Dear John,

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• CalM: California NAACP president aids corporate prop campaigns - collects $1.2 million and counting
• AP: Concerns over coronavirus upticks in California
• LADN: LA County reports coronavirus bump; state officials worry Labor Day surge may have arrived
• SFC: California officials predict uptick in cases tied to Labor Day, reopening
• AP: California virus hospitalizations could surge in next month
• Reason: Are You Ready for a Second Round of Pandemic Lockdowns?
• AP: California braces for power shutoffs and warm, windy weekend
• SFC: Bracing for fire weather, PG&E notifies 100,000 customers of potential blackouts
• LAT $: '300-foot flames coming at us': The battle to save Mt. Wilson from the Bobcat fire
• LAT $: Can technology predict wildfires? New systems attempt to better forecast their spread
• OCReg: California is indeed a cautionary tale for the nation
• SFC: Former UC Regent Ward Connerly blasts Blum over admissions revelations
• CG: 4 UC Universities Found To Have Admitted Unqualified Students Over Connections
• CG: Senator Feinstein's Husband Found To Have Given 'Inappropriate' Help In UC Admissions
• AP: Police say officers assaulted during protest in California
• FresBee: Family of man killed by deputies will sue Fresno County, alleging excessive force
• FresBee: Fresno city manager to release report of alleged police misconduct withheld by auditor
• VOSD: Sacramento Report: New Police Reform Committee Members Count Police Unions Among Donors
• VOC: Orange County Coastal Enclave Becomes Ground Zero of Police Violence Controversy and Protests
• CalM: California's rent strike: Who pays and how it works
• SFC: Calif. to shut first prison since 2003 - Tracy lockup set for closing
• SacBee: California prison employing 1,100 to close in 2021 - and Newsom wants to shut another
• LAT $: Gov. Newsom signs law to expand mental health coverage in California
• CG: EDD Fraud Case Grows, 87 Arrested Over Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits
• CalM: Welcome to Zoom University. That'll be $500.
• SJMN: California plans to independently vet COVID-19 vaccine data
• SFC: California to create its own consumer financial protection agency
• OCReg: California passes first-in-nation plastics recycling law
• LADN: 2020 Elections: Sherman, Reed square off for San Fernando Valley's 30th Congressional seat
• LADN: 2020 Elections: Adam Schiff faces off with Eric Early in race fueled by impeachment aftermath
• SFC: Jewish New Year signals how the pandemic will change the holiday season
• SBSun: ICE facility where unwanted hysterectomies allegedly performed to get visit from Reps. Correa, Barragan, Gomez
• LAT $: In Judge Barrett, conservatives see the Supreme Court champion they've longed for
• CG: California Ballot Initiatives: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Ugliest
• Reason: How California's Environmental Mandates Led to Blackouts
• OCReg: Governor Newsom should deliver theme park guidelines ASAP
• CalM: Will politics trump gender in California this election year?
• FH: Can One Individual Tell Us What We Can Drive?
• OCReg: A plan for solving California's energy problem: Dan Brouillette
• OCReg: UBI grows in popularity among local governments
• FH: Why Can't Sacramento's Financial Reporting Match Private Sector Standards?
• SFC: Brown: Democrats need to forget about the court and concentrate on November
• FH: Reading the Props 14 Stem Cell Bonds Reproduce Themselves
• CapWkly: CA120: California's mail-in voting cranks up
• SFC: SF public defender calls for firing of chief medical examiner
• SFC: S.F. Supes delay resolution to condemn homophobic attacks on Sen. Wiener
• SFC: Knight: S.F. begs to fund program that pays essential workers to quarantine
• SJMN: Competition for Bay Area jobs is 8 times what it was in January
• Should Turlock raise sales taxes amid financial issues? Measure A lets voters decide
• Modesto City Council mired in second costly investigation involving city clerk
• VCStar $: Camarillo Springs development passes to next stage
• VCStar $: Simi Valley candidates discuss racism in forums
• VCStar $: COVID-19 update: 51 new cases, three new deaths
• LADN: 2020 elections: LAUSD District 7 voters to decide new office holder
• SBSun: Nike gets tax break to operate Ontario distribution center
• LADN: 100 miles of rail - plus freeway, bus and bicycle projects - included in $400 million LA Metro plan
• OCReg: Orange County is headed to the even less-prohibitive orange tier. What would reopen then?
• OCReg: OC sheriff's deputies who lied on reports testify that they didn't know it was illegal
• OCReg: Santa Ana school district sets timeline for return to in-person learning
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 4 more coronavirus deaths
• PE: Riverside spends about $885,000 in losing fight over mayor's veto power
• SDUT: San Diego charter schools sue state seeking funding for thousands of students
• VOSD: The City Doesn't Know Where $14M in Ash Street Deal Went
• SDUT: Gloria shifts momentum versus Bry in mayor's race fundraising
• SDUT: 9-member panel appointed to redraw San Diego's council district boundaries

Sincerely,