Dear John,

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• AP: PG&E executives to appear before California regulatory board
• SFC: 'Like battling the Hydra': Counties say PG&E failed them in outages
• AP: California utility chief pledges to improve communications
• PE: Rialto water district's new CFO's spotty record includes fiscal malfeasance in Hawthorne
• VCStar $: Calif. van dweller gives up her rats. All 300.
• SDUT: Study: Number of homeless people among county's jail population growing
• SFC: 2 dogs shot, 4 people arrested at Castro Valley homeless camp
• SDUT: Unprecedented movement detected on California earthquake fault capable of 8.0 temblor
• AP: Study: California's big July quakes strain major fault
• SDUT: Earthquake warning app will give anyone in California the chance to prepare
• SFC: SF asks judge to toss NRA lawsuit over 'terrorist' designation
• SacBee: 'I cannot afford to be outraised.' McClintock doubles his cash ahead of 2020 reelection fight
• SFC: Crews fighting blaze found locked gates, inactive fire suppression, officials say
• SFC: California likely to see a dry winter, a federal report warns
• KQED: San Jose Mayor Proposes Creation of Public Utility in Wake of PG&E's Power Shutoffs
• AP: California objects to Berkshire Hathaway's sale of insurer
• CapWkly: James Ramos: CA's first Native American state lawmaker
• SBSun: New laws could make life a little easier for low-income Californians
• CalM: Elbows fly in the Capitol over Steve Ballmer's plan for a Clippers arena in Inglewood
• CG: CA Gov. Newsom Gives OK for State, Local Agencies to Destroy Emails
• CG: California Globe Interview with CAGOP Chairwoman Jessica Patterson
• SJMN: Officer cleared, video released in Valentine's Day police shooting and UPS hijacking
• SJMN: Palo Alto police sergeant federally sued for mocking and beating a gay man retires amid scrutiny
• AP: San Onofre nuke plant demolition approved
• SDUT: Coastal Commission OKs permit to dismantle the San Onofre nuclear plant
• OCReg: Given restrictions, Chapman University's student newspaper passes on covering President Bush's campus speech
• SacBee: DMV awards multi-million dollar contract to Comcast for major tech upgrade
• OCReg: Weedmaps, facing pressure to work only with legal cannabis shops, lays off a quarter of its workforce
• Reason: San Francisco Falafel Shop Owner Says Neighborhood Has Enough Falafel, Asks City to Block Rival Falafel Shop Next Door
• CalM: Why CA didn't overhaul student aid this year - but could soon
• AmerSpec: Newsom's Gas-Tax Switcheroo
• FH: SB 5 Vetoed for All the Wrong Reasons
• SacBee: A 'royal' waste of tax dollars: California agency spends thousands on toilets, flowers
• NR: Progressives Are All Too Willing to Cut Constitutional Corners
• FH: Is it Time for a Homelessness Czar?
• FH: Does Homelessness Require a Special Court?
• SacBee: This booming Sacramento neighborhood went bust in the recession. How Natomas is coming back
• SacBee: Sacramento City Unified School District superintendent deserves blame for budget mess
• SacBee: Sacramento City Unified's revised budget rejected once again as reserves 'fall short'
• SJMN: SFO employees find package with three human fetuses, woman charged with smuggling
• SFC: Two visions for fixing SF's mental illness crisis: How they differ
• SFC: Low-wage workers are fleeing SF. Housing measure could change that
• SJMN: Campbell: Proposed In-N-Out loses in 3-2 vote
• FresBee: They chose rural Madera County to get away from the city. Now, the city is coming to them
• FresBee: California families at risk for hunger - while a third of crops left to rot on farms
• LAT $: Metro Blue Line will become the A Line when it reopens
• OCReg: Kennedy administrators, teachers linked to sex abuse case still employed by Anaheim UHSD
• VOC: OC Breaks Ground on First Municipal Mental Health Treatment Campus
• PE: Warehouse tax deals, job forecasts must be reported under new law by Riverside assemblyman
• PE: Moreno Valley schools detail changes meant to fight bullying
• SDUT: Macy's to mayor: Sorry, but Horton Plaza lawsuit is 'necessary'
• SDUT: Editorial: Lithium could be the economic boost that Imperial County needs

Sincerely,