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As California goes from drought to deluge, a dangerous old foe returns: Mudslides -- Through five years of severe drought, El Capitan Canyon above the Pacific Ocean near Goleta endured bone-dry conditions that at times seemed like they would never end. Rong-Gong Lin II, Rosanna Xia and Raoul Ranoa in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

In the stormy Sierra, Alta residents cut off by washed out mountain road -- Most of us take the street in front of our house for granted. Dawn Sibley and her neighbors sure don’t. Not this winter. Sibley, a school teacher, lives in an enclave of rustic homes tucked into the pines outside of tiny Alta at the snow line. Tony Bizjak in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 1/22/17

The vanishing San Diego single-family home -- Many people still dream of buying a house that includes a few bedrooms, a yard to play in and a porch to watch the comings and goings of the neighborhood. Yet making that dream a reality is becoming increasingly more difficult in San Diego County. Phillip Molnar in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 1/22/17

With executive order, Trump tosses a ‘bomb’ into fragile health insurance markets -- President Trump’s executive order instructing federal agencies to grant relief to constituencies affected by the Affordable Care Act has begun to reverberate throughout the nation’s health-care system, injecting further uncertainty into an already unsettled insurance landscape. Juliet Eilperin and Sean Sullivan in the Washington Post$ -- 1/22/17

Obamacare repeal would also affect your employer health insurance -- Stephanie Blythe isn’t due to give birth until April, but she already ordered a breast pump through her insurance company because she’s worried about the future of the Affordable Care Act. Soumya Karlamangla in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Trump, new supervisors give Ed Lee chance to assert leadership -- San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee beamed triumphantly at last week’s groundbreaking of the new Warriors arena as he watched his “legacy project” come into being. The moment stood in stark contrast to one year ago, when protesters booed him loudly throughout his inauguration ceremony. Emily Green in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 1/22/17

Lopez: Massive marches and a cranky new president. We're certainly off to a colorful start -- On just his second day in office, President Trump has already scored a major achievement. The nation’s physical fitness improved greatly Saturday as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators poured onto the National Mall to march in defiance of the newly installed Tweeter of the Free World. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Taylor: Women’s March is just the 1st step in making a lasting difference -- The first step was taken Saturday in opposition of the new president, and it was sure-footed. Otis R. Taylor Jr. in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 1/22/17

Trump Mocks Protesters Before Affirming Right to Demonstrate -- President Donald Trump mocked protesters who gathered for large demonstrations across the U.S. and the world on Saturday to signal discontent with his leadership, but later offered a more conciliatory tone, saying he recognized such marches as a “hallmark of our democracy.” Alex Wayne, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Margaret Talev Bloomberg Politics -- 1/22/17

Trump aides defend inflated inauguration figures as 'alternative facts' -- President Trump's senior advisors defended White House attacks on the news media and incorrect claims about the size of the crowd at his inauguration, accusing news organizations Sunday of trying to undermine Trump's legitimacy. Brian Bennett in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Kellyanne Conway says Donald Trump’s team has ‘alternative facts.’ Which pretty much says it all -- If there is one video clip that describes the new reality for the political media — and for the truth — during the President Trump era, it is the one above. It's a discussion about White House press secretary Sean Spicer, on his first full day in that job, having taken to the podium and made easily disproved claims about the size of Trump's inauguration crowd. Aaron Blake in the Washington Post$ -- 1/22/17

Trump Aide Says He Won’t Release Taxes, Breaking Campaign Pledge -- “The White House response is that he’s not going to release his tax returns. We litigated this all through the election. People didn’t care. They voted for him,” Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, said on Sunday. Billy House Blooberg Politics -- 1/22/17

Spicer earns Four Pinocchios for false claims on inauguration crowd size -- It’s rather remarkable that the Trump White House has decided to make easily disproved claims about the size of the inauguration crowd Friday. On the face of it, there is no reason Trump should have expected bigger crowds than Barack Obama drew in 2009 and 2013. Glenn Kessler in the Washington Post$ -- 1/22/17

