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Scammers could be targeting unemployment benefits in California, state warns -- Many Californians are anxiously waiting for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, but James Myers was not happy when he received a letter from the state notifying him that his application for assistance had been approved. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Eviction
Evictions begin for 1,000 LA County renters with pre-COVID judgments -- Betty Ordaz, 55, isn’t sure where to go next. She sat in the driver’s seat of her packed SUV, parked near a North Hollywood street corner where the sound of low-flying airplanes landing at Hollywood Burbank Airport echoed. Ryan Carter, Jeff Collins in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 8/7/20
Eviction protections are expiring. What does this mean for struggling California tenants? -- Here’s a guide to how renters are faring and what elected officials may do to assist struggling tenants and landlords. Liam Dillon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Smith: Facing a wave of evictions, California is about to make thousands of kids homeless -- Things weren’t great before COVID-19, but at least only about 570 families, hungry, broke and on the brink of homelessness, needed help from the volunteers at St. Joseph Center in Los Angeles. Today, that number is about 860. A month from now, it could be in the thousands — or even more. Erika D. Smith in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Should San Diego officials go through with the Dec. 30 rent repayment extension? -- San Diego City Council voted recently to extend the rent repayment period, under its eviction moratorium, to Dec. 30 for those struggling with financial stress related to COVID-19. Under its previous plan, renters would have needed to start paying back in late September. Phillip Molnar in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/7/20
Virus
California officially passes 10,000 COVID-19 deaths, state confirms -- California’s death toll from the coronavirus has officially surpassed 10,000, as the state has seen the rate of average daily reported COVID-19 fatalities rise steadily for more than a month. The California Department of Public Health increased the tally to 10,011 with Friday morning’s reporting of 142 confirmed deaths. Michael McGough in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/7/20
After first being spared, rural California now being ravaged by the coronavirus -- It was once said that California’s coronavirus pandemic was hitting dense urban areas the hardest. Now, it’s rural, agricultural areas that are among the most severely affected. Alex Wigglesworth, Rong-Gong Lin II in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
California’s 800,000 farmworkers are under siege from the coronavirus. Lawmakers urge relief -- As farming communities in California’s Central Valley face serious spikes in COVID-19, California’s estimated 800,000 farmworkers are among the most exposed. Kim Bojórquez in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/7/20
To slow coronavirus, a California county might pay the sick to stay home -- California officials are desperate to reduce the spread of coronavirus in the workplace, which has been one reason for a surge in cases. Could one solution be to pay people to stay home when they get sick? Rong-Gong Lin II in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
San Diego Blacks and Latinos most likely to lose jobs and live in COVID hot spots, data shows -- The coronavirus pandemic has upended San Diego County’s once robust job market but the pain is not evenly spread across the region with Black and Latino communities hit the hardest. Phillip Molnar in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/7/20
California’s coronavirus response is in crisis mode, as computer glitch makes case data unreliable -- Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the state’s response would be guided by data. Now, a lack of accurate data has thrown that response into limbo. Dustin Gardiner and Erin Allday in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
California coronavirus cases may be dropping after weeks of higher COVID-19 rates -- California’s new case rate seems to have peaked and might even be going down, but recent problems with under-reporting in the state’s data and surveillance system has raised questions about those numbers. Average new cases have started to decrease over the past two weeks, after remaining relatively flat since July 10. Harriet Blair Rowan in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/7/20
Sacramento residents left home more often last month. Here’s what the tracking data show -- Sacramento metro residents went shopping, drove to work and visited parks much more often as COVID-19 cases and deaths spiked in July than they did in April, according to mobility data from Google. Phillip Reese in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/7/20
Children with disabilities are regressing. How much is distance learning to blame? -- The education of some 760,000 California children with disabilities has been inconsistent at best since campuses shut down in March. Parents’ worries have intensified as they see their children’s hard-fought advances diminishing — and fear that losses will be compounded with more distance learning ahead, said educators, parents and student advocates. Sonali Kohli in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Prepared food vendors at farmers markets try to battle coronavirus ban -- The scent of freshly prepared food wafting through the Studio City Farmers Market used to entice customers every Sunday. But that aroma — of grilled hot dogs, stuffed pupusas, smoky barbecue and savory crepes — has disappeared since Los Angeles County health orders shut down vendors who prepare food on-site at farmers markets. Jake Sheridan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Open anyway
