Sunday, August 23, 2020
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*FR Exclusive*
Bruce Bialosky
FRBlog: Having COVID
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Trump Disaster Aid
FresBee: Trump declares California wildfires a major disaster, promising aid despite previous threats
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California Wildfires
AP: In just a week, wildfires burn 1 million acres in California
- Update: SCU Lightning Fire continues to grow, now state’s second largest
- SacBee: Interactive map: See where the wildfires are burning across California
- LAT $: The fight to save one Northern California town from a fiery monster
- SacBee: LNU wildfire updates: ‘Weather is not in our favor’ as Cal Fire fights ‘extreme’ behavior
- LADN: Ranch2 fire above Azusa is 49% contained, and firefighters are being diverted to Northern California
- SJMN: ‘I don’t want to leave’: Hope and trepidation as firefighters make small gains against Santa Cruz, Healdsburg fires
- FresBee: Update: Fire near Giant Sequoia National Monument has doubled in size
- SFC: ‘A freaking war zone’: Bay Area wildfires rage as fire threat poised to rise
- SJMN: ‘Here we go again.’ Battle-weary California wine country fights yet another fire
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More Fire Coverage...
AP: Changing weather prompts more fire fears in California - SJMN: ‘You just got to keep living life:’ In Sonoma County, taking out the trash, getting ice cream and waiting for disaster
- SJMN: Evacuation warnings issued for parts of Santa Clara, Alameda counties
- LADN: Residents whose homes were burned in Lake fire are escorted back to ‘salvage what you can’
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School Defense Fund
FresBee: Christian private school sets up defense fund to fight Fresno County COVID-19 orders
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Going Postal
SBSun: ‘Ignore’ Trump, Pelosi says, as House debates postal funds - SDUT: San Diegans join in nationwide rallies supporting Postal Service amid cuts
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Blue Lives Matter
FresBee: Blue Lives Matter as hundreds march in support of law enforcement -
The Worst of Times
SFC: What if ‘nothing ever goes back to normal’? Depression, anxiety mount in Bay Area - 'The Worst Is Not Behind Us': California Wildfires Continue To Burn
- SJMN: Hey, California: With wildfires, blackouts, bloody protests, pandemic, could 2020 get any worse?
- SFC: Bad things keep piling on — when is enough enough in the Bay Area?
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Child Care Closures
LAT $: With less money and more risk, waves of child-care providers call it quits
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Prop 209
LAT $: Prop. 209’s affirmative action ban drove down Black and Latino UC enrollment and wages, study finds -
Classroom Use
LAT $: A loophole is allowing thousands of California students to use pandemic-shuttered classrooms -
Delta Tunnel Project
SacBee: California’s Delta tunnel project inches forward – and just got a $15.9 billion price tag -
Stormy Daniels Lawsuit
AP: Trump ordered to pay $44,100 in Stormy Daniels legal fees -
Unemployment Benefits
SFC: California approved for $300 a week in extra unemployment benefits
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Borderline Records
VCStar $: Families want Borderline records withheld -
Police Shootings
AP: Report: Police officer 1 of several shot in mobile home park - SacBee: Rancho Cordova cop critically wounded in shootout with gunman who killed woman in mobile home
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Nursing Home Outbreak
Coronavirus death, nursing home outbreak in Calaveras County, officials announce
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The Golden Pen
Christian Britschgi
Reason: Why Does Hollywood Hate Real Estate Developers?
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National Review
NR: The Democratic Convention Skipped over the Biden–Harris Agenda -
Willie Brown
SFC: Willie Brown: Time to ditch the old-fashioned political convention -
Tom Campbell
OCReg: California needs a party that stands for common sense: Tom Campbell -
Dan Walters
CalM: California gambles with stopgap legislation
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David Harsanyi
NR: No, Joe, the U.S. Isn’t the Worst Country on Coronavirus -
Chris Micheli
CG: Incompatible Activities in Local Government Employment -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento voters put activist Katie Valenzuela on the inside. Here’s how she plans to govern - SacBee: The latest on Sac City Unified Schools money: The district may run out by February 2021
- SacBee: Coronavirus infections reach 15,000 in Sacramento County, new death in Placer County
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SF Bay Area
SFC: San Francisco supervisor tests positive for the coronavirus
- SFC: Unhealthy air over most of Bay Area with no end in sight for smoke
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Central Valley
FresBee: Should Fresno housing board edit its minutes? This national group has an opinion - Stanislaus County unemployment falls. Here’s one economist’s prediction about recovery
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Los Angeles County
LADN: LA County’s coronavirus infection numbers skewing younger again -
Orange County
OCReg: Orange County school districts start looking at possibility of return to in-person instruction
- OCReg: Coronavirus: 493 new cases, 14 new deaths in Orange County on Aug. 22
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside County to start accepting school reopening waivers next week - PE: Riverside County coronavirus hospitalizations are lowest since June 15
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 62 coronavirus deaths Saturday - SBSun: These 18 San Bernardino County schools are seeking waivers to reopen
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San Diego County
SDUT: Developer credits could increase San Diego housing bond’s burden on ordinary taxpayers - SDUT: Pandemic, race protests could shape battle for San Diego City Council District 3
- VOSD: Politics Report: A Poll and a Court Ruling in Key Council Race