Decker: Huge rallies may signal an emerging anti-Trump movement. But sustaining unity could prove difficult -- Not for decades, since 1960s protesters took to the streets against the Vietnam War, has a chief executive faced such visible opposition. And never in memory has a new president faced such widespread and intense criticism in the first 24 hours of his term. Cathleen Decker in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Women’s march draws almost twice Metro ridership of Trump’s inauguration -- As demonstrators filled the National Mall on Saturday for the Women’s March on Washington, Metro rail clocked its second-highest daily ridership level ever, with 1,001,613 trips, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority reported. Matthew Nussbaum Politico -- 1/22/17

Abcarian: The coolest people are all about denim, and denim is California's official state fabric -- Throw out everything you think you know about caring for bluejeans, and listen for a moment to Marie and Jim Shaffer, who named their company Jeans Genius for a reason. Robin Abcarian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Anti-abortion protesters in San Francisco 'thanking God' for Donald Trump -- Anti-abortion demonstrators marched through downtown San Francisco in an annual event Saturday that coincided with the women's march in opposition to President Trump. Organizers said they coordinated so the two events occurred at different times of the day. Associated Press -- 1/22/17

Only a Third of California Doctors Are People of Color, But 60 Percent of Residents Are -- Fewer than half of doctors and nurses are people of color in California, a state where 60 percent of the population identifies as Latino, Asian American or African American, according to a new report. Hannah Guzik California Health Report -- 1/22/17

A New Path to Help for Victims of Domestic Violence -- Telephone hotlines staffed by advocates have long been a lifeline for victims of domestic violence. While how we communicate has changed in the digital era, high rates of domestic violence remain a widespread problem, especially among younger women. Linda Childers California Health Report -- 1/22/17

 

California Policy & Politics This Morning  

Can California's premier climate program survive this legal challenge? -- With President Trump in the Oval Office, California officials are bracing for the possibility that the new administration will undermine the state’s landmark policies on climate change. But the more immediate threat isn’t coming from Washington; it lies in a lawsuit that has been slowly winding its way through state courts. Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Walters: Legal, political clashes will settle future of California’s cap-and-trade system -- California’s highly controversial cap-and-trade approach to reducing carbon emissions has many moving parts – bureaucratic, legal and political – and the next few months will determine whether they coalesce into an enduring system or the entire structure collapses. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 1/22/17

Political Road Map: Voters have placed a lot of California's budget choices on autopilot -- Here’s a simple rule of thumb worth keeping in mind about how California’s budget is crafted: Not all tax dollars are created equal. John Myers in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Massive women's march in downtown L.A. said to be largest in over a decade -- Hundreds of thousands of people converged on downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to march for women’s rights in one of a series of demonstrations taking place across the country. Cindy Chang, Ruben Vives, Dakota Smith, Richard Winton, Christine Zhang in the Los Angeles Times$ Sandy Mazza and Susan Abram in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 1/22/17

Huge crowds gather to demonstrate against Trump -- All over the Bay Area on Saturday, massive crowds overflowed sidewalks, streets and parks as pro-women, anti-President Trump protesters loudly — and peacefully — declared they will oppose the new administration’s agenda wherever they see it opposing them. Vivian Ho, Kevin Fagan and Sarah Ravani in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 1/22/17

Women’s March: Huge Bay Area turnout as California resistance takes hold -- In a striking sign of solidarity Saturday, more than 2 million people joined Women’s Marches from the nation’s capital to the Bay Area and beyond, promising to fight for a new era of civil rights in the age of President Donald Trump. Julia Prodis Sulek in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 1/22/17

Women's March In Sacramento Draws Thousands -- The march, which began at 10 a.m. in the city’s Southside Park, flooded midtown with people carrying signs, wearing pink hats, and chanting.The crowd was so large that it delayed Sacramento’s light rail system downtown as throngs of people marched to the state Capitol. Amy Quinton Capital Public Radio -- 1/22/17

Women's March draws thousands to Santa Rosa in stand against Trump -- The streets of downtown Santa Rosa were overtaken Saturday by a vibrant political rebellion as a crowd of thousands marched in solidarity with women, immigrants and others in a remarkable show of defiance against President Donald Trump one day after his inauguration. J.D. Morris and Paul Payne in the Santa Rosa Press -- 1/22/17

