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Good morning. Here’s the news you need to know for today. |
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1. Rep. Karen Bass defeated businessman Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayoral race, becoming the first woman and only second Black Angeleno ever elected to lead the city. Caruso outspent Bass by more than 11 to 1 in his bid for the mayorship. |
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2. California is facing a projected $25 billion deficit next fiscal year as tax revenues fall short and the broader economy seems headed for a slowdown. The Legislature’s fiscal analysts recommended that the state, which not long ago reveled in a record budget surplus, pare back on spending rather than dip into reserves. Climate projects have historically been the first to go during economic downturns. |
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3. Twenty five LA County sheriff’s recruits were injured when an SUV veered into the wrong lane and plowed through their early-morning training run on Wednesday morning. Five were critically injured. |
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4. Nurse practitioners in California will soon be allowed to treat patients without physician supervision, a move which could expand healthcare access in low-income communities. Practitioners must meet certain time requirements to apply to work without physician supervision, but only in facilities where at least one doctor or surgeon also practices; after three years, those practitioners can work with full independence, and in theory even open their own medical practices. |
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5. Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorneys are attempting to drag Gov. Gavin Newsom into the spotlight in a bid to discredit his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who testified that Weinstein raped her in 2005. Weinstein’s lawyers said that Newsom accepted donations from the former Hollywood mogul — but Siebel Newsom said that was before she explicitly told her husband that Weinstein raped her. A judge tossed the defense’s request to bring up Newsom’s ill-fated trip to the French Laundry during the pandemic. |
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6. The University of California Board of Regents will decide Thursday whether to block UCLA’s switch to the Big Ten Conference. A move to the Big Ten — which would mirror USC’s Pac-12 defection and bring UCLA a more lucrative television contract — would mean more travel time for athletes and that UC Berkeley would have to stomach a loss of millions in revenue if the Pac-12 can’t deliver the LA market in its next television deal. |
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7. Rolling Loud, the world’s largest hip-hop festival, will take place in Inglewood at Hollywood Park adjacent to SoFi Stadium in March. The 2023 headliners include rappers Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, Future and Lil Wayne. |
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Nation / world |
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Republicans won control of the House, but party divisions and a slim majority could make passing key items on their agenda difficult. (The Washington Post) The Senate advanced a same-sex marriage rights bill in a 62-to-37 vote — reflecting how a previously divisive issue has become widely accepted. (The New York Times) A missile explosion that killed two people in Poland was likely a Soviet-made weapon fired by Ukraine’s air defense system, NATO officials said. (The Wall Street Journal) Myanmar’s military is set to release 6,000 prisoners among the more than 16,000 arrested after the February 2021 coup. (BBC) NASA’s Artemis I mission — the first of many journeys to promote a sustained human presence on the moon — launched early on Wednesday. (The Wall Street Journal)
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Other things we’re reading |
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Tomo’s picks: “Trump to Try for Historic Third Impeachment” (The New Yorker) “Hemp-Fed Cows Get Buzzed, Study Finds, but Will Humans Who Drink Their Milk?” (The New York Times)
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In case you missed it |
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva conceded to challenger Robert Luna. Now set to head the country’s largest sheriff’s department, Luna ran on a platform of reform and “public trust and legitimacy” — positioning himself as the opposite of Villanueva, who often found himself at odds with the county Board of Supervisors throughout his controversial tenure. |
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Entire communities in the drought-stricken lowlands of the San Joaquin Valley are relying on bottled water as their wells dry up. Bottled supplies can be the only alternative to the long waitlists — and high costs — of drilling deeper in search of water for those who rely on private wells. |
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