Dear John,

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• AP: Governor shuts bars, dining as virus hits California hard
• Reason: California Gov. Gavin Newsom Orders Dine-In Restaurants To Close Statewide
• PE: New round of coronavirus closures 'frustrating' for Inland gym, salon owners
• CalM: Newsom closes indoor businesses statewide; clamps down further on some counties
• LAT $: California rolls back reopening with new restrictions on indoor dining, churches, salons
• SacBee: Here's what businesses are closed in each California county under new Newsom COVID-19 order
• CG: L.A. Teachers Union: Schools Can't Reopen Unless Charter Schools Shut Down, Police Defunded
• VOSD: San Diego Unified Decision Underscores Districts' Wildly Different Reopening Plans
• SDUT: San Diego Unified will start school this fall with online learning
• AP: 2 biggest California districts say school will start online
• AP: Berkeley to consider removing police from traffic stops
• SacBee: Yolo Sheriff's Office reveals new details in drive-by shooting that killed teenage boy
• SFC: Wanted felon charged with murdering Danville doctor, burglarizing gold mine
• CG: 100,000 Mail-In Ballots Rejected By CA Election Officials in March Primary
• SFC: Court: Feds can't punish California financially for sanctuary law
• CG: NEA focuses on Sanctuary Cities, BLM, Drag Queen Dances
• AP: Masks for kids? Schools confront the politics of reopening
• CalM: What's left of Confederate monuments in California
• OCReg: Request to change JWA name may be DOA
• AP: California ski resort eyes name change over derogatory term
• SDUT: Bonhomme Richard, its fate uncertain, would be one of largest ships Navy has lost
• SDUT: Inferno on San Diego Navy ship rages into second day
• AP: Another California prisoner dies from COVID-19 complications
• SacBee: Officials: Inmate stabs correctional officers at California State Prison, Sacramento
• AP: Two guards stabbed at California high-security prison
• CG: Cooper Hefner, Son Of Hugh, Announces Run For State Senate
• LAT $: L.A.'s corruption probe involves developers, a councilman - and his 80-year-old mom
• LAT $: San Gabriel Mission fire provokes deep, conflicting reactions
• SacBee: California DMV gives seniors 2020 driver license extension
• CapWkly: Lifting the veil on an e-cigarette company - sort of
• LAT $: Chance of big San Andreas earthquake increased by Ridgecrest temblors, study suggests
• FresBee: The water is contaminated. But California bottled water program isn't helping this town
• FresBee: Devin Nunes' setback in Twitter lawsuit drives big fundraising haul for Democratic opponent
• OCReg: The Federal Reserve is the stealth driver of economic inequality
• FH: The Garcetti Economy Was Not Ready For The Coronavirus Pandemic
• NR: The Wrong Governors
• OCReg: Promising new idea: outside review of police use of force
• OCReg: Now's a great time for licensing reform
• FH: California Must Do Better in Delivering Services
• OCReg: The road to hell is paved with economic plans
• CG: L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti's Failed Policies Exposed By COVID-19
• FH: Rebuilding California's Job Base
• FH: Racial Soul-Searching and White Comfort
• SacBee: Listening to activists, Sacramento mayor wants city to buy 500 tiny homes for homeless
• SFC: Workers, job seekers in SF would gain protections under emergency ordinance
• SFC: SF's Louis' Restaurant permanently closed due to pandemic
• SJMN: Feds: Man drove 800 miles to Bay Area with stolen AR-15 to 'handle' San Francisco stockbroker
• SFC: Shouts of N-word, images of lynchings interrupt Sonoma County meeting
• LAT $: Winds fuel Fresno County fire to 1,000 acres; homes evacuated
• FresBee: Fresno leaders to consider stricter rules for masks, businesses with infected workers
• School opening delayed: Stanislaus districts change plans as COVID-19 cases keep rising
• FresBee: Fresno region passes 20,000 coronavirus cases. Fresno County changes reporting method
• CalCoast: SLO County coronavirus cases surpass 1,000, with five deaths
• CalCoast: Hedge fund to buy SLO Tribune parent company after winning auction
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: 373 new cases, no new deaths
• VCStar $: County COVID-19 hospitalizations rise to record mark
• LADN: Former LA County Supervisor Don Knabe gives scholarships to Safe Surrender survivors
• LAT $: L.A., through Friday, is taking applications for its $103-million rent relief program
• LADN: 2,593 new coronavirus cases reported as LA County scrambles to respond to Gov. Newsom's latest shutdown
• OCReg: OC Board of Education votes to support return to school without social distancing, masks
• OCReg: Second shutdown sparks frustration, fear and resignation in OC
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 540 new cases reported; estimated 10,554 recoveries in Orange County as of July 13
• VOC: Irvine Approves Coronavirus Testing Contract, But Details Remain Unclear
• SBSun: San Bernardino County sets coronavirus hospitalization record: 587 patients
• SBSun: San Bernardino County could put new charter on November ballot this week
• SBSun: San Bernardino to consider placing 1% sales tax measure on November ballot
• PE: Old Town Temecula street closure will be reviewed by city
• PE: Riverside County hits new high for coronavirus ICU cases: 139
• SDUT: DA files murder charge against former sheriff's deputy who shot fleeing suspect
• SDUT: Proposed San Diego ballot measure would reverse city ban on union-friendly construction deals

Sincerely,