Sunday, August 1, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: Thomas Sowell, American Giant
  • BreitbartCA: The Sage from South Central Excoriates Gavin Newsom
  • SacBee: Is Trump a liar? California recall candidate says ‘I’m not going to go there’
  • SacBee: Did Gavin Newsom do anything wrong? It wasn’t just the French Laundry that led to the recall
  • AP: Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect
  • BreitbartCA: Bacon May Disappear in California as Pig Rules Take Effect951
  • LAT $: California says federal ‘let it burn’ policy is reckless as wildfires rage
  • SJMN: Dixie Fire burns more than 244,000 acres, with hot weather and storms ahead
  • BreitbartCA: Issa: Dems Won’t Give ‘Relief’ from Pandemic after Vaccines, There’s ‘No Relief’ from the Pandemic ‘Ever’
  • FresBee: Fresno police investigating the city’s 44th homicide after a man was gunned down
  • SFC: S.F. Bayview shooting leaves 16-year-old girl dead, woman injured
  • SacBee: Yolo County issues emergency proclamation over drought, asks for water conservation
  • AP: California learns costly pandemic lesson about hospitals
  • SFC: Millennials are driving San Francisco’s coronavirus surge
  • SJMN: Some immunity to the COVID-19 virus is waning. Here’s why you shouldn’t worry.
  • SFC: The one certainty in Bay Area school reopenings: Uncertainty will continue
  • Modesto school leaders ask for local control over COVID-19 plans. But what would change?
  • Will other Stanislaus districts follow Modesto’s lead? Heed science, not politics, one says
  • LAT $: More L.A. restaurants are requiring COVID-19 vaccines or tests amid Delta variant surge
  • SFC: How to apply to California's COVID rent relief programs
  • LAT $: LAPD report on Echo Park homeless camp cleanup finds ‘room for improvement’
  • LAT $: After her botched surgery, she pitched a medical disclosure bill. Doctors are fighting it
  • SacBee: Ammunition shelves bare as U.S. gun sales continue to soar
  • Reason: DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Partied Maskless Mere Hours Before New Mandate Took Effect
  • SFC: Is Gilbert Baker’s flag no longer enough to represent diversity of the LGBTQ community?
  • OCReg: It pays to be related to people in power
  • The Masking of America
  • OCReg: Good news for gender equality as court green lights Meland v. Padilla
  • Maher: Cancel Culture "An Insanity That Is Swallowing Up The World," "Change Is Not Synonymous With Progress"
  • NR: Stop the Progressive Left’s Assault on the Rule of Law
  • CalM: California now criticized from the left
  • Reason: San Francisco Wants To Charge Drivers To Enter or Exit Downtown
  • SJMN: San Francisco tenants get $475,000 buyout to leave luxury unit
  • FresBee: Fresno airport says fuel shortages may be a problem again. How to check for delays
  • FresBee: Apartment rents keep rising in the Fresno area. Here’s how much they’ve gone up
  • CalCoast: A twisted tale of corruption in SLO County
  • VCStar $: Message sent in error about shooter at Ventura College
  • VCStar $: Will city council meetings stay open as COVID-19 cases surge?
  • LADN: LA County posts 3,318 new COVID-19 infections, 11 deaths; vaccine access expanded on Sunday
  • LADN: Sheriff Villanueva expresses ‘grave concerns’ about East LA man shot, killed by deputies
  • VOC: Collective Fight Could Expand OC’s Open Space Landscape
  • SBSun: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department releases video of deputies fatally shooting suspect on 215 Freeway
  • SBSun: Anthony Barajas, 19-year-old shot in Corona movie theater attack, dies
  • SDUT: Trial lawyers face off as sex harassment allegations fly against prominent San Diego attorney
  • VOSD: Politics Report: Property Tax for Parks and Libraries?
  • SDUT: Del Mar pays $3.5 million to settle suit over bicyclist’s death

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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