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• SacBee: California gun control law banning high-capacity magazines struck down by 9th Circuit
• SDUT: 9th Circuit strikes California's ban on high-capacity magazines, saying it 'runs afoul of Second Amendment'
• CG: California's High-Capacity Magazine Ban Overturned By 9th Circuit Court
• SDUT: California becomes first state to pass 600,000 coronavirus cases
• LAT $: State's freeze of COVID-19 watchlist magnifies breakdown in communication to counties
• SJMN: With data backlog cleared, California coronavirus cases officially decreasing, Newsom says
• LAT $: California on the cusp of reining in COVID-19 surge, data show
• SDUT: Shopping in California is still far below normal, report says, lagging recovery seen in rest of the country
• LAT $: Low-wage workers face retaliation for demanding COVID-19 safety measures at work
• SacBee: Protesters hold vigil outside California prison secretary's home as COVID-19 deaths climb
• SFC: Rolling blackouts hit up to 250,000 PG&E customers amid 'heat storm'
• SacBee: El Dorado County shut off first in rolling blackouts, PG&E says; Winters knocked out, too
• LAT $: California begins rolling blackouts after first Stage 3 emergency since 2001
• SDUT: California, hit by heat wave, orders rolling power outages for first time since 2011
• SacBee: It's over, for now: This is where the rolling blackouts happened in Northern California
• SDUT: SDG&E cuts power to parts of San Diego County due to heat wave
• CG: Digital Asset Regulatory Bill Passes Senate Committee 7-0
• LAT $: California oil production limits stall in Legislature, leaving the issue to Newsom
• SJMN: When is it considered safe enough to reopen California's classrooms?
• FresBee: Fresno County health department will go to court to close this private school
• SBSun: New school year starts with some glitches, lots of participation in the Inland Empire
• SDUT: Los Angeles church can hold indoor services, judge says
• SacBee: Sabotage, weaponizing, vandalism: What Gavin Newsom thinks of Trump's treatment of USPS
• LAT $: Postal Service warns states that mail-in ballots might not arrive in time to be counted
• OCReg: Major US postal workers union endorses Biden for president
• NR: Postal Service Warns 46 States of Likely Mail-In Ballot Delays
• SJMN: Dozen Bay Area cities tie or set new heat records
• LAT $: California heat wave may rival deadly July 2006 event, forecasters say
• AP: California wildfires burn amid high risk of brutal blazes
• LADN: New evacuations ordered as Lake fire grows to 17,482 acres
• SDUT: Forced out or bad hiring practices? Utilities commission administrator's job is on the ropes
• SBSun: Conservatives self-censor, and it gets worse with more time spent in college
• SBSun: Trump and Biden are both free-speech snowflakes
• SBSun: California can't afford staggering tax hikes, especially in times like this
• SacBee: Placerville names new police chief after 3 month vacancy
• SacBee: Tahoe locals protest tourists who leave trash, won't wear masks. 'We're being bombarded'
• SFC: Tech hiring slumps in Bay Area, nationwide, but unemployment in sector remains low
• SFC: Policing debates could shape BART board elections
• SFC: SF officials reprimand Catholic officials - again - for violating health orders
• SFC: After decades of trying, SF supervisors finally approve 1,100 homes at...
• SFC: Oakland teachers tentatively agree to a six-hour workday
• 25 new Contra Costa Sheriff's Office jobs OK'd over opposition
• Maritime reserve fleet could be leaving Alameda
• Coronavirus: Livermore to start fining people who don't wear masks
• SJMN: Bay Area housing projects vie for experimental state funding
• SJMN: Santa Clara County jail inmates, families launch hunger strike to protest conditions
• SJMN: San Jose Police release internal records after media lawsuit filed
• SJMN: Santa Clara County installs California's first touch-free tech at crosswalks
• SJMN: San Jose teacher suspended after appearing topless in online class
• Nov. 3 ballot for Stanislaus is final. It's crowded and includes a former Olympian
• FresBee: With no new coronavirus aid, Fresno plans how it will spend $10.2 million in CARES Act funds
• FresBee: August now matches Fresno County's deadliest COVID-19 month, amid rising numbers
• FresBee: Fresno has waited three weeks on state COVID-19 strike team reports. What's going on?
• Answers to why it's taking so long to get a coronavirus test result in Stanislaus County
• BakCal: Hospitalizations slow but COVID-19 deaths are rising locally
• BakCal: Candidate slate for Bakersfield City Council races firms up
• BakCal: LOIS HENRY: Unlikely source promises (a little) water for the Kern River
• SLTrib: SLO County adds 42 coronavirus cases as pandemic hits 5-month mark locally
• SLTrib: SLO County expands COVID-19 testing criteria as backlog decreases
• VCStar $: When will California have peak COVID-19 infections?
• LADN: LA City Council OKs environmental study for port terminal, but activists vow to regroup
• LAT $: Los Angeles won't ticket for street sweeping violations until October at the earliest
• LAT $: Priest's lawsuit alleges LAPD officer struck and kicked him in chest at protest
• OCReg: Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia's mother, Gabriella O'Donnell, dies at age 61 from coronavirus
• SBSun: Homes, businesses raided in corruption probe related to $20 million lost on City of Industry solar project
• OCReg: Orange County sheriff cuts $10 million in costs amid uncertain budget future
• OCReg: Westminster School District trustee resigns after voter fraud charges
• OCReg: District employees protest layoff of some 300 staff in Los Alamitos Unified
• VOC: Orange County Sees Overall Coronavirus Trends Improving, Anaheim and Santa Ana Remain Hot Spots
• VOC: OC Schools Get Hundreds of Millions From State to Bolster Online Learning Efforts During Pandemic
• SBSun: San Bernardino County sees 614 new coronavirus cases, 3 more deaths
• SBSun: What's on the November 2020 ballot for San Bernardino County?
• SBSun: Fontana is providing residents $1 million in rent, mortgage relief. Here's how to apply
• SDUT: City council candidate dealing with fake website
• SDUT: La Mesa police Chief Walt Vasquez to retire as city, police force face turmoil
• SDUT: County hits milestone to get off state watch list, but approval is pending
• SDUT: San Diego planners unveil a $177 billion plan to expand transit, toll highways

Sincerely,