Human rights extolled at San Diego, North County Women's Marches -- Themes of diversity and human rights dominated the San Diego Women’s March, where as many as 40,000 people walked in a show of post-inaugural solidarity with participants at hundreds of related events across the United States and around the world. Phil Diehl, Morgan Cook and Teri Figueroa in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 1/22/17

Orange County women's marchers among hundreds of thousands across the nation -- They wore pink hats and called themselves nasty. They carried signs, some clever, some angry and some profane. “Tweet Women With Respect.” “We Shall Over-comb.” “Hate Does Not Make America Great.” Keith Sharon, Kelly Puente, Sandy Mazza and Susan Abram in the Orange County Register -- 1/22/17

Women’s marches draw thousands of supporters in Fresno, Oakhurst and Visalia -- They gathered Saturday at a busy city intersection in Fresno, a quiet park in Visalia and a major highway to Yosemite in Oakhurst, determined to tell President Donald Trump and his administration not to be so quick to dismantle his predecessor’s legacy – especially when it concerns women’s rights and health care. Ashleigh Panoo in the Fresno Bee -- 1/22/17

Kamala Harris: The women's march is 'absolutely personal to me' -- Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) was “walking on a cloud” after speaking to thousands at the women's march in Washington. Her message: All issues are women's issues. Annie Z. Yu in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

With Dems thinking 2020, Kamala Harris takes DC spotlight -- Kamala Harris of California has been a U.S. senator for less than three weeks, but the prominent speaking role she was given at Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington showed her reputation as a rising star in a Democratic Party searching for a new generation of leaders. Sean Cockerham McClatchy DC -- 1/22/17

Californians find solace in huge turnout at Women’s March in D.C. -- Donning pink hats and braving uncomfortably jam-packed conditions, other Californians, too, helped swell the gathering on the National Mall one day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. They included the likes of Fresno-area nursing student Vanessa Brown, Nevada City teacher Donna Decker and, from Tracy, the wife-and-husband team of Robin and Henry Cole. Michael Doyle and Stuart Levenworth McClatchy DC -- 1/22/17

California Republican Committee chair revels in Trump inauguration -- On Saturday evening hunkered down inside the lobby of Washington D.C.’s Trump International Hotel, California Republican Committee Chairman Jim Brulte plotted how to get out. All Brulte wanted to do was go to dinner at the Peking Gourmet Inn in Falls Church, Va., 14 miles away. But Pennsylvania Avenue, where both the White House and the Trump Hotel sit, was blocked by protesters. Keith Sharon in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 1/22/17

Lopez: Beware the politician with simple answers: Trump still divides, and there's a lot at stake -- It was, no matter where you stood, an astounding day. The man of the moment was no longer Donald Trump the reality TV star, or Donald Trump the real estate baron-turned-politician. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Women's March Los Angeles demonstrates city planning's need for 'radical flatness' -- Any big political march is both a test of a city’s spatial limitations and an exercise in seeing and using that city in a new way. This may be especially true in Los Angeles, a city still trying to shake off an outdated reputation as a place without a significant pedestrian culture or vibrant public realm. Christopher Hawthorne in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

No longer a Blue Ball: Democrats uplifted after Women’s March -- Shortly after Donald Trump won the presidency, some liberals decided they would need a place to cry in their beers after he took the oath of office. They dubbed their Saturday party the Blue Ball, in part for the color of Democratic states on political maps and in part for their expected mood. Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 1/22/17

Fearing climate change databases may be threatened in Trump era, UCLA scientists work to protect them -- On a rainy Inauguration Day morning, dozens of students, archivists, librarians, professors and other concerned citizens gathered in a UCLA classroom, poring over the Department of Energy website. Amina Khan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Antiabortion crowd takes to San Francisco streets for annual march -- Thousands took to San Francisco’s streets to voice their opposition to abortion Saturday at an annual event that coincidentally coincided with the city’s Women’s March. Jenna Lyons in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 1/22/17

