Morning Wrap: 2/23/12

Top of the morning’s news:

• State finance director Ana Matosantos pleaded no contest to drunken driving and was sentenced to three years probation. Capitol Alert
• Those UC Davis students who were famously pepper-sprayed last November sued the university and administrators in federal court, claiming excessive force and suppression of free speech. Chronicle
• Police are investigating the spray-paint desecration of St. Anne Catholic Church in Union City with satanic symbols as a hate crime. Argus
• President Obama is favored by 55 to 35 percent over Mitt Romney among California voters and holds an even larger 28 percentage point lead over Rick Santorum in the latest Field Poll. Chronicle
• Monta Ellis’ 26-footer with a second left lifted the Warriors past the Suns 106-104 in Phoenix. Chronicle