Roseville poised to fine SunSplash water park for staying open despite coronavirus orders -- Despite notices from the city, the amusement park has operated daily despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to close outdoor water parks, among other businesses, due to the pandemic. The park’s operation has been openly advertised on television and social media as well. Molly Burke in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/7/20
Policy & Politics
How California is preparing for in-person voting this year due to coronavirus -- Even as California elections officials prepare to mail ballots to all of the state’s 21 million voters this fall, they do so with the expectation that some portion of the electorate will still choose to participate in person during the pandemic, requiring a delicate balance between voting rights and public health. John Myers in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
California’s agency for protecting workers can’t protect its own — even amid a pandemic, officials say -- Staffers at California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health have been frantically trying to keep up with an avalanche of workplace safety complaints ushered in by the pandemic. But even answering phones hasn’t been easy. In one office with no bilingual speakers on staff, an employee has had to use Google Translate to try to decipher complaints in Spanish. Jie Jenny Zou in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
L.A. could cancel real estate projects tied to City Hall corruption -- Los Angeles could revoke city permits and approvals for real estate projects if the City Council finds that developers or their representatives engaged in corruption, under a new ordinance proposed by City Atty. Mike Feuer. Emily Alpert Reyes, David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Fox: The AG Brought Charges, But Will the Public Empathize with David Lacey? -- The California Attorney General charged the husband of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey with a misdemeanor because he answered a 5 a.m. knock on the door of their home with a gun. News reports portray the incident as a political problem for incumbent Lacey in her hotly contested District Attorney race against progressive challenger, George Gascón. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 8/7/20
Street
Defund the police? Debate rages at SF General Hospital over use of sheriff’s deputies -- The San Francisco Department of Public Health is rethinking its two-decades-long relationship with the Sheriff’s Department guarding its medical facilities, leading to a drop in the number of deputies at city-run sites by three within the past month. Mallory Moench in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
Prosecutors reviewing case in which L.A. man alleges LAPD officers planted gun -- Los Angeles County prosecutors are reviewing a case in which two city police officers allegedly lied about a traffic stop and planted a gun into evidence to justify a man’s arrest in 2018. Kevin Rector in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
State Lawmakers Propose Change To Compensation Rules For Victims Of Police Violence -- A bill making its way through the state assembly could allow victims of police brutality to seek compensation from the state’s Victim Compensation Fund without having to file a police report as currently required by state law. Tania Thorne KPBS -- 8/7/20
Immigration / Border / ICE
Border agents stop car on Escondido freeway, find nearly $1M cash stuffed in gas tank -- About 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, agents pulled over a “suspicious” Volkswagen Touareg, which was south on Interstate 15 in Escondido, the agency said in a news release. Authorities did not say specifically why the SUV caught the agents’ eyes. Teri Figueroa in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/7/20
California Policy & Politics This Morning
‘Broken’ coronavirus tracking system leaves California in the dark: ‘We have no idea’ -- The breakdown in California’s coronavirus test reporting system is disrupting pandemic response efforts across the state, leaving local officials in the dark about the spread of COVID-19 and blocking the ability of counties to get restrictions lifted until the the system is fixed. Anita Chabria, Maura Dolan in the Los Angeles Times$ Fiona Kelliher in the San Jose Mercury$ Dustin Gardiner and Erin Allday in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Michael McGough in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/7/20
California tops 10,000 coronavirus deaths -- The death toll from the coronavirus in California surpassed 10,000 people on Thursday, a mark that underscores how a state that was once hailed as a pandemic success story is now struggling to slow outbreaks. Sean Greene, Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Colleen Shalby, Iris Lee in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
How close are Bay Area counties to coming off state monitoring list? -- It’s been close to a month since Gov. Gavin Newsom announced additional restrictions for counties on the state’s COVID-19 monitoring list. In that time, the list has grown to encompass every county in the Bay Area and over 90% of the state’s population. Harriet Blair Rowan, Evan Webeck in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/7/20
‘A harrowing black hole of information’: Some nursing homes leave families in the dark about coronavirus -- The state requires nursing homes and assisted living facilities to notify family members immediately after a positive test anywhere in the facility. But families and nursing home experts say that doesn’t always happen. Sarah Ravani in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
First LAPD officer to die after getting the coronavirus was ‘one of the good ones,’ chief says -- Officer Valentin Martinez, who died last month after contracting COVID-19, was eulogized Thursday, Aug. 6, by the Los Angeles Police Department’s chief, who said he was known as “one of the good ones,” a cop who treated even those he arrested with respect and dignity. Josh Cain in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 8/7/20
