Saturday, August 7, 2021
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War on Police
LADN: ‘They’re worn out’: LAPD contends with hundreds of officer resignations, retirements after protests, pandemic break out
- AP: California officer shot outside police station; suspect dies
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California on Fire
AP: ‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire decimates California town
- LAT $: Dixie wildfire explodes to 430,000 acres, third largest in California history
- LAT $: In the ashes of Greenville, a pharmacy owner returns to see what remains of his town
- AP: Weekend of fear looms for Californians in face of wildfires
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Recall Newsom
VCStar $: California's Newsom, facing his own uncertain future, says Cuomo should resign
- SFC: Newsom warns recall challengers will take state ‘off a COVID cliff’
- SDUT: For subscribers: Can Kevin Faulconer’s plain vanilla politics sell in Sacramento?
- LADN: Newsom recall election mail ballots are on their way to LA County voters
- SDUT: Column: Possible GOP recall endorsement presents party, candidates with risk
- AP: GOP’s Elder shows fundraising muscle in California recall
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Vax Bribes
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Mask Mandate
FresBee: As COVID cases rise, here’s why a mask mandate ‘is not on the table’ for Fresno
- CalCoast: Santa Barbara County resumes mask mandate
- PE: These are the mask policies at Southern California casinos as COVID-19 delta variant surges
- PE: With coronavirus surging, why aren’t Inland Empire counties requiring masks?
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Trust the Experts
LADN: COVID-19 ‘whiplash’ is messing with Southern California’s psyche -
Prison Closure
SacBee: Judge halts Newsom’s planned closure of Northern California prison -
Immigrant Rights Agenda
LAT $: Costa Mesa City Council moves to allow noncitizens to serve on city commissions -
Vax Mandate
SacBee: Elk Grove holding off on employee vaccine mandate. Many in the city have gotten the shot
- VOSD: Sacramento Report: All Eyes on Schools as Vaccine Mandates Tighten
- SFC: S.F. deputies threaten resignations over city’s vaccination mandate
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Citrus Disease
SDUT: Potentially devastating citrus tree disease found in Oceanside -
Unemployment Benefits
Thousands of Californians will soon lose unemployment benefits as federal programs end -
Free Rent
LADN: LA ordinance fighting tenant harassment is launched - SJMN: Landlords push to end California eviction ban
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Delta Variant
LAT $: California hits 4 million coronavirus cases as Delta variant spreads
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Air Quality Tracker
SFC: Air Quality Tracker: Check levels down to the neighborhood -
Drought Policies
CG: Newsom Administration Wasted So Much Water, Oroville Just Ran Out - CalM: California’s desert becoming a hotbed for water bandits: Watch
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Tech Buys The Vote
BreitbartCA: Zuckerberg-Funded Group Gave $12M to Dem Consulting Firms for ‘Voter Education’ in MI
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The Golden Pen
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: The CDC can’t continue to ignore the law -
Steven Greenhut
OCReg: Don’t believe your eyes about conservatism’s drift
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Kyle Smith
NR: Undoing the Enlightenment -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento wants 3,800 car charging stations by 2025. Here’s where they’re needed -
SF Bay Area
SFC: From housing crisis to fire crisis: S.F.’s exodus led many to new conundrum - SFC: Mills College merger temporarily halted by judge
- SFC: More Bay Area restaurants close temporarily due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases on staff
- SFC: S.F. hires new leader for team that handles homeless encampments
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South Bay
SJMN: California drought: Santa Clara County residents falling far short of water conservation target
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Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno’s Tower Theatre failed recent fire inspection. And in 2016 and 2018, the city says - Ceres settles allegations Police Department subjected employee to hostile workplace
- FresBee: Fresno Diocese releases names of priests accused of sexual abuse. See the list
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Los Angeles County
LADN: LA County reports nearly 4,000 new COVID-19 infections; stepped-up testing blamed - OCReg: Coronavirus: More than 10,200 LAUSD students choose independent study, won’t return to campus
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Orange County
VOC: OC Struggles to Process Rape Evidence Tied to Hundreds of Backlogged Kits
- VOC: OC Residents in Ambulances Are Now Waiting Outside of Hospitals Nearly As Long As During Covid Winter Surge
- OCReg: With COVID-19 cases rising again, Orange County officials urge precautions
- OCReg: Finger-pointing continues among OC prosecutors, deputies and lawyers in soon-to-be overturned murder conviction
- OCReg: Santa Ana police consider no confidence vote against chief
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies will add video cameras to their uniforms - SBSun: San Bernardino council member blasts mayor for comment on certain city parks
- SBSun: Gov. Gavin Newsom appears in San Bernardino to tout school reopenings, investment
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San Diego County
SDUT: SDG&E customers to receive bill credit of $69.20 - VOSD: ‘He’s Unhinged’: Why Dems Mobilized So Quickly to Endorse a Candidate for Sheriff
- VOSD: VOSD Podcast: COVID Cases — and Mandates — Are Climbing
- SDUT: San Diego’s effort to ban road contractor from work ends, with uncertain outcome