Rise in crimes targeting Asian Americans leads to new website -- “Go back to (expletive) China!” Gloria Lee can still see the anger and hatred on the face of the man who uttered those words. On a warm afternoon in September, the lawyer was crossing the street toward her firm’s offices wearing a crisp dress suit when a car screeched to a halt beside her, almost hitting her. Deepa Bharath in the Long Beach Press Telegram$ -- 1/22/17

Willie Brown: Trump’s America, making friends isn’t a priority -- President Trump’s swearing-in was more of a White Lives Matter rally than an inauguration. There were no lofty words or new thoughts, just a polished and toned-down collection of his catchphrases. What was amazing was that he condemned every lawmaker surrounding him, Republican and Democrat alike. Willie Brown in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 1/22/17

Schnur: Huffman is the Kaepernick of California politics -- Jared Huffman, the Democratic congressman from San Rafael, is smart, principled and dedicated to public service. Years ago, despite our many ideological differences, we worked together on a package of political and government reforms, and I learned that he has the potential to be one of the state’s most impressive and influential public sector leaders. Dan Schnur in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 1/22/17

Calbuzz: National News Media Must Call Out Trump’s Lies -- The unhinged fabrication that Donald Dinky Hands and his bootlicker mouthpiece Sean Spicer spouted on the Trump Regime’s first full day in office, preposterously claiming that his inaugural crowd was bigger than any before, would be laughable if it weren’t such chillingly clear evidence of the 46% 45th president’s Big Lie strategy. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 1/22/17

Economy, Employers, Jobs, Unions, Pensions 

Local governments grapple with increasing pension costs before higher tab comes in 2018 -- Despite an economic recovery, local government leaders in California say rising pension costs have made it more difficult to restore some programs they cut during the recession. Brad Branan in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 1/22/17

Lansner: Is there really exodus from California business? -- The mocking image of Californians fleeing for other states is simply wrong. Snippets of demographic data have been used to suggest that California policy – among other things such as high taxes and regulation – are nudging huge numbers of residents to exit the state. Jonathan Lansner in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 1/22/17

Former AFTRA Retirement Fund executive charged in $3.4-million fraud case -- A former executive at the AFTRA Retirement Fund has been arrested, along with a business vendor, and charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with an alleged false invoicing scheme that cost the health and retirement fund of millions of dollars. David Ng in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

Water   

Storm series hasn't socked region like this since 2010 -- The series of storms currently hitting Southern California represent the biggest amount of rainfall the region has seen since December 2010, officials with the National Weather Service in San Diego say. Nathan Percy in the Orange County Register -- 1/22/17

Education 

Santa Rosa schools face $19 million shortfall over next two years -- The discovery of multimillion-dollar accounting errors at Sonoma County’s largest school district has exacerbated a bleak budget outlook and cast a pall over contract negotiations with teachers seeking raises and improved health benefits next year. Kevin McCallum in the Santa Rosa Press -- 1/22/17

Education leaders challenge Trump assertion that students are 'deprived of all knowledge' -- In his first remarks on education after being sworn into office, President Donald Trump asserted in his inaugural address Friday that the nation’s education system is “flush with cash” and that its children are being “deprived of all knowledge.” Not deprived of some knowledge, or even most knowledge. But deprived of all knowledge. Louis Freedberg EdSource -- 1/22/17

Immigration / Border 

Exclusive: Whatever Trump does, Dreamers likely to be deported soon -- Young immigrants currently protected from deportation will be quickly removed from the country by President Donald Trump’s plan to boost deportations, even if the new president doesn’t target them directly, according to a former senior immigration official in the Obama administration. Franco Ordoñez McClatchy DC -- 1/22/17

Health 

Aliso Canyon health study hangs in balance as air regulators extend order -- The battle between air regulators and the Southern California Gas Co. over a health study on the impact of the nation’s largest natural gas leak on the residents of Porter Ranch and the surrounding community is moving from the board hearing room to the court room. Gregory J. Wilcox in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 1/22/17

POTUS 45  

With False Claims, Trump Attacks Media on Turnout and Intelligence Rift -- President Trump used his first full day in office on Saturday to unleash a remarkably bitter attack on the news media, falsely accusing journalists of both inventing a rift between him and intelligence agencies and deliberately understating the size of his inauguration crowd. Julie Hirschfeld and Matthew Rosenberg in the New York Times$ -- 1/22/17

