California sues websites that publish blueprints for 3D printer ghost guns
CALMATTERS, CAYLA MIHALOVICH: "Two websites that distribute instructions for how to manufacture ghost guns are facing a new lawsuit from the state of California alleging that they provide access to illegal and untraceable firearms.
The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Rob Bonta and San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, is aimed at the Gatalog Foundation Inc. and CTRLPEW LLC."
With immigration, Newsom should stick it to Trump with facts (OP-ED)
CAPITOL WEEKLY, ANTHONY PAHNKE: "As the nationwide anti-ICE protests display, Trump’s immigration agenda is encountering unprecedented challenges.
Still, administration advocates defend its draconian approach. Whether it’s Border Czar Tom Homan asking that ICE be let into jails and noting that enforcement will continue, or continued claims that Trump is “going after the worst first,” public opinion may be turning, but the government’s plans haven’t. The billions from last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” for ICE and immigration enforcement continue to fuel Trump’s deportation machine."
Inside the push to reshape CapRadio and KVIE before their legal battle over tower
SACBEE, ISHANI DESAI: "Capital Public Radio teetered on the edge of failure when a quiet plan emerged to reshape the NPR affiliate and alter the future of Sacramento’s public media landscape.
The plan was pushed by two organizations: the Capital Public Radio Endowment — a nonprofit operating under Sacramento State meant to financially support CapRadio — and the region’s PBS affiliate KVIE."
She begged CARE Court to help her son. He died 10 days after it dismissed his case
CHRONICLE, SOPHIA BOLLAG: "As she walked through the glass double doors of the San Francisco Superior Court building on Polk Street, Ann Keith clutched a letter she hoped would save her son.
At 35, Connor Keith was homeless, battling fentanyl addiction and struggling to understand what was real and what was not. Invisible bugs crawled on his skin. Electrical outlets threatened to shock him in his sleep. A few days before, a friend had sent Ann a photo of Connor lying on a sidewalk, barefoot and wrapped in a blanket."
California teachers navigate difficult discussions about current events after ICE shootings
EDSOURCE, ZAIDEE STAVELY: "After Renee Good was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, Watsonville High School teacher Sarah Clark’s ninth grade students had a lot of questions. What precipitated the interaction? Was she yelling at them? Was she aggressive? Was she rude? Can we film immigration agents? Will we be arrested if we do?
The fatal shootings of Good and, a few weeks later, Alex Pretti, by federal officers have sparked nationwide outrage and led to student walkouts in California. In the aftermath, teachers in several districts said they have been navigating difficult conversations about the legality of federal immigration agents’ use of force, constitutional rights and due process, as students seek clarification about these and other events they have seen in the news and on social media."
Number of the Week: Teacher Strike Votes Are Rising
EDSOURCE, YUXUAN XIE: "Teachers unions throughout California are in contract negotiations with school districts. Pay raises and health care costs are among the main issues.
Here are some key numbers from teacher and district labor actions so far this year:"
EPA touts bipartisan efforts to clean up Tijuana River
CALMATTERS, DEBORAH BRENNAN: "The U.S. and Mexico are speeding up plans to clean the Tijuana River and considering interim steps to protect public health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said at a San Diego meeting with local leaders and Congress members Thursday.
“This is a non-partisan, bipartisan effort to work together for a very common important good for millions of Americans who have been waiting for this relief for decades,” Zeldin said."
‘Little death bombs’: Illegal cannabis farms poison California’s forests. Who’s cleaning them up?
CALMATTERS, RACHEL BECKER: "Law enforcement raided the illegal cannabis operation in Shasta-Trinity National Forest months before, but rotting potatoes still sat on the growers’ makeshift kitchen worktop, waiting to be cooked.
Ecologist Greta Wengert stared down the pockmarked hillside at a pile of pesticide sprayers left behind, long after the raid. Wild animals had gnawed through the pressurized canisters, releasing the chemicals inside."
Storms will break Northern California’s dry pattern. Will it rain in Sacramento?
SACBEE, CHAEWON CHUNG: "Northern California is expecting a storm in the coming days, with Sacramento forecast to see about a quarter-inch of rain early in the week.
The storm arrives as Northern California shifts out of a prolonged high-pressure pattern that brought dry, warmer weather and valley fog through much of January."
Kid Rock backlash erupts as ‘I like ’em underage’ lyric resurfaces before Super Bowl
CHRONICLE, AIDIN VAZIRI: "As Turning Point USA prepared to stream its “All-American Halftime Show” during Super Bowl LX — touted as conservative counterprogramming to Bad Bunny’s NFL halftime performance at Levi’s Stadium — a decades-old Kid Rock song resurfaced online, drawing renewed backlash over lyrics referencing underage girls.
The track, “Cool, Daddy Cool” was released in 2001 and was featured in the children’s movie “Osmosis Jones” that same year. It includes the line, “Young ladies, young ladies, I like ’em underage/ See, some say that’s statutory/ But I say it’s mandatory.” Part of the verse was performed by rapper Joe C, Kid Rock’s late hype man and collaborator."
Congratulations Bay Area, you did Super Bowl week proud and won new fans
CHRONICLE, SCOTT OSTLER: "Check your mailboxe"s, Bay Area citizens, for your complimentary Super Bowl souvenir t-shirts, emblazoned with, “YOU’RE WELCOME!”
That’s right, you hosted a sensational week-long party for the football world, and for the world as a whole, and lived to tell about it."
Trump administration demands citizenship checks for S.F. public housing tenants
CHRONICLE, LAURA WAXMANN: "The Trump administration has given the San Francisco Housing Authority 30 days to verify the citizenship status of an unspecified list of tenants who are receiving rental assistance from the agency. The housing authority has reached out to residents in at least one building, the Chronicle has learned.
A nonprofit housing provider confirmed that some of the organization’s tenants were contacted last week and told they had to turn over certain documents within 15 days. The request comes as part of a new directive from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, San Francisco officials confirmed. The Mayor’s Office on Housing and Economic Development, which acts as a partner to the housing authority, said the agency and others across the country received similar letters from HUD last month."
Why this stairway that would connect S.F. neighborhoods has been unfinished for 10 years
CHRONICLE, JK DINEEN: "Align Real Estate has emerged over the last few months as San Francisco’s most ambitious residential housing developer — a group proposing to build 3,400 housing units on four Safeway sites, including the eye-catching and contentious waterfront complex proposed for the Marina District.
But while the company is unknown to most city dwellers — Align is so secretive that a password is required to access basic information on its website — it has been at the center of a decadelong fight over an unfinished public stairway meant to connect the city’s Dogpatch and Potrero Hill neighborhoods."
Do I have to stop at highway on-ramp meters? Can I get a ticket? What CA law says
SACBEE, ANGELA RODRIGUEZ: "Whether you’re heading to work or starting a road trip, you might notice an on-ramp meter telling you when to merge — or when to wait — before entering a California highway.
How do on-ramp meters work? Can you get a ticket for not stopping?"
