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Runoff to determine who will be Austin’s next mayor

Welcome to the Wednesday, December 7, Brew.

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Shania Twain stuns on People's Choice Awards red carpet ahead of receiving Music Icon Award

This year's People's Choice Awards, held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, saw celebrities from the world of music, acting and comedy walk the red carpet

Daily Mirror

California churches, nonprofit colleges could build homes on their land with proposed law

SAN FRANCISCO — California nonprofit colleges and faith organizations such as churches, mosques and synagogues would be able to build affordable homes on their land under a bill introduced Tuesday to help alleviate the state's worsening housing shortage and homelessness crisis.

Los Angeles Times

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‘Catfishing’ Virginia cop who killed California family was detained in 2016 after violent threats

ABINGDON, Va. — The Virginia police officer who “catfished” a 15-year-old California girl online and killed her mother and grandparents was detained for psychiatric evaluation in 2016 after threatening to kill himself and his father and experiencing relationship troubles with his girlfriend, according to a police report obtained by the…

Los Angeles Times

California moves to shut down a 3rd state prison as inmate population shrinks

California officials on Tuesday announced they will begin the process of closing Chuckwalla Valley State Prison in Riverside County and are planning cutbacks at six more prisons, including a women’s facility in Sacramento County.

Tribune News Service

California hospitals running low on beds for children as flu activity surges

Flu activity has reached high levels all around the state of California at a time when hospitals already are admitting a large number of children suffering from that illness, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, state public health officials announced Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

The DA for Northern California's largest prosecutor's office quits Twitter. Here's why

The Santa Clara County district attorney has announced that he's leaving Twitter due to a rise in extremist posts following the purchase of the social media company by billionaire Elon Musk.

Los Angeles Times

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Column: Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor comes home to family at last

SAN DIEGO -- On Dec. 7, a sailor killed at Pearl Harbor will be buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. It will be an especially poignant day for three sisters and their family members who live in La Jolla, California.

Tribune News Service

US vice-president Kamala Harris will swear in Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass

The ceremony will be a nod to the barriers broken by the two most powerful women in California politics and beyond

The Guardian - US

‘Catfishing’ Virginia cop who killed California family was detained in 2016 after violent threats

ABINGDON, Va. — The Virginia police officer who “catfished” a 15-year-old California girl online and killed three of her family members was detained for psychiatric evaluation in 2016 after threatening to kill himself and his father and experiencing relationship troubles with his then-girlfriend, according to a police report obtained by…

Los Angeles Times

California Law Strips Licenses from 'Misinformation'-Spreading Doctors

"You have this looming power over you that essentially can end your career," says Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya.

Reason

Campaign to repeal California fast food wage and labor regulation law submits more than 1 million signatures

On Dec. 5, Save Local Restaurants submitted more than 1 million signatures to the California secretary of state to place a veto referendum on the 2024 ballot that would repeal Assembly Bill 257 (AB 257). AB 257 would create a fast food council authorized to increase the minimum wage of…

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Calif. police shoot man who followed officer into station parking lot with rifle, officials say

A Rialto, California, police officer shot and injured a man Monday night in the parking area of the police station after the man followed the officer and brandished a rifle, department officials said.

Los Angeles Times

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott labelled ‘selfish’ after report shows separate private jets making same trip

The reality star was previously labelled ‘out of touch’ for joking about her and Scott’s matching private planes

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As a sacred minnow nears extinction, Native Americans of Clear Lake call for bold plan

LAKEPORT, Calif. — Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago.

Daily Mirror

Woman say she was left riddled with parasites after becoming strict raw vegan

Larissa Arteaga, from California, US, made the shocking discovery as she aimed to improve her health after becoming sick at witnessing her friends and family eat meat and dairy

The Independent UK

Meghan Markle family tree: Who are the Duchess of Sussex’s family?

From estranged half-siblings to her two children with Prince Harry, here’s everything you need to know about Meghan Markle’s family

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Trump's promise to do away with mail voting shows how out of touch he is with America

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If reelected, former President Donald Trump promises to ban mail balloting, allow only one day for voting and finish counting on election night.

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Bay Area tech workers react to layoff axes with shock, and ‘more pain’ is coming

SAN JOSE, California — The ax fell suddenly and out of the blue for technology worker Nitesh Donti. Less than a year ago, on the networking platform LinkedIn, he’d expressed excitement over his new job as an engineering manager at robot-vehicle company Nuro. Then last month, Nuro laid off Donti…

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: The San Francisco Republican who spread Pelosi attack conspiracies gets rewarded by GOP

Anyone with a beating heart and sliver of humanity reacted to the October attack on Paul Pelosi in similar fashion, with a combination of shock and horror that transcended politics.

Tribune News Service

Police give citations to striking UC workers who staged sit-in at Sacramento building

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group of striking University of California workers held a sit-in Monday at a downtown Sacramento building, where police officers surrounded them for a few hours before citing them for trespassing.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom, accusing oil industry of price gouging, unveils plan to cap refinery profits

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday unveiled an outline of his plan to place a cap on oil refinery profits in California, a proposal he's asking lawmakers to approve in hopes of reducing future spikes on gasoline prices.

Tribune News Service

Biogas: Not letting waste go to waste, these California wastewater facilities turn methane into power

At a sprawling sewage treatment plant in north San Jose, California, engineers are slowly perfecting the ideal temperature for a smelly mixture of bacteria and human waste as the stew churns inside four massive air-tight cauldrons.

The Independent UK

Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in California fraud case

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti has been sentenced in Southern California to 14 years in federal prison for cheating his clients out of millions of dollars

Tribune News Service

Oil companies spent big to elect new California legislators. What will their millions buy?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A handful of moderate Democrats and Republicans, beneficiaries of millions in oil contributions, are headed to the California Senate and Assembly this week.

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