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I-5 reopens near Shasta Lake after lengthy shutdown by Delta Fire -- Interstate 5, California’s main commercial artery, is open again after being closed for six days by the raging Delta Fire near Shasta Lake. Michael Cabanatuan in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Associated Press -- 9/10/18
California to rely on 100% clean electricity by 2045 under bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown -- All of California’s electricity will come from clean power sources by 2045 under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, the latest in a series of ambitious goals set by the state to combat the effects of climate change. Liam Dillon in the Los Angeles Times$ Alexei Koseff in the Sacramento Bee$ Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury$ David R. Baker in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 9/10/18
San Francisco hosts global climate summit — will it make a difference? -- This week, thousands of political leaders, scientists, activists, journalists, celebrities and business leaders will arrive in San Francisco for a global summit on climate change, an event that makes California a worldwide flag-bearer on the issue at a time when the federal government is in retreat. Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 9/10/18
Reunited after being split up at the border, Guatemalan father and son work through trauma alone -- His days are spent inside a tiny shack wedged behind a commercial building. An air conditioner hums in vain from the window, and any knock at the door makes him jump. Esmeralda Bermudez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/10/18
He thought his housing voucher would get him off the streets. He was wrong -- Henry Butler, homeless and desperate, thought he had won the housing lottery when he learned this spring that he would be getting a voucher that would cover most of his rent in the apartment or home of his choice. Cynthia Hubert in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/10/18
Rogue billionaires are giving the GOP and Democrats a migraine -- Republican Richard Uihlein and Democrat Tom Steyer have poured tens of millions of dollars into the 2018 campaign. And their political parties are irritated about it. Adam Wollner McClatchyDC -- 9/10/18
Strange bedfellows? Westlands and San Francisco share common ground -- It’s rare that Westlands Water District and San Francisco face identical problems, but plans to keep more water flowing in the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers – leaving less for irrigators and cities – is bringing the two together. Lewis Griswold in the Fresno Bee -- 9/10/18
It’s an immigration crisis few know of. And Fresno County might be at the center of it -- Thousands of immigrants in the Fresno region and nation could face deportation to a country that’s rarely discussed in the daily news cycle, and in some respects has been forgotten. Yesenia Amaro in the Fresno Bee -- 9/10/18
Fox: Will Soda Industry have Allies in Fight Against New Tax Proposal? -- Doctors and dentists filed a tax increase initiative on sugary drinks for the 2020 ballot. Naturally, the soda industry is opposed. The question is will they have allies in this fight to oppose the measure if it makes the ballot? Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 9/10/18
California Policy & Politics This Morning
Firefighters battle to gain on blazes across Northern California -- Interstate 5, the state’s main north-south transportation artery, will remain closed indefinitely by the raging Delta Fire, authorities said Sunday. Michael Cabanatuan in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 9/10/18
I-5 remains closed and evacuations ordered in Napa County as new wildfires expand -- The state’s latest wildfire continued to expand on Sunday, chewing through 2,400 acres in Napa County’s Pope Valley after exploding in size a day earlier. Claire Morgan in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/10/18
Walters: Once again, most ‘job killer’ bills rejected -- The just-ended biennial session of the California Legislature was arguably the most liberal in California. Dan Walters Calmatters -- 9/10/18
Skelton: Two longtime political street fighters have a new cause: restoring civility to Trump-era public discourse -- Former President Obama didn’t mince words denouncing “the politics of division” during a South Africa speech in July. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/10/18
Schnur: You asked: Where to get quality political news this election season -- It’s campaign season in California, and politicians are filling our television screens and our Facebook feeds. Their advocates lurk outside of supermarkets and shopping malls. They promise us the world if we vote them into office and warn us about the catastrophes that will happen if we don’t. Dan Schnur in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/10/18
Hunter defense involving prosecutors at Clinton fundraiser likely a non-starter, experts say -- With midterm elections approaching and Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter staring down fraudulent campaign spending charges, he and his attorney are attacking the criminal prosecution as being politically motivated. Kristina Davis in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 9/10/18
Smolens: How Obama plays in Campa-Najjar's bid to unseat Hunter -- Ammar Campa-Najjar’s political history is rooted in Barack Obama’s presidency. He worked on Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012. He served as a public information official in the president’s Department of Labor. He was endorsed for Congress by Obama in early August. Michael Smolens in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 9/10/18
California Lawmakers Continue Shift From Mass Incarceration -- The recently completed California legislative session continued a yearslong effort to lower criminal sentences, ease restrictions on suspects, and keep juveniles out of adult prisons despite objections that the moves could harm public safety. Don Thompson Associated Press -- 9/10/18
CCA 101: How does Community Choice Aggregation work? What you need to know -- The name may sound clunky, but Community Choice Aggregation, or CCA, is one of the hottest energy topics in California and may upend the long-time relationship between utilities and customers. Rob Nikolewski in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 9/10/18
