Friday, August 14, 2020
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COVID Update
LAT $: California’s coronavirus response has been hampered by high-level resignations
- SLTrib: See how close your California county is to getting off — or on — the COVID-19 watch list
- PE: Valley megachurch and LA County trade lawsuits in battle over indoor worship services
- LAT $: UC Irvine workshop trains residents in COVID-19 hot spots to do contact tracing
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Schools fight to open and educate students
SDUT: Private, small schools first in line to apply for school reopening waivers
- SacBee: Students are back on campus at a California private school, despite Newsom’s orders
- PE: Charter schools sue California to get full funding for new year
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California Dems Seek More Taxpayers
SacBee: California Democrats pushing 2 plans to tax the rich in coronavirus downturn
- LAT $: California should try actually studying its new wealth tax - Los Angeles Times
- Coronavirus Economic Fallout Sparks Talk of Taxing California’s Richest
- SFC: California wealth tax could become first of its kind in US under new proposal
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Under the dome
CG: Debt Collector Licensing Bill Passes Assembly Banking and Finance Committee
- SacBee: Legislative Secretary Anthony Williams departing Newsom administration at end of session
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Eviction Ban
SacBee: California’s eviction ban is ending. Gov. Newsom and lawmakers have 3 weeks to extend it
- California judges lift coronavirus eviction ban
- CG: CA Judicial Council Votes To End Eviction Moratorium September 2nd
- PE: Statewide eviction ban to end on Sept. 1
- LAT $: California to end eviction protections next month unless lawmakers extend them
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Heat Wave
PE: California Flex Alert issued for Friday due to heat wave
- SacBee: California issues conservation ‘flex alert’ as scorching heat wave strains power supply
- SFC: Weekend heat wave will swell beach crowds — and coronavirus fears
- BakCal: PG&E encouraging customers to conserve electricity as temperatures soar this weekend
- SJMN: Bay Area heat wave arrives, record temperatures expected
- SacBee: Record-smashing heat wave possible for Sacramento. How hot might it get each day?
- OCReg: Summer heat wave pushes into Southern California
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McClintock pushes back on Exec action
SacBee: GOP’s Tom McClintock ‘skeptical’ of any Trump order on unemployment without Congress’ OK
- SLTrib: California teacher unions won the fight over closing schools. What else do they want?
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Trump blocks USPS aid
PE: Trump opposes postal money that would help vote-by-mail
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Fire Season
FresBee: Two fires near Yosemite burning with 0% containment as officials use containment strategy
- SacBee: California wildfires burn amid high risk of brutal blazes
- LAT $: Evacuations lifted for Ranch fire burning near Azusa after blaze threatens hillside homes
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Campaign 2020
SDUT: Poll shows VP pick caused little change among Californians
- SFC: Biden pledge on police immigration contacts would largely make US a sanctuary country
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NCAA Hangs up on Fall Season
PE: NCAA cancels fall championships, although some football conferences march on
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Katy Grimes
CG: Are the Rats Jumping Gov. Newsom’s Ship Over BYD Chinese Mask Deal?
- CG: CA Democrats Pushing First-in-the-Nation ‘Wealth Tax’ on State’s Billionaires
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Chris Micheli
FH: California Legislators Propose Wealth Tax -
John Phillips
PE: David Lacey shouldn’t be criminalized for defending his castle
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Jennifer Pesqueira
FH: Open Letter to Gov. Newsom: We answered your call to shut down. Now it’s your turn to Oppose Prop 15 -
Christina Martin & Angela C. Erickson
NR: Stop Home-Equity Theft -
Sacramento Area
SacBee: Amador tribe cuts gaming deal with Newsom. Does Sacramento region have room for another casino? - SacBee: Sacramento sheriff refuses to share COVID-19 case information with state oversight board
- SacBee: All dressed up and no one to show: West Park High School opens without students
- SacBee: Coronavirus updates: Nearly 11,000 dead in California; Sacramento sheriff withholds data
- SacBee: Sacramento State students, faculty and staff test positive for COVID-19, university says
- SacBee: Region’s second Amazon distribution center coming to Roseville
- SacBee: Sacramento City Council backs plan to convert Hawthorn Suites to housing for the homeless
- SacBee: Elk Grove council will ask grand jury to investigate accusations of misconduct against mayor
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San Francisco Bay Area
SFC: Policing debates, more than vanished ridership, could shape BART board elections - Bay Area volunteers can now sign up for coronavirus vaccine trials
- SFC: Oracle Park food-service workers plan to picket A’s-Giants game Friday
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South Bay Area
SJMN: San Jose quietly teams up with billionaire developer on new $43 million-plus police training complex - SFC: Stanford draws fire for revisions to sexual harassment policies
- SJMN: Stanford’s reversal: Plan to allow some students in dorms this fall is scrapped
- SJMN: Carmel gets tough with beach scofflaws
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Central Valley
Coronavirus update, Aug. 14: Stanislaus deaths reach 187. Positivity rate plunges - FresBee: Coronavirus hospitalizations dip even as cases climb in Fresno and nearby counties
- FresBee: Students are back on campus at a Fresno County private school, despite Newsom’s orders
- FresBee: ‘Other side of the story:’ Ethnic studies to be a Fresno Unified school requirement
- BakCal: As schools go online, county scrambles to accommodate its employees
- FresBee: Judge tells Devin Nunes for 3rd time he can’t sue Twitter over anonymous tweets
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Central Coast
SLTrib: SLO County Supervisor Adam Hill was accused of ‘workplace misconduct’ before his death - SLTrib: Former SLO mayor jumps into City Council race. Here’s a look at who’s running
- SLTrib: Phillips 66 closing its Nipomo Mesa refinery. What will happen to the workers?
- SLTrib: Santa Maria airport expands ability to fight wildfires as Forest Service air attack base
- SLTrib: Coronavirus updates: Santa Maria inmate dies; CMC outbreak likely caused by staff member
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Student schedules source of frustration in CVUSD -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Sheriff Villanueva to fire or suspend 26 people involved in off-duty Banditos fight - LADN: Up to 77 test positive for coronavirus at SoFi Stadium; outbreaks at 10 UPS locations reported
- LADN: LA County renters: Here’s how to apply for $100 million in pandemic relief – but it won’t last long
- LAT $: Team is researching at-home coronavirus testing, Garcetti says
- LAT $: Dodger Stadium will serve as polling center for general election
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Orange County
LAT $: Orange County awaits remaining backlogged coronavirus test results from state - OCReg: Orange County opens COVID-19 test site to elementary schools hoping for in-person classes
- VOC: OC Board of Education and Department Ramp Up Taxpayer Spending On Internal Lawsuits
- VOC: Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Alleging OC Sheriff, Prosecutors Illegally Use Informants
- OCReg: Laguna Beach relaxes preservation requirements for hundreds of its older properties
- VOC: Orange County Sees Overall Coronavirus Trends Improving, Anaheim and Santa Ana Remain Hot Spots
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: Council hopefuls in Fontana, Rialto, San Bernardino vie for election in November - SBSun: San Bernardino County urges all residents to get a coronavirus test
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Riverside County
PE: What’s on the November 2020 ballot in Riverside County? - PE: Riverside County adds 696 coronavirus cases, 26 more deaths
- PE: Recruit at Riverside County sheriff’s academy dies
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San Diego County
SDUT: Column: Barbara Bry takes center stage in mayor’s race — for now - SDUT: County inches closer to dropping off state’s COVID-19 watch list