Friday, July 9, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • BreitbartCA: Pelosi’s Husband Bought Amazon Call Options Before Pentagon Announced New Contract with Company
  • As Bezos called for tax hikes, Amazon lobbied to keep its tax bill low
  • AP: Governor asks Californians to voluntarily cut water use
  • CalM: Newsom urges all Californians to cut water use by 15%
  • LADN: La Nina threatens to return and worsen drought in U.S. West
  • SFC: 6.0 quake rocks NorCal, followed by more than 60 aftershocks. Jolt felt in Bay Area
  • Boulders falling, tires wiggling: Here’s what one man saw during California earthquake
  • Dozens of strong aftershocks follow Sierra Nevada earthquake in Northern California
  • AP: Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes along California-Nevada border
  • AP: Aftershocks expected for days after California, Nevada quake
  • OCReg: California’s unemployment fiasco takes new turn: Bank of America wants out
  • SacBee: Special Report: New SEIU leader wants union out of California politics. Bad idea, labor says
  • SacBee: ‘Richard the real’: Outspoken California union leader makes a show of his promises
  • AP: California forest closed as wildfires burn, heat returns
  • LAT $: Former Garcetti staffer says an aide’s unwanted kissing and touching was ‘an open secret’
  • CG: Here’s Why California Gas Prices Are Highest in the Country
  • BreitbartCA: CNN Medical Analyst: ‘It’s Time to Start Mandating Vaccines’
  • SFC: Assembly weighs mandating vaccines after statehouse COVID outbreak
  • LAT $: Block by block, tent by tent, city crews remove homeless campers from Venice Beach
  • Hill: Job openings stayed at record high of 9.2 million in May
  • OCReg: Zero-down mortgages are back a decade after mortgage meltdown
  • OCReg: Ethnic studies, CRT forum venues changed after estimate for legal protection hits $96,000
  • SDUT: Number of Delta variants in San Diego County more than doubles in a week
  • LADN: Steady rise in coronavirus cases rekindles LA County officials’ worries
  • SDUT: ‘It was clearly an intentional act’: San Diego police motorcycle officer hit by car, injured
  • SJMN: Five Palo Alto officers sue city over Assata Shakur Black Lives Matter street mural
  • AP: Officers sue California city over Black Lives Matter mural
  • SFC: Berkeley’s ban on natural gas in new buildings upheld by federal judge
  • AP: California charges 6 ex-highway officers with overtime fraud
  • DM: Facebook is developing its own city near Silicon Valley HQ
  • AP: Victims of California synagogue shooting can sue gunmaker
  • SDUT: Protesters gathered outside Senator Feinstein Office, in hopes of ending the filibuster
  • LAT $: Barabak: Trump poses a riddle for Republican candidates in California. Here’s how their solutions differ
  • WSJ: ‘Financially Hobbled for Life’: The Elite Master’s Degrees That Don’t Pay Off
  • CG: Let’s Help Businesses Thrive in a Post-COVID World
  • Reason: Public Schools Still Can't Figure Out How To Reopen
  • NR: Hunter Biden Thinks Everyone Else Is Stupid
  • NR: Ban Critical Race Theory from K–12 Classrooms: A Response to the New York Times
  • OCReg: Rediscovering the promise of the American founding
  • Reason: If the CDC Can Impose a Nationwide Eviction Moratorium, Why Can't It Impose a Nationwide Vaccine Mandate?
  • California Democrats Are Nuking Affordable Energy
  • SFC: Lake Tahoe’s famously clear water is murky — here’s what’s causing it
  • CG: Show Vaccine Passport or Unvaccinated Employees Mask Up in Sacramento City Hall
  • SFC: Water customers in East Bay district urged to cut usage as drought worsens
  • SFC: S.F. DA Boudin talks recall at first in-person event since pandemic shutdown
  • SJMN: Mountain View: Attack on jogger appears to be anti-AAPI violence, police say
  • FresBee: Fresno County judge denies city’s request to enter Tower Theatre. But Fresno has options
  • VCStar $: County airports director quits, cites leadership concernsnews
  • LADN: House approves $19.1 million for San Fernando Valley transportation projects
  • OCReg: Long Beach now controls the Queen Mary, but it may have to deal with a derelict submarine too
  • OCReg: Santa Ana trash contract shows need for choice
  • LAT $: Sexual assault accusations at Orange County hospital lead to lawsuit against nurse
  • VOC: Will Masks be Required When Orange County Students Go Back to School in the Fall?
  • OCReg: Judge suspends court proceedings against accused Orange mass shooter
  • PE: Riverside panel proposes easing reliance on electricity revenue transfer
  • PE: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visits Riverside County
  • PE: What you need to know to run in Riverside County’s special elections this November
  • SBSun: Parolee shot from behind by sheriff’s deputy sues San Bernardino County
  • SBSun: Rialto to use $1 million from state to launch electric bike share program
  • VOSD: North County Report: San Dieguito Teachers Union Is at War With the Board
  • VOSD: Housing Commission Valued Mission Valley Hotel as if the Pandemic Never Happened
  • SDUT: Witness in lawsuit against San Diego recants, says she was bullied into signing untrue declaration
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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