Daylight savings is about to start in California. When to spring forward, how to prepare
Sac Bee, SARAH LINN/HANNAH POUKISH: "Are you ready for some more sunshine?
Californians soon lose an hour of sleep — and gain some additional sunlight — when daylight saving time starts."
Atmospheric river set to roll in, with threat of rain, snow, floods and mud, forecasters say
LAT, KAREN GARCIA: "Don’t be fooled by the weekend’s warm temperatures, you’ll need your rain jacket again as forecasters are predicting an incoming cold front with moderate to heavy rains in Southern California. A storm is first expected to drench San Diego County on Monday night before an atmospheric river storm soaks the L.A. region midweek, posing a threat to burn scar areas.
Even though residents across the Los Angeles region should still have sunny skies Monday, there will be a 10-degree dip in temperatures to the low 60s and a 50% chance of showers Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service."
READ MORE -- Atmospheric river to fuel California storms this week with rain, wind and snow -- The Chronicle, GREG PORTER
The Micheli Minute for March 10, 2025
Capitol Weekly, STAFF: "Lobbyist and author Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week in Sacramento."
Newsom cites Menendez brothers case in seeking changes to parole process
LAT, HANNAH WILEY: "Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday plans to propose a new parole board process that could clear a path for more prisoners to have their sentences shortened.
The new regulations would in effect codify a process Newsom started two weeks ago when he directed the state Board of Parole Hearings to complete an assessment into whether brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez would pose an unreasonable risk to public safety if they were released from serving life sentences for the 1989 murders of their parents."
Bipartisanship is rare in the California Legislature. Here are the bills breaking the divide
CALMatters, RYAN SABALOW: "In these hyper-partisan times, Democrats and Republicans can’t seem to agree on much. That includes the members of the California Legislature.
Of the 2,278 bills lawmakers submitted by the deadline last week, only 11 had Republicans and Democrats as joint lead authors, according to a CalMatters analysis of the Digital Democracy database."
California Democrats see a spike in constituent calls urging them to ‘fight back’
The Chronicle, SHIRA STEIN: "Bay Area lawmakers have received an increase in calls from constituents in January and February, seven members told the Chronicle. Those who were in office at the start of the first Trump administration said the volume is similar to that time period. But the messages they’re getting have gotten more specific: Constituents are asking them to “do something” and not just make symbolic moves or release statements.
The flood of feedback highlights the internal conflict paralyzing the party: continue prioritizing decorum and civility, or create a new form of resistance."
Daniel Lurie sending S.F. officials to D.C. to fight for federal funds threatened by Trump
The Chronicle, J.D. MORRIS: "San Francisco officials are heading to Washington, D.C., this week to lobby for federal funding they’re worried could be withheld by the Trump administration or congressional Republicans, which would compound the city’s already-dire budget challenges.
Mayor Daniel Lurie is sending a team of local leaders to meet with members of the Bay Area’s House delegation and both of California’s U.S. senators, among others, to discuss what they believe is San Francisco’s urgent need for hundreds of millions of dollars in money from the federal government. It’s the first time Lurie has sent a team to the nation’s capital since he was elected."
San Jose mayor wants to tie city leaders’ pay raises to outcomes
The Chronicle, JOE GAROFOLI: "San Jose’s top city leaders could be denied pay raises if they don’t deliver services sufficiently — a possible first for a major U.S. city — under a plan being announced Monday by Mayor Matt Mahan.
Mahan will ask the City Council in his budget message later this month to place a measure outlining the proposal on the 2026 ballot. His proposal would cover the pay raises — but not the base salaries or annual cost-of-living increase — of the city’s mayor, City Council members and department heads, but not rank-and-file employees."
Trump wants to cut funding to 10 schools over antisemitism. UC Berkeley is one
The Chronicle, RACHEL SWAN: "UC Berkeley is reportedly among 10 schools being targeted by President Donald Trump’s administration for withdrawal of federal funds, which could potentially sap the institution of millions of dollars.
Officials at the Department of Justice created a list of schools that could face punitive measures amid claims that they have allowed antisemitism to pervade their campuses, the New York Times reported."