Trump inauguration sees TV viewership decline from 2009 -- Donald Trump’s inauguration as president on Friday was a TV event, with approximately 30.6 million people tuning in to watch, however, viewership was down from President Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, which averaged nearly 38 million viewers. Alex Weprin Politico Steve Gorman Reuters -- 1/22/17

Trump wages war against the media as demonstrators protest his presidency -- President Trump used his first full day in office to wage war on the media, accusing news organizations of lying about the size of his inauguration crowd as Saturday’s huge protests served notice that a vocal and resolute opposition would be a hallmark of his presidency. Philip Rucker, John Wagner and Greg Miller in the Washington Post$ Susan Chira and Yamiche Alcindor in the New York Times$ Elana Schor and Madeline Conway Politico Ben Kesling, Felicia Schwartz and Byron Tau in the Wall Street Journal$ Perry Stein, Steve Hendrix and Abigail Hauslohner in the Washington Post$ -- 1/22/17

Over 1 million join anti-Trump women's marches worldwide -- In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged. Nancy Benac and Ben Nuckols Associated Press -- 1/22/17

Fact Check: Trump overstates crowd size at inaugural -- President Donald Trump's speech Saturday at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency turned into the latest battle in, as he put it, his "running war with the media." Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin Associated Press -- 1/22/17

Trump Pilgrimage to CIA Detours Into Denial of Months-Long Feud -- For months, Donald Trump fought a running public battle with the intelligence community, attacking it as ineffective and incompetent. After the election, Trump went so far as to suggest that the CIA was the source of leaks against him. "One last shot at me," Trump tweeted on Jan. 11. "Are we living in Nazi Germany?" Margaret Talev and Jennifer Jacobs Bloomberg Politics -- 1/22/17

Analysis: Trump promises big change, picks small fights -- President Donald Trump won the White House promising big changes to the nation's economy, health care system and foreign policy. He spent his first full day in office picking small fights. Julie Pace Associated Press -- 1/22/17

Balz: Trump set down his own marker: The time for action is now -- A collision awaits President Trump. Exactly when it will take place isn’t clear, but it is almost certain to occur. The extravagance of the president’s rhetoric is soon to meet the reality of governing. Dan Balz in the Washington Post$ -- 1/22/17

Will the women’s march be another Occupy, or a Democratic Tea Party? -- Organizers and participants want it to be a movement that can do what Trump did in his presidential campaign—only in reverse. Edward-Issac Dovre and Elana Schor Politico -- 1/22/17

Beltway 

London women gathered at Trafalgar Square -- The atmosphere was jubilant at the London Women's March as protesters walked through the capital loudly chanting "Build bridges not walls," and "Stand united, we will never be divided." Christina Boyle in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/22/17

 

-- Saturday Updates 

Massive crowd gathers at Pershing Square for Women’s March Los Angeles -- Fired up by what they call an election cycle that left them insulted and their rights threatened, tens of thousands of women — and the men who support them — gathered in downtown Los Angeles Saturday as part of a nationwide act of solidarity to send a message to President Donald Trump’s administration. Susan Abram in the Los Angeles Daily News$ Alene Tchekmedyian, Dakota Smith, Richard Winton and Ruben Vives in the Los Angeles Times$ Christine Armario Associated Press -- 1/21/17

Metro trains reach capacity, stranding some Women's March attendees -- As thousands of people gathered in Downtown L.A. for the Women's March of Los Angeles, thousands more were left standing on Metro platforms and at bus stops as packed trains and buses rolled past. Sara Fay KPCC -- 1/21/17

Bay Area crowds gather to demonstrate against Trump -- Massive crowds gathered across the Bay Area on Saturday morning a day after President Trump’s inauguration to declare that they will oppose the new president’s agenda wherever they see it opposing them. The five Women’s March events planned around the region Saturday echoed the main Women’s March held simultaneously in Washington, D.C. — advocating for the rights of women, minorities, immigrants and the poor. Sarah Ravani, Hamed Aleaziz and Kevin Fagan in the San Francisco Chronicle Ethan Baron in the San Jose Mercury$ Julia Prodis Sulek in the East Bay Times -- 1/21/17

