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August 20, 2021

• Tensions erupt at SEIU Local 1000 as CalPERS board member texts vulgar phrase at president
• Many California prison employees ordered to get COVID-19 vaccines in new mandate
• GOP candidate Larry Elder must drop out of recall. California doesn’t want a sexist governor
• As wildfires rage, hunters and campers face fines for entering these California forests
• A QAnon governor? Three California recall candidates have supported the conspiracy movement
• ‘Hearts and prayers with our neighbors’: Caldor Fire shuts down El Dorado wineries
• More than 20,000 California janitors vote to authorize strike that could start in September
• Thousands of farmers face $10,000-a-day fines if they pull water from California rivers
• Cal State schools, including Sac State, confront courses with high failure, withdrawal rates
• Police arrest 3 from Sacramento after $5K worth of merchandise stolen from Ulta in Manteca
• History packets saying slaves were ‘treated kindly’ pulled by Utah learning center
• Tree poacher banned from parks where he cut part of redwood, California officials say
• West Coast exposed to 7 times more wildfire pollution than standards allow, study says
• ‘It looked like hell.’ Stories of loss and survival from inside California’s Caldor Fire
• About half of Covered California enrollees pay $1 monthly premium for health care coverage
• Youngest orca at SeaWorld San Diego dies at 6 years old. ‘Sudden and unexpected’
• Teenage boy stabs party guest in neck after fight breaks out in California, cops say
• How California’s toxic wildfire smoke affects your health. What the experts are saying
• Caldor Fire, still growing and uncontained, destroys more than 100 structures
• What we saw from 49ers’ feisty practice with the Chargers; Garoppolo vs. Lance duel
• Breaking down Sacramento Kings’ 2021-22 NBA schedule, roster, outlook, playoff chances
• Wildfire updates: Dixie Fire passes 700,000 acres; Caldor Fire slows but remains uncontained 
• Sacramento City Council to consider asking residents to reduce water use by 15%, upping fines
• Could writing in Gavin Newsom’s name save his tenure as governor? Here’s what we know
• Famed Cavalli penthouse high over L.A. for sale for $21 million. See the luxury home
• Californians face annual trauma with wildfires. Why don’t we talk about our eco-anxieties?
• Caldor Fire: 46-mile stretch of Highway 50 closed between Placerville, South Lake Tahoe
• Recall candidate Larry Elder under fire for comments on women, allegations from former fiancée
• Why California labor is worried about the Gavin Newsom recall election
• Kamala Harris will campaign against the California Gavin Newsom recall. Here’s when
• Bee’s Best prep football: No. 1 Folsom returns 19 starters from strong spring team
• Bee’s Best prep football: No. 2 Monterey Trail starts with a rematch against Folsom
• Need a break? Habitats, endangered species, birds just a car ride away from Sacramento
• Bee’s Best prep football poll: Quarterback ace Garcia wins ‘Best Senior’ poll
• Here’s how you, too, can train like the Sacramento’s very own American Ninja Warriors