Dear John,

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• SFC: Bay Area death toll from drug overdoses passes 10,000
• SFC: Bay Area disability advocates speak out against paper-cup bans
• SFC: PG&E blackout inspections revealed 218 problems
• CG: PG&E Fails Attempt at Avoiding Billions of Dollars in Insurance Liabilities
• AP: PG&E says blackouts limited fires despite 1 likely failure
• CalM: 'It's like a nightmare you never wake up from.' Parents wait years for subsidized daycare
• SFC: San Francisco ties cold record as Bay Area freezes
• SJMN: Rain, wind expected to snarl Bay Area travel, bring snow to Sierra
• LAT $: What is an atmospheric river and why should Southern Californians keep their umbrellas handy?
• LAT $: California higher education hangs in the balance as UC, Cal State search for new leaders
• CG: Lawsuit at Cal State Fullerton Leads to Calls for Strengthening Hazing Laws
• OCReg: Parents allege hazing led to daughter's death in lawsuit filed against a sorority and Cal State Fullerton
• CalCoast: Why is Andy Caldwell running for Congress?
• SDUT: Republican City Councilman Scott Sherman files to run for mayor of San Diego
• LAT $: Some Orange County beaches reopened after major sewage spill
• AP: The Latest: Million-gallon California sewage spill stopped
• OCReg: Record sewage spill hits Laguna Beach just after council approves more funding for sewer maintenance
• LAT $: 20 rescued from flooded drainage pipe at San Diego-Tijuana border on Thanksgiving
• OCReg: Newsom picks fish over farms, but still gets brickbats
• OCReg: Want to end poverty in California? Embrace entrepreneurship.
• SDUT: Editorial: Court says California charter cities must honor state housing laws. Be thankful for this, too.
• SDUT: Editorial: Should colleges stop making applicants take the SAT or ACT?
• SacBee: A thief evaded police. So a wealthy Sacramento-area community installed license plate readers
• SJMN: East Bay city to mull $30,000 hiring bonus for police officers
• SFC: Supervisor-elect Dean Preston's big ideas, and how he plans to achieve them
• Stanislaus County can't agree to contract with 911 dispatchers. Sides await mediation
• Modesto school superintendent is retiring. Search begins for a new administrator.
• CalCoast: Red-legged frog slows another SLO County sewer project
• VCStar $: Inmate dies at Todd Road jail facility
• LAT $: After evicting monks, Cambodian temple in Long Beach reopens to discord
• SDUT: Bluff collapses in Del Mar within feet of train tracks
• SDUT: Lawsuit says city utilities department leader was fired for exposing illegal activity
• VOSD: Escondido Mayor Paul McNamara Is Still a Bit of a Mystery
• SDUT: Gun control a key issue in San Diego city attorney's race

Sincerely,