Thursday, September 2, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FOX: San Francisco will pay people to not shoot others:Cash for criminals
  • BreitbartCA: San Francisco to Fight Rising Gun Crime by Paying People Not to Shoot Each Other
  • Newsom's closing message: More people will die if I'm recalled
  • BreitbartCA: Desperation! Gavin Newsom: More People Will Die If I’m Recalled
  • CalM: Newsom’s stimulus left out many retirees, veterans and disabled Californians. Will they vote to recall him?
  • LAT $: Elder pushes stances on education, housing in effort to win over Latino voters
  • Reason: California Recall Is a Revolt Against Gov. Gavin Newsom Progressive Agenda
  • KQED: Several Sacramento Students Are Still Trapped in Afghanistan
  • PE: Slain Norco Marine’s mother slams President Joe Biden on social media
  • Why Democrats Can’t Run Away From Joe Biden
  • Mom of Marine faced Instagram, Facebook censorship
  • Facebook Claims Mother of Marine Killed in Last Week’s Kabul Bombing Account Was Accidentally Deleted
  • CG: Gov. Newsom’s ‘Attacks on Religious Liberty Led to Five Supreme Court Losses’
  • SJMN: Caldor Fire: Snow-making machines running full tilt in desperate effort to save Tahoe ski resorts
  • SFC: Lake Tahoe live updates: Biden swiftly approves Newsom request for help in Caldor Fire fight
  • SFC: Devastating fires could damage Lake Tahoe’s iconic blue waters
  • LAT $: As crews work to defend South Lake Tahoe, the Caldor fire burns 5 miles from Nevada
  • OCReg: Social Security will be insolvent by 2034, pushed one year earlier by COVID recession
  • Reason: Social Security Will Be Insolvent in 12 Years
  • LAT $: COVID-19 vaccine mandate passes at L.A. community colleges
  • FresBee: Most Californians support a COVID vaccine requirement for indoor businesses, poll shows
  • LADN: Coronavirus: More LA County school districts considering student vaccine mandates
  • LAT $: Coast Guard is sued over Conception dive boat disaster
  • FresBee: Deadly Fresno motel shooting: Man shot in chest does not survive
  • FresBee: Two separate shootings go down in Fresno within 30 minutes and less than a mile apart
  • LAT $: The effort to recall Newsom is struggling, new California poll shows
  • OCReg: Early voter turnout, new polling look good for Newsom
  • SFC: New poll shows Newsom recall failing as conservatives can’t grow support
  • FresBee: Is the California recall race close? New polling shows Gavin Newsom in the lead
  • AP: California AG’s wife leads in race for his old Assembly seat
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Signs Student Athlete Compensation Law to Move Up Start Date
  • CG: Asm. Levine Motion in Assembly to Compel Lawmakers Report COVID Vaccine Status Voted Down
  • PE: Bill that would eliminate ‘blood slave’ donor dogs in California on way to governor’s desk
  • LAT $: Britney Spears won’t face battery charge over housekeeper allegation; DA says no signs of injury
  • CalM: Not enough subs: California schools face severe teacher shortage
  • AP: 5 missing after Navy helicopter crashes off California
  • LAT $: A labor leader guides Orange County Democrats’ quest to revamp county politics
  • Media Re-Writing of Biden's Afghanistan Exit in High Gear
  • Dr. Scott Atlas: Science Killed Itself Over COVID-19
  • OCReg: Businesses continue to flee California
  • NR: Biden’s Afghanistan Speech Was a Dishonest, Incoherent, Contradictory Mess
  • FRBlog: ALL Black Lives Matter – but not to BLM – or to the MSM
  • NPR Trashes Free Speech
  • OCReg: Judge right to reject absurd challenge to the recall
  • NR: The Pandemic’s Web of ‘Temporary’ Government Programs
  • BreitbartCA: Ann Coulter: Defund the World’s Police
  • OCReg: Sheriff Barnes’ disappointing response to OIR report
  • SacBee: Sacramento district plans to fire teacher filmed discussing antifa. Tense board meeting follows
  • SFC: After resigning amid allegations, ex-Windsor mayor signals he may run again for office
  • SFC: Oakland police still have work to do to reach the end of federal oversight
  • SFC: Santa Clara City Council fires Brian Doyle, a frequent 49ers critic
  • SJMN: Unvaccinated Warriors may not be allowed to play at Chase Center under mandate
  • Preliminary Ceres special election results show this candidate likely won
  • FresBee: Developers postpone Fresno rezone application in favor of finding ‘collaborative solution’
  • CalCoast: SLO County takes no action on votes Hill cast after bribes by Dayspring
  • CalCoast: Report on SLO County Jail details abuse, violence
  • LAT $: Most LAPD COVID cases are among unvaccinated officers
  • LAT $: Beverly Hills accused of creating police task force that disproportionately arrested Black people
  • LADN: LA Councilman Price wants $5 million for residents in area of LAPD fireworks blast
  • LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 2,277 new cases and 38 new deaths, Sept. 1
  • OCReg: Santa Ana Police Chief David Valentin to troops: I’m under ‘intense personal and political attack’
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: Vaccination and test positivity rates in Orange County ZIP codes as of Sept. 1
  • OCReg: Orange County rolls out website showing how it’s spending federal pandemic aid
  • OCReg: Santa Ana police union declares ‘no confidence’ in Chief Valentin
  • VOC: Westminster City Clerk to Become Interim City Manager Amid Leadership Vacuum
  • SBSun: Acting San Bernardino Police Chief Eric McBride retires after 30 years with the city
  • SDUT: San Diego County approves plan for more affordable housing
  • SDUT: Biden unveils plan to tackle housing shortage. Will it work in San Diego?
  • SDUT: Number of COVID-19 deaths in county nearly doubles in a week
  • VOSD: County Joins Region’s Largest Government-Run Power Purchasing Agency

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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