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• LAT $: L.A. County will boost services under agreement to settle federal homelessness lawsuit
• LADN: LA County offers $236 million to settle homeless lawsuit, vows to partner with city of Los Angeles
• CG: Sacramento Business Owners Protest Dangers of Homeless Drug-Addicted, Mentally-Ill Transients
• SDUT: ‘These people do heroic work.’ Outreach workers refuse to give up on the homeless
• LAT $: Could extreme heat be just what California needs to finally solve homelessness?
• SDUT: San Diego’s new homeless shelter first to offer mental health, addiction services on site
• AP: California governor opposes tax on rich in statewide TV ad
• OCReg: Disentangling ads on gambling props 26 and 27, homelessness and California tribes
• SacBee: Four years and $300 million later, what’s California’s dialysis ballot proposition really about?
• AP: A decade on, California city’s bankruptcy case closed
• CalM: California to give $2,500 training grant to workers who lost jobs during pandemic
• SFC: Street vending crackdown: City to seize goods from vendors without permits
• LAT $: California and New York could soon change how workers everywhere negotiate salaries
• FresBee: California barely avoided blackouts during heat wave. Was that a win or a wake-up call?
• AP: Rains, mudslides prompt Southern California evacuations
• CalM: Problems plague California school district data system, putting funding at risk
• CalM: Will California tax Biden student debt relief?
• CG: The Need for a Gubernatorial Newsom-Dahle Debate
• CG: First US Monkeypox Death Recorded in LA County
• SBSun: Firefighters inch up containment of Radford fire burning near Big Bear Lake to 79%
• SJMN: Smoke from Mosquito Fire continues to blanket Lake Tahoe
• PE: Feelings of relief and sadness expressed as Fairview fire evacuees return to Hemet-area homes
• VOSD: A Drought Conversation with California’s Natural Resources Secretary
• VOSD: The Tight-knit, Humble Community Behind Del Mar’s Multimillion-Dollar Horse Racing Industry
• AP: Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues San Francisco
• SacBee: Cellphones, meth, tobacco smuggled into Northern California prison leads to guilty plea
• VOC: Anaheim May Tighten Lobbyist Registration After FBI Corruption Probe
• LAT $: Illegal weed shops are booming in plain sight. Police raids do little to stop them
• Inflation, Crime and the Border Point to Dems' Defeat
• Peter Thiel: Wokeness Is Like Wahhabism
• NR: Paying for Wokeness
• CalM: California’s fast food regulation headed to ballot
• OCReg: Will California derail national push to protect data privacy?
• CG: Trust Science: Veto Bill to Prohibit the Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides
• SacBee: Sacramento appoints new city fire chief, a 27-year Fire Department veteran
• SacBee: Sacramento renters lived with broken A/C in heat wave. Will county crack down on landlord?
• SFC: How unpopular is Mayor Breed? Chronicle poll shows anger with city dysfunction
• SJMN: $343 a trip: San Francisco ferry costs led nation despite slashed service. Can they stay afloat?
• SFC: This Bay Area restaurant is a hit — with everyone but its neighbors
• SFC: How fed up are San Franciscans with the city’s problems? Chronicle poll finds gloom
• Purchase contracts hit $7 billion for renewable fuel from Riverbank’s old ammo plant
• VCStar $: State funds to help build housing for young adults in Camarillo
• LAT $: In West L.A., two lawyers clash over an open City Council seat, encampments and policing
• LADN: Retired LA County Sheriff’s chief sues, claiming retaliation and discrimination
• AP: Police: officers shoot man armed with gun in Los Angeles
• VOC: More OC Residents Keep Pressing The County Animal Shelter to Reopen Kennels to Public Visitors
• OCReg: Anaheim council to decide on $6.6 million deal in effort to improve Beach Boulevard
• VOC: Another CA Agency Takes Aim at Private Fence in Newport Back Bay As Protest Springs Up
• LAT $: A wealthy O.C. insider fenced off public land in Newport’s Back Bay. When will it open?
• VOC: State Won’t Let Garden Grove Walk Away from One of Area’s Last Open Green Spaces
• OCReg: City of Hope Orange County gets $25 million gift from Julia and George Argyros
• SBSun: Flooding shuts down Cal State San Bernardino, which expects to reopen Tuesday
• PE: Short-term rentals could have 10 guests, regardless of size, under Riverside County proposal
• PE: Hospital for UC Riverside’s medical school is ‘absolutely critical,’ legislator says
• VOSD: That $100k to Mayoral Campaign from Chosen Sports Arena Developer Was News When He Gave It
• SDUT: SANDAG advances plan for Del Mar train tunnel. ‘This is a momentous day’
• SDUT: SDSU police chief to retire; interim replacement tapped from UC San Diego

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