Wednesday, September 9, 2020
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California Wildfires Rage
AP: Gusty winds pose continued wildfire threats in California
- CG: California is On Fire Again and it was Preventable
- FresBee: Creek Fire grows to 162,833 acres, with 365 structures damaged or destroyed
- SDUT: High winds threaten to stir ‘sleeping giant’ Valley fire, officials warn; 17,565 acres burned
- LAT $: Bobcat Fire keeps growing, and winds could push it into Monrovia, Arcadia
- SFC: Wildfires ravage Northern California, prompting more rescues, firefighter injuries
- CalM: California’s worsening wildfires, explained
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Power Down
AP: PG&E trying a new tactic in power cuts to prevent wildfires
- LAT $: Why does California’s power grid keep flirting with disaster? We’ve got answers
- SFC: New PG&E shut-offs escalate California’s record-setting wildfire season
- SDUT: SDG&E warns backcountry customers of possible power shutoffs
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COVID-19 Cases
AP: California’s rate of virus infections keeps falling
- SBSun: Newsom: California ‘getting closer’ on how and when to reopen Disneyland and other theme parks
- CG: Gov. Newsom Announces Declining COVID-19 Infection Percentages, Positivity Rates
- SDUT: 600 UC San Diego students, faculty ask university to drop plans to re-open campus
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AB 5 Fight
FH: Death Throes for AB 5?
- Reason: California's Job-Killing A.B. 5 Scaled Back, but Only for Some Professions
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Fight for Freedom
SJMN: Kerri Walsh Jennings’ mask apology turns into plea for ‘freedom’ - FresBee: Fresno County DA at odds with state over citing restaurants during pandemic
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More Fire Coverage...
LAT $: More than 100 trapped hikers, campers flown out by helicopter
- FresBee: Wildfires have burned record acreage in California. Here’s where the biggest fires are
- SacBee: Fork Fire updates: Evacuations ordered as blaze grows in Eldorado National Forest
- AP: Firefighters overtaken by flames in California mountains
- SBSun: El Dorado fire containment grows, but a new evacuation warning is issued
- SFC: 'Like a bomb' - winds fuel destructive Northwest blazes
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Congress 2020
SDUT: 50th District race is 'anyone's guess' as Issa, Campa-Najjar in statistical dead heat in new poll -
Air Pollution
PE: A new kind of pollution — wildfire smoke — can cause health issues - SacBee: California’s air quality is the worst in the nation right now. How to protect yourself
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Crony Capitalism: Sweetheart Sports Deals
OCReg: What’s in the proposed Angel Stadium development agreement? Here are some highlights
- OCReg: Clippers secure land for $1.8 billion arena in Inglewood, open wait list for season tickets
- LAT $: Clippers given final approval to buy land needed for arena in Inglewood
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Governor 2022
CG: John Cox Forms Exploratory Committee For 2022 Gubernatorial Run -
COVID Concerns
SDUT: Forced to deal with wildfire and COVID concerns, evacuees move from temporary shelters to hotel rooms - SFC: California prioritizes safety gear, sick leave during crisis
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Law & Order
LAT $: Judge orders body cameras on guards at state prison, citing evidence of officers abusing inmates
- Tiburon police chief retires during community backlash
- SBSun: San Bernardino police investigate 3 fatal shootings since Friday
- LAT $: Sheriff’s deputies and protesters clash again in South L.A. over shooting of Dijon Kizzee
- OCReg: DA clears Anaheim officer who shot and killed a man during standoff
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Deadly Grow House
AP: 7 killed at large-scale California marijuana operation -
Let's Play Ball!
LADN: Public high schools allowing athletes to return to practices before in-person instruction - SFC: ‘Feels like a betrayal’: Stanford alums shocked by sport cuts are fighting back
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CalPERS Stocks
SacBee: CalPERS proposal would force next investment chief to sell stocks before taking job
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Eviction Mandate
CalM: Podcast: Buffy Wicks on the eviction deal and the duplex debacle -
Election 2020
CalM: Californians — what to know before you vote - FH: California Likely Voters and the Coming Election
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The Golden Pen
Katy Grimes
CG: Two Californias: One for Government Ruling Class, the Other for the People
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Lee Edwards
NR: The Looming Threat of a Socialist America -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Assembly Bill 890 would ease medical shortages -
Charles Crumpley
FH: Why Are We Waiting Like This? -
Joe Mathews
OCReg: How Tibetan Buddhists helped me seek enlightenment at Howard Jarvis’ house
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Mike Brake
NR: The Coming Police Crisis -
Edward Ring
CG: Prop. 15 Empowers Big Business, Destroys Small Business -
David Harsanyi
NR: Questions the Media Should Ask Joe Biden -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Thousands rallied at the Capitol, but CHP didn’t enforce COVID-19 rules. Here’s why
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SF Bay Area
SFC: Mayor Breed says IKEA mall will make ‘huge difference’ for downtown - SJMN: Coronavirus: Santa Clara and Santa Cruz move to less restrictive red tier. Here’s what can reopen now
- SFC: Latinos make up 71% of coronavirus cases in Marin County. Will new equity efforts help?
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Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno’s CRMC contract dispute is hurting other Central Valley hospitals, doctor says - Some Stanislaus County students will be returning to campus after waiver approvals
- Hear the candidates: Ceres Mayor contenders Durossette, Lopez debate the issues
- FresBee: Fresno County sheriff’s detective, 44, dies after being diagnosed with COVID-19
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Central Coast
CalCoast: SLO County’s positive coronavirus case numbers continue to fall - CalCoast: Complacency and the Paso Robles sales tax increase
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Ventura County
VCStar $: 67 jail inmates test positive for COVID-19 - VCStar $: 12 area schools set to reopen for in-person learning
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Los Angeles County
LADN: How a North Carolina teen helped sell the LAPD’s unwanted fleet of electric cars - LADN: LADWP transparency broke down in midst of Sun Valley methane leak, officials say
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Orange County
VOC: OC Churches and Movie Theaters Get Limited Repoening Following State Upgrade on Coronavirus List
- OCReg: Coronavirus: 151 new cases and 3 new deaths reported in Orange County on Sept. 8
- OCReg: O.C. restaurateurs welcome the return of dine-in customers
- OCReg: Los Alamitos school district resumes some in-person learning
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino mayor made lewd, sexual comments to former staffer, investigator says -
Riverside County
PE: Riverside County reports 8 coronavirus deaths Labor Day weekend -
San Diego County
SDUT: Coalition calls on city to kill proposal that would hand off streetlight cameras to San Diego police - VOSD: The County Is Rethinking a Major Coronavirus Trigger
- SDUT: Tribal lawsuit reveals Sheriff threatened to block access to reservations