Dear John,

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• FRBlog: Support, Don't Sue, California's Small Businesses
• CG: Speaker Nancy Pelosi Blames Hair Salon for 'Setup;' 'Owes Me Apology'
• SacBee: California beauty group 'appalled at the hypocrisy' of Pelosi's hair salon visit
• BreitbartCA: Nancy Pelosi: The Salon Set Me Up
• BreitbartCA: Salon Owner: Pelosi Made the Appointment, if She Can Come in, 'Why Are We Shut Down?'
• Speaker Pelosi responds to haircut critics, says it was a 'setup'
• SDUT: Nancy Pelosi says her visit to a salon was a 'setup'
• SDUT: Stall tactics. Distractions. Lobbying. How police reform was derailed in California
• Reason: California Police Unions Once Again Side With Bad Cops To Kill a Good Bill
• OCReg: Coronavirus state tracker: California reported 5,802 new cases and 160 new deaths as of Sept. 2
• AP: Virus rates among LA homeless less than overall population
• SacBee: Unemployment money is going to the wrong people in California. Is it fraud?
• SacBee: California power grid on alert against blackouts as heat wave looms for holiday weekend
• SFC: Smoke could linger over Bay Area for months, even after fires are contained
• Reason: California's Inmate Firefighters May Soon Be Allowed To Continue Their Careers After Release
• LAT $: Santa Cruz residents who defied fire evacuations are stuck
• AP: Approvals for new oil and gas wells up in California
• SJMN: Could California's Legislature return for special session on coronavirus, housing or police?
• CG: Sen. John Moorlach on California Senate Republicans' 'Quarantine Status'
• CG: Bill That Would Limit Tear Gas, Rubber Bullet Use By Police Fails In Senate
• CG: 3 Teacher Requirement Reduction Bills Killed Before Final Floor Votes
• CalM: Nail-biter for family leave bill reveals tough realities for working moms
• PE: Suspects sought in Moreno Valley drive-by shooting
• AP: 3 shot at Southern California high-rise; shooter sought
• OCReg: Gunfire at Santa Ana luxury high-rise apartment building leaves 3 injured
• AP: San Francisco Bay Area officer charged with manslaughter in the April shooting death of Black man in a Walmart store
• SFC: Alameda deputy claims Raptors' Ujiri making up story of Finals encounter
• LADN: Did LA deputies shoot Dijon Kizzee in the back 20 times? There's a lot we don't know.
• AP: New video shows fatal police shooting of Black man in LA
• SDUT: San Diego DA charges ex-probation officer with evidence tampering
• OCReg: OC deputy who wore extremist patch at a demonstration for George Floyd will keep his job
• OCReg: Another deputy involved in controversial Stanton arrest is under criminal investigation
• PE: HERO program's green-energy loans leave Southern California homeowners in red, critics say
• SacBee: As remote work becomes the norm, California state employees wonder: What about promotions?
• AP: Santa Barbara unveils memorial to 34 dive boat fire victims
• LAT $: A year later, families mourn Conception boat fire victims
• CalM: California's coronavirus stimulus was a bustwhat now?
• NR: When Kamala Harris Put Ideology before Justice
• CG: California AG Xavier Becerra's 'Sneaky' Power Grab
• SacBee: Nancy Pelosi's dumb salon visit during coronavirus pandemic deals blow to credibility
• SDUT: Peter Cramton: My monthly electric bill in Texas would be $250. In California, it is $1,000. Here's why.
• FH: Energy Storage will get us out of this Mess
• FH: Legislature is Done for the Year. But Numerous Calls for a Special Session
• LAT $: Skelton: Chaos and incivility ruled the last day of California's legislative session. Blame Zoom
• OCReg: Diversity, equity and inclusion nonsense
• SacBee: Here's who benefits from the last of Sacramento's federal coronavirus aid money
• SacBee: Major Sacramento labor union group endorses Steinberg's 'strong mayor' ballot measure
• SFC: Alameda schools cut ties with online program with alleged racist content
• SFC: Some Bay Area counties could progress to 'red' reopening tier next week - here's why
• SFC: SF employees in city vehicles aren't shy about zooming around
• AP: Judge says owner of San Francisco Bay Area island broke law
• SJMN: Two downtown San Jose tower projects progress
• Stanislaus schools fight back after porn, inappropriate content appear on students' screens
• With COVID-19 infections falling, Stanislaus moves ahead with school waiver applications
• FresBee: Fresno County adds 357 new COVID-19 cases. How full are Fresno hospital beds?
• FresBee: Workers feel 'desperate,' say Fresno County is ignoring COVID-19 health, safety risks
• FresBee: Clovis teachers accused of racism, discrimination against Black student, ACLU says
• FresBee: Will Fresno hospital lose doctors, top trauma status? Dispute fuels uncertainty
• CalCoast: SLO County supervisor's Zoom meeting goes boom-boom
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: Most companies adhering to orders
• LAT $: L.A. plans to declare a fiscal emergency, cutting worker pay
• LADN: Amid 'fiscal emergency,' LA city employee furloughs loom; police raises, bonuses safe for now
• LAT $: Hair salons can reopen but not malls and shops under new L.A. County plan
• LAT $: L.A. council backs a pay cut for many city workers, blocks request to target LAPD raises
• LAT $: DA begins dismissing cases involving officers accused of gang framing
• LADN: L.A. County barbers, hair salons on revised health order: 'It's great to get back inside'
• VOC: Santa Ana Relaxes Affordable Housing Laws; Declines Residents More Time for Rent Control Petition
• OCReg: Orange County is closer to turning two motels in Stanton into housing for homeless people
• VOC: Irvine City Councilman Carroll's Taxpayer Funded Mailers Called Into Question
• PE: Riverside County confirms another 7 coronavirus deaths
• PE: Riverside opens parks to gyms, churches during coronavirus pandemic
• SBSun: Woman is 12th arrested from Lawrence Bender protest outside San Bernardino courthouse
• SDUT: San Diego Mayor's Office to suspend all payments on Ash Street lease
• VOSD: Barrios Was Paid by Union While Working for Council President
• SDUT: Internal audit finds SANDAG leadership approved improper payments
• AP: Work starts to stop sewage flows into California from Mexico

Sincerely,