Former CapRadio board chair exchanged HR services for on-air messages about her firm
Sac Bee, ISHANI DESAI: "Another CapRadio board member had business dealings with the station at the same time as they served on the board.
Former board chair Kim Silvers, who was owner and founder of Silvers HR, LLC, exchanged human resources services for on-air announcements of her business, according to documents obtained by The Sacramento Bee."
Too much test prep? Inside Compton Unified’s frequent assessments
EdSource, MALLIKA SESHADRI: "On paper, the Compton Unified School District has soared in its academic performance in the last decade.
District Superintendent Darin Brawley has, in part, attributed the upswing to regular assessments and the use of standardized test scores to help determine academic strategies at individual school sites."
Elon Musk’s feud with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, explained
LAT, WENDY LEE: "A bitter rift between two Silicon Valley billionaires could shape the future of the fast-growing artificial intelligence industry.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who has his own AI startup, is duking it out in court and in a public war of words with Sam Altman, leader of ChatGPT maker OpenAI."
State Farm fires executive who discussed prospect of more California nonrenewals in undercover video
The Chronicle, MOLLY BURKE: "A State Farm executive has been fired after an undercover video of him discussing the company’s request for insurance rate hikes in California and appearing to denigrate residents of the fire-devastated Pacific Palisades region of Los Angeles circulated online.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the video, which was posted by the conservative O’Keefe Media Group, shows Haden Kirkpatrick, the vice president of innovation and venture capital at State Farm Mutual, responding to a question about whether rate hikes are orchestrated by saying “kind of … but not in the way you would think.”"
‘They’re being so stingy with everything’ State Farm criticized for claims response
LAT, LAURENCE DARMIENTO: "The night the Eaton fire destroyed block after block of Altadena, Jared Franz was huddled in a hotel room with his wife, two kids and their dog, praying the family’s home would escape the ferocious wind-swept blaze.
The family turned out to be one of the lucky ones, with their house on Luna Court still standing the next day, though it suffered smoke damage that made it uninhabitable."
They tried to pay their overdue rent. Their landlord wouldn’t accept it
CALMatters, FELICIA MELLO: "Crouching on the sidewalk in front of his apartment building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood last Monday, Bradford Berger shuffled through legal papers in a wrinkled manila folder. It was a stressful morning; he was scrambling to get ready for a chemotherapy appointment with his wife, who’d been diagnosed with lymphoma the month before.
In two days, sheriff’s deputies were scheduled to evict the two of them from the subsidized apartment they’d shared for the last 15 years — even after a local rental assistance program offered to pay the landlord, an affordable housing nonprofit, the back rent they owed."
How California homeless programs are helping people get fit and off the streets: ‘It’s the bike’
CALMatters, MARISA KENDALL: "Robert Brown had tried everything for his pain, from acupuncture to massage to chiropractors.
A 59-year-old Army veteran who spent decades living on the street, Brown has a crushed disk in his spine and nerve damage to his thigh. What finally helped him feel better wasn’t medication or traditional physical therapy."
Secret recordings reveal LAPD cops spewing racist, sexist and homophobic comments, complaint alleges
LAT, RICHARD WINTON/LIBOR JANY: "For the better part of a year, a Los Angeles police officer working in the department’s recruitment office secretly recorded dozens of conversations in which fellow cops hurled racist and derogatory comments against Black police applicants, female colleagues, and lesbian and gay co-workers, according to a complaint filed with the LAPD.
In one conversation, a Latina LAPD officer offered this advice on how to fight African Americans: “You hit black people in the liver; I heard they got weak livers,” according to the complaint filed Jan. 5 with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Professional Standards Bureau and the inspector general’s office. The same officer allegedly described a Latina janitor to her colleagues as a “wetback” after the janitor complained about the officer."
How one week, and Prop. 36, could have affected the prison time for Bidwell Mansion arsonist
Sac Bee, JAKE GOODRICK: "What a difference a week makes.
A man’s 11-year prison sentence for intentionally setting fire to the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico could have more than doubled had he committed the crime a week later, due to a section of Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime ballot measure passed in November."
