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No ICE raids reported so far in Bay Area on Sunday, advocates say -- No confirmed Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids were reported to immigrant rights groups in the Bay Area Sunday morning, advocates said, in a sign that an expected wave of detentions hadn’t taken place so far. Casey Tolan in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/14/19

Deported Marine Corps veteran hoping to find a way back to family -- Roman Sabal has been living in his home country of Belize since he found out he wouldn’t be allowed to return to the U.S., where he served years in the Marine Corps and then Army Reserves. Kate Morrissey in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 7/14/19

Deputy gangs have survived decades of lawsuits and probes. Can the FBI stop them? -- For decades, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been under pressure to break up tattooed gangs of deputies accused of misconduct. But senior department officials, county leaders and prosecutors have failed to root out a subculture of inked clubs that pervades the nation’s largest sheriff’s agency. Maya Lau in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 7/14/19

Disgraced former deputy who’s now a Pinole cop paid for sex and was accused of domestic violence in divorce -- Officer Josh Shavies was hired last year by Pinole Police after being out of law enforcement for three years following termination as an Alameda County deputy. Thomas Peele and Nate Gartrell in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/14/19

Those ads ripping Garcetti on homelessness? They’re about fighting his Green New Deal -- When Eric Garcetti ran for mayor six years ago, he rode a wave of anger over the political power wielded by the union that represents workers at the Department of Water and Power — and later vowed to reform the agency that Los Angeles residents love to hate. Emily Alpert Reyes, David Zahniser and Sammy Roth in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/14/19

Across L.A., murals are a testament to Nipsey Hussle’s legacy -- Months after his death in March, Nipsey Hussle’s influence pulses through the city — in alleys, on the fronts and sides of buildings, along busy highways and streets, on billboards and basketball courts, in galleries and breweries. Dorany Pineda in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/14/19

The (nearly) impossible search for a cheap Bay Area home -- Seven years ago, for sale signs dotted suburban lawns and city streets, hot bidding wars were uncommon, and the typical single-family, Bay Area home sold for $425,000. Those days are long gone. Louis Hansen in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/14/19

PG&E made big plans to reduce wildfire risk. Here’s its progress so far -- In the early days of the 2019 wildfire season last month, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. transformer near Mount Tamalpais failed, starting a quarter-acre brush fire. Two weeks later, another brush fire that swelled to more than 2,500 acres in southern Monterey County was linked to PG&E power lines. J.D. Morris in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 7/14/19

‘These beautiful people held me up’: Ghost Ship fire parents cling to each other during trial -- Colleen Dolan collapsed in the courthouse lobby. She leaned against the wall next to the elevators at first, but then dropped straight to the floor and wept. She had spent the morning in the Oakland courtroom listening to a witness testify about the final minutes of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that claimed the lives of 36 people trapped inside, and about the young blond-haired woman who had made it out of the inferno alive only to race back inside to try to save her friends. Julia Prodis Sulek in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/14/19

Schnur: California’s tax laws need to benefit the middle class. Here’s what should change -- California’s middle class often gets squeezed into an economy with no room for errors. As the gap between the very rich and the very poor continues to grow, The Sacramento Bee’s California Influencers weighed in on how best to help those caught in between. Dan Schnur in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 7/14/19

Corn dogs and chocolate tastings. Can food save the California State Fair? -- After years of bleeding attendance, the State Fair has shed its classic title to become formally known as the California State Fair and Food Festival. With concession sales largely bankrolling the 17-day extravaganza , organizers hope the intensified emphasis can draw more food lovers in and around Sacramento to Cal Expo. Benjy Egel and Kyung Mi Lee in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 7/14/19

Leave the US, Trump tells Democratic congresswomen of color -- President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed a group of Democratic congresswomen of color as foreign-born troublemakers who should go back to the “broken and crime infested places from which they came,” ignoring the fact that the women are American citizens and all but one was born in the U.S. Jonathan Lemire and Calvin Woodward Associated Press Bianca Quilantan and David Cohen Politico Katie Rogers and Nicholas Fandos in the New York Times$ Felicia Sonmez and Mike DeBonis in the Washington Post$ -- 7/14/19

Could the Apollo 11 moon landing be duplicated today? ‘Lots of luck with that’ -- The Apollo program’s stunning technical success depended on a government leadership culture, an industrial organization, a tolerance for risk and a political environment that do not exist today — even as NASA insists it will land humans on the moon in five years. Ralph Vartabedian and Samantha Masunaga in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/14/19

 

California Policy & Politics This Morning  

Bracing for the ICE crackdown: ‘I worry for my kids. I can try to protect them’ -- President Trump’s announcement that new immigration raids will begin on Sunday has sparked debate and fear in communities across the nation. Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Wendy Fry, Andrea Castillo and Cindy Carcamo in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/14/19

‘Hundreds of calls’: Immigrant families brace for raids that could include Sacramento -- Sacramento immigrant families are bracing for a series of nationwide raids the Trump administration is expected to launch Sunday, which activists warned could include the Sacramento area. Theresa Clift in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 7/14/19

As immigration raids loom, Bay Area residents rally, prepare -- With President Trump’s threat of immigration raids looming for Sunday, organizers on Saturday manned hotlines to arm residents with resources and for the third day in a row, thousands gathered throughout the Bay Area to protest. Erin Baldassari and Jason Green in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/14/19

State Orders Chevron to Stop Massive Crude Oil Release From Kern County Well -- Saying that Chevron has failed to do all it should have to stop a massive release of crude oil at a Kern County well site, state regulators have ordered the company "to take all measures" to stop the flow and prevent a recurrence. Ted Goldberg KQED -- 7/14/19

