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According to wastewater monitoring, COVID levels quadrupled in California during the month of July, which is consistent with past seasonal upticks and part of a national trend. The currently circulating variants, Stratus and Nimbus, are not known to be particularly virulent, but could lead to hospitalizations and deaths in the elderly. [Chronicle] United Airlines has grounded all its flights bound for and leaving SFO due to an unexplained "technical issue" Wednesday evening, and no timetable for restoration of flights has been provided. Many delays are expected. [KRON4] Lawyers for the free speech-focused Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression have just sued the federal government on behalf of the student newspaper at Stanford University, The Stanford Daily, over threat

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