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• SacBee: California union members would get money from state for paying dues under bill on Newsom’s desk
• LADN: County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl blasts sheriff for search of her home
• LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl served with search warrant in public corruption investigation
• LADN: Here are the major players behind the alleged contract scandal at LA Metro
• CG: California Ministry of Truth: Gov. Newsom’s Commission on the State of Hate
• CG: AG Bonta Sues Amazon Over Alleged Anticompetitive Contracting Practices
• AP: California sues Amazon, alleging antitrust law violations
• FresBee: California, the world’s fifth largest economy, is suing Amazon, the world’s largest retailer
• Dem Rep. Katie Porter Still Lives in Taxpayer-Subsidized Housing Provided by Her 'Employer,' UC Irvine – RedState
• CalM: California Democratic candidates not keen on pre-election debates
• AP: California governor OKs mental health courts for homeless
• PE: Orange, Riverside among first counties that will implement mental health courts
• SDUT: County refutes El Cajon mayor’s claim it is dumping homeless people in his city
• AP: 2 arrested in burglary of California congresswoman’s home
• SFC: Catalytic converters stolen from multiple SFPD vehicles
• 4 people shot in downtown LA: LAFD
• PE: 141 people arrested in Southern California tied to internet crimes against kids, police say
• PE: Metrolink train service to be disrupted or canceled if rail strike occurs
• Metrolink, Amtrak services could be interrupted due to potential nationwide rail strike
• LAT $: Tentative railway labor agreement reached, averting a strike, Biden says
• SFC: Mosquito Fire hits 63,700 acres, becoming largest wildfire of year
• LAT $: Mosquito fire becomes largest blaze in California this year
• CalM: Rap lyrics on trial: Bill would limit prosecutors’ use of words and music as evidence
• AP: California, tribal leaders announce new tourism initiative
• LAT $: Los Angeles County commits to ending eviction moratorium by year’s end
• LADN: LA Council committee urges end to COVID-spurred eviction moratorium in February
• BreitbartCA: Gavin Newsom to Send ‘Inflation Relief Checks’ to Californians Right Before Election
• California inflation relief payments: Here's when you'll get the money
• Reason: California Plows Ahead With Providing Free Money To Mitigate Inflation
• AP: ‘It’s crushing’: California cleans up mudslide damage
• SFC: PPIC poll finds California voters supporting Props 1 and 30, opposing 27
• LAT $: Southern California woman used prisoners’ names to steal $515,000 in pandemic aid, feds say
• LAT $: Lopez: Is search of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s home just a vindictive stunt?
• LAT $: What to know about Katie Porter’s housing situation at UC Irvine
• OCReg: Learning loss continues to manifest
• OCReg: Election officials are the gatekeepers of our democracy
• How Big Tech Plans To Rig the 2022 Midterms
• SacBee: Sherri Papini’s lawyer asks for 1 month in prison, 7 in home detention in kidnap hoax
• SJMN: ShakeAlert’s big test in Santa Rosa earthquake
• SFC: We asked S.F. residents what makes them proudest — and saddest — about the city
• SFC: Poll finds Asian Americans feel less safe in S.F. than other groups
• SJMN: Lawsuit alleges San Mateo County jail is snooping on attorney-client communications
• Fire breaks out at Stanislaus County Fair building. Cause under investigation
• FresBee: Bullard High active shooter call one of several in California. Did it have foreign origin?
• FresBee: Judge upholds policy to publish Libertarian argument against Fresno County Measure C
• CalCoast: Pismo Beach loses appeal, ordered to pay developer more than $1 million
• VCStar $: Oversight panel created for county hospitals, clinics
• CG: LA Unified School District Posts Bizarre Video About ‘Food Neutrality’
• AP: Mom must pay $9K for telling daughter to hit sports opponent
• OCReg: Irvine Co. readies land in Orange for 1,180 new homes
• OCReg: OC Power Authority transferring residents in 4 OC cities for new service starting Oct. 1
• OCReg: Anaheim council tightens lobbyist rules
• OCReg: Hoag Hospital accepts $106 million donation, largest ever
• SBSun: ‘Irreconcilable differences’ between San Bernardino mayor and his attorney lead to fallout
• CG: City of San Bernardino Exits Decade-Long Bankruptcy By Posting $2.5 Million Surplus
• SBSun: Person still missing, 30 homes destroyed or damaged by mudslides in Forest Falls, Oak Glen
• PE: Temecula abortion ban proposed by Council Member Jessica Alexander
• SDUT: Three San Diego sites renamed as part of national initiative to remove Indigenous racial slur
• SDUT: Sweeping reforms will make neighborhood planning groups more diverse, but possibly less powerful
• SDUT: San Diego housing officials to jump-start hotel appraisal they suspended last year
• SDUT: Chula Vista bans flavored tobacco products
• VOSD: The Group Seeking to Educate Conservatives to Influence Local Politics

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