Dear John,

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• AP: Pelosi takes heat over visit to California hair salon
• LAT $: Nancy Pelosi takes heat over visit to San Francisco hair salon
• CG: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Gets Hair Done at COVID-Closed Salon
• SJMN: Report: Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco secret hair salon visit caught on camera
• CG: 'Public Information' to Promote New Taxes, Paid for by Taxpayers
• OCReg: Orange County Democratic party leader under fire for post praising Ho Chi Minh
• LAT $: San Francisco won't use state's 'broad brush' in reopening plan
• SFC: San Francisco stands nearly alone as Bay Area salons reopen indoors
• SFC: SF playgrounds, schools can't open. Kid clubs can. Confused yet?
• FresBee: Fresno County school sues Newsom, claiming it has 'herd immunity.' Here's what experts say
• SDUT: State: Stores must follow 50 percent occupancy limits
• AP: Police help defeat California bill on removing problem cops
• SFC: Major housing, police bills died when squabbling California lawmakers ran out of time
• CalM: California lawmakers failed to enact sweeping police reforms. Here's why.
• SacBee: Police shoot, kill wanted man in North Sacramento after SWAT standoff
• SacBee: Complaint says Sacramento police officer pushed demonstrator, damaging cellphone
• LADN: LA Police Commission clears detective in fatal Sherman Oaks shooting, but faults tactics
• LAT $: Family and activists decry shooting death of Black man by L.A. County sheriff's deputies
• LADN: Tensions mount in South LA after deputies fatally shoot Dijon Kizzee, who they say had a gun and punched a deputy
• CG: Massive Multi-Family Duplex Bill Fails; Too Late For A Senate Vote
• AP: Frenzied final day brings firsts for California Legislature
• LAT $: Analysis: Amid coronavirus crisis, an unsatisfying end for California's Legislature
• SJMN: East Bay lawmaker brings newborn to Capitol after being told she can't vote by proxy
• VOSD: Embattled Sweetwater Superintendent Fired
• SDUT: Sweetwater school board fires superintendent following fraud audit
• OCReg: University of California must stop all use of SAT and ACT in admissions, judge orders
• AP: California inks deal for new system after COVID data backlog
• AP: Chico State haven't pinpointed source as virus cases rise
• OCReg: Coronavirus state tracker: 140 new deaths in California on Sept. 1
• LAT $: Former Bell city councilman arrested on suspicion of killing his wife
• AP: Police: Teacher with far-right ties harassed health officer
• SFC: Gilroy man arrested for alleged threats against public health officer
• LAT $: ICE arrests 46 in San Diego County over monthlong operation
• AP: Criminal charges loom in California boat fire that killed 34
• SDUT: San Diego, other cities ending census door-knocking early
• SacBee: California allows polluting power plants to keep running. Recent blackouts helped save them
• SacBee: What went wrong in the Capitol when California Republicans stalled votes from quarantine
• CG: Sex and Taxes: Legislators' Annual Preoccupation
• OCReg: Time runs out on California's legislative session. What did they do right, wrong?
• OCReg: California is back in black due to going green
• FH: Mayors' Reasons for Supporting Prop. 15 Don't Hold Up
• CapWkly: Capitol Weekly Podcast: Jon Fleischman, conservative to the core
• NR: The Democrats Are Whitewashing Leftist Violence
• CalM: Newsom's third try on COVID-19
• FH: Judge Gives Favorable Ruling for Coffee Roasters and Distributors in Proposition 65 Lawsuit
• FH: Why California City Councils Should Be Bigger
• SacBee: Cal Expo close to receiving $6 million bailout package after Legislature sends it to Newsom
• SFC: SF Muni light rail expected to stay closed through 2020
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Some Bay Area beaches will close for Labor Day. Is it necessary?
• What happens to vacant Stanislaus County Supervisor seat after Tom Berryhill's death?
• FresBee: Fresno's top health official says no Labor Day parties. 'I know that's hard to hear'
• FresBee: August was Fresno County's deadliest month amid coronavirus. Officials add 27 new deaths
• Groups of staff at 2 Modesto schools, 2 district facilities put on COVID quarantine
• CalCoast: SLO County District Attorney rejects Tianna Arata petitions
• CalCoast: SLO City Council selects diversity task force members
• VCStar $: County may be weeks away from next reopening tier
• VCStar $: Coronavirus update: 33 new cases, no new deaths9:48 PM EDT Sep 1, 2020
• OCReg: Prosecutor who bungled protective order costs LA County nearly $4.3 million in legal settlement
• LADN: LA County reports 45 more coronavirus deaths as hair salons wait word on reopening
• LAT $: FBI investigates after alarmed pilot tells LAX tower: 'We just passed a guy in a jet pack'
• LADN: LA County gears up for flu season; official warns of 'twindemic'
• OCReg: Los Alamitos councilman slammed for racist email in 2009 faces Black colleague in reelection bid
• OCReg: Santa Ana provides new data that Orange County is 'dumping' homeless
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Reopening of Orange County schools now delayed to Sept. 22, at the earliest
• OCReg: Spirit Airlines to land at John Wayne Airport in November
• PE: Riverside County confirms rare coronavirus-related syndrome in child
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 20 new coronavirus deaths
• SBSun: Solar developer linked to DA probe overbilled by at least $1 million using altered invoices, records show
• SDUT: San Diego's largest COVID-19 vaccine trial yet set to begin next week
• SDUT: As San Diego County gets green light to reopen schools, South Bay teachers push back
• SDUT: New poll shows Bry and Gloria nearly even in race for San Diego mayor, almost 30 percent undecided
• VOSD: City Is Halting Rent Payments on 101 Ash St.

Sincerely,