and the beep came from a continuous glucose monitor attached to her abdomen. The small but powerful device alerts Voros when her blood sugar is dangerously high or low."
Hackers stole personal data of over 800k Sutter Health patients in California data breach
Sacramento Bee, CATHIE ANDERSON: "Hundreds of thousands of Sutter Health patients are learning that they had personal information stolen as part of the same massive data breach last May that hit roughly 1.2 million CalPERS and CalSTRS retirees and more than 70 million people worldwide.
Sacramento-based Sutter said it had contracted with a Virgin Pulse subsidiary called Welltok to store, organize and track patient information, ensuring that the health care giant could provide notices and communications relevant to each patient’s needs."
Education Policy – Teacher Shortage and Other Challenges (LAST WEEK'S PODCAST)
Capitol Weekly, STAFF: "This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at Capitol Weekly’s Conference on Education Policy which was held in Sacramento on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
PANELISTS: Heather J. Hough, Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University; Katie Hardeman, California Teachers Association; David Schapira, California School Employees Association; Melissa White, WestEd"
Why the math on inheriting your parents’ California home has totally changed in past years
The Chronicle, KELLIE HWANG: "When my grandparents moved to California from Taiwan in the early ’90s, they bought a home in the East Bay for just over $320,000. That home is now worth five times that amount, and it’s become my home — my husband and I are gradually renovating and planning for the long haul; one day we will inherit it.
We feel incredibly fortunate, as it’s unlikely we would be able to afford such a home on our own. Yet, as the Wall Street Journal recently reported, the math on inheriting a home is changing, with many people in similar situations to mine finding the benefits of keeping an inherited property not as great as they once were."
Will a historic lawsuit change how we buy and sell homes in the Bay Area?
The Chronicle, CHRISTIAN LEONARD: "A historic federal court ruling against the National Association of Realtors is sending shock waves through the real estate industry and looks likely to change the way we buy and sell homes.
Consumer advocates say the ruling is probably a win for both home buyers and sellers. But what could the impact look like in the ultra-competitive Bay Area market?"
Fire under 10 Freeway in downtown L.A. upends traffic with no reopening in sight
LA Times, DANIEL MILLER, ANDREW KHOURI: "The 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles will remain closed indefinitely as the California Department of Transportation moves to repair an overpass badly damaged by an intense fire early Saturday at two storage yards in an area with multiple homeless encampments.
The incident, which closed westbound and eastbound lanes of the busy freeway between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue, will significantly affect traffic in the area, officials said at a news conference Sunday, without offering a timetable for reopening."
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott abruptly ends 2024 presidential bid, shocking even his campaign staff
AP, MEG KINNARD: "Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of voting in Iowa’s leadoff GOP caucuses.
The South Carolina senator, who entered the race in May with high hopes, made the surprise announcement on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Night in America” with Trey Gowdy, one of his closest friends. The news was so unanticipated that one campaign worker told The Associated Press that campaign staff found out Scott was dropping out by watching the show."
