Dear John,

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• SacBee: 'It's late, and it's getting later.' Jerry Brown could soon announce an updated Doomsday Clock
• AP: Judge threatens to force PG&E to hire more tree trimmers
• CG: California Lawmakers Want Audit of State's Homelessness Spending
• SFC: SF advocates, commissioners want fewer officers responding to homeless
• LAT $: Gov. Newsom promotes using state-owned trailers to house homeless people
• CG: CA Rep. Josh Harder Compares California Homeless Epidemic to a Natural Disaster to Receive FEMA Assistance
• AP: Judge halts California labor law as it relates to truckers
• CG: ADA Protected Industry Threatened By AB 5
• SDUT: Federal election regulators question 'excessive' contributions to campaign for Rep. Mike Levin
• SFC: Republican Central California DA quits state association
• SacBee: California, 13 other states sue to stop Trump's food stamp cuts
• SacBee: Deadly bacteria persists in water at California prison. State makes a plan to live with it
• CG: New Bill Would Make the First Two Years of California State College Free for Students
• SacBee: Struggling California State Fair eyes bailout from taxpayers to avoid insolvency
• LAT $: UC proposes five straight years of annual tuition increases
• OCReg: Los Angeles-Orange counties: 9th best place in the world, by this ranking
• AP: State offices close as heavy snow, 116 mph wind slams Sierra
• CalM: Your guide to the 2020 California Primary
• AP: New filing in college bribery case against Loughlin, husband
• LAT $: Hollister Ranch files suit against beach access law
• PE: Here's who's running in California's 28th Senate District
• OCReg: Rep. Harley Rouda endorses Mike Bloomberg for president
• SJMN: Andrew Yang tells San Francisco supporters he can make it through early state 'dogfight'
• SDUT: Ex-producer's claims of racial harassment at One America News Network go to trial
• FresBee: Devin Nunes is waist-deep in Trump's impeachment mess. But do Fresno voters care?
• FresBee: Giuliani aide links Devin Nunes to Trump's Ukraine effort: 'He knows who I am'
• OCReg: CNN pays the price for smearing Nick Sandmann
• FH: Leading California Democrats Try to Govern. National Democrats Don't Like That
• SDUT: Editorial: In Cajon Valley Union School District clash, a bad example for students
• OCReg: Qualified immunity is a loophole for the lawless
• FH: Change in Priorities for California Voters
• FresBee: Yosemite officials: 170 people report stomach illness. Two confirmed as norovirus
• SJMN: Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils trailers to house Oakland's homeless
• SFC: UC Berkeley finance executive arrested in child porn case
• SFC: SF schools scramble to pay the bills amid an unexpected shortfall
• SFC: Battle heats up in North Bay over proposed tax extension for SMART train
• KQED: Controversial Money Bail to End in San Francisco, DA Chesa Boudin Says
• SJMN: San Jose rental market sees unusual slowdown
• FresBee: Leave your guns at home. Fresno bans public from having legal firearms at City Hall
• 'The dam must be moved.' Speakers cite flood risk in opposing Stanislaus reservoir project
• Watch: Candidates forum 2020 - Stanislaus Board of Supervisors, District 1
• CalCoast: Cayucos Sanitary District set to pay manager $216,000 a year
• CalCoast: SLO County awards 7 percent pay increases to union members
• CalCoast: Oceano board needs to respect free speech
• SBSun: Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca ordered to begin prison sentence
• LADN: $32 million upgrade to Van Nuys Metrolink Station touted as 'lynchpin' of future Valley transit
• LADN: Live in CD4? Here's how the race to represent you at City Hall is shaping up
• OCReg: Placentia wisely exits costly fire contract
• VOC: Irvine and Newport Join Fight Against New Housing Mandates
• OCReg: Buena Park sets new rules for short-term rentals, and granny flats are out
• OCReg: Four-hour stint in 'oven-like' van sent two O.C. jail detainees to hospital, sparks lawsuit against Santa Ana, 2 officers
• PE: Magnolia Avenue reopens after Riverside gas leak, 10 businesses evacuated
• PE: Ex-assistant principal sues Moreno Valley school board member Jesús Holguín, alleges harassment
• PE: Riverside decides not to outsource trash collection
• SBSun: Redlands Unified braces for civil lawsuit in 1999 sex abuse case
• SBSun: How much are San Bernardino's police chief, assistant chief making now?
• SBSun: San Bernardino out $33,000 after ending contract with lobbyist
• VOSD: Bry Has Made a Dramatic About-Face on 'Housing First' Approach to Homelessness
• SDUT: State: Poway failed to protect its water system, customers
• SDUT: Editorial: Faulconer's bold stance on homelessness should start debate California needs
• LAT $: Developer of 'poor door' apartment building in San Diego threatens legal action over denial
• SDUT: Horton Plaza redo back on track with Macy's vacating the mall in March
• SDUT: Improper letter delays vote on huge SDG&E gas pipeline project

Sincerely,