Bakersfield ICE
Judge orders Bakersfield immigration holding facility to test all detainees weekly -- A federal judge ordered immigration officials Thursday to test all detainees for the coronavirus at a Bakersfield facility where COVID-19 has broken out and to report the test results quickly, saying the government’s inaction is endangering inmates, staff and the public. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
Amid coronavirus outbreak at Bakersfield immigration facility, emails show ICE deliberately limited testing -- Last month, as the coronavirus spread through federal immigration detention centers around the country, officials at the Mesa Verde facility in Bakersfield rejected a suggestion to test all detainees there because it would be difficult to quarantine those who tested positive, the officials said. Andrea Castillo in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Open anyway
San Diego church again defies COVID-19 public health order -- Hours after the county Board of Supervisors approved allowing gyms and churches to operate in parks, a San Diego church that previously had been cited for violating the public health order held a worship service outside where most congregants were not wearing the required masks. Morgan Cook in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/7/20
Ventura County sues church after indoor services without masks or distance -- Worshipers at Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Thousand Oaks have been celebrating their faith for months in open violation of state and local health orders in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. “Singing, hugging, no masks,” Senior Pastor Rob McCoy said, describing the services. Jake Sheridan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
See drone view of Golfland SunSplash in Roseville, open despite state coronavirus order -- Visitors play on waterslides at Golfland Sunsplash in Roseville on Aug. 5, 2020, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to close outdoor water parks due to the coronavirus pandemic. The park website says it has coronavirus safety measures in place. Xavier Mascareñas in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/7/20
Policy & Politics
California sets in-person voting rules amid coronavirus -- Worried about the unpredictable coronavirus wreaking havoc on the November election, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a law to let counties offer fewer in-person polling places in exchange for opening the sites earlier. Adam Beam Associated Press -- 8/7/20
Will SF judge turn Uber, Lyft drivers into employees? -- A San Francisco Superior Court judge appeared reluctant to immediately reclassify Uber and Lyft drivers as employees at a hearing on Thursday, but also displayed skepticism of the companies’ arguments about why their drivers should remain independent contractors in the long term. Carolyn Said in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
With Contentious Measures On California’s Ballot, Lawsuits Over Language Pile Up -- Ballot propositions offer a unique set of political battles every election cycle in California. But even with the election months away, another type of fight over initiatives has been playing out in the Sacramento Superior Court this week. Nicole Nixon Capital Public Radio -- 8/7/20
Coronavirus impact: Chasm grows between whites, people of color, California poll finds -- The ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its economic toll are hitting people of color in California especially hard, and a new poll illustrates just how alarming the disparity has grown among the state’s families. Emily DeRuy in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/7/20
Auditor slams state mental-health system, revives Laura’s Law -- A massive and highly critical state auditor’s report has given new life to legislation to deal with California’s notoriously troubled mental-health system. The shift comes as state lawmakers, convening amid the COVID-19 pandemic, face hundreds of bills in the closing days of the legislative session. Sigrid Bathen Capitol Weekly -- 8/7/20
CalPERS chief’s abrupt resignation preceded by conflict of interest questions -- Questions regarding conflict-of-interest disclosures preceded the abrupt resignation of CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Yu Ben Meng on Wednesday, according to the pension fund’s board members. Wes Venteicher in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/7/20
Last-minute deal seems to save Caltrain tax measure. Will voters support it? -- An eleventh-hour deal appears to have saved the sales tax measure Caltrain is counting on to weather the coronavirus without shutting down. Nico Savidge in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/7/20
KQED Political Breakdown: Steve Kerr -- Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr talks with Scott and Marisa about the re-started NBA season and the league's response to the Black Lives Matter movement. He also discusses this week's deadly explosion in his birthplace of Beirut, his family's long history in the Middle East, and how he continues to learn from his players. Link Here -- 8/7/20
Street
Inside the ‘culture of violence’ alleged by LAPD SWAT whistleblower -- After assessing the hilly terrain around a Sunland house where a homeless man had holed up one morning in May 2017, the Los Angeles Police Department’s heavily armed SWAT team requested more firepower — and got it in the form of a helicopter equipped for “aerial shooting,” dubbed “Sniper-1.” Kevin Rector, Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Family of Sean Monterrosa files wrongful death suit against city of Vallejo over police shooting -- The family of Sean Monterrosa sued the city of Vallejo and police Officer Jarrett Tonn on Thursday, accusing Tonn of panicking and fatally shooting the 22-year-old San Franciscan from an unmarked police vehicle with no provocation on a night of racial justice demonstrations in June. Rachel Swan and Kevin Fagan in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
