Dallas police work as 911 call takers due to staff shortage, CDC updates mask guidelines for schools: Your Friday evening roundup

And: A Dallas bakery is asking fans for $150,000 to sue a similarly named restaurant.  [Morning roundup] [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( |[STATE OF THE CITY]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( | [GAMES AND PUZZLES]( 07/09/2021 By Chelsea Watkins Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. ADVERTISEMENT [Uber’s downsizing could upsize vacant Dallas office space]( [Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks, CDC says]( [Developer Bill Hutchinson wanted in California on sex-crime charges, sued in Dallas County]( [Flight attendants aren’t ready to abandon face masks, but pandemic is still challenging air crews]( [What’s in the GOP-backed Texas election bills: Early voting, mail-in ballots, citizenship checks]( [Dallas bakery asks fans for $150,000 to sue similarly named restaurant]( [What did lawmakers do for Texas school children? Join the Legislature’s education chairs for a recap]( [‘Working’ director can relate to the blue-collar characters in new Dallas Theater Center production]( [Multiple drownings at Joe Pool Lake ‘very, very unusual,’ according to Grand Prairie official]( [GM recalls 400,000 pickups over air bags exploding without warning, including two Texas cases]( Candidates fill out job applications at the City of Dallas job fair that aims to hire new 911 call dispatchers at the Dallas police headquarters on Friday. The hiring event comes as long delays have been reported in call response and about two dozen call taker vacancies. (Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer) NEWS [Dallas police taking shifts as 911 call takers to help with staffing shortages]( Dallas police officers and other department employees have been temporarily taking shifts as 911 emergency dispatchers to address call taker staff shortages and delays in answering calls. [More than 250 police employees have received training]( to work in the city’s 911 call center on their days off for overtime pay and respond to emergency calls, said Robert Uribe, the city’s 911 technology and communications administrator. Each of the three daily 911 call center shifts has been staffed with around 40 people since June 20, about double the number of call takers who worked shifts in recent months. TEXT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS [Readers often tell us they want to stay informed but that they're short on time. That's why we're launching a new way for you to stay connected, with texts from The Dallas Morning News.]( [Want to get a quick hit of the biggest headlines of the day? Sign up for The Roundup. It's a Monday-Friday, daily briefing of the latest news impacting D-FW residents. Text us back with your questions or thoughts and we'll respond.]( 📱 Get connected. [Sign up here](. ❓ Got questions? We've got [answers](. *The Roundup is free to receive. Standard text messaging and data rates may apply. ADVERTISEMENT  👋 That's all for this afternoon! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Submit your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to[the newsroom.]( ADVERTISEMENT STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2021 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](