Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SDUT: In abrupt turnaround, California to let school districts decide how to enforce mask rules
  • PE: California K-12 students who refuse to wear masks will be barred from campuses, state says
  • AP: What are California’s new virus rules for public schools?
  • AP: California’s mask rule for schools prompts controversy
  • AP: Judge: Newsom can’t be listed as Democrat on recall ballot
  • SFC: Gavin Newsom denied request to add his political party to recall ballot
  • CG: Judge Rules Against Gov. Gavin Newsom; No ‘D’ Next to His Name on Recall Ballot
  • LAT $: Newsom won’t be listed as a Democrat on recall ballot, judge says
  • CG: BREAKING: National Radio Host Larry Elder Announces Run For CA Governor in Newsom Recall
  • AP: Radio host Larry Elder enters California recall election
  • CalM: Cost of fighting COVID in California: $12.3 billion
  • LAT $: New stimulus checks, rent relief, business grants: Newsom signs more recovery bills
  • FresBee: Live Updates: River Fire jumps to 9,000 acres with 10% containment; evacuations in place
  • SFC: River Fire jumps to 9,000 acres in Madera, Mariposa counties
  • SJMN: Beckwourth Complex Fire now largest California wildfire this year
  • AP: Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states
  • FresBee: California’s ‘dangerous’ heat wave adds to challenge firefighters face battling River Fire
  • FresBee: Residents in town of Ahwahnee feel the tension as River Fire rages and expands nearby
  • FresBee: Fresno’s effort to remove homeless camps near highways makes major progress. What’s next?
  • SJMN: Old methods failing, California cities take new steps to eradicate homeless camps
  • CG: Fight Breaks Out At Town Hall Hosted By Rep. Katie Porter in Irvine
  • EdS: California community college students will soon be required to take ethnic studies
  • BreitbartCA: California May Expand Taxpayer-Funded Food Stamps to Illegal Aliens
  • SacBee: Neighborhood leaders say Senate upzoning bills will ‘eliminate’ single-family neighborhoods
  • SacBee: California lawmakers press corporations to add women, people of color to board rooms
  • CG: AB 5 First Amendment Lawsuit Expects Response From State AG This Week
  • LADN: Unlike Florida, California leaves the safety of aging high-rises largely in owners’ hands
  • SFC: University of California will consider raising tuition
  • BreitbartCA: Becerra: It's the Government's Business to Know Who's Vaccinated
  • SacBee: CalPERS banks 21% investment return, tripling its target for funding California pensions
  • LADN: USC nurses to stage 2-day strike starting Tuesday, July 13
  • LAT $: Judge OKs $73-million payout to victims of alleged sexual abuse by UCLA gynecologist
  • LAT $: Goldberg: Use pesticides or suffer through L.A. area’s mosquito plague?
  • AP: Pesticide caused kids’ brain damage, California lawsuits say
  • LAT $: Cal State schools to give students iPads to cut digital divide - Los Angeles Times
  • BreitbartCA: Google Scrubs Report on SPLC Link to Shooter From Search
  • VOSD: 5 Things to Know About San Diego’s Latest Round of Redistricting
  • VOC: Will Orange County’s Top Politicians Use Redistricting to Protect Their Own Re-Elections?
  • SacBee: Tomi Lahren defends Caitlyn Jenner after ‘despicable’ transphobic harassment at CPAC
  • SFC: Listen: Has San Francisco Become Gotham City?
  • How Teacher Unions Closed Schools--Science Be Damned
  • Amy Coney Barrett Is Following in John Roberts’ Footsteps
  • OCReg: Cautious SCOTUS hedges on controversial topics
  • Reason: How Much Scientific Research Is Actually Fraudulent?
  • Documenting Thousands of Illegal Votes in Georgia
  • CalM: Who should get online sales taxes?
  • OCReg: Unions clash over UC outsourcing provision
  • SacBee: A Sacramento State campus in Placer County? Long-awaited project now a big step closer
  • SacBee: Elk Grove to get millions in COVID economic relief. Now leaders must decide how it’s spent
  • SFC: S.F. mayor, police chief rebut growing narrative of city’s lawlessness
  • SFC: Marin County reports surge of new cases as delta variant dominates
  • SFC: This is how much single-family zoning is costing San Franciscans
  • SFC: S.F. parklets inch a step closer to becoming permanent part of city
  • SFC: Judge sides with Berkeley’s objections to a proposed UC development
  • SJMN: What happened during Mayor Sam Liccardo’s meeting with President Biden on gun violence?
  • ‘Facts in dispute’: Hearing ordered for juror misconduct claim in Scott Peterson case
  • VCStar $: T.O. libraries latest in Ventura County to end late feesConejo Valley
  • LADN: LAX police chief to challenge Sheriff Alex Villanueva in 2022
  • LAT $: For subscribers: Can Sheriff Villanueva’s shift to the right work in L.A.?
  • LAT $: 17 million-gallon sewage discharge closes Dockweiler and El Segundo beaches to swimming
  • LADN: LA County’s coronavirus cases top 1,000 for 4th straight day
  • OCReg: Superintendent to host ethnic studies forum just 6 days before OC Board of Education’s similar event
  • LAT $: Huntington Beach police submit charges against minors allegedly involved in ‘Adrian’s Kickback’
  • VOC: City of Orange May Face Legal Battle Over Booting Local Homeless Kitchen
  • OCReg: Irvine officials will discuss renaming Orange County Great Park after their city
  • PE: 5 Inland Empire projects paid for by California’s $262.6 billion budget
  • SDUT: This $120M lab in Sorrento Mesa is fully leased ahead of construction
  • VOSD: Coronado Community Has Rallied to Defend Many Embattled Coaches
  • SDUT: San Diego enhancing city’s fight against climate change after critical audit
  • SDUT: 101 Ash St. seller wages PR campaign over San Diego’s plan to void two long-term leases
Sincerely,

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