Dear John,

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• FRBlog: Ambassador Taylor's Non-Event Testimony
• SFC: Bold SF drug-injection site plan faces just one big hurdle: Trump
• AP: California blaze forces evacuations as wind spurs blackouts
• SFC: PG&E is shutting off 30,000 miles of line Saturday. When will power come back on?
• SacBee: PG&E blackouts start in Northern California. Over 2 million people will lose power for days
• PE: PG&E shutoffs grow: Nearly 1 million customers to lose power
• AP: The Latest: Hospital, jail evacuate over California fire
• SFC: Crews brace for fierce winds to hit Kincade Fire amid mass evacuations
• LAT $: She lost her home in the 2017 wine country fires. Tonight, she's evacuating again as flames stalk the area
• LAT $: More than 90,000 evacuated as Sonoma County fire grows; unprecedented power outages loom
• SJMN: Kincade Fire: Authorities bracing for 'dangerous' spread, plead for residents to evacuate
• AP: Scandal brings election risk for rising Democratic star
• CG: Photos Revealed of Rep. Katie Hill: Naked With Nazi-era tattoo Smoking a Bong
• SFC: 'I could sugarcoat it, but I will not': Newsom says California faces rough ride
• CG: Governor Newsom Takes Responsibility For Ending Planned Wildfire Blackouts
• LAT $: Gov. Newsom: 'The next 72 hours is going to be challenging' for California
• ModBee: Modesto's mayoral candidates are older white men. Is that bad? Experts weigh in
• Reason: Federal Deficit Hit $984 Billion Last Year-a Nearly 50 Percent Increase Since Trump Took Office
• AP: California officer off the force after fatal shooting
• SDUT: From hunger to transportation, San Diego youth work on their own Bill of Rights
• AP: South Vietnamese 'lost soldiers' memorialized in California
• BakCal: As costs and criticism pile up, Kern officials stick with plan to jail homeless offenders
• FresBee: California woman is unable to get insurance - so she took her health into her own hands
• OCReg: What's fair about the FPPC ignoring public comment?
• SFC: Willie Brown: Want to impeach Trump? Then open the doors, Dems
• OCReg: A clash of values
• CalM: Are the wealthy fleeing California taxes?
• OCReg: California is still a Republican state
• SacBee: Work begins on new neighborhood of nearly 3,000 homes near Sacramento International Airport
• SacBee: Another lawsuit against Sacramento school district. This time it's preschool teacher layoffs
• SacBee: New MLS team is great, but development and growth must benefit all Sacramentans
• SFC: Carl Nolte: You know S.F. the city - here's the county of S.F.
• FresBee: Parts of Fresno and Madera counties could be without power due to PG&E shutoffs
• VCStar $: Camarillo City Council weighs options for hemp
• LAT $: City Beat: L.A.'s homeless numbers can numb us. Stories help us see people, not stats
• OCReg: Orange County ranks among the nation's fastest-growing tech markets
• SBSun: San Bernardino County supervisors to discuss outdated charter
• PE: Troubled LuLaRoe cutting 167 jobs, closing Corona warehouse
• PE: 150 gallons of paint spilled across 215 Freeway in Perris
• SDUT: Coronado's short-term rental case settled in court
• SDUT: 'It's going to remain trying times': Valley Center, Ramona spared major damage, but more winds coming

Sincerely,