Women’s March on Sacramento begins: ‘Enough is enough, we won’t go back!’ -- Thousands of people have begun arriving at the State Capitol as part of the Women’s March on Sacramento, a day of activism to promote women’s rights and human rights after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Alexei Koseff, Nashelly Chavez and Ed Fletcher in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 1/21/17

Human rights extolled at San Diego Women's March -- Themes of diversity and human rights dominated speeches Saturday morning before the San Diego Women’s March, where as many as 22,000 people were to walk in a show of post-inaugural solidarity with participants at hundreds of related events across the United States and around the world. Phil Diehl in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ Megan Burks, Brooke Ruth KPBS -- 1/21/17

Orange County women's marchers among hundreds of thousands across the nation -- Thousands of people from throughout Orange County flocked to Santa Ana today for the Orange County Women's March - one of many sister marches across the nation coinciding with the Women's March on Washington. Kelly Puente in the Orange County Register -- 1/21/17

Women march across world in repudiation of President Trump -- Tens of thousands joined marches and rallies in Boston, New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver and dozens of other U.S. cities, and women’s rallies also unfolded in global capitals like London, Paris, Sydney, Ottawa and Nairobi. Estimates of the worldwide turnout topped 2.5 million people. Tim Johnson, Stuart Levenworth and Lesley Clark McClatchy DC -- 1/21/17

Protesters pack the Mall for women's march on D.C. -- Demonstrators flooded into Washington on Saturday to express opposition to President Donald Trump in numbers exceeding the crowd that turned out for his inauguration, cheering for unity but also vowing to press elected Democrats on progressive causes. Elana Schor and Madeline Conway Politico Ben Kesling, Felicia Schwartz in the Wall Street Journal$ Anemona Hartocollis, Yamiche Alcindor and Niraj Chokshi in the New York Times$ Perry Stein, Steve Hendrix and Abigail Hauslohner in the Washington Post$ -- 1/21/17

State’s high-speed rail project comes under fire by GOP -- Republican lawmakers are calling for audits and congressional hearings to examine the state’s $64 billion high-speed rail project, saying they are concerned about a report that the cost of the system could significantly increase. Melody Gutierrez in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 1/21/17

Measles outbreak grows in L.A.'s Orthodox Jewish community despite California's strict new vaccination law -- Six months after California’s strict vaccine law took effect, a measles outbreak has infected 20 people, most of them in Los Angeles County, prompting a search for others who may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. Soumya Karlamangla in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/21/17

Hubler: Make America sick again? In California, GOP could pay a price -- The Planned Parenthood clinic in Bakersfield was busier than you might think, given that it was Martin Luther King Day. Veronica Sanchez, a 28-year-old stay-at-home mom, needed a shot of Depo-Provera. Angel Ford, a 26-year-old perfume saleswoman, needed a checkup and her regular doctor’s office was closed. Shawn Hubler in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 1/21/17

Hiltzik: Donald Trump's executive order on Obamacare will cripple the health insurance market -- The day after the election I wrote that Republicans would find it hard to repeal Obamacare — but not so hard to vandalize it. In his first official action after being sworn in as president, Donald Trump applied the first smear of graffiti to a law that today brings health coverage to more than 20 million Americans. Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/21/17

As Trump pushes for U.S. manufacturing, 'Made in America' is losing its luster in the fashion world -- Now, some of those same companies, as well as more recently established ones, are wondering what the “Made in USA” label will mean under the new administration. Will it continue to stand for craftsmanship and style, or amount to an endorsement of Trump’s policies — or even the president himself? David Pierson in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/21/17

Lopez: Beware the politician with simple answers: Trump still divides, and there's a lot at stake -- It was, no matter where you stood, an astounding day. The man of the moment was no longer Donald Trump the reality TV star, or Donald Trump the real estate baron-turned-politician. He was Donald Trump, president of the United States. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 1/21/17