Monday, June 28, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: California Democrats again seek to alter recall laws
  • SFC: Car break-ins are up 753% in S.F.’s tourist hub. The aftermath happens elsewhere
  • SFC: California far north residents told to be ready to flee fire as needed
  • LAT $: Fires in Kern County, Northern California grow as temperatures soar
  • FresBee: Wildfire forces closure of Friant Road in Fresno County, with hundreds of acres at risk
  • SJMN: California wildfires: Fighting bigger blazes with Silicon Valley technology
  • SacBee: Small El Dorado County wildfire that forced evacuations this weekend is fully contained
  • AP: Drought woes in dry US West raise July 4 fireworks fears
  • CG: 11 California Cities Make ‘Most Dangerous In U.S.’ List 2021
  • Arrested retail theft suspects believed tied to crimes across Stanislaus, SJ counties
  • SFC: One killed, one hurt in separate East Oakland shootings
  • AP: Southern California shooting wounds 3, including teenage boy
  • AP: Man shot, killed by police in Southern California suburb
  • SFC: S.F. man wanted for two Potrero Hill killings arrested in Livermore
  • Saturday Headlines
  • Sunday Headlines
  • AP: Southern California sees heat wave, high temperatures
  • SJMN: California power grid operator urges conservation amid soaring temperatures
  • FresBee: California power grid manager not planning on Flex Alert amid West Coast heat wave
  • LAT $: Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox proposes plan on California homelessness
  • VOSD: VOSD Podcast: The Homelessness Crisis Is Still a Crisis
  • OCReg: Gascón’s plan to cut decades-long prison term for juvenile tried as an adult met with opposition
  • LAT $: Highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant spreading fast in California
  • OCReg: Newsom’s $5 billion rent relief may right a wrong
  • CalM: California’s eviction moratorium extension: What’s in it for tenants and landlords?
  • LAT $: A rebel lawyer accused California cops of corruption. Then they accused him of murder
  • BreitbartCA: Squad Fraud: jamaal Bowman Requested Police Protection —While Championing ’Defund’ Movement
  • AP: Cesar Chavez’s legacy lives on in Biden’s staff, Oval Office
  • SDUT: National University faces questions in its drive to become a force in online education
  • SDUT: This group says San Diego needs 4 million more trees to achieve ‘tree equity’
  • OCReg: FPPC opens door to taxpayer-funded elections
  • SDUT: Chris Reed: The NCAA is even worse than the Supreme Court says
  • Reason: Chef Andrew Gruel Survived COVID-19 and Gavin Newsom
  • OCReg: Government unions’ campaign to undermine the First Amendment
  • SFC: Catholic bishops trying to weaponize Communion are alienating their own flock
  • CalM: Newsom wildfire prevention claims undercut his credibility again
  • SFC: Marin’s public housing residents should decide their own future
  • SJMN: Over budget and behind schedule: Why the Bay Area can’t get big transportation projects right
  • Modesto has four candidates for police chief, including department’s interim leader
  • CalCoast: SLO County judge denies gag order in Black Lives Matter cases
  • VCStar $: Oil bankruptcies leave taxpayers on the hook for bills
  • LAT $: Abcarian: Yikes! Is Sheriff Villanueva actually making sense about homelessness in Venice Beach?
  • LADN: LA County reports 239 new coronavirus cases; concern endures over infectious “Delta” variant
  • OCReg: Coronavirus tracker: 54% of Orange County is fully vaccinated with 3.6 million doses administered as of June 25
  • OCReg: Wynne Lee, driver accused as accessory in road-rage death of boy, is released on bail
  • PE: ACLU pushes Riverside Superior Court to end civil assessments on traffic tickets
  • VOSD: Politics Report: A Clean Ocean Tax
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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