Multiple people wounded in shooting at Reno casino
LA Times, SUMMER LIN: "Multiple people were reportedly shot Monday morning at the Grand Sierra Resort casino in Reno, and authorities said they have detained the suspected shooter.
Few details were available, but Reno police said on X that a gunman was taken into custody and there was no present threat."
COVID rising in California. How bad will this summer be?
LA Times, RONG-GONG LIN II: "COVID-19 is once again on the rise in California. It remains to be seen whether this latest uptick foreshadows the sort of misery seen last year — when the state was walloped by its worst summertime surge since 2022 — or proves fleeting. But officials and experts say it’s nevertheless a reminder of the seasonal potency of the still-circulating virus.
“We definitely are seeing an uptick in the summer,” Dr. Erica Pan, director of the California Department of Public Health and the state health officer, said during a recent webinar."
Sacramento City Hall homeless ban sparks debate over safety. Who deserves it?
SacvBee, MATHEW MIRANDA: "Clint Washington sat on a bench near Sacramento City Hall earlier this month, patiently waiting for a safe place to sleep.
Once his phone showed 9 p.m., Washington, 52, started his short walk to the building’s wall. There, he set up his sleeping arrangements — a gray blanket for warmth, bags of clothes for pillows and an episode of Magnum P.I. to put him to sleep."
Can a county fire a sheriff behind closed doors? Advocacy group threatens to sue for access
LA Times, NIGEL DUARA: "An open government advocacy group is threatening to sue a California county that is preparing to discuss firing its elected sheriff behind closed doors.
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, who serves one of the wealthiest communities in the country, has faced calls for her removal since an explosive November report from a retired judge found that she likely violated the county’s policy on nepotism and conflicting relationships."
CA agency reverses on telework policy after workers raise union contract concerns
SacBee, WILLIAM MELHADO: "The California Public Utilities Commission announced Friday afternoon that the agency would pause a September return-to-office order for employees until next year.
Earlier this month, the agency told employees represented by SEIU Local 1000 and other labor groups that they would be expected to work in person two days a week starting in September."
Trump administration unfreezes billions in federal education funds after outcry
EdSource, EMMA GALLEGOS: "The Trump administration plans to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funds for the current school year after an outcry from educators as well as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle.
The day before the funds were set to be delivered on July 1, the White House announced that it was freezing over $6 billion, including an estimated $939 million in grants for California schools."
OPINION: Is Sacramento a ‘Sanctuary City’ that protects its own? We’ll find out
SacBee, TOM PHILP: "Sacramento has been a “sanctuary city” for more than 40 decades on behalf of its immigrants who simply want to live here. It has signaled that we are a community that cares about our own who need a little help simply to survive.
If the city of Sacramento approves Mayor Kevin McCarty’s plan to ban the homeless from sleeping outside of City Hall at night, we can no longer in good conscience call ourselves a sanctuary city in any respect. No city can be a safe harbor for some and not others while pretending to maintain fair procedures for everyone. That’s not the values behind humanity and due process."
Millions in state funding created year-round access, opportunities for Fresno students
EdSource, LASHERICA THORNTON: "Fishing. Scuba diving. Engine repair. Modeling. Archery. Aviation. These are just a few of the more than 100 summer camps that the Fresno Unified School District offers its students each week under the umbrellas of adventure, college and career, creative arts, sports and STEM.
The engaging programs involve activities that families look forward to and future careers that students may pursue. They serve as examples of how to effectively utilize tens of millions of dollars."
California may soon ban selling new Glocks like the one Kamala Harris owns
CALMatters, RYAN SABALOW: “The Democrats who control California’s Legislature are poised to ban the sale of one of the most popular types of handguns, like the one owned by arguably the state’s most recognizable Democrat, Kamala Harris.
Assembly Bill 1127 aims to prohibit gun shops from selling new Glock-brand handguns and various off-brand imitators, because the guns can become fully automatic if a criminal inserts a converter, commonly known as a “Glock switch,” into the weapon. The switches can be made illegally on a 3D printer.”
