Dear John,

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• NYT: California Is Booming. Why Are So Many Californians Unhappy?
• PE: New Pacific storm Monday will again threaten SoCal mountain passes with snow
• AP: California newspaper ends print publication after 161 years
• LAT $: Mark Twain once wrote for California's oldest newspaper. Now it nears its final days
• AP: Calif. vastly expands digital privacy. Will people use it?
• AP: California takes lead on laws affecting gig economy, privacy
• CalCoast: California new laws you need to know in 2020
• AP: New California laws help animals, fire victims, immigrants
• LAT $: Before Conception boat fire, some captains say Coast Guard safety rule was ignored
• CG: Operation of Statutes and Resolutions
• LAT $: Security guard was shot and killed outside San Diego homeless shelter
• LAT $: Once housed, two friends find themselves homeless in L.A. again
• CalM: Young and older adults must understand they're fates are connected
• SDUT: Column: Boomers will be putting millions of homes on the market in the coming decades
• SFC: New York stopped jailing most juvenile offenders. Can that work in SF?
• SacBee: Former 'Mythbusters' host fed up with San Francisco thieves targeting his vehicle
• FresBee: Tom Steyer opens his first campaign office in California with a visit to Fresno
• OCReg: In California, more laws mean less freedom
• NR: We're Massively Outgunned in the Culture War
• NR: Do Celebrities Really Buy the Climate-Change Story?
• OCReg: Californians brace for new year's new laws
• OCReg: Striving toward a more perfect me
• OCReg: Naming and reclaiming the liberal ideal
• SacBee: Fight involving more than 20 minors erupts near Arden Fair Mall, Sacramento police say
• SFC: BART sees fare sweeps as working, and they won't end anytime soon
• SJMN: Mineta San Jose Airport projects 50 percent passenger growth, proposes expansion
• SFC: 'Smoking material' to blame in fatal Oakland apartment fire
• VCStar $: U.S. Space Force division lands at Vandenberg
• LAT $: LAPD increases patrols near synagogues after stabbings at New York event
• SDUT: Auditors: San Diego falls short in responding to growing number of public records requests

Sincerely,