Dear John,

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• FRBlog: It's Back Again! Once Again Term-Limited OC Supervisor Bartlett Attempts Ethically-Challenged End-Run On Term Limits
• CG: Assemblyman Evan Low's Legislation: Conflict of Family Interests?
• SDUT: Coronavirus is killing more Californians than ever before, and cruel inequities are worsening
• LAT $: California, other states 'are essentially three New Yorks,' White House's Birx says
• CG: CA 'Data-Driven' Leaders Ignore Negative, False Positive COVID Tests
• AP: California governor pledges support for essential workers
• LAT $: California workplace safety rules likely to change due to coronavirus fears
• CG: Governor Newsom Announces More Essential Worker Protections
• SFC: Pandemic hit brakes on SF's car break-in crisis. See how numbers have changed
• SFC: Does California have enough nurses to fight the coronavirus pandemic?
• LAT $: After Times investigation, Newsom says nursing home inspectors will be tested for coronavirus
• SFC: Vallejo police release gruesome video showing Sean Monterrosa's final moments
• SFC: San Jose officer on leave after video shows him kicking, dragging woman
• CalM: Colleges are walking back reopening plans - but can they keep campus employees safe?
• OCReg: Following outcry in Orange County, state AG to require Cary Smith to register as sex offender
• PE: Protecting the public or infringing on rights? Tracking the movements of pedophile released from mental hospital
• SDUT: San Diego to take part in Moderna's massive COVID-19 vaccine trial
• OCReg: Saturate OC revival meeting held in Huntington Beach despite city orders to cancel
• As McClatchy family begins separation from company, it looks to philanthropic support for local news
• McClatchy's new owner plans to keep all employees and CEO will depart, sale agreement says
• AP: Chinese researcher charged with US visa fraud is in custody
• OCReg: State controller owes $169K to Industry for withholding records of developer's involvement in audit
• AP: 2 California prisoners die of suspected virus compliactions
• AP: Officials: Men's rights lawyer killed attorney in California
• LAT $: USC's former campus gynecologist pleads not guilty to new felony charges
• FH: Enough! Legislature Shouldn't Burden Restaurants with More Unnecessary Regulation During COVID19
• OCReg: Clear information essential to sound pandemic policies
• FH: Time to Begin Learning about Those Confusing Ballot Propositions
• OCReg: Schools can and must reopen for minority students and their families
• OCReg: Teachers unions won't be satisfied with even billions more in new taxes
• OCReg: Rent control ultimately does more harm than good
• FH: One Housing Solution for a Difficult Time
• SacBee: As the death toll passes 100, COVID-19 spreading into more workplaces in Sacramento County
• SFC: Armenian school in SF vandalized with threats, hate speech
• SFC: SF fire officials confirm 'Spire' fire was human-caused
• SJMN: Oakland A's participate in protests for racial justice
• SJMN: San Jose police chief criticized for tweet that shows guns, rosary, union symbol
• FresBee: Madera parents accused of murder deny any wrongdoing in son's disappearance, lawyer says
• FresBee: Fresno reports 8 deaths, 334 new cases of coronavirus. Clovis food event planned
• Stanislaus announces 7 more COVID-19 deaths. Total stands at 86, nearly half in July
• VCStar $: Coronavirus update: 236 new cases, 4 new deaths
• VCStar $: Virus outbreak reported at youth prison near Camarillo
• LAT $: Garcetti loosens banner restrictions after cafe is fined
• LAT $: LAPD officer, a 13-year veteran, dies after contracting coronavirus
• LAT $: L.A. County reports 1,900 more coronavirus cases and 44 additional deaths
• LADN: LA County cities once again demand share of $1.8 billion in coronavirus funding
• VOC: Irvine Mayor Sued Over Facebook Blocking And Deleting Of Comments
• LAT $: Orange County struggles to pinpoint sources of coronavirus infection
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 13 more deaths, 710 new cases in Orange County on July 24
• SBSun: San Bernardino County has record 57 coronavirus deaths in 7 days
• SBSun: Fontana school district pushes back first day to hone distance-learning model
• PE: Riverside County giving away 10 million masks to slow coronavirus
• PE: New lawsuit aims to block planned World Logistics Center in Moreno Valley
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases rise by 654
• PE: Riverside County Supervisor Karen Spiegel tests positive for coronavirus
• VOSD: Community Planning Groups Skew Richer, Whiter and Older
• SDUT: Jane Dorotik's murder conviction thrown out when DA abruptly drops opposition to new trial bid

Sincerely,