Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CG: California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Odd ‘Damn’ Video Interview
  • Gavin Newsom Goes on an Unhinged Recall Rage Rant - YouTube
  • CalM: COVID patients have doubled in California hospitals
  • FresBee: Child COVID-19 infections on the rise as delta variant spreads in California
  • Delta variant sparks a wave of COVID infections in children as Stanislaus schools open
  • SJMN: COVID: Is a vaccine passport coming to California?
  • PE: Inland Empire not following LA County’s lead on employee vaccine mandates
  • CG: ‘Separate but Equal’ Vaccine Status at McGeorge School of Law
  • LAT $: Gov. Newsom expected to order school employees to get vaccinated or be tested regularly
  • SFC: Thousands of parents in S.F., across state demand distance learning option
  • VOC: OC Schools Reopen for Fall Without Alternate Plans if COVID Outbreaks Hit
  • LAT $: Thousands of vacancies complicate L.A. school reopenings
  • LAT $: Amid coronavirus, Cuomo and Newsom won't challenge Biden
  • LAT $: Coronavirus turns Cuomo and Newsom into 'America's governors'
  • BreitbartCA: Clint Eastwood Sends ‘Message of Support’ to Larry Elder in CA Recall
  • SFC: Democrats worry fight against Newsom recall is too focused on TV, not enough in person
  • SDUT: Larry Elder’s outspoken conservative radio rhetoric is under scrutiny in recall election
  • BreitbartCA: Gavin Newsom Outraises All Recall Rivals, Combined, 3-to-15
  • LAT $: Dixie fire generates fire whirl, pyrocumulonimbus cloud at 40,000 feet
  • SacBee: Eerie new video shows Greenville moments before Dixie Fire destroyed historic town
  • SFC: Dixie Fire now among state’s most destructive wildfires
  • SJMN: Ex-Santa Clara University professor charged with setting blaze near Dixie fire
  • AP: Nearly 900 buildings destroyed by massive California fire
  • SFC: New government privacy measure could mean chunks of the census data are useless
  • FresBee: Millennials make up the largest share of homebuyers in California. How do they do it?
  • SFC: Fake signatures and stolen signs: One Boudin recall effort sputters
  • NR: One Governor Down
  • CG: The Summer of the Governors: What NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Resignation Means for the CA Recall Election
  • LAT $: Citizenship requirement will be waived for many L.A. County government jobs
  • Reason: California Law Would Limit Free Speech at Vaccination Sites
  • LADN: Study released on potential homeless housing on LA’s Westside beach parking lots
  • SacBee: Sacramento nears breakthrough in homeless crisis. But the master plan furthers inequality
  • SJMN: ‘Miracle Money’: Bay Area nonprofit gives free cash to homeless people, with surprising results
  • LADN: LA City Council sets goal to add 25,000 units of homeless housing by 2025
  • LAT $: Report advises against homeless facilities at key L.A. beaches and parks
  • CalM: Cal State deadline could lead to unvaccinated students on campus and missed classes
  • SDUT: Dominion sues San Diego’s One America News over election fraud claims
  • SacBee: Why conservative California Rep. Tom McClintock wants to ease federal marijuana laws
  • OCReg: Man charged with murder, attempted murder in Huntington Beach shooting that killed home inspector
  • SFC: Boy shot and injured in San Francisco’s Union Square
  • BreitbartCA: Oakland’s Chinese Community Asks Newsom to Declare ‘State of Emergency’ on Crime
  • SJMN: Catalytic convertor thefts up 65%, more guns in this East Bay city
  • LADN: LA city councilmen introduce motion to ban ‘ghost guns’
  • CG: Truckers Petition U.S. Supreme Court To Reverse Appellate Court Decision, Remain Exempt From AB 5 Law
  • NR: Next Up: Democrats’ Evolving View on Impeaching an Executive Who Has Left Office
  • Mask Bullies Aim To Humiliate & Rule, Not Persuade
  • OCReg: Progressive economic agenda comes at the expense of working Californians
  • Reason: Biden's Eviction Moratorium Defies the Rule of Law
  • Reason: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Is a Sham
  • CalM: Census delay squeezes California’s redistricting
  • OCReg: California needs private school choice
  • CG: Hollywood Doesn’t Care About ‘Kids in Cages’
  • SFC: Court allows A’s to fast-track environmental review process of new ballpark
  • SFC: A $475K tenant buyout set a San Francisco record. Here are the other biggest in city's history
  • SFC: The Bay Area battle over COVID-19 evictions has arrived
  • SFC: S.F. getting ready to reopen Great Highway — a pedestrian ‘paradise’ during pandemic
  • AP: California city agrees to $6M settlement in man’s death
  • SJMN: Editorial: Santa Clara County Sheriff costs taxpayers millions, endangers inmates’ lives
  • FresBee: Fresno County won’t step into masks-in-schools controversy. Here’s why
  • Modesto names its next police chief after nationwide recruitment
  • Water? Housing? Sewers? Debate over which Stanislaus pocket-area projects to fund
  • Glimmer of hope for Stanislaus-area water storage in federal infrastructure deal
  • FresBee: ‘A noble profession.’ New Fresno police officers sworn in and several more promoted
  • Ceres finally passes a budget. Changes coming to work on trees and police overtime
  • FresBee: Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer will meet Wednesday with Joe Biden. Here’s what they’ll discuss
  • CalCoast: SLO County reports increase in hospitalizations as COVID-19 cases surge
  • VCStar $: Former Cal Lutheran softball team, coaches file lawsuit
  • LAT $: L.A.’s sidewalk vendors have been hitting an obstacle: Legalizing their carts
  • OCReg: LA City Council asks for report on cause of Hyperion sewage backup within 90 days
  • LADN: Chief says hospitalized LAPD worker credits COVID vaccine for saving his life
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 640 new cases and two new deaths on Aug. 10
  • LAT $: State Department of Justice is investigating fatal shooting by Tustin police
  • PE: Hardy Brown II resigns from San Bernardino County Board of Education
  • LADN: West Basin water district fires GM on leave since June for cause
  • VOSD: Here Are the TransNet Projects That (Probably) Aren’t Happening
  • VOSD: Student Who Reported CSUSM Professor Says No One Told Her He Kept His Job
  • SDUT: Chula Vista business owner says city’s order to remove outdoor dining a ‘slap in the face’
  • SDUT: Sheriff ‘shocked’ by pushback from medical experts over fentanyl video
Sincerely,

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