Dear John,

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• Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard's Family Taking Taxpayers for a Ride
• OCReg: Coronavirus tracker: California's hospitalizations lowest in six weeks, 8,522 new cases and 187 new deaths reported as of Aug. 12
• SJMN: California is 'turning a corner' on coronavirus pandemic, Newsom says
• LAT $: Newsom defends economic recovery efforts and task force amid criticism about transparency
• LAT $: California's migrant farmworkers face evictions with no safety net amid pandemic
• SacBee: Gavin Newsom says $300 a week in added unemployment benefits is not enough, but he'll take it
• LAT $: California coronavirus deaths double, with rural areas and suburbs hit hard
• BakCal: Governor: New data show California is 'turning the corner'
• PE: Public health leaders in California, nationwide leaving jobs amid pandemic pressures
• FresBee: This Central Valley school expected to open with on-campus learning. A court showdown awaits?
• LAT $: A generation left behind? Online learning cheats poor students, Times survey finds
• SJMN: Distance learning is back for Bay Area schools, but will it be better this time?
• CG: Senate Republicans Attempt To Move Forward School COVID-19 Liability Issue
• PE: Election outreach in So Cal shows it's tough to boost voting in a pandemic
• SacBee: Is California ready for a mail-in election? Democrats are worried about two 'wild cards'
• SDUT: Kamala Harris' VP bid brings outpouring of pride among Indian Americans, a growing force in Democratic politics
• SacBee: How liberal is she? Watchdog groups rate the Senate record of Kamala Harris
• SFC: GOP zeroes in on just a handful of California House races
• SacBee: Will Newsom make history? California governor could face pressure to select a Latino senator
• OCReg: Excessive heat warning coming to Southern California this weekend
• SDUT: 'Dangerous' four-day heat wave to take hold across San Diego County on Friday
• BakCal: Heat wave expected for valley this weekend, sporadic rain in mountains and possibly beyond
• LADN: Lake fire in Angeles National Forest grows to 10,000 acres, forces evacuations
• VCStar $: Lake Fire passes 10,000 acres near Santa Clarita Valley
• LAT $: Fire in Lake Hughes area explodes as firefighters battle to save communities
• BakCal: City of Wasco speaks out against High Speed Rail Authority
• SBSun: Fearmongering isn't the basis of sound policy
• CPR: Californians Could Wait a Long Time for Election Results
• FH: Will Prop 22 Get Full Support from All AB 5 Critics?
• CG: Federal Judge Proposes Letting ACLU Determine Who is a Journalist
• OCReg: California's crusade against the gig economy and Prop. 22
• NR: Democrats Are Waging War against Tradition and the Constitution
• FH: Sacramento Pension Spin
• CG: Press Protection Bill Moves Forward In Assembly
• SacBee: With face shields and sanitizer, this El Dorado County school gets ready to open its doors
• LAT $: Airbnb to pursue legal action after unauthorized party in Sacramento County
• SacBee: Employee dies and over 100 inmates infected with coronavirus at Folsom State Prison
• SFC: Sonoma County supervisors send law enforcement oversight measure to...
• SFC: SF projected to lose $10.7 billion in tourism spending in 2020 and 2021
• SFC: Bay Area joins two major coronavirus vaccine trials
• SFC: San Francisco police, fire unions strike tentative deal to postpone raises to help city budget - SFChronicle.com
• SFC: Voters will find 13 ballot measures to decide on Nov. ballot
• Oakland Unified, unions negotiate work plan as classes draw near
• Berkeley, Emeryville besieged by water main breaks
• SJMN: Sunnyvale: Council approves big mixed-use downtown development with almost 800 apartments, condos
• FresBee: Fresno Unified board votes to extend trustee's censure, asks for grand jury investigation
• FresBee: COVID-19 is hammering the Central Valley. Can Newsom's 'strike team' make a difference?
• Coronavirus update, Aug. 13: Stanislaus has 5 more deaths. Decline in hospitalizations
• Modesto takes its first enforcement action against businesses over coronavirus restrictions
• BakCal: Kern reports 184 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, hospitalizations trend downward
• As Stanislaus County leaders weigh summer surge, Withrow pushes for schools to open
• BakCal: Southern California wildfire prompts evacuations
• BakCal: BCSD pushes back start of school year to secure hot spots
• BakCal: Bakersfield City Council aids struggling renters and small businesses with CARES Act allocation
• SLTrib: Coronavirus updates: Atascadero schools open online, SLO County adds 22 COVID-19 cases
• SLTrib: Cal Poly's COVID-19 reopening plan approved. Here's what campus will look like this fall
• SLTrib: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle buy $16 million home in Montecito
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: 50 new cases, no new deaths
• LAT $: NASA wants nuclear-contaminated Santa Susana site to be made a historic landmark
• LADN: LA County Sheriff's Department will roll out its first 1,200 body cameras on Oct. 1
• LAT $: How a rush to reopen drove Los Angeles County into a health crisis
• LAT $: L.A. County offering money to renters affected by COVID-19 pandemic
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 245 new cases in Orange County reported as of Aug. 12, total now 41,823, officials say
• OCReg: Anaheim Union High School District pivots after technical difficulties on opening day
• OCReg: Garden Grove planning commissioner arrested, kicked off post
• SBSun: Inland schools round up laptops as online learning resumes
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports another 975 coronavirus cases as backlog is processed
• PE: Riverside County's 29 coronavirus deaths tie the one-day record
• SDUT: Rent subsidies, social equity among issues raised in county budget hearing
• SDUT: Gym owner charged criminally rallies Ramona against 'COVID-19 police'

Sincerely,