Twenty years at Capitol Weekly – Plus, Frank Torres of UNAC (PODCAST)
Capitol Weekly, STAFF: “We’ve got a jam-packed episode this week: Podcast cohost Tim Foster marks TWENTY years at Capitol Weekly. Then we speak with Frank Torres, the new Director of Political and Legislative Advocacy for the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals. Finally, we tell you who had the Worst Week in California Politics, and for the first time ever, the #WWCA ‘winner’ is not human!”
Why California’s expanded learning programs are falling short (OP-ED)
Capitol Weekly, RAKHI ISRANI: “Every afternoon, thousands of California students are turned away from Expanded Learning Programs (ELPs), not because they don’t want them, but because there’s no room for them. This is despite California spending more than $650 million annually on ELPs, the largest investment of any state in the nation.
California has established a comprehensive ecosystem of support to provide high-need students with supportive spaces to learn, grow, and thrive, through state-run programs, including the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELO-P), After School Education and Safety (ASES), the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), and the ELPs run by hundreds of non-profits independently of government-run programs.”
He relied on Planned Parenthood for primary care. Now Trump cuts leave him doctorless
The Chronicle, SARA DINATALE: “Cameron Cox requires around-the-clock care and, as if the 31-year-old with cerebral palsy’s medical needs weren’t complex enough, President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill could soon leave him without a primary care doctor.
The GOP-approved budget bill cut Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood, even when the care is unrelated to abortions. Planned Parenthood provides primary care doctors for some Americans on Medicaid.”
Why a new Trump policy could expel thousands of adult students from classes
CALMatters, ADAM ECHELMAN: “As President Donald Trump ramps up immigration enforcement, targeting immigrants at workplaces and street corners across California, his administration is turning its attention to adult students.
In a memo earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education said adult students without legal status must be banned from federally funded career technical education classes, English-language programs and high school equivalency courses. Adult schools offer these courses to anyone over 18 years old, including immigrants, and many school leaders say the new policy could lead to enrollment declines. California’s K-12 districts may also need to adapt since they use federal funding to offer numerous career technical education classes that teach skills such as welding and farming.”
‘It’s a crisis moment’: Bay Area grocery habits are changing the physical stores
The Chronicle, RACHEL SWAN: “Every Safeway shopper in El Cerrito has a pet conspiracy theory about why company brass rearranged the grocery aisles.
Years ago, the aisles were separated into two rows, with a gap in between for shopping cart passage. That all changed with the pandemic, when store workers consolidated the shelves so they extended from the checkout stands to the pharmacy in back.”
Details emerge on identity of Delta co-pilot after agents stormed SFO cockpi
The Chronicle, AIDIN VAZIRI: “The Delta Air Lines co-pilot arrested Saturday night at San Francisco International Airport appears to be former East Bay resident Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, according to records reviewed by the Chronicle.
Records show Bhagwagar was arrested at 9:40 p.m. Saturday, the same time the Delta co-pilot was pulled out of the cockpit by Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies and federal agents.”
$200,000 homes in the Bay Area? Yes, but residents worry their affordable neighborhood is changing
The Chronicle, CHRISTIAN LEONARD: “Just $150,000 for a one-bedroom home. In the San Francisco metropolitan area, where the typical home goes for nearly $1.2 million, that price tag sounds like it comes from the history books.
In some ways, it does.”
S.F.’s fight over the ‘Monster in the Mission’ property is back, thanks to a legal loophole
The Chronicle, LAURA WAXMANN: “California legislators have handed San Francisco developers like Sam Moss major wins in recent years by reforming restrictive laws and passing new legislation aimed at hastening housing construction.
These new efforts curtailed bureaucratic hurdles and public review processes in the city, and yet, little housing has been built since, due to the economic downturn. Moss wants to change that, and he’s almost ready to go: Thanks to a 2018 state law, his development firm, Mission Housing Development Corp., won streamlined approval of a nine-story building for formerly homeless adults slated to rise atop a busy BART stop, without a murmur of objection — from bureaucrats, at least. ”
