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• LAT $: California's coronavirus response has been hampered by high-level resignations
• SLTrib: See how close your California county is to getting off - or on - the COVID-19 watch list
• PE: Valley megachurch and LA County trade lawsuits in battle over indoor worship services
• LAT $: UC Irvine workshop trains residents in COVID-19 hot spots to do contact tracing
• SDUT: Private, small schools first in line to apply for school reopening waivers
• SacBee: Students are back on campus at a California private school, despite Newsom's orders
• PE: Charter schools sue California to get full funding for new year
• SacBee: California Democrats pushing 2 plans to tax the rich in coronavirus downturn
• LAT $: California should try actually studying its new wealth tax - Los Angeles Times
• Coronavirus Economic Fallout Sparks Talk of Taxing California's Richest
• SFC: California wealth tax could become first of its kind in US under new proposal
• CG: Debt Collector Licensing Bill Passes Assembly Banking and Finance Committee
• SacBee: Legislative Secretary Anthony Williams departing Newsom administration at end of session
• SacBee: California's eviction ban is ending. Gov. Newsom and lawmakers have 3 weeks to extend it
• California judges lift coronavirus eviction ban
• CG: CA Judicial Council Votes To End Eviction Moratorium September 2nd
• PE: Statewide eviction ban to end on Sept. 1
• LAT $: California to end eviction protections next month unless lawmakers extend them
• PE: California Flex Alert issued for Friday due to heat wave
• SacBee: California issues conservation 'flex alert' as scorching heat wave strains power supply
• SacBee: California wildfires burn amid high risk of brutal blazes
• SacBee: GOP's Tom McClintock 'skeptical' of any Trump order on unemployment without Congress' OK
• SFC: Weekend heat wave will swell beach crowds - and coronavirus fears
• BakCal: PG&E encouraging customers to conserve electricity as temperatures soar this weekend
• SJMN: Bay Area heat wave arrives, record temperatures expected
• SacBee: Record-smashing heat wave possible for Sacramento. How hot might it get each day?
• PE: Trump opposes postal money that would help vote-by-mail
• OCReg: Summer heat wave pushes into Southern California
• FresBee: Two fires near Yosemite burning with 0% containment as officials use containment strategy
• LAT $: Evacuations lifted for Ranch fire burning near Azusa after blaze threatens hillside homes
• SDUT: Poll shows VP pick caused little change among Californians
• SFC: Biden pledge on police immigration contacts would largely make US a sanctuary country
• PE: NCAA cancels fall championships, although some football conferences march on
• SLTrib: California teacher unions won the fight over closing schools. What else do they want?
• CG: Are the Rats Jumping Gov. Newsom's Ship Over BYD Chinese Mask Deal?
• CG: CA Democrats Pushing First-in-the-Nation 'Wealth Tax' on State's Billionaires
• FH: California Legislators Propose Wealth Tax
• PE: David Lacey shouldn't be criminalized for defending his castle
• FH: Open Letter to Gov. Newsom: We answered your call to shut down. Now it's your turn to Oppose Prop 15
• NR: Stop Home-Equity Theft | National Review
• SacBee: Amador tribe cuts gaming deal with Newsom. Does Sacramento region have room for another casino?
• SacBee: Sacramento sheriff refuses to share COVID-19 case information with state oversight board
• SacBee: All dressed up and no one to show: West Park High School opens without students
• SacBee: Coronavirus updates: Nearly 11,000 dead in California; Sacramento sheriff withholds data
• SacBee: Sacramento State students, faculty and staff test positive for COVID-19, university says
• SacBee: Region's second Amazon distribution center coming to Roseville
• SacBee: Sacramento City Council backs plan to convert Hawthorn Suites to housing for the homeless
• SacBee: Elk Grove council will ask grand jury to investigate accusations of misconduct against mayor
• SFC: Policing debates, more than vanished ridership, could shape BART board elections
• Bay Area volunteers can now sign up for coronavirus vaccine trials
• SFC: Oracle Park food-service workers plan to picket A's-Giants game Friday
• SJMN: San Jose quietly teams up with billionaire developer on new $43 million-plus police training complex
• SFC: Stanford draws fire for revisions to sexual harassment policies
• SJMN: Stanford's reversal: Plan to allow some students in dorms this fall is scrapped
• SJMN: Carmel gets tough with beach scofflaws
• Coronavirus update, Aug. 14: Stanislaus deaths reach 187. Positivity rate plunges
• FresBee: Coronavirus hospitalizations dip even as cases climb in Fresno and nearby counties
• FresBee: Students are back on campus at a Fresno County private school, despite Newsom's orders
• FresBee: 'Other side of the story:' Ethnic studies to be a Fresno Unified school requirement
• BakCal: As schools go online, county scrambles to accommodate its employees
• FresBee: Judge tells Devin Nunes for 3rd time he can't sue Twitter over anonymous tweets
• SLTrib: SLO County Supervisor Adam Hill was accused of 'workplace misconduct' before his death
• SLTrib: Former SLO mayor jumps into City Council race. Here's a look at who's running
• SLTrib: Phillips 66 closing its Nipomo Mesa refinery. What will happen to the workers?
• SLTrib: Santa Maria airport expands ability to fight wildfires as Forest Service air attack base
• SLTrib: Coronavirus updates: Santa Maria inmate dies; CMC outbreak likely caused by staff member
• VCStar $: Student schedules source of frustration in CVUSD
• LAT $: Sheriff Villanueva to fire or suspend 26 people involved in off-duty Banditos fight
• LADN: Up to 77 test positive for coronavirus at SoFi Stadium; outbreaks at 10 UPS locations reported
• LADN: LA County renters: Here's how to apply for $100 million in pandemic relief - but it won't last long
• LAT $: Team is researching at-home coronavirus testing, Garcetti says
• LAT $: Dodger Stadium will serve as polling center for general election
• LAT $: Orange County awaits remaining backlogged coronavirus test results from state
• OCReg: Orange County opens COVID-19 test site to elementary schools hoping for in-person classes
• VOC: OC Board of Education and Department Ramp Up Taxpayer Spending On Internal Lawsuits
• VOC: Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Alleging OC Sheriff, Prosecutors Illegally Use Informants
• OCReg: Laguna Beach relaxes preservation requirements for hundreds of its older properties
• VOC: Orange County Sees Overall Coronavirus Trends Improving, Anaheim and Santa Ana Remain Hot Spots
• SBSun: Council hopefuls in Fontana, Rialto, San Bernardino vie for election in November
• SBSun: San Bernardino County urges all residents to get a coronavirus test
• PE: What's on the November 2020 ballot in Riverside County?
• PE: Riverside County adds 696 coronavirus cases, 26 more deaths
• PE: Recruit at Riverside County sheriff's academy dies
• SDUT: Column: Barbara Bry takes center stage in mayor's race - for now
• SDUT: County inches closer to dropping off state's COVID-19 watch list

Sincerely,