Dear John,

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• AP: Official: California fixed glitch that backlogged COVID data
• SJMN: California governor seeks investigation into coronavirus data disaster
• SacBee: California's COVID-19 tracking system failed. This is what is being done to fix it
• AP: Judge bans indoor services at defiant California church
• VCStar $: McCoy to defy order, host indoor service
• AP: California surpasses 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus, the third-highest figure in the nation
• OCReg: California Supreme Court ruling ends the pension-reform game - for now
• PE: State lawmakers seek delay in effort to lift statewide eviction ban
• LAT $: A judge commandeers L.A.'s City Hall in his campaign to curb homelessness
• LADN: LA leaders, accused of failure to address homelessness, try to show progress to federal judge
• FresBee: Prison deaths from COVID-19: How many staff, inmates have died in the Fresno region?
• SFC: Defund the police? Debate rages at SF General Hospital over use of sheriff's deputies
• SFC: Vallejo to seek change of venue, gag order in Monterrosa lawsuit
• OCReg: In last-minute redo, Westminster council again fails to put tax measure on ballot
• SJMN: It's official: Caltrain tax measure will be on the ballot after last-minute vote
• LAT $: Attorney general denounces murder charge over stillborn baby
• OCReg: Poseidon's desalination plan for Huntington Beach delayed again
• AP: Remains recovered after California Marine tank sinks
• LAT $: L.A. might cancel real estate projects tied to City Hall corruption
• AP: 4 indicted in California concealed gun permit scandal
• SFC: Stanford grad students question coronavirus policies as move-ins begin
• PE: California college classes go online only in counties where coronavirus not under control
• LAT $: California colleges can reopen with a ton of restrictions, limited dorms, online classes
• SacBee: Trump commits to cover costs of California National Guard COVID-19 response - for now
• CG: 'Mask Mouth' is Smelly Side Effect of Mask Wearing
• PE: 'Whites only' no more: California bill would remove racist real estate language
• SDUT: Final canister of nuclear waste transferred to storage facility at San Onofre
• LAT $: College admissions scandal: Rick Singer's employee to plead guilty to racketeering
• FH: California's Woke Hypocrisy
• FresBee: Want special tickets to get into Yosemite? If you're not TJ Cox, you're are out of luck
• OCReg: California's dysfunctional EDD needs major reform
• CG: Prop. 15 Split Roll Will Eventually Cancel Prop. 13
• FH: LA's Most Corrupt City Council: No Reforms Despite Jose Huizar Indictment
• FH: The AG Brought Charges, But Will the Public Empathize with David Lacey?
• CalM: Legislature should acknowledge nurse practitioners' value and remove restrictions
• OCReg: Ethnic studies should be inclusive, not divisive
• OCReg: Transitioning from medical licensure to certification: architects show a way
• CalM: High speed rail became a boondoggle when politicians changed it to low speed rail
• NR: Joe Biden's Authoritarian VP Finalist
• CG: Local Media Hype Sacramento's '100th Confirmed Coronavirus Death'
• SFC: SF homeless department is understaffed, unprepared to handle crisis, report says
• SJMN: Google village sale leads to San Jose deals
• FresBee: Sheriff: Undercover operation discovers 34 alleged child sexual abusers in Fresno County
• Longtime Turlock schools employee sues district after board member takes his job
• FresBee: Fresno County reports 14 new deaths from COVID-19. Fresno has 406 new cases, says state
• CalCoast: BLM protesters threaten to harass district attorney at his Templeton home
• CalCoast: Coronavirus outbreak at Atascadero State hospital impacting 25 people
• VCStar $: Coronavirus news: 7 new deaths, 111 new cases
• LADN: 53 LA County coronavirus deaths reported, but officials believe tech problems are resolved
• OCReg: Former Angels employee Eric Kay charged in connection with death of Tyler Skaggs
• VOC: OC Sheriff Evidence Booking Scandal Expands With 15 More Investigations of Deputies Disclosed
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 43 new cases, 7 new deaths reported in Orange County as of Aug. 7
• SBSun: Oak Glen residents evacuated from Apple fire allowed to return home
• PE: 29 Riverside County coronavirus deaths reported as daily, weekly records broken
• SDUT: Measure to reduce San Diego city attorney's power doesn't make November ballot
• SDUT: City seeks to shut down Bankers Hill Airbnb, claiming loud parties during COVID pandemic
• SDUT: Officer at center of controversial arrest in La Mesa no longer employed by city

Sincerely,