The high in Ukiah, Ca., Thursday, topped out at 110 degrees, 19 degrees above normal for the date. Not many people out walking around until the sun dropped below the horizon. Friday is forecast to peak at 113. The Press Democrat

This comes months after a state audit showed the administration wasn’t tracking effectiveness of homelessness/housing $. Also comes after his admin was grilled for showing up to a hearing without any data on the effectiveness of the program. kcra.com/article/califo…

Statement from bill author Assemblyman Joe Patterson: “This was a bipartisan bill with no opposition. Clearly the Legislature agreed on the need to rein in Newsom’s wasteful spending on ineffective homelessness programs. I’m glad we were able to get some safeguards written into

Backfiring during the #RidgeFire on Bear Valley Rd., and Wilbur Hot Springs, Saturday, July 20, 2024 east of Clearlake. The Press Democrat

Had to complete an assignment in Napa County Wednesday, so missed most of the early firefight on the #FloraFire in eastern Sonoma County. The Press Democrat CAL FIRE LNU Northern Sonoma County Fire Sonoma County Fire District Santa Rosa Fire Department

San Francisco officials say citations and arrests of unhoused people are expected to increase in light of recent court rulings. They hope it’ll motivate people to move indoors, though there is not enough shelter beds for everyone living on the streets. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/hom…

Sonoma County's health director Tina Rivera, whose last year was marked by contracting controversies, including that of for-profit company DEMA, is resigning, effective in August.

Update: I just drove by the block where officials arrested Castillo and threw away his belongings. Just 24 hours later, three new tents have already appeared.

What a wild lie to tell

Big, breaking story with regional implications from jeremyhay at @northbaynews: $20 billion Bay Area housing bond pulled from November ballot pressdemocrat.com/article/news/b…

Google won. seattletimes.com/opinion/google…

CA legislature & ⁦Gavin Newsom⁩ capitulate to Google & Big Tech. ⁦Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸⁩, prez of ⁦Media Guild of the West 🧭⁩, called plan a “total rout of the state’s attempts to check Google’s stranglehold over our newsrooms.” ⁦Laurel Rosenhall⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

Wild DEMA story out of Houston, where Dylan McGuinness found that DEMA CEO offered former Sonoma County health director Barbie Robinson a consulting job when Robinson was running Houston's health department... and DEMA was in line for a huge contract there

Also linking here to one of Andrew Graham’s most telling stories in this saga: DEMA leaders billing for services while attending an NFL game: pressdemocrat.com/article/news/d…

Robinson told the Houston Chronicle it was her deputy, Tina Rivera, who brought DEMA on, and she wasn't very involved, though she brought the company to Texas after taking over Houston's health department. That's not how Rivera recalls DEMA's origins: pressdemocrat.com/article/news/d…

Barbie Robinson was fired in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reports. We are following the story. With Tina Rivera's resignation this month, the two former SoCo health directors who awarded DEMA large contracts in CA and then TX are no longer employed houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

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The news just keeps rolling in Texas