Dear John,

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• SacBee: California has already started building a high-speed rail system. But should it continue?
• OCReg: One-party rule puts us on the road to ruin
• OCReg: The politics of vehicle mileage standards
• FresBee: 'These are not normal.' Warnings issued as Valley heat to approach near record
• Bay Area heat wave brings scorching temperatures, advisories
• SacBee: Is it hot enough in Sacramento to fry eggs in a car? An unscientific but egg-cellent discovery
• LAT $: California's biggest oil spill in decades brings more defiance than anger from locals
• PE: Flames burn toward Santa Ana River bottom in Jurupa Valley
• Walters: UC's new political litmus test echoes McCarthy-era 'oath'
• OCReg: America is number one: too bad the politicians don't see it
• WSJ: Still Paying Coerced Labor Dues, Even After Janus
• CG: From San Juan to Sacramento
• SFC: SF hiring retired cops for mean streets of Union Square
• SFC: Bay Area homelessness: 89 answers to your questions
• SFC: Glen Park BART Station could soon be an official national treasure
• SFC: Oakland city councilman's SUV broken into - for the fifth time
• SJMN: San Jose police officer arrested on drug, gun charges
• SJMN: Caltrain has an ambitious plan to run BART-like service. Here's what it will mean for Bay Area traffic
• New CEO of Modesto Chamber of Commerce shares vision
• FresBee: FUSD board president: Slatic's fear tactics, threats, bullying will not be tolerated
• BakCal: Rising demand for olive oil may point to rebirth for a crop in local decline
• Interlake Tunnel, dam repairs cost now nearly $190 million
• LAT $: Fossil fuel money flows into council race in Valley area hit by Aliso Canyon methane disaster
• LADN: Battle for Council District 12
• SBSun: San Bernardino could fine city leaders $1,200 for disruptive conduct at council meetings
• SBSun: Inland West Nile cases seem to have fallen off, but no one knows exactly why
• SBSun: Nearly 2.6 million passengers have flown in or out of Ontario airport already in 2019
• OCReg: Angel Stadium talks: What constitutes a 'fair' lease deal for Anaheim?
• SDUT: Del Mar is weak link in San Diego's coastal railroad

Sincerely,