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If you are having trouble reading this email, [read the online version](. [News Daily Logo]( [Tribes Frustrated at Being Locked out of California Cannabis Market]( [two snails]( POLITICO California Pro reports: California's marijuana legalization was supposed to provide economic justice to communities most affected by drug laws in the past, but Native American tribes that have suffered say the state is unfairly shutting them out of its nascent cannabis trade. Tribes want the state to establish compacts, similar to gaming deals, that would allow them to sell cannabis grown on tribal lands to the broader California market. Under such arrangements, tribes would agree to regulations similar to those established under Proposition 64 and provide tax revenue to the state for products sold off-reservation. But tribal leaders say they've been ignored by Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration despite months of trying to get the state to engage on cannabis compacts. Their frustration spilled over last month at a state workshop in Los Angeles where the California Native American Cannabis Association gave an hour-long presentation criticizing the state that ended with Bureau of Cannabis Control Chief Lori Ajax visibly angry. "Can't we bypass those years of going at each other over these issues and just come to the good agreement where the state recognizes the tribe's sovereignty for what they can do on the reservation and still have a productive, healthy market? Apparently not," said tribal attorney Mark Levitan during the presentation. The stakes are high for some 35 tribes interested in starting cannabis businesses to get back to the negotiation table. Because Proposition 64, which voters approved in 2016, was silent on how the state would interact with tribes in the legal marketplace, they've had to watch from the sidelines as the multibillion-dollar cannabis market rapidly develops without them. Many of these tribes rank among the communities with the highest rates of unemployment and drug abuse in the state. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images [2nd Democratic Primary Debate Matchups Set: Sanders Vs. Warren And Biden Vs. Harris]( NPR reports: The lineup is now set for the second series of Democratic presidential primary debates, at the end of the month. On the first night, progressive favorites Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be on stage together for the first time, while upstart South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg will be trying to continue his improbable rise. On the second night, the marquee matchup will likely again be former Vice President Joe Biden versus California Sen. Kamala Harris, who had a nasty back-and-forth during their initial debate over Biden's past opposition to busing in some instances. It is also notable that with race playing such a big role not just this past week in politics with President Trump, but also in this Democratic campaign, that all of the candidates of color ended up being on stage together on the second night. That will make for odd optics on Night 1 and also potentially creates a difficult position for Biden, given the exchange over school integration in the first debate. The debates will be held on July 30 and 31 in Detroit. [Stanford Students Have Lowest Average Federal Debt of University Graduates in the Bay Area]( According to a recent analysis by the Bay Area News Group of federal loan data from the 2016-17 academic year, students who graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's degree had the lowest average debt, compared to graduates at any other four-year college or university in the Bay Area. The average federal loan debt among graduates there came to roughly $13,800, thousands of dollars less than several nearby public universities with significantly lower tuition rates. What's more, fewer than 20% of Stanford graduates enter the real world with any loan burden whatsoever. And that's where Stanford's $26.5 billion endowment comes into play. "Ten years ago, we stopped expecting students to borrow as part of their financial aid package," explained Karen Cooper, Stanford's financial aid director. "We realized that lo and behold, people from low-income backgrounds weren't applying because the sticker price was so scary." Today, Stanford covers full tuition for any students whose parents make less than $125,000. And students whose families make less than $65,000 get a free ride and also have their room and board covered, Cooper said. In both cases, she added, those students have to work during the academic year and contribute $5,000. Only a small percentage of applicants to Stanford are actually admitted, Cooper noted. And among the select few that are, most don't have to worry about how they'll pay for it. "No students, regardless of income, are expected to borrow," she said. But for those who do, she added, "we took loans out of the equation." [Chevron Says Attempt to Seal Off Well May Have Triggered Big Kern County Oil Spill]( Chevron says its crews' efforts to seal off a damaged and abandoned well in a Kern County oil field are believed to have started a chain of events that led to the unintentional release of estimated 800,000 gallons of oil and water over the last two months. The company also said in a background briefing Friday that its attempts to confirm the source of the original leak and shut it down may have unleashed even higher flows in the weeks after the initial problem was discovered. The incident, which began May 10, led to an order from state oil and gas regulators for Chevron to "take all measures" to stop the flow, which reactivated this week. The main spill, which state officials say contains about 265,000 gallons of crude, was first reported by KQED last week and prompted calls from state legislators who want to know what happened at the well site and why it so long for the incident to become public. Chevron officials say they've traced the spill -- formally called a surface expression and which they refer to as a seep -- to work the company says it routinely does to keep tabs on wells that have been taken out of production. # [Why Isn't Local Seafood a Bigger Deal in the Bay Area?]