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• CG: CA Teachers Union Did Oppo Research on Parents Who Wanted Schools to Reopen During COVID
• LAT $: Karen Bass got a USC degree for free. It’s now pulling her into a federal corruption case
• AP: Rep. Katie Porter’s university housing deal draws scrutiny
• AP: California avoids outages after day of grid-straining heat
• California power grid declares another emergency. Blackouts still possible as heat persists
• LAT $: PG&E warns over 500,000 customers of possible rotating outages as California heat wave drags on
• SJMN: Bay Area cities lost power due to miscommunication, say state regulators
• CG: State Praises Residents for Reduced Energy Use Following Emergency Text Message Tuesday
• SJMN: California power outages: How a text message averted major blackouts
• OCReg: An 8th-straight Flex Alert issued as California grapples with relentless heat, huge energy demand
• OCReg: When will this infernal heat wave end?
• SFC: This city will be first to allow an indigenous group the exclusive right to use city land
• SDUT: Armed robbers steal merchandise worth $125K from Carlsbad jewelry store; two suspects arrested
• LAT $: Three men charged in brazen daylight robberies targeting Asian Americans
• LAT $: Armed guard shot in robbery that led to lockdown of Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bay Area
• SFC: Robbery at East Bay hospital leaves armored truck guard critically injured
• CalM: Here’s your guide to sports betting and everything else to know about gambling in California
• CG: Restaurants File for Referendum to Stop California’s New Fast Food Worker Law
• AP: Restaurants move to stop new California fast food worker law
• SFC: Newsom signed fast-food worker protections into law. There’s already an effort to overturn
• LADN: LA County homeless count to be revealed Sept. 8 will ripple through nonprofits, political races and government
• SFC: New data shows this East Bay city nearly doubled its homeless population
• LAT $: L.A’.s first street psychiatrist makes his sidewalk rounds, transforming homeless lives
• CalM: California approves microplastics testing of drinking water sources
• AP: Water use drops 10% in July as California deals with drought
• Exclusive: An obscure company won a California lottery contract. Tickets took weeks to arrive
• FresBee: Fork Fire update: Madera County wildfire in North Fork grows, latest evacuation orders
• PE: New evacuations ordered for Fairview fire near Hemet, stretch of Highway 74 closed
• AP: California fires destroy structures, force residents to flee
• AP: California company: Machine failure may have caused wildfire
• SFC: California wildfire in Tahoe National Forest threatens historic Gold Rush town
• LAT $: Madera County brush fire prompts evacuation orders over ‘immediate threat to life’
• AP: California aims to lower fire insurance costs for homeowners
• CalM: ‘Operating under water’: Families trying to place loved ones in Medi-Cal assisted living program wait years
• SDUT: Get ready, licenses for short-term rentals in San Diego will soon be the law
• CalM: Gimme Shelter: What would California look like with housing on commercial strips?
• AP: California’s top cop to review death of man held by police
• AP: Phone call led to California deputy’s surrender in slayings
• RCP's Wegmann to WH's Jean-Pierre: Why Hasn't Biden Done A Sit-Down Interview In Over 200 Days? Is He Dodging Us?
• Reason: Despite Polarization, Americans Agree: School Learning Losses Are a System Failure
• Hill: The Dark Brandon Rises
• OCReg: Public power agency fails Orange County residents
• OCReg: Anaheim violates property rights to keep a women’s shelter out of the city
• Rachel Maddow Is Alex Jones With an Inside Voice
• SacBee: Campaign to recall Sacramento Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela fails to hit deadline
• SFC: Stuff, S.F.’s big antique mall, may close after rent rises to $75K a month
• SFC: Oakland synagogue to hike security at mayor forum after antisemitic screeds
• FresBee: Warrant issued for former Fresno Unified principal accused of ‘altercation’ with student
• Modesto, Turlock districts set records for demand for power as temperatures soar
• Relief from water wars in sight at long last for Modesto and Turlock growers
• CG: Entire SLO County DAs Office Recused from 2020 Black Lives Matter Protest Arrest Case
• VCStar $: Designer of first county flag to be recognized after mistake
• LADN: Street racing takeovers are increasing as are crashes, deaths across LA County, police say
• LAT $: Hot, angry parents continue to hammer LAUSD for shade and even cool water for kids
• LADN: Hyperion plant may face discipline from air quality watchdog, lawsuit from El Segundo
• OCReg: Political newcomers land seats on Dana Point City Council since no one else ran for the positions
• VOC: OC Power Authority Disputes Accusations of Secrecy, Completes $200 Million in Power Purchases
• VOC: Anaheim FBI Corruption Probe Puts New Focus on Role of Community Organizing
• SBSun: $126 million performing arts center bound for Cal State San Bernardino
• SBSun: More than 10,000 backpacks given away at San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools events
• PE: Riverside-area warehouse project blasted by residents
• SDUT: State supports San Diego’s pick for sports arena site
• SDUT: Street sweeping is changing in these San Diego neighborhoods. That means new parking rules
• VOSD: What We Learned About the Allegations in Oceanside

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