The rate of people testing positive for the coronavirus here in California continues to rise to levels our state hasn’t seen in months. And the Dixie Fire burning in Butte and Plumas counties has started to generate its own weather. These stories plus a conversation with Critics of Governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 restrictions on today’s California Report.

After a brief look at local news and regional weather, Felton Pruitt talks with Penelope Sullivan about her website, The Freedom Love Project.

We close with a commentary by Marc Cuniberti.