Saturday, July 17, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • Meet the Censored: Why Is Google Targeting Matt Orfalea?
  • BreitbartCA: Mike Lee: WH Flagging Misinformation on Social Media Looks ‘an Awful Lot Like a First Amendment Violation’82
  • Reason: The Government Should Stop Telling Facebook To Suppress COVID-19 Misinformation
  • White House Mum on Scope of Its Latest Censorship Push
  • WH Will Make Sure Social Media Companies Are "Aware Of The Latest Narratives" Dangerous To The Public
  • Biden on COVID and Facebook:Theyre Killing People
  • BreitbartCA: Anti-Science Fauci Not Worried L.A. Mask Mandate Will Hurt Trust in Vaccine
  • L.A.’s Mask Order Faces Push Back From Sheriff, Board Supervisor
  • AP: San Francisco Bay Area urges residents to wear masks indoors
  • Reason: Citing Rising COVID-19 Cases, L.A. County Reimposes a General Mask Mandate and Threatens Additional Restrictions
  • SFC: Bay Area health officials want us to mask indoors again. Here's why
  • BreitbartCA: NBC’s Dr. Gupta: L.A. County Mask Mandate Isn’t Backed by Science
  • SFC: S.F. has an unprecedented $1.1 billion to spend on homelessness. The pressure is on to make a difference
  • SacBee: California businesses hiring homeless workers can get a $30,000 tax credit through new law
  • CG: Gubernatorial Recall Candidate Caitlyn Jenner Heavily Criticized For Leaving California For Several Weeks
  • SacBee: Larry Elder talks politics on the radio. Can he get votes in the California recall election?
  • SFC: Who’s running against Newsom in the recall election? The window has shut
  • LAT $: As list of recall candidates takes shape, Jenner’s in Australia for a TV show
  • PE: Recall candidate selling Southern California homes
  • AP: California hiring slows in June; unemployment rate steady
  • LAT $: Two Californians charged in plot to blow up Democratic headquarters in Sacramento
  • AP: Charges cite Trump unrest in alleged plot on Democrats’ HQ
  • CalM: Legislature goes out with a budget bang
  • CG: AB 150, the Tax Budget Trailer Bill: What Does it Do Exactly?
  • OCReg: California lawmakers eye legislation based on lessons learned from Surfside condo collapse
  • AP: California AG starts first investigation of police shooting
  • FresBee: Fresno’s unvaccinated are ‘sitting ducks’ amid Delta variant increase, health officer warns
  • LADN: With nearly 2,000 new cases reported on Friday, LA County readies for coronavirus mask mandate’s sequel
  • LAT $: L.A. County leads national battle against the Delta variant
  • LADN: City of L.A. seeing spike in killings despite overall dip in crime
  • SFC: 2 men pistol-whipped in Oakland daytime armed robbery
  • LAT $: Rite Aid worker killed after confronting shoplifters at Glassell Park store, police say - Los Angeles Times
  • LAT $: Under fire, Feuer defends his office’s handling of DWP billing litigation
  • VOC: Anaheim Councilman’s Vulgar Text Messages Trigger Calls For Investigation, Recall Effort
  • OCReg: Anaheim councilman is target of recall effort led by former colleague
  • AP: Women say suspect in Kristin Smart’s death abused them
  • FresBee: Jim Costa, Alex Padilla optimistic about securing federal money for California bullet train
  • OCReg: As protests mount, Reps. Gaetz, Greene move America First rally back to Orange County
  • OCReg: Judge orders end to DACA, current enrollees safe for now
  • SacBee: California opens new marijuana agency 5 years after legalization, aiming to simplify rules
  • SFC: Experts say prescribed burns are key to controlling California wildfires
  • AP: Lightning likely cause of 2020 Sierra National Forest fire
  • Flag Disinfo From Govt, Not Other Way Around
  • CG: Hollywood, Horses and Hypocrisy
  • CityJrnl: Teacher Unions Go All In: Tough Fight Ahead for Parents
  • OCReg: Broken finger points to broken promises
  • OCReg: America’s inflation threat
  • SFC: Because of interference in investigation, Petaluma teen can't sue deputy who threw her to ground
  • AP: UC Davis suspends varsity baseball team over allegations
  • SFC: S.F. developer fined for cramming too many apartments into complex
  • SFC: DoorDash, Grubhub sue San Francisco over permanent delivery fee cap
  • SJMN: ‘We’re really far apart there’: A’s president says team can’t accept city’s terms for building waterfront ballpark
  • Update: Modesto says it has two finalists for police chief but declines to name them
  • FresBee: Selma police Chief Joseph Gomez to take time off, but city manager won’t say why
  • CalCoast: Cambria asks residents to cut water use by up to 40 percent
  • VCStar $: Prosecutors file felony charge against Borderline co-owner Brian Hynes
  • OCReg: LA County judge can’t be sued for false assertion that Walt Disney’s grandson has Down syndrome
  • LAT $: Website exposes L.A. County Fire employees' COVID-19 vaccination details - Los Angeles Times
  • LADN: Frustration mounts as LA County declines to subpoena SoCalGas over list of Aliso Canyon leak chemicals
  • LAT $: FDA revokes authorization of COVID-19 test given to hundreds of thousands in L.A.
  • OCReg: OC sheriff agrees not to penalize deputies who refuse to testify under Fifth Amendment
  • VOC: Who Will Replace Tito Ortiz In Huntington Beach?
  • PE: Jury awards $2.5 million to San Bernardino County social worker whistleblower
  • PE: No mask mandates in Inland Empire, at least for now, officials say
  • SDUT: Police agencies in San Diego County move toward encryption of scanner traffic
  • SDUT: San Diego leaders vow to get tough on climate after years of delays and lawsuits
  • SDUT: San Diego’s post pandemic economic recovery bogged down by lingering worker shortages
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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