Early California Voter Turnout Surges, NBA Gambling Scandal, LAFD Retaliation Claim, Westminster Mall Redevelopment, Waymo Federal Investigation

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

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California’s early voter turnout is exceeding expectations ahead of November’s special election, with more than 3.4 million mail-in ballots already returned — a potential boost for Proposition 50, the redistricting measure backed by Democrats. In national news, NBA coach Chauncey Billups and player Terry Rozier face federal charges in a sweeping sports gambling probe. L.A.’s firefighters union president accuses Mayor Karen Bass of retaliation after criticizing city funding. Orange County says goodbye to the 50-year-old Westminster Mall as redevelopment plans move forward. In business, Waymo faces a federal investigation after one of its self-driving taxis failed to stop for a school bus in Atlanta.

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0:00.0	This is an L.A. Times Studios podcast.
0:09.8	Hi, I'm Faith Piddo, and you're listening to Headlines from L.A. Times Studios.
0:15.0	Here are some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.
0:19.2	President Trump is sending federal agents to San Francisco.
0:22.6	According to Clara Harder, nearly 100 Border Patrol and ICE officers are en route to the Coast Guard base in Alameda.
0:30.6	Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed the move on X Wednesday, calling it, quote, a page right out of the dictator's handbook and accusing
0:39.5	the president of intentionally creating unrest in order to justify sending in the National Guard.
0:46.1	Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security says the agents will focus on immigration enforcement,
0:52.0	targeting what it calls, quote, the worst of the worst criminal
0:55.5	illegal aliens, comparing crime in San Francisco to cities like Portland and Chicago, where
1:01.8	troops are already on the ground.
1:04.2	But San Francisco's mayor and other local leaders say the operation will only spread fear,
1:10.4	pointing out that violent crime is already at a 70-year
1:13.6	low.
1:14.6	If Trump does send the National Guard to San Francisco, Newsom says the state is ready to sue,
1:20.6	calling the potential move unlawful and authoritarian.
1:24.6	And early voter turnout in California's special election next month is already shattering expectations.
1:31.3	Seema-Metta and Dakota Smith report that more than 3.4 million mail-in ballots have already been returned.
1:39.3	Governor Newsom announced the tally Wednesday, calling the turnout ahead of November 4th,
1:44.6	extraordinary.
1:46.5	This year's ballot centers on Proposition 50, a measure pushed by Newsom and state Democrats
1:51.9	to redraw California's congressional maps, an unprecedented move aimed at countering Republican
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