Gov. Newsom sends search and rescue teams to Louisiana as Tropical Storm Barry makes landfall -- Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday approved the deployment of California state Urban Search and Rescue task force members to Louisiana to provide assistance as Tropical Storm Barry made landfall and threatened widespread flooding throughout the Gulf Coast region. Rex Crum in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/14/19

Walters: Criticism buries reading test bill -- Senate Bill 614 was born, or reborn, on June 18 when state Sen. Susan Rubio stripped the contents from the measure, after it had passed the Senate and was pending in the Assembly, and inserted an entirely different proposal. Dan Walters Calmatters -- 7/14/19

Willie Brown: The new America: Those who yell loudest win -- There’s a troubling trend in America — if there’s someone you disagree with, shout them down. The latest example came the other night at a public event where Robert Cherny, a San Francisco State history professor emeritus, was talking about the Victor Arnautoff’s Depression-era mural at Washington High School in San Francisco — the one the school board wants to destroy because it depicts a dead Indian and black slaves. Willie Brown in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 7/14/19

Economy, Employers, Jobs, Unions, Pensions  

New, more agile robots speed the takeover of jobs once done only by humans -- The number of jobs lost to automation is difficult to calculate, in part because one lost position may create several others in new industries. But almost 40% of U.S. workers are in fields — retail and food service, for example — that will lose jobs to automation by 2030, according to a McKinsey report published Thursday. Thomas Black Bloomberg via in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/14/19

Housing  

Buyers emboldened by home sales slowdown -- These days, buyers should start low and play slow. In a neutral market, you have time to negotiate the price and the terms of your purchase in a more relaxed manner, and sellers should be grateful for any legitimate offer they receive. Leslie Sargent Eskildsen in the Orange County Register -- 7/14/19

Report: Mortgage payments are out of reach for those without an advanced degree -- You don’t have to be rich to pay the median monthly mortgage payment in Los Angeles and Orange counties, but you’ll likely need a salary that only an advanced degree can provide. Kevin Smith in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 7/14/19

Beltway 

Kamala Harris: Kaepernick backlash was 'not a thing' until Russian bots 'started taking it on' -- Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said the controversy surrounding the national anthem protests of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was "not a thing" until Russian trolls started fanning the flames on social media. Eric Ting in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 7/14/19

 

-- Saturday Updates 

ICE raids spark fear, protests and questions about who will be swept up -- With a new round of ICE raids set to begin Sunday, hundreds protested in Southern California and immigrants targeted by the Trump crackdown braced for the federal action. Many elements of the raid still remain unclear, including exactly how many are being targeted and how much the new action will be different from regular ICE activities. Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Cindy Carcamo, Matt Stiles, Andrea Castillo and Wendy Fry in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/13/19

Advance notice of ICE raids may push immigrants toward unauthorized legal help -- President Trump’s announcement of planned immigration raids in Los Angeles and other major U.S. cities beginning Sunday has heightened fears and anxiety in targeted communities, leaving many seeking legal help susceptible to scams, advocates say. Giulia MCDonnell Nieto Del Rio in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/13/19

How will the new wildfire insurance fund affect you? Here are some answers -- But the fund is not like any type of insurance that exists today. It won’t sell policies, and fire victims won’t be able to seek restitution from the fund; only utilities can seek reimbursement for wildfire-related judgments or settlements. Kathleen Pender in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 7/13/19

Ridgecrest earthquake packed the power of 45 nuclear bombs, but its impact was muted -- When the magnitude 7.1 earthquake ruptured the earth in the Mojave Desert, it packed the energy of 45 nuclear bombs of the type that fell on Hiroshima. Rong-Gong Lin II in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/13/19

Earthquakes leaves dozens of homes unfit for living in Trona -- More than 30 homes have been red-tagged as uninhabitable and 51 were yellow-tagged due to serious damage in Trona and surrounding San Bernardino County communities following two large earthquakes last week, according to initial damage assessments by state and local officials. Paloma Esquivel in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/13/19

Ridgecrest aftershock prognosis: They won’t stop for years, and another strong one is possible -- A 4.9-magnitude earthquake in the Ridgecrest area early Friday drove home what seismologists have been telling Southern Californians for the past week: In the wake of two strong quakes July 4 and 5, that area is likely to keep shaking for years. Nikie Johnson in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/13/19

Earthquakes shake up Yucca Mountain nuke dump talk in Nevada -- Recent California earthquakes that rattled Las Vegas have shaken up arguments on both sides of a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste beneath a long-studied site in southern Nevada. Associated Press -- 7/13/19

California lawmakers consider new rules for political ads -- Now, California legislators are considering a proposal by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin that would require groups buying such “issue advocacy ads” about legislation to identify themselves and major funders in the same sort of disclaimers required in election campaign commercials. Andrew Oxford Associated Press -- 7/13/19

Knight: Welcome home: Trips abroad put San Francisco’s chaotic streets in perspective -- But when he arrived at his South of Market condo on Clara Street, he couldn’t get in his own front door. A man who appeared homeless had dropped his pants to urinate against the entryway. When Hemphill asked him to move, the man shouted “F— off!” and continued using the door as a toilet. Heather Knight in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 7/13/19

Trump Is Poised to Sign a Radical Agreement to Send Future Asylum Seekers to Guatemala -- Early next week, according to a D.H.S. official, the Trump Administration is expected to announce a major immigration deal, known as a safe-third-country agreement, with Guatemala. For weeks, there have been reports that negotiations were under way between the two countries, but, until now, none of the details were official. Jonathan Blitzer The New Yorker -- 7/13/19