Monday, September 6, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SacBee: Parolee arrested in slaying of Sacramento woman found inside burning Land Park home
  • Elizabeth Warren Stumps For Newsom: Larry Elder Dreams Of Being California's Own Donald Trump
  • AP: Harris to California on Wednesday to campaign with Newsom
  • CG: What the Recall Candidates are Saying About Homelessness
  • AP: Evacuations lifted for thousands in Tahoe as wildfire stalls
  • South Lake Tahoe evacuation orders lifted as crews increase containment on Caldor Fire
  • SFC: South Lake Tahoe residents allowed back home but warned: Don’t unpack everything
  • SJMN: Evacuation order lifted for city of South Lake Tahoe as firefighters make progress on the Caldor Fire
  • BreitbartCA: Pregnant California Woman Stranded in Afghanistan Claims Taliban ‘Hunting’ Americans
  • BreitbartCA: …two planes on the ground, six more with approved clearance Held By Taliban…
  • NR: Taliban Reportedly Refusing to Let Planes with Americans Take Off at Northern Afghanistan Airport
  • SJMN: As California’s eviction deadline nears, Bay Area housing officials turn to volunteers, nonprofits
  • FresBee: Recall candidate Larry Elder says sex ed ‘has no role in school’ in message to Rocklin church
  • Latinos, disproportionately stricken by COVID, hold voting power in California recall
  • SFC: The pandemic fueled the recall election. Now it may save Gavin Newsom
  • LAT $: Has California’s unique brand of direct democracy gone too far? Recall is ultimate test
  • LAT $: Recall campaign faces a struggle in Inland Empire and Orange County
  • SFC: Newsom death penalty moratorium could come to an end if he loses recall
  • LAT $: Three dead of overdose early Saturday morning in Venice
  • FresBee: A year after the Creek Fire, survivors gather to support and celebrate ‘baby steps’ forward
  • FresBee: ‘Not as simple as nails and screws.’ Creek Fire survivors struggle to rebuild homes, lives
  • OCReg: San Clemente march honors Marines killed in Afghanistan as hometown heroes
  • AP: US Navy IDs 5 killed in helicopter crash off California
  • SDUT: Timberland owners in California suffer million-dollar losses as drought and fire kill trees
  • SacBee: Central Valley farmers need to know plan for future water usage
  • FresBee: California’s lucrative almond orchards face a reckoning with drought, climate change
  • Hands off our river water in Modesto and Turlock, California bureaucrats
  • LADN: Birth centers grow in popularity, but owners say it’s difficult to qualify for state license
  • SJMN: California Legislature advances bill to help restaurants
  • LAT $: These tech investors are spending big on either side of recall effort
  • CG: Newsom Outspent All Other Recall Candidates 200 to 1 in July
  • LAT $: Meet David Sacks, Newsom’s loudest critic in Silicon Valley
  • Newsom Bets Fear Can Fend Off Voters' Fury at His Misrule in CA
  • WashTimes: Things Are Bad in California & Newsom Is in Trouble
  • CG: The Real Reasons Newsom Has Failed All Californians
  • The Buck Stops With Somebody
  • CityJrnl: The Left's Police Abolition Fantasyland
  • OCReg: A COVID vaccine mandate would pass constitutional muster
  • SFC: Bridge Fire erupts in Sierra foothills, Auburn recreation area evacuated
  • BreitbartCA: SF Archbishop Calls Out Pelosi, Biden: Can’t Be a ’Good Catholic’ and Support Abortion
  • SFC: Carl Nolte: Beyond wildfire, drought and misery is a Marin County escape
  • SFC: How Santa Clara’s 49ers honeymoon turned into a poisoned relationship
  • FresBee: Contentious Tower Theatre protest ends with order to disperse, arrest of woman
  • Modesto police release names of Sherwood Avenue homicide victim, suspect arrested
  • VCStar $:Thousand Oaks officials: Waste Management mass mailers are inaccurate
  • LAT $: L.A. County coronavirus hospitalizations dip; precaution urged through Labor Day
  • LADN: COVID-19-linked hospitalizations continue steep decline in LA County
  • LADN: El Segundo residents await pay for A/Cs, hotel stays needed to escape odors related to the Hyperion sewage spill
  • OCReg: Irvine seeks $1 million through Cool City Challenge in pursuit of carbon neutral goal
  • SBSun: Heat advisory issued with triple-digit temperatures expected for Inland areas
  • PE: Spike in ATV crashes in Riverside prompts beefed up barriers and security at Santa Ana riverbed
  • SDUT: The 10 highest-paid CEOs in San Diego in 2020
  • SDUT: San Diego’s first race and equity officer wants to reduce disparities for everyone
  • SDUT: National City banned lowriding 30 years ago. These residents want to bring it back.
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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