School Workplace
SF teachers union, school district reach tentative agreement for distance learning -- The agreement — if ratified by a vote of union members and the San Francisco Unified School District — will remain in effect until June 30, 2021 “or until students return to in-person instruction,” according to a summary of the agreement released by the United Educators of San Francisco. Lauren Hernández in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
Irvine Unified School District aiming to resume modified athletics after school starts Aug. 20 -- Just two days after the California Department of Public Heath updated guidelines for youth and school-based sports amid the coronavirus pandemic, district athletic director Mark Cunningham on Thursday confirmed plans to allow Irvine high schools to start holding athletic camps after the first day of school on Aug. 20. Dan Albano in the Orange County Register -- 8/7/20
Education
San Diego Catholic high school files lawsuit against Newsom to reopen in the fall -- St. Augustine High, a Catholic school, and seven families of its students filed a lawsuit Thursday against Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow the school to have in-person learning in the fall. Andrea Lopez-Villafaña in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/7/20
California colleges in last-minute scramble to open without state guidance -- Just days before the fall semester is set to begin, California colleges and universities are scrambling to finalize reopening plans that affect thousands of students as top leaders say the state’s lack of guidance for weeks has frustrated efforts to bring back limited in-person learning and dorm living. Teresa Watanabe, Nina Agrawal, Phil Willon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Why special education funding will be more equitable under new state law -- California’s method of funding special education will become streamlined and a little more equitable, thanks to a provision in the recently passed state budget. Carolyn Jones EdSource -- 8/7/20
Tech Workplace
Facebook extends work-from-home option until July 2021, joining Google and Uber -- Facebook is matching fellow tech companies Google and Uber by extending its work-from-home option for all employees until July 2021. Roland Li in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
Unemployed
Many of California’s recent unemployment claims are people refiling after temporary jobs, study finds -- More than half of California jobless claims for the week ending July 25 were reopened claims by those who had previously reported losing a job, according to a new analysis by the California Policy Lab, an initiative that harnesses the expertise of academics from UCLA and UC Berkeley to address policy questions. Danielle Echeverria in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
New Normal
SF restaurant turns to dome dining amid growing homelessness on streets -- For struggling San Francisco restaurants, adding outdoor dining means facing a variety of elements on the city’s streets — including a homelessness crisis that’s worsened during the pandemic. In the case of one fine-dining restaurant, it means enclosing diners in transparent geodesic domes on the plaza outside its doors. Janelle Bitker in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/7/20
Also . . .
Grand jury charges UC Davis researcher with visa fraud and concealing membership in Chinese military -- A federal grand jury in Sacramento has charged that a cancer researcher at UC Davis committed visa fraud when she concealed her alleged membership in the Chinese military in seeking permission to live and study in the United States. Matthew Ormseth in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/7/20
Milestone at San Onofre: All spent fuel emptied from cooling pools, clearing way for plant dismantling -- The nuclear odyssey that began in 1968 — when Lyndon B. Johnson was president, Apollo 8 orbited the moon and nuclear power was championed as a pillar of progress — has taken a historic turn. Teri Sforza in the Orange County Register -- 8/7/20
POTUS 45
Trump’s economic comeback is becoming a slowdown and likely a stall-out -- New jobless claims declined a bit last week after two weeks of increases but remain above 1 million per week. Ben White Politico -- 8/7/20
Beltway
White House, Democrats fail to reach agreement on virus relief bill, and next steps are uncertain -- White House officials and Democratic leaders ended a three-hour negotiation Thursday evening without a coronavirus relief deal or even a clear path forward, with both sides remaining far apart on critical issues. Erica Werner, Jeff Stein and Paul Kane in the Washington Post$ -- 8/7/20
Biden says Harris is 'very much in contention' to be his running mate -- Joe Biden said Sen. Kamala Harris is “very much in contention” to be his running mate on the 2020 Democratic ticket, clarifying that he doesn’t hold a grudge against the California lawmaker for attacking him in an early primary debate. Max Cohen Politico -- 8/7/20
-- Thursday Updates
Coronavirus: California unemployment claims fall for second straight week -- California workers filed fewer first-time claims for unemployment last week, marking the second straight week for a decline in the pace of filings, federal officials reported Thursday, a hopeful sign in a time of coronavirus-linked business shutdowns. George Avalos in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/6/20
Fewer unemployed California workers expect to regain their old jobs -- About 61 percent of the California workers who filed new unemployment claims during the week that ended on July 25 reported that they expected to be recalled by the employers who had laid them off or furloughed them, according to a report prepared by the California Policy Lab at UC Berkeley and UCLA. George Avalos in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/6/20
School
