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Need to know: Dixon vice mayor facing recall, Thai soccer team rescued

Activists are pushing for Dixon Vice Mayor Ted Hickman, who wrote a homophobic op-ed, to resign. All 12 members of a Thai boys' soccer team and their coach have been rescued.
Dixon residents have mixed reactions to Vice Mayor Ted Hickman's op-ed, where he declared July as 'Straight Pride American Month'.

1. Dixon's Vice Mayor wrote a homophobic op-ed. Now residents are calling for his resignation

A group of people are meeting and planning to peacefully protest at the Dixon City Council Meeting Tuesday night to ask for Vice Mayor Ted Hickman resignation.

2. Daring rescue saves all 12 boys, soccer coach from Thai cave

“We did what no one ever thought we could do. This was a mission impossible that we have accomplished."

3. Lawsuit aims to get effort to split up California off ballot

The California Supreme Court has tossed initiatives in the past after ruling they went too far in changing government structure.

4. Latest: County Fire reaches 80 percent containment

Since the start of the fire, 20 structures have been destroyed, with three damaged, according to information from Cal Fire.

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6. Basic income among young California mayor's bold ideas

The 27-year-old mayor of Stockton, California, is launching bold experiments including providing a monthly $500 check to some of the city's low-income residents.

7. CHP officer's motorcycle hit in collision on Highway 99

A California Highway Patrol officer's motorcycle was hit while on the side of the road in a crash on Highway 99 Tuesday, according to CHP.

8. Suspect arrested for arson after fire destroys classroom at Grant High School

Adam Prater was arrested for arson and burglary, among other charges, following the incident.

9. Northern California jail ends lucrative contract with ICE

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department is the third local law enforcement agency in California to cut ties in recent months with ICE.

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