Dear John,

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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

Sincerely,