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* LAT $: Who's to blame for California's rotating blackouts?

* CG: 'Get Used to It:' California's Rolling Blackouts, Power Outages

* SDUT: California experiences first rotating power outages in 19 years. What went wrong?

* SJMN: Rolling blackouts miss Bay Area on Monday, but threat remains throughout the week

* AP: Heat wave still threatens California power grid with outages

* CalM: Mask fines vary widely throughout California

* SJMN: Santa Clara County starts enforcing coronavirus health orders

* OCReg: Some Southern California barbers, salon owners defy state health orders and open indoors

* San Diego Officials Remain Hesitant To Punish Public Health Order Violators | KPBS

* CG: California Dems' Wealth Tax Follows People Who Move Out of the State

* CG: 'Time Stealing' Regulations for 'The Wealth Tax'

* VCStar $: Brush fire explodes in Piru Canyon

* SFC: Fires in Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa counties prompt evacuations

* LAT $: Firefighters combat several dozen fires in Butte County

* SJMN: East Bay wildfires still spreading out of control

* LADN: Lake fire now 31% contained; evacuation orders remain in place

* AP: California firefighters battle wildfires in extreme heat

* More mandatory evacuations possible in western Stanislaus County due to Canyon Zone fire

* SFC: Court considers releasing San Quentin inmates vulnerable to COVID-19

* FresBee: Poor training, faulty thermometers hurt California prisons' COVID-19 response, report says

* SDUT: State revises case rate, keeping San Diego County on watch list until at least Tuesday

* Stanislaus reaches 200 deaths to COVID-19. How does it compare to flu, other causes?

* OCReg: State coronavirus watch list unfrozen; Orange County remains on it, but is trending toward an exit

* AP: Golden State Killer faces his victims in 1st day of hearings

* PE: Protest in Oak Glen spotlights suffering caused by coronavirus shutdowns, organizers say

* OCReg: Sun Valley church defies court order, holding indoor services without masks or physical distancing

* SacBee: California ethics agency opens investigation into former CalPERS investment chief

* SDUT: Lawyers for Margaret Hunter request eight months home confinement

* CG: Shasta Dam Enlargement Might be in Play If California Expects Federal Help

* LAT $: California's first plague case in 5 years is confirmed in South Lake Tahoe

* CalM: California's (mostly) all-mail 2020 election, explained

* FresBee: Bernie Sanders won big in California. Here's why his Golden State delegates are settling for Biden

* LAT $: Rep. Adam Schiff flexes party muscle with strong fundraising for Biden, Democrats

* LAT $: California billionaire Meg Whitman among GOP speakers

* AP: California requires ethnic studies for university system

* CG: Student Loan Consumer Protection Bill Brought Back Up To Senate Committee

* CalM: Five automakers finalize deal with California to clean up car emissions

* OCReg: Don't let California politicians cancel the gig economy

* OCReg: Family businesses may be lost without more fixes to Assembly Bill 5

* OCReg: Vote No on Proposition 15's destructive property tax hikes

* OCReg: Public sector unions can't continue dominating state and local governments

* NR: Kamala's Amnesty

* SacBee: Rental assistance and tiny homes: Sacramento outlines $62 million homeless spending plan

* SacBee: Facing harassment and intimidation claims, does Elk Grove's mayor need a third term?

* SFC: SF's housing market weakening as suburbs see 'crazy heated insanity'

* SFC: SF schools beef up distance learning on first day back

* SFC: Schaaf 'trivialized' fatal 2018 shooting by police, monitor says

* FresBee: COVID-19 cases surpass 21,000 in Fresno County. Which Valley towns have the most cases?

* SacBee: California farming country buckles under COVID-19. Will pandemic make or break the Valley?

* FresBee: Salons protest in Clovis in support of re-opening their businesses from pandemic closures

* CalCoast: Protesters demand money from San Luis Obispo business owners

* LAT $: More California counties make state coronavirus watchlist as Santa Cruz is removed

* CalCoast: SLO County averaging more than 40 new coronavirus cases a day

* VCStar $: State backs proposed Native American district

* VCStar $: Former Simi Valley Mayor Stratton dies

* LADN: LAX police union calls for civil rights probe into department's deputy director

* OCReg: Coronavirus: 216 new cases, no new deaths reported in Orange County on Aug. 17

* VOC: Chapman Faculty Petition Slams Fellow Professor, Who Stands By Controversial Kamala Harris Op-Ed

* OCReg: Orange County seeks state cash to turn motels into housing for homeless people

* PE: Riverside County adds 1,828 coronavirus cases, 31 more deaths

* PE: Riverside County wants to reopen businesses after Labor Day

* SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 440 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths

* SBSun: Coronavirus-resistant police cars? San Bernardino could make them a reality

* SDUT: SDSU officially breaks ground on new Mission Valley stadium

* SDUT: San Diego providing $700k in grants to businesses in historically underserved communities


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