Dear John,

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• CG: 'Get Used to It:' California's Rolling Blackouts, Power Outages
• Grid Operator Rejects Trump's False Claim Democrats Purposely Triggered California's Rolling Blackouts
• SDUT: Electricity customers across California still face the possibility of rotating power outages today
• SacBee: California power prices have skyrocketed. Is this normal - or more Enron-style 'manipulation'?
• CG: Gov. Newsom Declares State of Emergency Due To Heat, Wildfires
• AP: Crews stretched thin coping with California wildfires
• SFC: Homes burn, residents flee for lives as fire rages northwest of Vacaville
• LAT $: Northern California's lightning-caused fires explode in size, move on Vacaville
• AP: California avoids power outages but fires threaten homes
• LAT $: Fires burn more than 50,000 acres in Northern California and the Central Valley
• SJMN: Lightning-sparked blazes burning uncontrolled from South Bay to Napa
• AP: California battling power drain, wildfires during heat wave
• SJMN: Wildfire evacuations in San Mateo County, Santa Cruz County
• LAT $: California to join legal challenge against Trump administration over USPS reductions
• SFC: Top California health official on coronavirus pandemic: 'The state picture is stabilizing'
• Reason: California Lawmakers Want a Wealth Tax to Soak the Rich for Living There. Also, for Leaving.
• SacBee: Sacramento health officials order Capital Christian to shut down for violating COVID-19 rules
• VOSD: 'Educate, Not Indoctrinate': Anti-Racism Push in Coronado Schools Fuels Backlash
• SFC: California Supreme Court holds penalties against nursing homes to $500
• PE: Consumer group fears California's recycling network is in danger of collapse
• SFC: Bay Area pro sports franchises team up to back Prop. 16 affirmative action initiative
• AP: Survivors seize chance to confront Golden State Killer
• AP: Cities sue Census Bureau over ending 2020 head count early
• OCReg: Chapman University faces racial reckoning, again, in wake of professor questioning Kamala Harris' citizenship
• Reason: Kamala Harris' Limited Vision of Religious Liberty
• 'There Is No Redo On This': Eviction Crisis Looms As Lawmakers' Timeline Dwindles
• SFC: SF tenants seeing one benefit of lockdown - landlords willing to reduce rent
• CG: When Approving a $7 Billion Bond Proposal, Did the LAUSD Board Violate the Brown Act?
• SacBee: US Postal Service suspending cuts - but will it help Californians?
• LAT $: Man charged with voting in 3 elections as dead mother
• KQED: Half of All Detainees at Bakersfield ICE Facility Have Tested Positive For COVID-19
• CG: Latest DACA Changes To Be Challenged By California, AG Becerra In Court
• CalM: Will California change policing?
• SBSun: Man who police say aimed handgun at them twice is fatally shot in San Bernardino
• LAT $: Complaints against LAPD increased in 2019, but few resulted in discipline
• AP: From farm to beach, Democrats across America nominate Biden
• NR: App Shrugged: Will Uber Go Galt in California?
• OCReg: Yes on Proposition 22 to save ridesharing and worker choice in California
• FH: Business Doesn't Want to Just Turn Off the Lights to deal with Energy Shortage
• CapWkly: Overriding vetoes with Aaron Read
• CalM: Blackouts reveal our power shortage
• SacBee: South Lake Tahoe approves fines for mask violations in a bid to slow COVID-19 spread
• SacBee: Elk Grove candidate criticized Hmong 'clans men.' New community group demands apology
• SacBee: Strict Sacramento rent control measure is back on the November ballot - for now
• SacBee: Sacramento removes city law requiring people to stand and salute for national anthem
• Coronavirus update, Aug. 19: Stanislaus at 203 deaths. Infection rate declines again
• FresBee: Is Fresno County running out of COVID-19 money? At least one supervisor says he's worried
• FresBee: Valley has had more than 50,000 people with coronavirus. 771 new cases added
• FresBee: Fresno students get 'mooned,' Clovis class Zoombombed during week one of online school
• CalCoast: Fires continue to lower air quality in SLO County
• CalCoast: Thousands lose power in north San Luis Obispo County
• VCStar $: Coronavirus update: 43 new cases, 1 new death
• LAT $: LAUSD's first day back to school, online and on Zoom, is anything but normal
• LAT $: Citing pandemic rules, LAPD refers three party houses for potential utility cuts
• LADN: Rodents crawl out of Santa Monica dinosaur topiaries to freak out diners sitting outside, lawsuit alleges
• OCReg: Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia shares the spotlight during Tuesday DNC keynote address
• LAT $: L.A. councilman wants to stop hotels from housing migrant children
• VOC: Orange County's Coronavirus Trends Remain Positive, Questions Emerge About Potential Business Reopenings
• OCReg: Westminster School District trustee asks district attorney to review colleague's eligibility
• OCReg: Orange County proposes $7.5 billion, largely status quo budget
• OCReg: Newport Beach pays $360,000 settlement over a $16 cab ride that went awry
• PE: Riverside County reports 710 more coronavirus cases, 1 new death
• SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus deaths top 600 after second-highest one-day jump
• SBSun: San Bernardino mayor asked top aide to fake poor evaluations of his accusers, new claim says
• SDUT: San Diego County dropped from state COVID-19 watchlist
• SDUT: A San Diego school district is inviting 'learning pods' to campus for free

Sincerely,