Dear John,

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• FRBlug: Elizabeth Warren and Her Plans
• CG: Kamala Harris' Lackluster Presidential Campaign is Deteriorating
• AP: Justices take up gun case, though disputed law has changed
• SDUT: John Cox: will his new outreach to independent voters deliver GOP victories?
• SFC: Just how selective have UC schools become? Top students feel the pressure - SFChronicle.com
• SDUT: Why Buttigieg's UC San Diego climate adviser is taking fire from the left
• SDUT: Horrors of labor trafficking remain hidden with spotlight on sex trafficking
• SJMN: California is about to allow former felons to serve on juries
• SJMN: California asks for clarity in clean car rollbacks
• Why you won't find Stanford's secret sapling of the famed Newton gravity tree
• SFC: California banned plastic bags. So why do stores keep using them?
• SacBee: Gov. Gavin Newsom blocks parole for man convicted of 1989 Santa Cruz County murder
• FresBee: Toxic fog may be poisoning some of California's mountain lions, study says
• SJMN: The rise and fall of California's Republican Party - The Mercury News
• OCReg: The University of California system should keep the SAT and ACT: Thomas Elias
• LAT $: Editorial: L.A. County supervisors are trying to sneak a last-minute tax measure on the ballot. Again
• SacBee: A thief evaded police. So a wealthy Sacramento-area community installed license plate readers
• SFC: San Francisco Bay dredging fuels an unexpected concern: climate change
• SJMN: Where traffic doesn't take a day off: These Bay Area freeways see terrible congestion on weekends too
• SJMN: Disgraced Oakland cop linked to Chinatown underworld implicates another officer
• SFC: Why downtown Oakland is booming
• SFC: Oakland police commissioner in dustup at son's school; City Hall takes notice
• SJMN: East Bay city to mull $30,000 hiring bonus for police officers
• SJMN: Records: San Jose cops punished for shooting at cars, dog biting kid
• SJMN: $3 billion in three years: Downtown San Jose investments soar
• SJMN: Monterey could add hundreds of new housing units
• BakCal: Phil Wyman, former legislator known for conservative positions, dies at 74
• VCStar $: Oxnard council to decide pot retailer locations
• LADN: As March LA City Council election nears, John Lee's challengers are emerging in the northwest San Fernando Valley
• OCReg: Fullerton School District is asking voters to approve borrowing $198 million through bonds
• LAT $: Efforts to rein in the Inland Empire's warehouse industry fall flat
• PE: Riverside could give the Mission Inn $12 million - or nothing
• SBSun: Thousands without electricity on freezing night in San Bernardino Mountains; firewood distributed
• PE: Four years after San Bernardino terrorist attack, 13 of 57 survivors still work for county
• SDUT: Yes, students and residents can peacefully coexist in College Area

Sincerely,