Dear John,

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• CalM: 10,000 unemployment claims backlogged per day - claims paused for 2 weeks
• AP: Report: California unemployment agency does less with more
• CG: EDD Halting Unemployment Claimants For Two Weeks, Will Overhaul Entire System
• Gavin Newsom defends pause on new unemployment claims: 'I didn't want to wait another day.'
• AP: Enormous California wildfire threatens desert homes near LA
• FresBee: Creek Fire at 27% containment with aerial operations planned
• VCStar $: Oxnard firefighter injured in El Dorado Fire
• FresBee: Creek Fire live updates: Containment at 30%; some residents gain temporary access
• SBSun: Firefighter killed while battling El Dorado fire is identified; 'Charlie' Morton called a respected leader
• SDUT: Bobcat fire grows to 103,000 acres, making it one of L.A. County's largest blazes ever
• AP: California wildfire threatening more than 1,000 homes
• CG: San Diego County Small Businesses Leaders, Owners Rally for Re-Opening
• FresBee: 'We're not asking.' Fresno rally organizer, others say they will open shops on Oct. 1
• AP: Campus outbreak brings uncertainty to San Diego's reopening
• SDUT: New parent group demands that San Diego Unified set a reopening timeline
• SFC: S.F. hotel, Oakland college dorm to become housing for homeless
• LADN: 2nd deputy wounded in Compton ambush shooting is released from hospital
• LAT $: L.A. Times shaken by a summer of turmoil and scandals
• LAT $: Petition for restraining order alleges unlawful use of force by Sheriff's Department at protests
• New California law strikes criminal court fees charged by sheriffs, police
• CalM: The hurdles facing California kids, explained
• PE: NCAA tells State Supreme Court the USOPC has no legal duty to protect athletes from sex abuse
• SFC: Prop. 24 would protect data-privacy law from being weakened
• AP: California executive pleads guilty in college admission plot
• CG: Gov. Newsom Signs Bill That Pushes Non-Presidential Year Primaries Back To June
• LAT $: Californians moved to Oregon for affordable housing. Wildfires left them homeless
• OCReg: Anaheim residents protest Angel Stadium sale deal ahead of Sept. 29 council discussion
• OCReg: Bill would create new federal research program for nuclear waste disposal
• SFC: Replacing Ginsburg quickly could determine Affordable Care Act's fate
• SacBee: Will Democrats add seats to the Supreme Court? They'll need Dianne Feinstein's support
• AP: Supreme Court fight could elevate Kamala Harris' profile
• SJMN: Is Kamala Harris the Democrats' secret to stopping Trump's Supreme Court nominee?
• Reason: America's Debt Will be Twice the Size of the Economy by 2050
• OCReg: Building a reopening plan on shifting sand
• NR: GOP Critics Sound Alarm over November's Big-Tech Stakes
• NR: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Didn't Understand Her Job
• FH: The LA Sheriff is Going Nowhere
• CalM: California's job numbers aren't good
• FH: Environmental activists lack the courage to seek real solutions
• FH: Homeless Anarchy in Los Angeles
• SacBee: Video released in fatal West Sacramento police shooting of former department employee
• SFC: Redevelopment of S.F.'s Piers 30-32 face another waterfront fight
• SFC: HR manager resigns after allegedly forging discrimination settlement
• SFC: S.F. school board candidates face tough pandemic choices and budget shortfalls
• SJMN: Defendants plead not guilty, opt for speedy trial in Santa Clara County concealed-gun permit bribery case
• KQED: Lots of Drugs, Lax Oversight: Former SF Medical Examiner Staffers Say Lab Analyst's Meth Arrest 'Just the Tip of the Iceberg'
• FresBee: Fresno County adds more than 100 new COVID-19 infections. Total cases nearing 30,000
• CalCoast: Coronavirus cases soar at Cal Poly, will it delay reopening?
• CalCoast: New employer concerned about SLO police chief's past
• VCStar $: Election: Opposites vie for 24th Congressional seat
• VCStar $: COVID-19 update: 265 new cases, 3 new deaths
• VCStar $: Election 2020: Two vie for Oxnard city treasurer
• LADN: LA County jail population is back above state overcrowding limits
• LAT $: City challenges LAPD officer's lawsuit alleging harassment by Garcetti aide
• LAT $: LAPD has used facial-recognition software 30,000 times in last decade, records show
• LADN: LA County looks on warily as coronavirus cases inch upward
• OCReg: Orange County could stay in the red tier longer if coronavirus testing doesn't pick up
• OCReg: Here's one district's plans, Capistrano Unified, for a safe return to classrooms
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 138 new cases, hospitalizations at 178 in Orange County on Sept. 21
• OCReg: Westminster School Board won't seek investigation of trustee
• PE: San Bernardino County has 3rd most coronavirus cases in California
• SBSun: San Bernardino to cap campaign contributions at $4,700 per individual per election
• PE: Riverside County reports 738 new coronavirus cases
• PE: How Inland counties are enforcing state coronavirus rules
• VOSD: City COO Kris Michell Resigns
• SDUT: County again takes no action after closed-door meeting on state COVID-19 scores
• SDUT: A third top San Diego city official linked to Ash Street building has resigned

Sincerely,