Friday’s Headlines
Gav's CHP to Cities Order Draws a lot of attention, and the rest of the news from up and down the golden state.
8:36 AM PDT on August 29, 2025
- Op/Ed: Reauthorize Cap-and-Trade for the Environment (SacBee)
- Traffic Enforcement Way Down in Long Beach (LB Post)
- CHP Being Used to “Curb Crime in Key Cities” (SacBee)
- LA, San Bernadino on the List for CHP (Daily News)
- Gav Says CHP Recovered 4,000 Vehicles in Oakland (East Bay Times)
- Zoning for SD’s Clairmont Neighborhood Would Keep Low-density Housing Near Blue Line (KPBS)
- More Good Press for Santa Clarita’s Mountain Bike Park (SF Gate)
- Life in Planned Community “Pretty Great” (SF Chron)
- Trump’s ICE Terror Destroying Communities, for Example: Oxnard (LAT)
- How About Some State Guidance on Ebike Laws? (Voice of OC)
- Pollution from Oil and Gas Extraction Kills 90,000 Americans a Year (The Guardian)
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