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In CA: Sheriff tells people they’re welcome not to use 911; waiting on 300 million masks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls on President Trump to be a “healer in chief.” The state waits on hundreds of millions of N95 masks. And I talk with the attorney who successfully argued to the state’s high court that video and other electronic records …

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In CA: Who can be bothered with enviro regs amid a pandemic? Nine states say, ‘everyone’

The state sues the U.S. EPA after it gives industries leeway to self-monitor their pollution. And a bar owner can write “Hang a politician” on his roof. Plus: I talk to UC San Diego music professor Anthony Davis, who won the Pulitzer Prize in Music for…

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In CA: Governor scolds rural counties reopening ahead of his orders, says it’s ‘big mistake’

Gavin Newsom says Yuba and Sutter counties are putting employees and residents at risk. In other news, the state sues Uber and Lyft for failing to comply with new gig worker rules. And the high court hears a case on ‘pension spiking.’

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