Dear John,

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• AP: PG&E begins new mass power shutoff over fire danger
• CG: CA Senators Go Easy on Bureaucrats After Utility Chiefs Grilled Over Power Shut Downs
• FH: PG&E Hearing Wrap-Up
• AP: PG&E to shut off power to 375,000 people
• SacBee: PG&E estimates loss of power for 150,000 customers amid high-risk fire conditions
• CG: Utility Chiefs Grilled by California Senators Over Power Shut Downs
• EdS: California Democratic Party says charter schools should have publicly elected boards
• SacBee: Why 2 firefighters say CalPERS should let them keep $70,000 in pension overpayments
• LAT $: Man stabbed to death aboard Bay Area commuter train
• SFC: Good Samaritan stabbed to death on BART train after he stopped a theft
• SFC: Recall started for SF supe who led anti-police-union chant
• LAT $: Climate change activists urge Los Angeles not to build a gas plant in Utah
• SJMN: California - capital of gun control - sees three mass shootings in four days
• LAT $: Flash flood watches issued in Southern California
• SFC: State would expand juvenile courts, halls to 18- and 19-year-olds
• PE: Homeless living along Santa Ana River bottom are warned heavy rainfall to come
• LADN: Officials will update on bridge-housing project for homeless in Canoga Park
• LADN: Rainy forecast raises concern for homeless in LA County; some take warnings lightly
• CalM: California tightens oil and gas regulation but stops short of a fracking ban
• SDUT: Newsom blocks new California fracking pending scientific review
• SDUT: Rep. Duncan Hunter says witnesses told grand jury his wife was responsible for questioned spending
• AP: Debris removal completed for California's deadliest wildfire
• SFC: Judge in SF blocks rule allowing health care workers to refuse abortions
• CalM: New 2020 law #2: More time for adult victims of child sexual abuse to sue
• SacBee: Injured California workers who turn to workers' comp are waiting months for medical reviews
• SacBee: Paradise couple claims Camp Fire destroyed their $280 million emerald. PG&E wants proof
• LAT $: Plaschke: Bonded by a fire that devastated its town, Paradise football now punished by CIF
• LAT $: Workers at electric bus startup Proterra unionized -- and their Tesla-veteran CEO loves it
• FH: California High Speed Rail Leadership and Project direction being challenged.
• Kamala Harris endorses Christy Smith in race to replace Katie Hill
• VOC: Fullerton City Councilman Questions How City Leaders Decided to Target Resident Blogger
• CG: California Rep. Jackie Speier Berates The Hill Reporter John Solomon For Getting the Truth About Ukraine
• FresBee: Devin Nunes' impeachment defense closely mirrors Trump's. Are they coordinating?
• OCReg: The burden of Democrats' green schemes burden the poor
• CalM: Newsom huffs and puffs, like the big bad wolf
• OCReg: Why the sluggish response to the homeless problem?
• OCReg: Voters say they want a third party. They should vote accordingly.
• FH: PPIC Poll Tests Appeal of Tax Money for Schools
• NR: The Hyper-Partisan Stupidity Arms Race
• CG: Sacramento Housing Demolition Crisis
• SacBee: Critics question last-minute recommendation for overseer of Sacramento Sheriff's Office
• SFC: SF's expanded Moscone Center gets to show itself off
• SJMN: Amid uproar, San Jose approves a new 27-story downtown residential, retail building
• SJMN: San Jose puts property transfer tax on March 2020 ballot
• KQED: State Puts Hold on Some Oil Well Permits After Chevron's Kern County 'Crisis'
• Modesto pays nearly $743,000 in wrongful death lawsuit of single mom who killed herself
• Update: Library branch expansion in Turlock gets OK, with some quibbling
• FresBee: 30 tenants received eviction notices in Madera ahead of new California law. Here's why
• CalCoast: Oceano Dunes closure could cost $100 million a year
• VCStar $: Simi police investigate alleged Royal High threats
• LADN: L.A. County moves forward with rent regulations in unincorporated areas
• LADN: Residents will hold demonstrations in West Hills ahead of NASA's meetings on Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup
• OCReg: Anaheim, Angels have second meeting scheduled on stadium deal
• OCReg: Judge orders waist chains removed from inmates at Orange County courthouses
• LAT $: Retiring Costa Mesa police chief alleges he's being forced out and has been threatened with investigations
• OCReg: Huntington Beach residents protest against development of 'tank farm' oil storage site
• VOC: Santa Ana City Council Set to Vote Today on Controversial Apartments Proposal
• SBSun: San Bernardino County, caregivers reach tentative deal for raises, more healthcare money
• PE: Riverside County supervisors OK 'Good Neighbor' warehouse guidelines
• VOSD: SDPD Installs New Leader at Crime Lab
• SDUT: Editorial: Dear San Diego Mayor, City Council: Listen to your lawyer about SDSU West

Sincerely,