Dear John,

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• Companies Like Uber, Facebook Say They Won't Adjust To New California Laws
• California Will Ban Hair Discrimination Starting In 2020
• LAT $: Parolee will stand trial in deadly Oakland subway stabbing, judge rules
• FresBee: Man shot Christmas night in Fresno by attackers without apparent motive, police say
• SFC: 4 people shot at holiday party in Oakland
• SFC: Man shot to death in SF's Tenderloin, 2 others wounded
• SDUT: Car burglaries rise for 3 years straight in San Diego, drop slightly in 2019
• Nearly All Employees In California Must Receive Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Under New Law
• AP: Winter storms to move across California during holiday week
• SDUT: San Diego mountains could get up to 30 inches of snow, drawing cautionary note from forecasters
• LAT $: Interstate 5 closed by snow as new storm pounds Southern California
• SFC: California attempts to revive 'compassionate cannabis' programs
• SFC: UCSF leads national research on 'deprescribing' patients taking too many meds
• LAT $: L.A. County district attorney steps up investigation of Weinstein
• AP: Prosecutors: Deeply-in-debt Michael Avenatti sought payday
• CalM: Watch new 2020 law #7: Health insurance about to be mandatory in California
• US-China Trade Tensions Mean Tough Times For Local Lobster Industry
• LAT $: Americans are retiring to Vietnam, for cheap healthcare and a decent living standard
• AP: Sea lion 'still feisty' after fall to California highway
• OCReg: The joys and headaches of holiday travel
• OCReg: California's bungled $1 billion accounting system
• Reason: Give, Don't Govern
• SFC: Grappling with homeless camp, Sonoma Co. officials OK emergency plan
• SFC: Salvation Army volunteers feed SF's homebound on Christmas
• SFC: In cramped San Francisco, a hotel hallway with a view is turned into rooms
• SJMN: San Jose: Inmate found dead inside cell at Main Jail
• FresBee: Will more sprawl help Fresno's housing crisis? What happens to inner-city communities?
• CalCoast: Meth dealer walks away from Lompoc prison camp
• VCStar $: Raises approved for rank-and-file county workers
• VCStar $: Aaron Starr filed two lawsuits against Oxnard
• LAT $: How L.A. Metro plans to close billion-dollar funding gaps on major rail projects
• OCReg: OC Assembly fight is the latest GOP fracas
• SDUT: Editorial: How robbery of a Chula Vista cannabis dispensary could have been avoided
• SDUT: San Diego Unified welcomes its first student board member

Sincerely,