#MeToo Unmasks the Open Secret of Sexual Abuse in Yoga -- nn West was performing an advanced backbend at a yoga workshop when her teacher came over and stroked her breasts and nipples, she said. He did it, she said, in a way “that could only be described as a caress.” Miranda Leitsinger KQED -- 9/10/18
A Scourge for California Drivers: Hours on a Sidewalk to Renew a License -- They were lined up by the dozens clear down the street on a recent afternoon — hot and frustrated in the sun, trying to attend to the most routine (and unavoidable) encounters with local government: renewing a driver’s license. Adam Nagourney in the New York Times$ -- 9/10/18
In commuting 20 murder convicts’ sentences, California governor draws praise, condemnation -- Thomas Yackley fatally stabbed two men at a party. Kimberly LaBore took part in a home invasion that ended with one person dead. Virgil Holt killed his boss at a fast-food restaurant shortly after he’d been fired. Rob Kuznia in the Washington Post$ -- 9/10/18
Housing
Across much of Southern California, home prices are setting records. But the crunch still lingers for the Victor Valley -- The median price for the region that includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and San Diego counties hit an all-time high of $537,000 in June, more than twice what it was when it hit bottom in 2009. But in inland stretches like the wind-swept Victor Valley, some 80 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, the lingering effects of the housing crash are more deeply felt. Andrew Khouri in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/10/18
Wildfire
Fire, water and Trump’s tweets -- On Aug. 6, President Donald Trump made his first Twitter statement on California’s summer fire season, which started on June 1. Unlike his statement on last year’s Wine Country fires, when the president tweeted condolences to victims of the fires and support for the firefighters, Trump used these latest natural disasters to troll California with nonsense. Scott Soriano Capitol Weekly -- 9/10/18
Education
Allegations of racism at Orange County high school football game underscore broader tension in the Trump era -- The disputed incidents occurred at Friday night’s contest between Aliso Niguel and Santa Ana high schools, during which Santa Ana Principal Jeff Bishop became upset by what he saw as racially tinged intimidation by Aliso Niguel students. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times$ Steve Fryer in the Orange County Register -- 9/10/18
East Bay college district embroiled in tumult over money, ethics as election nears -- It looks like a routine request of voters: a November ballot proposal in Alameda County to extend the $48-per-parcel property tax that raises $8 million a year for the area’s community colleges. Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 9/10/18
Both sides lobbying California governor on new law that delays school start time for teens -- California teens may get to sleep a bit later before heading to school, if the governor signs a bill requiring middle and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. But not everyone agrees that allowing the legislature to dictate the starting times of local schools is good policy. Theresa Harrington EdSource -- 9/10/18
Guns
California Tries New Tack on Gun Violence: Ammo Control -- Sold from vending machines in Pennsylvania, feed depots in Nevada, pharmacies in Georgia and jewelry stores in Texas, ammunition is in many states easier to buy than cold medicine. But in California, which already enforces some of the nation’s most restrictive gun laws, there is a movement underway against the unfettered sale of bullets. Ian Urbina in the New York Times$ -- 9/10/18
POTUS 45
Trump waives millions in claims against Stormy Daniels in new fallout from illegal payoff -- President Trump has agreed to give up his right to pursue millions of dollars in damages against Stormy Daniels in a move to kill litigation over an illegal payoff to the adult-film star. Michael Finnegan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/10/18
GOP attacks Obama, but doesn't defend Trump -- Leading Republicans took issue with the former president's scathing speech, but none disputed that Trump has threatened core American institutions. Edward-Isaac Dovere Politico -- 9/10/18
Beltway
The GOP’s new attack: Democrats wants to ‘end’ Medicare -- Rick Scott said it. Republican candidates have featured it in ads. And even President Trump leaned into it during a rally last month. Alex Roarty and Katie Glueck McClatchy DC -- 9/10/18
-- Sunday Updates
Firefighters battle to gain on blazes across Northern California -- Even as California’s largest-ever wildfire, the Mendocino Complex, neared full containment Sunday, a new wildfire near Lake Berryessa spread overnight and the Delta Fire near Shasta Lake raged on both sides of Interstate 5, keeping the state’s main transportation artery closed. Michael Cabanatuan in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 9/9/18
Megafires: Fighting fire with fire could reduce destructive, out of control blazes -- The answer to the problem of California’s catastrophic megafires can be found in the ashes of this forest, where clusters of fragrant sugar pines stand strong, elegant and healthy. Bark is charred. Logs are charcoal. But a strategy of selective logging, followed by a mannerly “prescribed burn,” has created a forest as clean and safe as a cathedral. Lisa M. Krieger in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 9/9/18
Angry activists plan to crash Jerry Brown’s San Francisco climate summit -- Well-financed and well-organized eco-activists are planning to put the squeeze on Gov. Jerry Brown during his big San Francisco climate change conference this week — and mass demonstrations and civil disobedience are on the agenda. Matier & Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 9/9/18
Campaign donors, staffers for L.A. Councilwoman Nury Martinez were summoned to L.A. County grand jury -- Three years ago, federal prosecutors issued subpoenas to several of Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez’s aides, instructing them to appear before a federal grand jury to discuss her 2015 re-election campaign. David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/9/18
Myers: Here's how California lawmakers tried to overrule the courts in the legislative session's final hours -- Gov. Jerry Brown is likely to soon sign a bill that attempts to cancel a $331-million court ruling against the state, legislation that looks a lot like two branches of California’s government telling the third to take a hike. John Myers in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/9/18