• Just recently, California has determined that the Los Angeles Unified School District have broke federal law by keeping $5 million away from Catholic schools
• Out of the 100 eligible private Catholic schools, only 17 have received the district’s $349 million in Title I funds during 2019-2020

Caitlyn Jenner’s gubernatorial campaign piles up debt

• During the California recall race, Caitlyn Jenner’s campaign has raised about $747,000 and spent about $910,000 which leaves the campaign with around $156,000 in debt
• More than a quarter of that money has flowed to fundraising platform WinRed and to enlist the services of former Trump campaign hand Brad Parscale and former Bush press secretary, Ari Fleischer

California sees rising delta variant cases and new mask mandates

• San Francisco and 6 other counties in California’s Bay area have seen a surge in COVID-19 infections and this has prompted them to reinstate mask dates for indoor spaces
• The infection rates in San Francisco has increased by almost 20 times what they were at the lowest point in June
• According to recent state data, new California cases have jumped from fewer than 900 a day at the end of May to more than 9,000 a day

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• In another milestone for reopening the Southern California economy, Orange County is now within striking distance of its widest reopening based on the state’s four-tiered, color-coded blueprint
• According to data released Tuesday, Orange County’s rate of new coronavirus cases — adjusted based on the number of tests performed — dropped to 1.8 per day per 100,000
• Counties making moves on the reopening road map Tuesday included Mono and San Mateo, which moved from orange to yellow, and Madera, which moved from red to orange

• Four decades after its opening, Pacific Gas & Electric is finally preparing to shut the nuclear power plant in California
• It sits near several seismic fault lines and has long stirred fears that an earthquake-driven meltdown could spread deadly radiation across the state
• This Nuclear power plant is California’s largest source of power as it has generates nearly 6% of the state’s electricity in 2019
• With just three years until the plant begins to power down, California has no plan to directly replace it

• Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner announced a groundbreaking partnership with Amazon on Monday in which hundreds of jobs will be made available for high school graduates from low-income families
• As part of the new program, students must also be enrolled to attend a community college full-time
• Amazon said they will help prepare students to apply for the jobs, which includes working at the Amazon grocery store or packaging orders
• The pay will be at least $15 an hour and industry leading benefits like paid time off and health care
• In addition to work experience, Amazon officials said they will also provide flexible hours to help students go to school and earn money to help their families
• Students will also be able to apply for scholarships after their first year of employment

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