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Good morning, I’m pleased to share that this newsletter now has more subscribers than my mom does followers on Instagram. Good work, team. (And welcome, new subscribers.) Here’s the news you need to know for today.

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Los Angeles County will pay $47.6 million to settle several lawsuits alleging misconduct by sheriff’s deputies. In three cases, deputies shot people; in a fourth, they failed to prevent an inmate from killing himself and in a fifth, a man suffering a mental health crisis died after being violently restrained by deputies.

Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times

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The L.A. City Council booted protesters using bullhorns and noisemakers from its Tuesday meeting. In the past, the council has allowed the activists — who are demanding that Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo resign over their involvement in the city council racism scandal — to remain at council meetings. De León and Cedillo have refused to step down despite the urging of their council colleagues.

Eric He / City News Service

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Orange County declared a health emergency as its hospitals overflow from an early surge of respiratory infections, particularly respiratory syncytial virus among children. The broader United States is seeing an unusually early surge in pediatric RSV cases.

Jackie Fortiér / LAist

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The man accused of assaulting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer pleaded not guilty to charges including attempted murder. David DePape broke into the couple’s San Francisco home with the intent of holding the house speaker hostage and torturing her.

Dani Anguiano / The Guardian

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Nearly a third of southern Sierra Nevada forests were killed in the last decade by wildfires, drought and bark beetle infestations. The Sierra covers about a quarter of California’s landmass, and the losses will have grave consequences for state wildlife.

Hayley Smith / Los Angeles Times

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A survey found a significant drop in the number of female passengers riding L.A. buses and trains. 50% of respondents cited crime, sexual harassment and safety concerns.

Steve Scauzillo / Los Angeles Daily News

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The father of an 8-year-old who made the news for ascending Yosemite’s El Capitan pushed back against critics. Veterans in the sport accused Joe Baker of intentionally misleading the media about his son’s accomplishment in order to solicit attention and donations. Sam Baker, the 8-year-old, used fixed ropes to “jug up” the rock face without actually scaling the granite; his father argued that the difference between “climb” and “rope ascent” is a matter of semantics.

Gregory Thomas / San Francisco Chronicle

Nation / world

  • Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a House committee from accessing former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. (Reuters)

  • Republicans continue to gain a slight advantage in midterm polls as concern over the economy appears to be superseding abortion rights. (The Wall Street Journal)

  • Exit polls showed former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a narrow lead in Israeli elections, potentially paving the way for a comeback despite a plethora of corruption charges and worries of unrest. (Associated Press)

  • Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro agreed to a transition of power to leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, despite failing to give a formal concession. (The New York Times)

  • Migos rapper Takeoff, 28, was shot and killed outside of a bowling alley in Houston on Tuesday — the latest of a recent string of hip-hop artists to fall to gun violence. (Los Angeles Times)

Other things we’re reading

Tomo’s picks:

  • “Stanford knew about the campus imposter for a year. He kept coming back.” (The Stanford Daily)

  • “The Dark Heart of the Republican Party” (The Atlantic)

  • “The Pandemic Generation Goes to College. It Has Not Been Easy.” (The New York Times)

Anna’s picks:

In case you missed it

The man who broke into the Pelosi’s San Francisco home intended to hold the house speaker hostage and break “her kneecaps.” Federal prosecutors filed charges against the assailant, David DePape, revealing new details about the attack on Monday.

Megan Cassidy / San Francisco Chronicle

Mom-and-pop gas station owners worry that California’s 2035 gas car phaseout means the end of their businesses. Installing electric vehicle chargers can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars that only larger chains can afford, effectively spelling the end for the smaller stations once the used gas car market fades away in the coming decades.

Daniel Miller / Los Angeles Times

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