Sunday, August 16, 2020
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*FR Exclusive*
Bruce Bialosky
FRBlog: Who is Responsible for Police Reform?
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Dan Walters
SJMN: Walters: California officials misusing taxpayer dollars for campaigns
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Rolling Blackouts Continue
SFC: PG&E restores power on 2nd night of outages, 220k customers blacked out
- SJMN: Second day of rolling power outages hits California as heat wave continues
- PE: As simmering heat hits California, emergency blackouts ordered for 1st time in years
- SLTrib: California avoided rolling blackouts for two decades. What went wrong on the grid?
- CG: Recall Deja Vu: CA Rolling Blackouts are Back
- LAT $: Coronavirus complicates California’s worst power shortage in years
- SacBee: California avoided rolling blackouts for two decades. What went wrong on the grid?
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Fire Season
SJMN: Fire officials fighting multiple fires across the Bay Area after severe thunderstorms overnight
- SFC: Massive wildfire explodes into fire tornado in remote area north of Tahoe
- LAT $: Lake and Ranch 2 fires burn thousands of acres as region is gripped in epic heat wave
- SacBee: A ‘fire tornado’ warning? Weather service issues what could be a first at California blaze
- BakCal: Crews battle wildfires amid brutal heat wave in California
- PE: Little fires everywhere, and big ones, too
- LAT $: Lightning threatens California with rising fire risk, sparks 8 fires in Greater Bay Area
- SFC: Wild weather in Bay Area brings lightning, thunderstorms, gusty winds and spot fires
- SLTrib: Lightning storm rolls through SLO County, sparking brush fires
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Newsom's standing continues to crumble
SacBee: ‘Patience is wearing thin.’ Year of misfortunes tests Gavin Newsom’s political standing
- SDUT: Disparities in how police agencies collect use-of-force data complicates training, reform efforts
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COVID 19
FresBee: Watch as ABC strike force agents enforce COVID-19 compliance
- OCReg: Coronavirus state tracker: California reported 92 more people have died as of Aug. 15
- LAT $: Federal judge orders COVID-19 testing at Bakersfield immigration detention facility
- SBSun: San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties see declining trends in coronavirus hospitalizations
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Fall 2020 School
SDUT: Some schools may get to reopen soon, but their safety plans vary widely - LAT $: Rural families without internet face tough choice on school
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Debate over Serra Legacy
VCStar $: 'Defend Serra' rally gathers at Ventura City Hall -
Housing Crisis
SBSun: Southern California ranked as bad place to be a renter
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Katy Grimes
CG: Recall Deja Vu: CA Rolling Blackouts are Back
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Veronique de Rugy
PE: The folly of the magic federal spending multiplier -
Susan Shelley
PE: Behested payments and the specter of corruption
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Kevin D. Williamson
NR: A Small Second Amendment Victory
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Allison Schrager
Stop Punishing Gig California Workers -
Sacramento Area
SacBee: What is the California ISO, and why were there no outages in Sacramento? -
San Francisco Bay Area
SFC: Bay Area cities, counties put in for chunk of $100 million pot for... -
North Bay Area
SJMN: Marin set to consider waivers for in-person schooling -
East Bay Area
SFC: Berkeley’s bold vision for the future of policing - 50K gallons of raw sewage spilled into Oakland Estuary
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South Bay Area
SJMN: Video shows San Jose police tasing, beating couple after hotel birthday party - SJMN: State Sen. Jim Beall endorses Dave Cortese to succeed him in District 15
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Central Valley
FresBee: With 700-plus additional coronavirus cases, Fresno County rapidly nears 20,000 mark - FresBee: Fresnans seek relief from heat in the San Joaquin, but pandemic worries are hard to shake
- Modesto uses bolts, boards to stop basketball players during coronavirus surge
- Coronavirus update, Aug. 16: Stanislaus County numbers continue in wrong direction
- Stanislaus County health officer remains calm amid COVID-19
- Deputies kill knife-wielding man who held woman, kids hostage, Merced County sheriff says
- BakCal: FEMA flood zone study assigns new risk to Lake Isabella area
- BakCal: KCSO homicide rate on record pace; BPD's number could surpass totals from past two years
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Los Angeles County
PE: Pomona councilman charged with child pornography attends ‘awkward’ meeting - LADN: South Pasadena councilwoman resigns, apologizes for fake public comments
- LAT $: L.A. County reports more than 2,100 new coronavirus cases and 35 more related deaths
- LADN: 2,000-plus more LA County cases reported, but coronavirus backlog still anticipated from state
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County exceeds 40,000 coronavirus cases as of Saturday -
San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego’s pension debt spikes another $200M because workers are living longer - SDUT: Escondido businesses find lifeline in city’s $1 million grant program
- SDUT: North County protesters call for reopening small business and schools
- SDUT: San Diego universities look like ghost towns as they begin fall fighting coronavirus
- SDUT: Backers of police reform launch campaign for San Diego oversight ballot measure