Dear John,

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• AP: Blackouts possible again as fire danger looms in California
• LAT $: PG&E may shut off power in 17 California counties as dangerous winds return
• SJMN: Map: Potential PG&E shutdown Wednesday
• SFC: PG&E begins notifying customers of looming power outage
• AP: California governor wants investigation of high gas prices
• SDUT: California's high gas prices will be investigated for possible price fixing
• CalM: Gov. Newsom the moderate? On this spectrum, almost every Democratic legislator is further left
• SFC: Gascón was a progressive DA. Why did he make so many enemies in SF?
• LAT $: Why didn't Anaheim collect its $8 million fee from Angels?
• SFC: Panhandling ban gets nod from BART lawyers, but debate rages among directors
• AP: California won't approve sale of Berkshire Hathaway insurer
• SDUT: State insurance regulators reject sale of company tied to Lara contributors
• FH: What Brown Vetoed, but Newsom Signed (or Vetoed as well)
• CalM: Nasty letters. Funding threats. Here's why California's clean air fight with the feds matters
• CalM: Gavin Newsom's slow start on housing, cannabis' carbon footprint, and San Francisco tries to impart its values on Nevada
• AP: California independents can vote in Democrats' 2020 primary
• SacBee: Want to vote Republican for president in California? You can't be registered 'decline to state'
• SacBee: CalPERS pulls millions of dollars out of immigrant detention companies
• Republican effort to censure Adam Schiff halted
• SFC: Sports betting slow in coming to California: Here's what it might look like
• Lawmaker Warns of Threats to Local Control as Huntington Beach Sues California Over Housing Laws
• VOSD: Encinitas Is Suing the Residents Behind Controversial Housing Measure
• LAT $: They paid $800 a month to live without water or power in an abandoned church
• EdS: California community college district works to fend off state takeover
• CG: Daylight Savings Bill Returning To State Assembly Floor Next Session
• SFC: Juul's measure to overturn SF's e-cigarette sales ban
• LAT $: Evacuations are lifted after brush fire burns near Pacific Palisades homes
• SacBee: Black mold is growing in California prisons, but federal officials won't test it
• Reason: Target Employees Won The 'Fight For $15' but Weren't Ready for the Trade-Offs
• FresBee: A 'judicial catastrophe' is looming, Fresno judge says. Court vacancies are a problem
• LAT $: Facing prospect of added bribery charge, four parents plead guilty in admissions scandal
• Reason: Study: Styrofoam Might Last Only Decades, Not Millennia, in the Ocean
• FH: A Lesson in Real World Politics
• OCReg: Xavier Becerra rigs ballot with biased split roll summary
• NR: The Supreme Court Is Poised to Strike Down a Major Obama-Era Agency
• AP: California tribe regains island it calls center of universe
• SFC: Former Oakland councilman says his arrest at city offices was racially motivated
• SFC: Court in SF upholds secret reasons for putting people on federal no-fly
• SFC: Yet another SF home for mentally ill set to close amid crisis
• SJMN: More Palo Alto residents will be charged to park on their own streets
• SFC: 'Blatantly racist' billboard attacking SF Mayor London Breed slammed
• SFC: Frustrated with PG&E, San Jose proposes forming own utility
• SJMN: Santa Clara to pay $2.7 million settlement in employee overtime lawsuit
• FH: Fresno's Ag Leadership Is a Reminder of Poverty
• Modesto officials consider spending $380,000 for downtown hotel project
• FresBee: Paperwork filed to start recall effort of FUSD board trustee Terry Slatic
• Stanislaus supervisors are asked to keep cannabis shop in Empire. It's near homes.
• VCStar $: Candidate forum set for Santa Paula on Wednesday
• CalM: LA City Atty Mike Feuer was wrong to prosecute Steve Mnuchin protestors
• LADN: LAPD vows to audit 4,000 cases of serious child abuse not investigated since 2018
• OCReg: Chapman University apologizes to student newspaper for restrictions on covering President Bush's campus speech
• VOC: OC Poised to Approve $334 Million in Raises Covering 11,000 Employees
• SBSun: San Bernardino City Unified School District computer servers remain down after ransomware attack
• SBSun: Little Mountain fire damages 9 homes in San Bernardino; 5 injuries reported
• PE: Menifee may fine illegal dumpers up to $3,000
• SBSun: $520 million deficit has Omnitrans eyeing layoffs and bus-line reductions, but is it enough?
• CalM: Feds to make a big water proposal, while Imperial County seeks Newsom's help with Salton Sea
• SDUT: Council signals support for putting San Diego hotel tax hike on March ballot - but it's not official yet
• SDUT: Snorkeling death at La Jolla Cove prompts lawsuit
• SDUT: San Diego council votes to place audit selection process before voters in March

Sincerely,