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• AP: Protesters stop LA freeway traffic, smash patrol car windows
• LAT $: Protesters, law enforcement clash in L.A. during protest over George Floyd's death
• LADN: Black Lives Matter protest in LA temporarily closes 101 Freeway, 1 injured
• SacBee: California's 82nd lawsuit against the Trump administration seeks to restore clean car rules
• AP: Too soon for data, California reopens more businesses
• LAT $: Placer County pushes to reopen gyms, nail salons, tourist venues
• OCReg: Huntington Beach Pier reopens, along with businesses
• CG: Bay Area Public Health Officer Warns That California is Reopening Too Fast
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Why the Bay Area isn't relaxing its lockdown orders yet
• CalM: The spring when California stood still
• OCReg: 2020 Elections: Campaigns heating up in Orange County congressional races
• LAT $: California lawmakers break from Newsom's budget, extend deadline for federal cash
• SacBee: State workers could be reassigned for coronavirus work if volunteer drive comes up short
• SJMN: PG&E replacement: Golden State Energy
• SJMN: Masks, social distancing, smaller classes could be on tap for California's 2020-21 school year
• OCReg: Face coverings will be part of upcoming California guidelines for schools
• CalM: How lottery money for disks and video tapes could help California's community colleges
• AP: Ex-LA council top aide to plead guilty in $1M bribery scheme
• LAT $: Cash, casinos and a sexual harassment payout: Former Huizar aide agrees to plead guilty
• AP: Biden accuser's credentials, expert testimony under scrutiny
• AP: Shaggy Californians welcome back hair salons, barber shops
• CalM: Why some counties won't reopen hair salons
• AP: California GOP lawmaker loses duties after harassment found
• OCReg: State investigation concludes Assemblyman Bill Brough offered political favors for sex
• AP: House casts proxy votes in pandemic, Republicans have doubts
• CG: CA's Congressional House Democrats Give Away Votes in Pelosi's Proxy Plan
• SacBee: Unemployed because of coronavirus lockdown? Extra benefits are on the way in California
• PE: Nearly 700 Chino inmates to be transferred to coronavirus-free prisons
• LAT $: Coronavirus infection rates in some parts of L.A. County jails are 40% or higher
• VOC: Federal Judge Orders Soap, Six-Foot Distancing for Orange County Inmates
• SFC: New coronavirus cases reported in Santa Clara Co. jails since Saturday
• SJMN: Google announces phased-in return to offices, but adds home-expenses 'allowance'
• OCReg: California mortgage applications soar 77% off coronavirus bottom
• VOC: OC Democrats Demote A Party Vice Chair After Bernie Sanders Comments
• VOSD: Families Have Largely Been Left Out of Push to Shelter the Homeless
• VOSD: North County Report: Encinitas Stands Behind Homeless Parking Lot
• SFC: Haight neighborhood group sues to block sanctioned homeless camp
• FH: Past Time for a Haircut
• CalM: Commentary: Why repealing Prop. 209 won't engineer a more equitable California
• FH: Fitness Facilities Can Help Communities in Recovery from COVID-19 Slowdown
• FH: Unleash private enterprise to jumpstart California's economy with these four moves
• CalM: Commentary: Budget item has an odd backstory
• SFC: Sonoma County cases rise after allowing some services, holds off on in-store retail
• SacBee: See how Sacramento will spend roughly $29 million in federal coronavirus stimulus funding
• SacBee: Can't pay June 1 rent? Davis first city in region to extend eviction ban for all renters
• SJMN: Stanford University forecasts staggering financial losses, workforce reductions next year
• SFC: SF rolls out program to help low-income earners who contract COVID-19
• SFC: Is BART running out of money? Budget showing serious shortfalls
• SJMN: Palo Alto will eliminate 74 full-time positions at city hall, cut back popular services
• FresBee: Fresno County's top health official says church restrictions make sense amid coronavirus
• FresBee: Fresno pastor Jim Franklin will defy state guidelines on church capacity
• FresBee: Most Fresno County COVID-19 deaths, 350 Tulare illnesses have been nursing home patients
• Modesto faces budget shortfall due to coronavirus. Here's what could be cut
• CalCoast: Why is Oceano taking from rate payers to pay for fire services?
• VCStar $: Ventura County coronavirus cases increase
• AP: California sexual assault suspect dies after beating
• AP: LA allows shopping, worship sooner than expected in pandemic
• LAT $: L.A. County sheriff reviewing deputies' actions in video recorded by suspects complaining of harassment
• CG: Los Angeles County Reopens, Asks State for Phase 3 Approval
• LADN: LA City Council president moves to use $100 million for coronavirus rent relief
• VOC: Westminster Faces $17 Million Future Deficit, Faces Potential Heavy Cuts to Police, Parks, Preservation
• OCReg: Santa Ana voters silence needed truth-teller on city council
• OCReg: OC Streetcar project keeps on rolling, now with a $45 million contract for operator
• SBSun: San Bernardino shaves $7.3 million from budget, $3 million more to go
• SBSun: Top officials at West Valley Water District kept quiet about HR director's criminal charges, report says
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 7 coronavirus deaths, 210 new cases
• PE: Riverside County up to 7,252 coronavirus cases; deaths now at 306
• PE: Riverside County treating 63 coronavirus patients from Imperial County
• PE: Soboba, Cahuilla casinos reopen after temporary coronavirus closures
• SDUT: Live updates: County officials report 101 new COVID-19 cases, six more deaths
• SDUT: San Diego leaders denounce racist attacks against Asian Pacific Islander community

Sincerely,