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• CalM: California's big budget bet fizzles out - will Newsom support new taxes?
• CG: Gov. Newsom Announces That Theme Park Re-openings Will Not Be Happening Soon
• LAT $: Serious COVID-19 outbreaks hit California colleges despite intense preparation
• AP: California governor's staff member positive for COVID-19
• OCReg: Disneyland layoffs include 1,800 security guards and attraction operators
• SacBee: 'We could hear that ash falling': Vacaville teachers, students move past wildfires
• SFC: Cal Fire opens probe into private firefighting activities in Glass Fire
• SFC: How two friends helped firefighters protect a Santa Rosa neighborhood from fire
• AP: California governor calls for protecting 30% of state land
• SFC: Newsom calls for California to conserve land, coasts to capture carbon
• SacBee: Exclusive: How a days-old company pressured California into $450 million deal on COVID-19 gear
• CG: Bill To 'Combat Biodiversity and Climate Crises' Fails in the Legislature, but Resurrected as Executive Order
• SacBee: Ad campaign hits Newsom on fracking + Californians delay medical care + Car makers resist Newsom
• AP: California rapist awaiting trial for 14 years ordered freed
• AP: California's unemployment backlog shrinks to 1.3 million
• CalM: Freeze first, verify second: Unemployed Californians get a fright from EDD
• LAT $: Changes at California's unemployment agency don't do enough to address problems, lawmakers say
• CalM: Report: More than 100,000 low-income California college students lack internet access
• SJMN: Milpitas mayor threatens to sue California over homeless housing project
• SacBee: Placer County officials purchase Lake Tahoe motel for homeless housing
• SFC: ICE arrests 128 undocumented immigrants in California's sanctuary cities
• FresBee: ICE carries out week-long operation in California despite sanctuary law limiting arrests
• SJMN: ICE arrests in Bay Area, Los Angeles anger local officials
• WashTimes: Pandemic heightens stakes for Mike Pence, Kamala Harris vice presidential debate
• NR: Kamala Harris' Dangerous Vaccine Game
• SFC: Harris vs. Pence takeaways: Coronavirus, 'I'm speaking' and California's cameo
• NR: Mike Pence Put the Harris-Biden Agenda on the Spot
• Reason: Kamala Harris Refused To Answer a Direct Question About Whether a Biden Administration Would Pack the Supreme Court
• CalM: Veep debate: Fact-check on Kamala Harris as California prosecutor
• AP: 'Former staff' claim abuse by ex-Rep. Hill in Twitter hack
• LADN: 'Former staff' claim abuse by ex-Rep. Hill in Twitter hack
• OCReg: USA Gymnastics hearing on abuse allegations against Vanessa Gonzalez postponed
• SFC: Prop. 25, CA measure to end cash bail, splits reform advocates
• LADN: Black people stopped, arrested 3 times more than whites and Latinos in LA County, say USC researchers
• CG: 2020 General Election Preview: 29th Senate District
• SacBee: Can California force emission-free cars on everyone? Don't bet on it, U.S. automakers say
• AP: COVID-19 outbreak kills 9 at California nursing facility
• SFC: 9 dead, 61 positive in coronavirus outbreak at Santa Cruz Co. facility
• FresBee: Devin Nunes lost in court against a magazine. Now he wants to change US libel law
• CalM: Prop. 15 would threaten small businesses and hinder economic recovery
• OCReg: As Newsom urges vigilance, California should adjust coronavirus rules
• OCReg: Proposition 24 would weaken consumer data privacy
• FH: Reading the Props: 19's Glorious West Coast Bias
• NR: California's Illogical Reparations Bill
• OCReg: Public health councils are unnecessary
• LAT $: Skelton: Newsom should continue working with the Legislature on the housing crisis. Prop. 21 isn't the answer
• FH: Will Voters Jump on the Politicians' Diversity Bandwagon?
• CG: The Money Behind Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg's 'Strong Mayor' Measure A
• SacBee: Masks and grocery store ballot boxes: What you need to know about voting in Sacramento County
• SFC: Activists sue S.F., claiming police tapped surveillance cameras during protests
• SJMN: Google unveils details of downtown San Jose village
• Modesto Police release body-cam footage from last month's in-custody death
• Sheriff releases bodycam video, details of fatal shooting in Modesto industrial park
• Fire service, public safety are big issues in Stanislaus County District 1 election
• CalCoast: Paso Robles officers awarded medals of valor
• SJMN: Second female Santa Cruz County jail guard accused of illegal inmate relations
• LADN: LA County endures sharp one-day spike in coronavirus cases
• LADN: LAUSD becomes latest to refuse to include Trump letter in food boxes
• LADN: Shoppers delight as LA County malls reopen indoors
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 144 new cases, 3 new deaths in Orange County on Oct. 7
• OCReg: Fullerton Joint Union High School District to resume in-person instruction on Nov. 2
• OCReg: Police: Man stabs twin 9-year-old daughters to death in Placentia home before killing himself
• SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus cases rise by 301
• PE: Riverside County's new schools chief is Edwin Gomez
• PE: Murrieta's first Costco approved, despite neighbors' concerns
• PE: San Jacinto City Council candidates weigh in on coronavirus impacts on local economy
• PE: Riverside County urges coronavirus tests for all to help it stay in less-restrictive red tier
• PE: Could wireless, battery-powered streetcars be coming to Riverside?
• VOSD: Dems Want Control of the County - Here's What They Say They'd Do With it
• SDUT: Four candidates vying for mayor's job in Lemon Grove
• SDUT: San Diego renters making payments more during COVID than other cities

Sincerely,