Rural California schools prepare for possible in-person teaching -- While many school districts in the state’s more populous areas have been essentially forced to start the school year teaching remotely, more sparsely populated have options. Ricardo Cano CalMatters -- 8/6/20
What will it take for schools to reopen safely in the midst of a pandemic? -- Across America, the back-to-school season is nearly upon us. Yet for millions of children, that won’t necessarily mean returning to their classrooms. Deborah Netburn in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/20
Virus
Southeast L.A. already faced many ills. Now it’s the epicenter of coronavirus -- Southeast Los Angeles County has become the epicenter for the resurgence of the coronavirus, according to a Times analysis of county health data that found infections skyrocketing in its mostly working-class Latino communities. Ben Poston, Tony Barboza, Ryan Menezes in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/20
Eighth California corrections officer dies of COVID-19 -- Sgt. Seeyengkee Ly, 38, died Aug. 2, according to a statement released by the California Correctional Peace Officers Assn. He spent more than 17 years with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and served at several prison facilities. Hayley Smith in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/20
Coronavirus shut us down again, but Northern California casinos remain open. Are they safe? -- Gaming tribes voluntarily closed the casino doors in March in response to the pandemic but the governor cannot bar tribes from reopening because of the sovereign nation status of tribal lands. Ben Deci, a Yocha Dehe spokesman, told The Sacramento Bee in May that Cache Creek’s June restart was coordinated in concert with Newsom’s office. Darrell Smith in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/20
Raucous parties, young adults fueling California’s COVID-19 crisis -- Younger adults are fueling California’s coronavirus pandemic like never before, health officials are warning, and massive parties and other large social gatherings are threatening to unravel the progress the state is making. Rong-Gong Lin II in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/20
A mask in every mailbox? California Democrats up pressure campaign in Congress -- California Democrats in Congress are increasing pressure on their leaders to get all Americans to wear masks to fight the coronavirus pandemic — including by mailing them to every household. Tal Kopan in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/6/20
Policy & Politics
Faced with dying Californians and withering businesses, Gov. Newsom steers a middle path. Can it last? -- As coronavirus infections and deaths rise dramatically, the Democratic governor navigates pressure to both tighten restrictions and ease up on businesses. Laurel Rosenhall CalMatters -- 8/6/20
CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Ben Meng abruptly resigns after less than 2 years in job -- CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Yu Ben Meng is resigning after less than two years on the job, according to a Wednesday night news release. The release didn’t provide a reason for Meng’s immediate departure, which was announced at 10:09 p.m., while quoting him saying he needs to focus on his health and family. Wes Venteicher in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/6/20
Critics demand fairer prop ballot labels and summaries, but lawsuits are flaming out -- In California elections, it’s practically tradition. About 100 days before the election, the state attorney general writes up a label and succinct summary of each ballot proposition. And then, like clockwork, pro- and anti-camps spend the next 20 days feverishly filing lawsuits. Ben Christopher CalMatters -- 8/6/20
Poseidon’s Huntington Beach desalination plant still in choppy waters -- As Poseidon Water pursues the final government approvals needed to build one of the country’s biggest seawater desalination plants, the company still cannot definitively say who will buy the 50 million gallons a day of drinking water it wants to produce on the Orange County coast. Bettina Boxall in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/20
Shipping containers pitched as next stop after Convention Center shelter -- When the temporary homeless shelter in the San Diego Convention Center eventually closes, many of the people inside may not have to move to another shelter, but rather into permanent housing that could be quickly and economically built from converted shipping containers. Gary Warth in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/6/20
Fox: Proposition 15 and the Tug-of-War over Gov. Newsom -- You’d have to forgive Gov. Gavin Newsom if he’s feeling like the rope in a classic tug-of-war between those on the opposite sides of the Proposition 15 property tax increase measure, each grabbing an arm and pulling him in their direction for an endorsement. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 8/6/20
Also . . .
How the missing Marines, sailor and amphibious vehicle were found -- A U.S. Navy diving and salvage ship is on its way to the northwest end of San Clemente Island to begin recovering eight servicemen and a seafaring vehicle found after several days searching the seafloor. Erika I. Ritchie in the Orange County Register -- 8/6/20
Homeless people in L.A. increasingly are taking their lives by hanging -- He was a talented skateboarder on the verge of landing a company sponsorship. Dressed in loud Hawaiian shirts or track suits, his shock of hair untamed, skater style, Jacob Glory Russaw practiced ollies and kick flips for hours at the Venice and North Hollywood skate parks or in the streets of east Hollywood. Then he made up his own tricks. Gale Holland in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/20
FBI removes firearms from Jake Paul’s mansion in probe of shopping mall riot -- YouTube personality Jake Paul was outside the Scottsdale Fashion Square mall in Arizona in May when what police described as a riot broke out. Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/6/20
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