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Welcome to a special bonus edition of The Localist, where our editors share an exclusive list of stories with in-depth reporting that you won’t want to miss. Here are 9 stories reported by our journalists that are worth your time. | Your subscriber login gives you access to each of these must-read articles from across the region. |
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| In Depth | | Technology Bill advances in Sacramento to make social media pay for harm to California kids | A bill that would impose financial liabilities on large social media companies if a court finds that they knowingly offered products or design features that resulted in harm to minors is advancing after it secured a major victory in the state Assembly on Monday. Proponents argue the bill is necessary to hold social media companies accountable for their role in the rise of depression, self-harm, eating disorders and suicidal thoughts among children. Read more | |
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| This Week's Editors' Picks | Criminal Justice Ex-Redlands teacher who sexually abused students released from prison decades early A former Redlands middle school teacher convicted in 2005 of sexually abusing three male students and sentenced to more than 74 years in prison has been released from custody and is now living in Palm Desert. Sean Lopez, 50, secured parole under a program for qualifying “elderly” inmates who have been incarcerated for at least 20 years. Read more |
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Health Care Bill to let cities help state with rogue rehabs dies despite wide support and making sense A bill that would have empowered local governments to help overburdened state regulators handle complaints about state-licensed addiction treatment centers did not advance beyond the Senate Appropriations Committee. Columnist Teri Sforza tries to make sense of the decision, which comes after the bill had wide, bipartisan support and amid an uptick in oversight issues and fraudulent operators at local rehabs. Read more |
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Education Chapman University president announces he will retire in fall 2025 Chapman University President Daniele Struppa says he will retire next year and return to the mathematics faculty, ending what will be a nine-year run leading the university through growth, as well as scrutiny. During Struppa’s tenure, he guided the university through a pandemic, political controversy and tensions with neighbors, all while growing the university’s academic reputation. Read more |
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Protests Who killed Alex Odeh, whose 1985 bombing death in OC was invoked by UCI protesters? Nearly 40 years ago, a pipe bomb exploded as Alex Odeh opened the door to his office on East 17th Street in Santa Ana, killing him and injuring seven others. A Palestinian-born Christian and U.S. citizen, Odeh was the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s southern regional director and was hailed by some as a peace activist. Columnist Teri Sforza writes about his unsolved murder after UCI protesters labeled a building 'Alex Odeh Hall' during last week’s protests. Read more |
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