Thursday, July 1, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • Car Break-Ins Skyrocket As Thieves Target Unsuspecting Tourists In San Francisco
  • BreitbartCA: Armed Men Attempt to Rob News Crew While Interviewing Oakland’s Director of Violence Prevention
  • LAT $: Bay Area TV news crew held up in armed robbery attempt during interview
  • AP: PG&E seeks $3.6 billion in rate hikes for wildfire safety
  • AP: California wildfire grows; evacuations remain in effect
  • SFC: Salt Fire in Shasta County scorches 1,000 acres amid hot, windy conditions
  • SacBee: Evacuations being ordered for new wildfire burning in Northern California north of Redding
  • SFC: What to know about this year’s wildfires
  • LAT $: Northern California’s Lava fire keeps growing, forcing thousands to flee their homes
  • PE: Blaze destroys 3 homes, injures 2 firefighters in Jurupa Valley
  • AP: California virus cases rising as delta variant spreads
  • LAT $: State launches audit of sexual harassment policies at powerful Southern California water agency
  • Reason: The Stealthy Economic Radicalism of Biden's Boring Presidency
  • Reason: Broadway Hit Hamilton Could Get Up to $50 Million Federal Bailout
  • Reason: The Bill Will Come Due on Biden's Trillions
  • SacBee: As drought ravages California, Biden’s infrastructure bill could help store more water
  • SFC: California’s rain year just ended — and the data shows we’re in trouble
  • LADN: Large fireworks explosion in South LA injures 17, including 9 LAPD officers
  • LAT $: 17 hurt in blast during LAPD detonation of explosive devices
  • CG: Bill to Crosscheck EDD Applicants With CDCR Prison Records Passes Senate Comm.
  • LAT $: Jeffrey Katzenberg emerges as figure in L.A. homelessness debate
  • SacBee: Mayor Steinberg wants Sacramento to be required to shelter or house all homeless people
  • LADN: LA City Council votes to resume encampment cleanups on Sept. 1
  • SDUT: CIF revokes Coronado High School championship win following tortilla incident
  • AP: California school stripped of title over tortilla incident
  • AP: California AG’s wife leading in bid for his Assembly seat
  • FresBee: Who got the most stimulus money? New IRS report breaks it down by group
  • SJMN: Fires: Biden raises firefighters’ pay, Newsom slams Trump’s wildfire management
  • SacBee: Sacramento-area county leaders urge California to allow local decision on masks in schools
  • SFC: The anti-mask Mendocino cafe is closing under new landlord
  • Face masks not necessary in US to curb Delta variant, CDC chief says
  • Not just neo-Nazis with tiki torches: Why Jewish students say they also fear cloaked anti-Semitism
  • Ilhan Omar Knows What She’s Doing
  • AP: California hate crime up 31% in 2020, led by anti-Black bias
  • LAT $: Hate crimes against Asians jumped 107% in California in ‘an epidemic of hate’
  • CalM: Should homeowners pay for climate change?
  • CalM: The pandemic laid bare existing inequalities. California’s kids felt the pain.
  • FresBee: Proud Boys member from Oakhurst charged with crimes in U.S. Capitol insurrection
  • FresBee: California Republican votes ‘no’ on Capitol riot committee after supporting earlier proposal
  • OCReg: How the lab leak hypothesis reaffirms the merits of free speech
  • NR: Who Really Wants to Defund Police? Democrats, That's Who
  • NR: The Absurdly Misleading Attacks on Anti-CRT Rules
  • OCReg: Newsom fire plans are going up in smoke
  • Reason: At Least 5 Justices Seem To Think the CDC's Eviction Moratorium Is Illegal. SCOTUS Left It in Place Anyway.
  • Incremental Outrageousness Is Killing America
  • CG: Opinion: California Should Recall Our One-Hit Wonder Governor
  • SacBee: The Sacramento area’s first freeway toll lane is likely coming to this major bottleneck
  • SFC: Bay Area county promises a ‘zero tolerance’ crackdown on fireworks
  • SFC: Will S.F. close juvenile hall, or will kids still be incarcerated at annual cost of $1.1M?
  • SJMN: After vote to remove police from campus, San Jose Unified equity coalition looks ahead to more reforms
  • SFC: San Jose could be first U.S. city requiring gun owners to pay taxpayers for gun violence
  • In Stanislaus County, patients are waiting 45 minutes for an ambulance. Why so long?
  • CalCoast: SLO County red tags People’s Self-Help Housing project in Los Osos
  • VCStar $: Hatred toward college students likely motivated rampage
  • LADN: Coronavirus cases continue to tick upward in LA County
  • Traffic watch: Which US city has worst traffic? It's not Los Angeles.
  • LAT $: Need a ride? Metro Micro offers $1 rideshares around L.A.
  • LAT $: Crackdown on thieves of catalytic converters nets 20 suspects in Torrance
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: Here are vaccination percentages and COVID-19 stats in Orange County as of June 30
  • SDUT: Former San Diego city attorney demands answers on Ash Street from his successor and mayor
  • SDUT: San Diego Convention Center ending its role as a facility for unaccompanied migrant children
  • SDUT: Biden signs methane reduction resolution by Rep. Scott Peters
  • VOSD: Appraisals Undermine Housing Commission’s Defense of Hotel Purchases

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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