Monday, August 3, 2020
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*FR Exclusive*
OC Supervisor Don Wagner
FRBlog: Betrayal at the Supreme Court
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*Katy Grimes*
CG: Sacramento: Typical of Poorly Run Blue-Mayor Cities
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Raging Wildfire
AP: Thousands remain evacuated from Southern California wildfire
- SFC: Fire forces evacuations in Colusa County
- CalCoast: Evacuations ordered, Pond Fire burns 1550 acres and two structures
- PE: Apple fire in Riverside, San Bernardino counties at more than 20,000 acres, 5% containment
- SacBee: Evacuations ordered for 1,000-acre fire in Colusa County, smaller blaze on Nevada state line
- VCStar $: Brush fire slows traffic over the Grapevine1:02 AM EDT Aug 3, 2020
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Rage & Protests
AP: Los Angeles protesters demand rent cancellation amid virus
- SacBee: Black Lives Matter protesters march from Chavez Plaza to Sacramento police station
- SBSun: 9 arrested, deputy assaulted at Yucaipa protest during ‘volatile situation’
- LAT $: Protests at Mayor Garcetti’s home continue after arrest of demonstrators
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FR Weekend in Review
Saturday Headlines
- Sunday Headlines
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Freedom to Worship
SDUT: Church leaders see following health order as part of faith -
Eviction Ban
SacBee: Eviction ban to end in California. And a crisis looms if lawmakers don’t act -
Testing Delays
OCReg: Coronavirus state tracker: Hospitalizations up first time in six days, 4,669 new cases and 41 new deaths - SBSun: 4 months into pandemic, turnaround times for reliable coronavirus tests are still an issue
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Business Closures
LAT $: O.C. hair salons adjust to work with coronavirus guidelines
- SFC: Empty towers. Quiet streets. Struggling cafes. Will downtown SF ever boom again?
- Governor Newsom announces more indoor business closures for many California counties
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Marine Tragedy
AP: Marines halt search for 8 missing troops, all presumed dead -
Bail Denied
AP: California judge denies bail for researcher over China ties -
COVID Employment Rules
SDUT: Remote work, child care, mask enforcement: COVID-19 is re-writing employment law -
Ballot Measure 2020
SFC: What’s in a name? Everything, unhappy California initiative backers say as they sue state
- SFC: Here’s how much money is flowing into California ballot campaigns
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Police Oversight
OCReg: In the wake of George Floyd, a question looms: Who should be an officer? - LAT $: Some autopsies remain secret for years or decades. Families of those killed by police want that changed.
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Veep 2020
OCReg: The VeepStakes: South L.A. Rep. Karen Bass inching closer to becoming Joe Biden’s VP pick -
Prison Outbreak
SJMN: San Quentin: Protesters demand action as coronavirus outbreak continues at prison; another inmate dies Sunday from COVID-19
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The Golden Pen
Jon Coupal
HJTA: AG Becerra can’t be trusted when naming props
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Kevin Williamson
NR: It’s Time for Action on COVID Liability -
Dan Walters
CalM: Two mayors seek more authority -
Capitol Weekly Podcast
CapWkly: The California Network -
East Bay
SFC: Stanford, Cal football players among group threatening boycott of ‘reckless’ season -
SF Bay Area
SFC: SF’s Tenderloin to receive wider pedestrian areas, play spaces
- SFC: San Francisco dining is going mobile. Get ready for the street food revolution - SFChronicle.com
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South Bay
SJMN: San Jose to create a ‘quiet zone’ to stop trains from blaring horns at night - SJMN: Activists, artists paint San Jose mural to honor lives of homeless residents
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Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno County adds 365 COVID-19 cases, extending string of big increases since mid-July - Coronavirus Update, Aug. 2: Stanislaus County reports 6 deaths as cases surge past 9,000
- Coronavirus update, Aug. 1: Stanislaus has first day without a death since July 19
- Stanislaus County touts efforts to control COVID-19 outbreak after a brutal July
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Tilting at windmills and Paso Robles garbage rates -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Coronavirus hospitalizations drop in L.A., Orange counties - LAT $: Instagram accounts recount racism at L.A.’s elite private schools
- LAT $: Manhattan Beach was once home to Black beachgoers, but the city ran them out. Now it faces a reckoning
- LADN: Decade of rent hikes end in L.A., Orange counties
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Orange County
OCReg: Drive-through communion, online sermons: Venerable Tustin church adapts to pandemic
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reports 558 new cases and 2 new deaths as of Aug. 2
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: 284 new coronavirus cases reported in San Bernardino County -
Riverside County
PE: Death row inmate from Riverside County dies of apparent COVID-19 complications - PE: Riverside County small businesses get $28.5 million in coronavirus relief aid
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San Diego County
SDUT: Former Palomar College president alleged race, gender discrimination in complaint - SDUT: Convention Center shelter sees progress in housing homeless