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August 17, 2020

• SMUD power outage in Sacramento not part of California rolling blackouts, utility says
• Lightning storms, hot weather cause 26 fires in Butte County. Evacuation orders issued
• Placer courts closing early again to save electric power
• Rental assistance and tiny homes: Sacramento outlines $62 million homeless spending plan
• New shoes, new masks. Rescue School District opens its doors for students
• 49ers training camp: Jalen Hurd likely out for the season, humidity takes its toll
• ‘Golden Girls’ home sells for more than $1 million over asking price. See the L.A. pad
• Treadmills are an option at this year’s virtual Huntington’s Disease Sacramento walkathon
• New farmers market debuts this week at midtown Sacramento’s Winn Park
• Neither automatic sprinklers nor heat waves dissuade the dedicated among exercisers
• Fear and loathing the year 2020 — illustrated
• Sacramento County unveils $69 million spending plan to fight coronavirus
• ‘Faint calls for help’ lead cops to find man dead in pipe at water park, AZ cops say
• Coronavirus updates: California watchlist updated; Sacramento County death toll tops 200
• Sunday’s predicted Northern California electricity blackout turns into false alarm
• Will California cool down soon? Was it really 112? Answers to your heat wave questions
• Booming thunderstorm caps wild weather weekend in Sacramento, but heat wave continues
• Sacramento judge will hear defense attorneys’ case for early jail releases
• Swarm of earthquakes in Mexico shakes parts of Southern California, Arizona, USGS says
• NBA exec: Buddy Hield trade and other moves interim Kings GM Joe Dumars must consider
• DNC coming to a Zoom near you + CalPERS, PUC on hot seat + Black drivers stopped more often
• Rolling blackouts expected today for 1 million Californians, energy officials warn
• Your AC should be going full blast this morning, utility experts say. Here’s why
• Bernie Sanders won big in California. Here’s why his Golden State delegates are settling for Biden
• Ex-workers allege sexism, mistreatment of homeless by Sacramento coffee kingpin
• ‘Simply unacceptable.’ Gavin Newsom says California rolling blackouts can’t happen again
• California ethics agency opens investigation into former CalPERS investment chief
• Poor training, faulty thermometers hurt California prisons’ COVID-19 response, report says
• Watch: California Gov. Gavin Newsom provides COVID-19, energy shortage updates
• Kings win NBA Draft Lottery tiebreaker with New Orleans Pelicans to improve position
• A coronavirus loophole? Capital Christian High School opens, saying it’s day care
• Update: Homes destroyed, 4,000 people evacuated for Jones Fire near Grass Valley, Nevada City
• Sex, murder and video: Judge rejects playing jail cell video of Golden State Killer
• Newsom wants investigation of California blackouts, as officials suspend volatile power trading