Breaking: CA lawmakers are abandoning a proposal to force Google to pay news companies for using their content, opting for a deal in which the tech giant agrees to pay $122.5M to support local media and start an AI program. cal.news/3SXha2y 📝 @jeannekuang 📸 Fred Greaves

The Democrats quietly dropped abolishing the death penalty from their party platform. This is the first time since 2012 the platform doesn't call for abolition and the first time since 2004 there's no mention of the death penalty at all huffpost.com/entry/democrat…

ICYMI: Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks Gavin Newsom announce a deal with Google to fund local news and #AI But journalism unions and Senate leaders Steve Glazer + Mike McGuire not satisfied. Jeanne Kuang of CalMatters breaks it down: calmatters.org/politics/capit…

CA lawmakers abandoning ambitious proposal to force Google to pay news outlets for using their content: Instead over 5 yrs Google would pay $55M to news outlets + $50M in existing grants + $67M for an AI program. AND taxpayers would pay $70M CalMatters calmatters.org/politics/capit…

• Abel López is a member of the hardworking cleaning crew at the United Center • Part of his job tonight: DNC balloon popping • He asked me to upload this video to SM with greetings to family & friends in his hometown of Coyolillo in the 🇲🇽Mexican state of Veracruz 👇

you investigate a tide pool

Some more details around Google journalism deal with California w/ Laura Mahoney: Agreement is entirely voluntary, governor will propose state's portions in future budgets, Google's portions mostly tax deductible #CJPA news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo…

Scoop: Chipotle illegally excluded its 1 unionized US restaurant from pay raises because the workers organized, US labor board prosecutors concluded. Follows similar determinations at Apple & at Starbucks, which just chose Chipotle’s CEO as its next boss bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Today is the day the city is planning to shut down Camp Resolution. About 30 residents remain, saying they don’t plan to leave, so we will see what happens… city crews have not yet arrived. The latest: sacbee.com/news/local/art…

“It is inexcusable in the capitol city in the state of California, which is home to more billionaires than any other state, can’t find a way to find housing for people” - Anthony prince of homeless union

Earlier this month, I interviewed Mohammad "Medo" Halimy, a Palestinian content creator whose vlogs showed the reality of life under bombardment in Gaza. Today, it's been reported that he succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike. He was 19. time.com/7008780/tiktok…

news outlets, hire Sanya Mansoor asap. she’s done crucial deep & nuanced coverage on a range of topics; muslim communities, gaza protests, immigration, state politics, voting rights, etc.

Lessons from the California journalism legislative debacle. This week’s Second Rough Draft newsletter open.substack.com/pub/dicktofel/…

Though urban areas like Los Angeles may see more shootings overall, across California, rural towns like Delano, in Kern County, have proportionally much higher rates of gun deaths. Moving story by Maanvi Singh: bit.ly/47nuSSB

The cover for this week’s issue, “A Mother’s Work,” by R. Kikuo Johnson. #NewYorkerCovers newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zky0KU

NEW: One big labor vs. business battle that Gavin Newsom will decide: A bill backed by California Federation of Labor Unions and opposed by CalChamber on workplace meetings NLRB Jeanne Kuang of CalMatters explains: calmatters.org/politics/capit…

NEW: More Californians are moving to the inland parts of California projected to be the hottest in the next few decades. “Will it get as hot as Death Valley?” ✍️ w/ arfa momin 📸by Ted Soqui 📸 & Fully Vaccinated Larry+booster Read our story: calmatters.org/environment/cl…

Teslas are always watching and so police are enlisting them to help solve crimes. Also do be careful about what you do around a random Tesla parked on the street. They are always watching. Great article: sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…