Dear John,

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• LAT $: Newsom administration refuses to divulge nearly $1-billion contract for coronavirus masks
• LAT $: Joe Biden to hold first high-dollar fundraiser, featuring Gov. Gavin Newsom
• CalM: Newsom: State can begin gradual reopening Friday
• SFC: 'Truly complicated': Reopening California schools will be a logistical nightmare
• OCReg: California to begin reopening at end of this week, Newsom says
• AP: California governor says some business may reopen this week
• CG: Gov. Newsom's 5 Western State Pact Looks More Like Collusion Than Cooperation
• AP: Viral sleuths needed to track California coronavirus cases
• CalM: California readies army of coronavirus detectives
• OCReg: Coronavirus unemployment: 4.1 million in jobless claims, funds are running dry
• CG: California Becomes First State to Borrow from Federal Government to Pay Unemployment Benefits
• OCReg: Why the $600 coronavirus unemployment bonus is a rip-off for Californians
• OCReg: 'Devastated' California tourism industry losing $72 billion, report says
• 2 Orange County supervisors defend restaurant that defied Newsom order
• SacBee: Is Sacramento facing repeat of last Friday's Capitol protest over stay-at-home order?
• SDUT: California attorney general sues two oil companies, charging they manipulated prices at the gas pump
• OCReg: Newport Beach councilman sues Gov. Newsom in federal court to reopen Orange County's beaches
• OCReg: San Clemente and Laguna Beach given go-ahead to open up beaches for exercise
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Top doc calls state plan to put COVID-19 patients in assisted living facilities 'medically unsound'
• FresBee: Fresno health officials address reopening plans, another COVID-19 nursing home death
• LAT $: California Legislature resumes work on coronavirus response
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Stanford Health Care hospitals resume almost all procedures after widespread employee testing
• LAT $: Beverly Hills loosens restrictions on medical procedures, including plastic surgery, in coronavirus crisis
• AP: Nearly $1M dumped on side of road during CHP chase
• SacBee: El Dorado Cafe reopened despite coronavirus limits - and a record crowd showed up
• SacBee: Why California dentists can't fix your teeth right now: The state took their face masks
• SDUT: After judge's order, ICE has released just 2 Otay Mesa detainees identified as 'medically vulnerable' so far
• AP: 4 California inmates killed within 2 days at 3 state prisons
• SFC: Coronavirus and jails: California Supreme Court rejects prisoner release lawsuit
• LAT $: UC could reopen just one-third of its dorm rooms this fall
• LAT $: Defendant in Ghost Ship fire released from jail over coronavirus fears
• LAT $: Brentwood School returns federal aid after Trump, Mnuchin criticism
• OCReg: An unleashed Federal Reserve is a threat to liberty and free markets
• FH: It's Time to Review AB 5 if Policymakers Really Want to Restart California's Economy
• NR: Free O.C.
• OCReg: A supermajority means never having to compromise
• FH: Don't Dismiss the Protests
• OCReg: Government led the shutdown. Business must lead the reopening
• OCReg: Delivery app price controls are a recipe for disaster
• SacBee: Attorneys file Sacramento County claim for boy punched and pinned by sheriff's deputy
• SacBee: Mayor Steinberg wants masks required in public when Sacramento stay-at-home order eased
• SFC: Coronavirus testing in SF's Mission District reveals spike among workers
• SJMN: Coronavirus made telework necessary. Now Santa Clara County wants to explore ways to keep it
• SFC: Zoom town hall on East Bay sex assaults interrupted with child pornography
• Stanislaus County reports 15th coronavirus death; Turlock facility now has eight
• FresBee: Ready to golf? Fresno revises pandemic policies for public courses and medical services
• FresBee: Clovis asks Gov. Newsom for COVID-19 relief and to allow businesses to reopen
• FresBee: Tulare County confirms more than a dozen new cases of coronavirus, no new deaths
• CalCoast: Arroyo Grande manager's resignation text revealed
• CalCoast: SLO County supervisors to review suggested hemp ordinance
• VCStar $: Plug pulled on county fair because of COVID-19
• VCStar $: Oxnard council weighs stripping treasurer of duties
• LADN: Coronavirus: LAUSD to start new school year in August, but whether classrooms reopen remains uncertain
• LADN: Altadena, Marina del Rey sheriff's stations will close because of budget cuts
• LADN: Garcetti: L.A.'s retail stores might not re-open by Friday, despite Newsom's permission
• VOC: Orange County Officials Won't Enforce Business Closures During Coronavirus Pandemic, Gov. Newsom to Reopen Limited Retail Friday
• OCReg: Hoag Hospital files in court to part ways with Providence health system
• SBSun: San Bernardino leader broke terms of $750,000 settlement, former city manager says
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases now at 4,354; deaths rise to 181
• PE: Riverside City Council urges county to delay lifting coronavirus health orders
• VOSD: San Diego's New Public Utility Builds Its Energy Market Cred
• SDUT: Live updates: City, county leaders unveil plan that guides reopening of local businesses
• VOSD: For San Diego Venues, No Rock Is a Hard Place

Sincerely,