States are preparing to help or thwart Trump’s second-term plans

TOP STORIES:

• Gov. Gavin Newsom adds LA wildfire relief, recovery to ‘Trump-proof’ special session agenda
• Hanging out at Starbucks will cost you as company reverses its open-door policy
• Letter: Weighing almonds against affordable housing
• New Orleans terrorist’s radical shift a wake-up call for all Americans: ‘ISIS and others are back’
• The women behind Chicago-area based Linguini Sisters Pasta Sauces: ‘A very big nickname for us’
• Investigation into Palisades Fire zeroes in on street in Palisades Highlands community
• Wildfire erupts in Ventura County, burns through Santa Clara riverbed
• Santa Clara County reaches agreement over purchase of Regional Medical Center
• Speaker Mike Johnson suggests ‘conditions’ needed on federal aid for LA wildfire victims
• Federal investigators in early stages of figuring out what caused Palisades fire
• Warriors fall below .500 for 1st time this season after losing at Toronto