Today’s topics include:

Local News:

• Schools districts close to or already decided on plans for next school year
• Fall HS sports delayed until January and competitive sports reduced to 6 weeks total
• PGA Barracuda Championship kicks off this week at Old Greenway in Truckee
• Red Flag warning around the Tahoe Basin

Nation and World

• C19 Totals: 16.4m cases, 653k deaths (US = 4.3m, 150k)CARES 2 Act decision expected in congress today for $1t stimulus package
• Fox Sports virtual fans create love and hate among baseball
• Chick-fil-A offers free food voucher for coins amid shortage
• Hawaii braces for rare Hurricane Douglas, Hurricane Hanna devolved into a tropical depression
• Kim Jong Un finally admits COVID is in N. Korea
• Trump’s national security adviser test positive for COVID, the most senior White House official to be tested positive
• Vaccine testing starting this week for 30k volunteers… Moderna and Pfizer leading the pack
• US and Europe launching rover to Mars on Thurs. 7/30 at 4:50am PST from Cape Canaveral – 3rd launch to the red planet this month, Atlas 5… same rocket that took “Curiosity” to Mars
• “Beyond the Bag” Initiative The world’s biggest retailers are trying to replace the plastic shopping bag.
• Serena Williams’ 2-year-old daughter is now the youngest owner in pro sports
• Tues, 7/30 = Nat’l Hamburger Day, Wed 7/29 = Nat’l Chicken Wing Day

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