The collapse has affected even the most dependable bulwarks. Apple, despite record revenue, went from being worth $3 trillion in January to $2.5 trillion Monday. Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla and Alphabet have all lost more than 20 percent of their value this year. Netflix has lost 70 percent."
Bass, running in the June 7 primary election to replace Mayor Eric Garcetti, said through her lawyer that the 30-second campaign commercial, produced by the union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles police officers, contains “false, misleading and defamatory” information about her and her voting record in Washington, D.C.
Quoc Le, 41, whose wife owns a Quickly bubble tea cafe on Larkin Street, was arrested following a sprawling investigation by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office that targeted higher-level criminals who profit off the city’s smash-and-grab epidemic. Le’s wife was not charged with a crime, prosecutors said.
The probe leading to Le’s arrest, which is dubbed Operation Auto Pilot, included bait cars, GPS tracking devices and undercover surveillance, and led to the recovery of more than 1,000 laptops, phones, cameras and other devices from locations allegedly associated with Le, officials said."
Immigration officials created network that can spy on majority of Americans, report says
CINDY CARCAMO, LA Times: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement has crafted a sophisticated surveillance dragnet designed to spy on most people living in the United States, without the need for warrants and many times circumventing state privacy laws, such as those in California, according to a two-year investigation released Tuesday by the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology.
Over the years, privacy law experts and civil rights activists and attorneys have accused ICE of overreach in its surveillance tactics directed at immigrants and Americans alike, but the Georgetown report paints a picture of an agency that has gone well beyond its immigration enforcement mandate, instead evolving into something of a broader domestic surveillance agency, according to the report, called “American Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century.”
ICE officials did not respond to a Times request for comment."
McDonald’s hiring thousands of workers across Southern California
KEVIN SMITH, San Gabriel Valley Tribune: "McDonald’s is looking to hire thousands of Southern California workers as it gears up for the busy summer season, but filling those slots amid the current labor shortage might be tough.
The fast-food chain will hold a Drive-Up Hiring Day on Tuesday, May 17 where applicants can drive up to one of more than 200 McDonald’s locations and get an interview on the spot. Job seekers can stay in their vehicles or sit in designated areas for the interviews.
The company needs to fill a variety of part-time and full-time positions, and employment with the company comes with perks."
‘Significant uptick’ in California coronavirus outbreaks brings new warnings
RONG-GONG LIN II, LA Times: "Coronavirus conditions are likely to worsen, with case rates continuing to rise and hospitalizations starting to increase, according to the top health official in the San Francisco Bay Area’s most populous county.
“We are also seeing a pretty significant uptick in reports of outbreaks, from schools, work sites and other congregate facilities,” Dr. Sara Cody, the Santa Clara County public health director and health officer, said at a news conference Tuesday. “Many of them are related to social gatherings. It’s spring — school is ending and people are gathering, and COVID is spreading.”
Caution is especially needed as it’s becoming clear that the latest Omicron subvariants that are circulating can reinfect people who survived the first strains of the Omicron variant back in December or January. Experts had said that the first Omicron subvariant, BA.1, likely conferred immunity against a newer subvariant, BA.2."
Chico’s plan to grow at Valley’s Edge would add 2,777 residential units
MICHAEL WEBER, Enterprise-Record: "Chico is on the path to develop its largest housing development in its history called the Valley’s Edge.
The Valley’s Edge Specific Plan is a proposal to develop more than 1,400 acres of land located generally to the east of Bruce Road with entrances located at the Skyway and East 20th Street.
It is planned in one of five areas identified in Chico’s 2030 General Plan as a space forecasted for future growth of the population and demand for housing and jobs. The general plan fulfills a state requirement to forecast growth and was adopted in 2011 by the city council at that time."
Column: Grassley’s probe slams Garcetti. Partly deserved, but partly a partisan hit?
STEVE LOPEZ, LA Times: "Things haven’t been looking so good lately for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The campaign to succeed him is fueled by blistering critiques of the city’s failures in addressing its massive homelessness crisis.
His prospects for higher elective office aren’t particularly bright."
L.A. school board delays student COVID-19 vaccine mandate without any discussion
HOWARD BLUME, LA Times: "The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved a delay of a student vaccine mandate for COVID-19 that had been scheduled to take effect next fall, under a recommendation from Supt. Alberto Carvalho.
The 8:30 p.m. vote at the conclusion of a nearly 12-hour board meeting took place without comment from either Carvalho or board members. It was a striking anticlimax after board members had determinedly adopted the vaccine requirement last year — and were resolute in defending it against lawsuits.
But in an earlier interview with The Times, Carvalho said that the change of direction was supported by science and also justified for pragmatic and academic reasons."
Recall of Chesa Boudin just got its first endorsement from an elected S.F. official
MEGAN CASSIDY, Chronicle: "District Two Supervisor Catherine Stefani became the first San Francisco elected official to publicly support the removal of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive prosecutor facing a highly contentious recall election on June 7.
The recall endorsement from Stefani, a moderate Democrat who is considered a potential contender for Boudin’s seat if he’s voted out of office, stands alone among her colleagues on the Board of Supervisors, most of whom have supported Boudin. Four others have not taken a public position on the recall.
In an exclusive interview with The Chronicle, Stefani said she thinks Boudin is failing to achieve the types of meaningful reforms he promised and failing to keep the city safe."
Cal State L.A. president gets no-confidence vote after professor removed from debate
COLLEEN SHALBY, LA Times: "The Cal State Los Angeles Academic Senate overwhelmingly approved a no confidence resolution against university President William Covino following outcry over the forcible removal of a Black Lives Matter leader and Cal State L.A. professor during a mayoral debate more than one week ago.
Of those who participated, 40 senators, or 91%, voted in favor of the resolution, two voted against and two abstained. The vote — a symbolic stance that does not carry official repercussions on his job — did not include all eligible senators or faculty and students outside the senate.
“I’m committed to continue working with our more than 1,500 faculty members to advance student success, graduation rates and economic mobility,” Covino said in a statement. “Everyday our faculty and staff go above and beyond to fulfill the mission of our university. That deep commitment to our students and our community should not be overshadowed by, or mischaracterized because of, the incident last week.”