( From Bay Curious: Like many things in the Bay Area, the seeming dearth of a robust local seafood scene can be traced in part to the cost of doing business -- and that, in turn, can be traced to the region's high real estate costs. "How expensive it is to stay in business in the Bay Area means that all of us who are in business are trying to find ways to cut costs, and we are cutting costs in the ingredients that we are using," said Kenny Belov, who runs Fish restaurant in Sausalito and TwoXSea, a seafood wholesaler at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Bay Area restaurants have to deal with high rents and high salaries among other costs, and adding in the volatility and uncertainty that comes with buying local, wild-caught seafood can make things even tougher. It's much easier and more economical, according to Belov, for restaurants to serve Atlantic salmon raised in fish farms. These fish provide a consistent supply at a consistent price all year long, but some see farmed salmon as an inferior product and potentially harmful to the oceans. It's not just about the demand; the supply of wild-caught Bay Area seafood has been in flux in recent years. Several California fisheries, including chinook salmon, Dungeness crab and rockfish, have been curtailed or temporarily shut down in recent years due to population declines traced to overfishing, water diversions, habitat destruction and drought, among other factors. "The number of fish that we can actually catch has gone way down," said Mike Hudson, who has worked as a commercial fisherman in the Bay Area for decades, catching mostly salmon. [Lake Tahoe Nearly Full After Stormy Winter; Potentially Enough Water for Three Summers]( [two snails]( AP reports: Lake Tahoe is the fullest it's been in nearly two decades. Officials say the alpine lake on the California-Nevada border is approaching the legal limit after snowmelt from a stormy winter left enough water to potentially last through three summers of drought. For three weeks, Tahoe has been within an inch of its maximum allowed surface elevation of 6,229.1 feet above sea level. It crept to within a half-inch earlier this week. Chad Blanchard, a federal water master in Reno responsible for managing the water, told the Reno Gazette Journal it's the longest he has seen the lake stay that high for so long. "This is a rare year," he said. "I've been doing this for 26 years, and we've had big (snow) years, but this one is unique as far as being up within an inch of being full and it's just hanging there ... It's a product of still having so much snow up there." Photo: Lake Tahoe over the July 4, 2019, weekend. (Suzie Racho) [Tell Us: What's Co-Living Really Like in the Bay Area?]( [two snails]( When MTV's "The Real World San Francisco" debuted in 1994, the idea of seven strangers living in a fully furnished, decked out house to see what happens "when people stop being polite, and start getting real" was a perfect recipe for entertainment. Now, with the rise of "co-living," that same formula is just life in the Bay Area. Communal living is nothing new, but it has been getting a "Real World"-style makeover in places like San Francisco that have lots of young workers and a wallet-crushing cost of living. Startup companies dedicated to co-living tout their sleekly designed homes and buildings where monthly rent for a single room typically includes Wi-Fi, cleaning service, stocked amenities, access to a high-end kitchen and other Instagram-worthy common areas outfitted with modern furnishings, plus LED TVs with Netflix. With all that, it may not feel so bad to share a bathroom with strangers. Or does it? We want to know what it's really like to live in a co-living space and are hoping you can help us tell this Bay Area story. If this describes your housing situation, or that of a friend, let us know in the form ([here](. What's this for? KQED will be filming a short docu-series episode on co-living as part of our California Dream coverage. Share your story, and you might become a part of our reporting. [Moon Landing Memories ...]( [two snails]( KQED cartoonist Mark Fiore: I wasn't quite born in time for the [Apollo 11 moon landing]( but I was there in spirit. The Fiore family was camping at the Twin Lakes Campground in Mammoth Lakes on July 20, 1969. I'm the youngest of six kids and family lore has it that everyone was standing outside our VW bus looking up at the moon listening to the radio broadcast . . . probably wearing bell bottom jeans and hiking boots. My most memorable spaceflight experience recently was watching the live stream of Elon Musk [launching]( his Tesla roadster into space in what was probably the most expensive car advertisement in history. Cool nonetheless, though. Today's KQED News Daily was produced by Miranda Leitsinger in San Francisco. Got ideas, stories, comments? 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