Milo Yiannopoulos' controversial 'Dangerous Faggot' tour speech at UC Berkeley has been cancelled amid security concerns and protester-related violence.
Sacramento Bee's CATHY LOCKE: "Violence and protests prompted the University of California Police Department to cancel an appearance by far-right website editor Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley on Wednesday night."
"Police cited concerns for public safety amid violence and destruction of property, according to a UC Berkeley news release. Video posted online showed a fire being set by protesters."
"A similar appearance by Yiannopoulos at UC Davis was cancelled last month amid noisy but nonviolent protests."
READ MORE related to Education: California charter advocates say public school system 'failing black kids' -- Sacramento Bee's ALEXEI KOSEFF
A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled in a halt on Trump's travel ban.
Union-Tribune's JOEL RUBIN: "A federal judge in Los Angeles has added another legal challenge to President Trump’s controversial suspension of travel from a group of predominantly Muslim countries, issuing an emergency order that forbids government officials from enforcing many of the new rules."
"Using sweeping, unambiguous language, U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. on Tuesday night granted a temporary restraining order against the executive order Trump signed late last week."
"Birotte’s ruling came in a case hastily filed Tuesday on behalf of 28 Yemeni-born people. The group consists of United States citizens living here and family members who remained behind in Yemen but had received immigrant visas to come to the U.S., according to court filings."
A Republican Congressman has warned Trump about the interference with military readiness that the hiring freeze will create.
Sacramento Bee's VERA BERGENGRUEN: "A group of Republicans in Congress is warning President Donald Trump that his hiring freeze on federal workers, which includes civilians in the Department of Defense, could have a dangerous impact on national security by freezing resources needed to buy and modernize military equipment."
"In a letter to the president on Wednesday, 19 Republicans in the House of Representatives asked him to clarify the memorandom he’d signed on Jan. 23 and allow it to exempt defense acquisition personnel. The vague language of the memorandum, which says an agency can keep those it “deems necessary to meet national security or public safety responsibilities,” has left many departments struggling to figure out whom to exclude."
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Doctors push for HPV vaccinations for preteens as a preventative measure against cancer.
Sacramento Bee's CLAUDIA BUCK: "Of all childhood vaccines, it’s the one that makes many parents – and even some physicians – squeamish."
"HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a common sexually transmitted infection that can lead to cancers of some of the most private places: the cervix, vagina, penis and throat."
"Although there’s been a vaccine to prevent HPV for about a decade, vaccination rates among kids and teens have stayed relatively low, both in California and nationwide. Because HPV is sexually transmitted, some parents shy away from the vaccine, feeling it isn’t necessary for their preteens. Others contend the vaccine isn’t proven."
READ MORE related to Healthcare: California lawmakers to confer with Planned Parenthood -- The Chronicle's MELODY GUTIERREZ; Rise in STDs across Southern California has officials on alert -- Daily News' COURTNEY PERKES
A man responsible for the murder of a Capitol staffer has officially been charged with homicide.
Sacramento Bee's CATHY LOCKE: "A second man arrested in connection with a November shootout at a Sacramento casino has been charged with homicide in the case."
"The gunfire killed a bystander who was a popular state Capitol staffer."
"Luis Alfonso Castillo, 30, was one of three men arrested following the shootout with an off-duty police officer on Nov. 6 that began with a fistfight between two groups in the parking lot of the Capitol Casino at 411 N. 16th St."
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Sacramento County requests more time to catch up with the city's plan on combatting homelessness.
Sacramento Bee's ANITA CHABRIA/ELLEN GARRISON: "Six hours long and at times unruly, Tuesday night’s city-county joint meeting on homelessness ended minutes before midnight with a victory and a rebuke for Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg."
"For weeks, Steinberg has worked in public and behind the scenes to give public housing unitsand monthly federal rent vouchers to homeless people for two years. While the city directly controls a few public housing slots, the vouchers belong to the county and are administered through the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency."
"Steinberg needs county cooperation to accomplish his plan, but received only cautious support from the Board of Supervisors during Tuesday’s meeting without any commitment."
Trump's recent Black history month speech leaves critics scratching their heads.
The Chronicle's STEVE RUBENSTEIN: "Frederick Douglass, who has been dead for 121 years, is an “example of someone who’s done an amazing job,” according to comments by President Trump on Wednesday."
"It was not immediately known if Trump believed that Douglass, the great 19th century abolitionist, was still alive. But several people listening to the president’s comment thought so."
"In rambling remarks during a ceremony in Washington to kick off Black History Month, Trump said: “I am very proud now that we have a museum on the National Mall where people can learn about Reverend King, so many other things, Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice. Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and millions more black Americans who made America what it is today. Big impact."
Trump's divisive lawmaking has economic experts worried about the improbability of meeting his campaign promise of 4% gdp growth.
The Chronicle's THOMAS LEE: "President Trump has promised annual economic growth of 4 percent."
"I’d settle for anything above zero."
"Doubling the growth rate for the country’s gross domestic product, our annual output of goods and services, was always going to be challenging. Trump’s first couple of weeks make it look like a fairy tale."
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A federal complaint has been filed against the DMV due to overbearing costs and administrative fees associated with ticket fines.
Capitol Weekly's JOHN HOWARD: "A federal judge has ordered a conference in the case of a driver who got a $200 ticket for turning right at a stop light in suburban Sacramento. The motorist filed a federal complaint this week against the Department of Motor Vehicles, the California Judicial Council and the Sacramento County Superior Court, saying he is one of millions of people who had their licenses suspended because they couldn’t afford costs and administrative fees."
"The 2014 ticket ultimately ballooned to $1,665, plus an additional $55 to reinstate his license, said Howard Herships, who filed the unusual challenge in U.S. District Court in San Francisco."
"Herships said he was unfairly denied a court hearing on his ability to pay the costs before his license was lifted. He contends the fines collected have less to do with public safety than with serving as a revenue source for the court system and its employees. Herships asked the federal court to order a halt to the practice and require the state to hold ability-to-pay hearings for those facing fines and enforcement actions."
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