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• SacBee: Criticism of Newsom, sanctuary laws at indictment for 4 tied to El Dorado deputy's slaying
• CG: Los Angeles City Council Votes To Start Ban On Single Use Plastic Water Bottles
• SFC: Man shot in broad daylight on SF's Market Street
• KQED: PG&E Shares Tumble as Utility Estimates New Round of Liabilities
• PG&E Says Power Outage Credits Cost The Utility $65 Million - capradio.org
• AP: Interior proposes coveted deal to ex-client of agency head
• CG: With Hasty Resignation From Congress, Katie Hill Scandal Reveals Even More
• CalM: Gavin Newsom: Getting Things Done?
• FH: Small Business Releases its 2020 Legislative Agenda
• SFC: Airbnb says it will pay for funerals and counseling of victims
• OCReg: 'A place of contemplation and comfort,' Thousand Oaks officials unveil memorial
• LAT $: 'We'll never forget' - Thousand Oaks marks one year since the Borderline shooting
• AP: Ceremonies mark anniversary of California mass shooting
• AP: California suspends hundreds of marijuana supply businesses
• AP: A year after deadly fire, Paradise pauses to remember
• CalM: Cleaning up Paradise as a grim anniversary nears
• AP: NRA drops lawsuit over San Francisco's 'terrorist' label
• SDUT: Former Mitek CEO Jim DeBello announces bid to unseat Rep. Scott Peters in 2020
• LAT $: Half their community burned in the Woolsey fire. Recovery is wreaking its own misery
• SBSun: The Woolsey fire hit Los Angeles County a year ago - and left some homeowners fearful they can't stay
• CalM: California's new "predatory lending" law, explained
• SacBee: Situation with distressed man on east lawn of California state Capitol ends peacefully
• FresBee: Devin Nunes is mostly silent at closed impeachment hearings, transcripts show
• OCReg: Fullerton eyes spot near city's airport for a 150-bed homeless shelter
• FH: San Francisco's 'homeless tax' helps spur departure of another high-profile company
• SFC: Oakland residents pushed out of Wood Street homeless camp
• SacBee: 'Homeless courts' are meant to get people off the street. But is it working in Sacramento?
• LADN: Public Utilities Commission approves controversial extension for outdated Southern California power generators
• LADN: Amid a chorus of hisses and skepticism, FAA begins task force response on Burbank, Van Nuys airport noise issues
• SJMN: FAA 'strongly opposes' any move to close Reid-Hillview Airport
• SacBee: New health care perk for 102,000 California state workers, explained
• State Officials Praise SANDAG's Housing Plan
• LAT $: Regional agency calls for more housing in coastal rather than inland areas
• SJMN: Sex shop site could become residential tower
• SacBee: Homicides more common in childhood gun deaths in California than rest of nation, data show
• SFC: Muslim organization leader out after misconduct allegations
• SJMN: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes wins courtroom skirmish
• AmerSpec: California Killing Its Gig Economy
• OCReg: Proposition 30's unintended consequences
• CalM: California leaders fail to speak up as students here lag behind other states.
• OCReg: Agencies flout spirit of open records law
• FH: A Holmes and Watson Approach to the Homeless Crisis
• FH: Leaving California for Greener Pastures
• NR: History Has Shown That Socialism Isn't the Cure
• NR: Kamala Harris Wants to Turn Schools into Day-Care Centers
• SacBee: Sacramento City Council to vote on $27.2 million loan to Major League Soccer investor group
• SacBee: Major Sacramento County jail project stalls after inmate advocates rally against expansion
• SacBee: These 2 Sacramento County supervisors are to blame for more people losing their homes
• SFC: Bay Area homes are getting more affordable, closing gap with rest of state
• SFC: 35-vote lead in supes race, DA contest nearly as tight
• CalM: Economic summit: $4.2-billion Fresno investment plan announced
• FresBee: Fresno State looking at changing gym dress code policy, following sports bra controversy
• Stanislaus County agrees to pay $7 million to family of woman fatally shot by deputy
• FresBee: Economic Summit starts with a bang: Group announces plan to attract $4.2B investment in Fresno
• Modesto tech company moves downtown, hopes to lure more high-paying tech jobs to city
• CalCoast: Red-legged frog concerns delay controversial Morro Bay sewer project
• CalCoast: Paso Robles High School parents angry over locked bathrooms
• VCStar $: Residents say these are the top 5 problems they face
• VCStar $: County gets first payment in lead paint deal
• OCReg: Long Beach moves ahead with cruise terminal expansion, despite environmental concerns
• PE: Pilot dies when plane coming from Torrance crashes into Upland home
• LAT $: As L.A. ports automate, some workers are cheering on the robots
• OCReg: Late vote count shows Santa Ana City Council race is not over
• VOC: Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press Supports Local Blogger's Lawsuit Against Fullerton Over Secret City Hall Documents
• OCReg: 13 arrested in operation cracking down on Santa Ana street gang
• VOC: Bacerra Maintains Lead in Latest Santa Ana Council Results
• OCReg: DA Todd Spitzer alleges prosecutorial misconduct by predecessor in high-profile Newport Beach rape case
• OCReg: Say goodbye to that huge, eye-catching mansion on the hill in Yorba Linda
• PE: Ex-Corona-Norco assistant superintendent Rozzi, construction chief charged with money laundering
• SBSun: San Bernardino denies 9% pay raises for police chief, assistant police chief
• SDUT: San Diego college students teach, learn from foster children in county program
• SDUT: Cross-border sewage, trade agreements take center stage in border mayors' conference
• VOSD: How the San Diego Cooperative Charter Went From Kumbaya to a Bitter Breakup

Sincerely,