Who won the debate between Newsom and DeSantis? Unhinged male rage (OP-ED)
The Chronicle, EMILY HOEVEN: "Like many, I didn’t have high hopes that the “Blue State vs. Red State” debate between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would be civil or substantive.
Unfortunately, things were even worse than I thought. The closest thing to a winner Thursday night was unhinged male rage."
READ MORE -- 4 takeaways from the Newsom-DeSantis debate on Fox News -- LA Times, NOAH BIERMAN, TARYN LUNA; Five key moments from the Newsom-DeSantis debate -- CALMatters, ALEXEI KOSEFF; Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis brawl over crime, immigration, schools and everything else -- Sacramento Bee, DAVID LIGHTMAN
Rosalynn Carter: A lifetime voice for improving mental health care
Capitol Weekly, DAN MORAIN: "Tributes to First Lady Rosalynn Carter invariably cite her lifelong commitment to improving care for people with severe mental illness. As she stumped for her husband during the closing days of the 1976 presidential campaign, she brought that advocacy to the unlikely locale of Bakersfield.
Like many others drawn to the issue, Mrs. Carter, who died on Nov. 19, had a personal story. As a young girl, she would hide when she saw a particular cousin walking down a street and singing loudly."
The northern lights might be visible in California tonight. Here are the details
The Chronicle, CLARE FONSTEIN: "It’s just possible that Northern Californians could be in for a glimpse of the northern lights after midnight tonight, as solar activity sends the phenomenon further south than usual.
If visible, northern Californians would likely only see a reddish glow in the sky, according to Travis Rector, a professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Alaska at Anchorage. He said that the early hours of Friday will be the best chance of getting a view."
Fewer undocumented students have DACA. California’s colleges want to help, even if the options are limited
CALMatters, ADAM ECHELMAN: "Eduardo Posadas, 22, and Auner Barrios Vasquez, 21, are both undocumented students, but their paths diverged when they turned 15. Soon after his birthday, Posadas became eligible for a federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which offers benefits for undocumented youth who have pursued an education or served in the military.
By the time Barrios Vasquez turned 15 just a few months later, Donald Trump was president, and the window for new DACA applications was closing. In the years that followed their 15th birthdays, DACA faced a number of legal challenges that have effectively kept the program alive for anyone who applied before 2017 — while barring almost all new applicants, including Barrios Vasquez."
State data collection systems failing students in juvenile detention, report says
EdSource , BETTY MARQUEZ ROSALES: "California is failing to provide a high-quality education to students in the juvenile justice system by not addressing the inadequacies of academic data collection practices, according to a recent report from the national Youth Law Center. Current collection practices, the report authors argue, do not accurately measure student needs and outcomes.
“A failure to design better metrics would be a disastrous choice on the part of California stakeholders to keep these students out of sight and out of mind,” the report’s authors wrote."
NYC real estate firm gains full control of big chunk of San Jose land
BANG*Mercury News, GEORGE AVALOS: "An East Coast real estate firm has taken full ownership of a huge chunk of land in South San Jose, but it’s unclear if the property will ever be developed.
DLJ Real Estate Partners, acting through an affiliate, has bought about 115 acres near the corner of Yerba Buena Road and Old Yerba Buena Road."
Elon Musk delivers first Tesla Cybertrucks, calling them ‘the most unique thing on the road’
LA Times, ANDREA CHANG: "Four years after Elon Musk unveiled it with billowing clouds of smoke, balls of fire and a botched demonstration of its shatter-resistant windows, Tesla has finally made the first deliveries of its alien-punk Cybertruck.
Standing in the bed of the stainless-steel-clad electric pickup, which has been mired by production delays and skepticism about its design and everyday utility, Musk called the Cybertruck “the most unique thing on the road” but promised that it is “actually very useful.”"
Bay Area tech layoffs soar to brutal heights with huge VMware job cuts
BANG*Mercury News, GEORGE AVALOS: "Tech industry job cuts in the Bay Area have reached two new grim milestones with the disclosure that the Broadcom purchase of VMware will spawn well over 1,000 more Silicon Valley layoffs, documents show.
With the latest revelations of upcoming layoffs, the tech industry has now disclosed plans to chop twice as many Bay Area jobs in 2023 as were reported for 2022, according to this news organization’s review of hundreds of official filings with the state labor agency."
Woman charged in Michael Latt killing had stalked, threatened a film director, records show
LA Times, NOAH GOLDBERG, RICHARD WINTON: "When production wrapped on the film “A Thousand and One,” Jameelah Michl, an extra in the movie, made a kind gesture: She sent a gift box to the film’s director, A.V. Rockwell.
More than a year later, when the film won the grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Michl sent an email to a producer about how brilliant Rockwell and the film were, according to court documents."
Teen found dead by off-roaders 49 years ago is likely victim of serial killer, CA cops say
Sacramento Bee, HELENA WEGNER: "A 17-year-old boy who was found dead by off-roaders in California 49 years ago is likely an early victim of a notorious serial killer known as the “Scorecard Killer,” deputies said.
DNA testing recently helped identify the teen decades later as Michael Ray Schlicht of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a Nov. 28 news release."
How bad is retail theft in S.F.? New reports show what could be a key shift
The Chronicle, JK DINEEN: "While videos of brazen lootings of San Francisco chain stores continue to rack up views on social media, several new reports — as well as fresh statistics from over the Thanksgiving weekend — suggest that the city’s crackdown on organized shoplifting rings may be paying off.
Larceny cases over Thanksgiving weekend were down about 75% from last year, with 100 reported thefts compared with 401 in 2022, according to the San Francisco Police Department. For the whole Thanksgiving week, there were 206 reports of theft versus 747 last year. Compared with 2021, when the city made national headlines when luxury stores were looted by large crowds in November, reported thefts over the holiday weekend dropped 80%."
Here’s how one man in the Transbay Tube caused BART to melt down
The Chronicle, RICARDO CANO: "The masses of people pressed together, shoulder to shoulder, at downtown San Francisco BART station platforms Wednesday evening was a strange scene for the regional rail agency.
But the scene, which conjured sights of pre-pandemic BART crowds, wasn’t spurred by an influx of office workers commuting home for the day. Rather, it was the result of a near two-hour service delay that began after a man entered the train tracks inside the Transbay Tube."
Warplanes hit targets in Gaza as Israel resumes its offensive and warns of attacks to come in south
AP: "Israeli fighter jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired on Friday, as the war with Hamas resumed in full force. Black smoke billowed from the besieged territory, and Israel dropped leaflets over parts of southern Gaza urging people to leave their homes, suggesting it was preparing to widen its offensive.
In Israel, sirens warning of incoming rockets blared at several communal farms near Gaza, a sign that militants also restarted attacks, but there were no reports of hits. The renewed hostilities heightened concerns for Palestinians in the tiny coastal enclave as well as about 140 hostages who remain there, after more than 100 were freed during the truce."
