Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: California recall vote offers test of Biden political clout
  • LAT $: Prayer and politicking: Churches become a center of the California recall campaign
  • SFC: Newsom rallies Latino voters, warns what GOP governor could mean for them
  • SJMN: Newsom recall election: Millions of votes already in as last week of campaigning ramps up
  • FresBee: California recall candidate Larry Elder draws hundreds to Clovis campaign stop
  • AP: Newsom’s nightmare: How one November day fueled the recall
  • CalM: Why is Larry Elder focusing so much on reaching out to Latino and Asian voters?
  • LAT $: On Google and YouTube, Newsom and Elder aim for two different Californias
  • CG: SF School Board Recall Supporters Turn in Over 81,000 Signatures, Guaranteeing Recall Election
  • SFC: Alison Collins drops $87 million lawsuit against S.F. school district on day recall backers submit signatures
  • LAT $: Dixie fire reaches 900,000 acres as crews battle multiple blazes across California
  • SJMN: Wildfire season ‘far from over’ even as Caldor Fire situation looks better, top official warns
  • SFC: Investigators seeking cause of 15 fires that broke out around Healdsburg
  • AP: California fire threat high despite progress near Tahoe
  • LAT $: California grid operator issues flex alert ahead of high heat expected Wednesday
  • AP: Election boosts female California lawmakers to all-time high
  • Five Bills To Watch At The End Of California’s Legislative Session
  • AP: California moves to outlaw ‘stealthing,’ or removing condom
  • SDUT: Report warns older homeless population will increase without intervention
  • LADN: Pandemic-era restraint ends as sweeps revived at LA encampments, amid COVID-19 surge, heat wave
  • LAT $: 4 hospitalized after car slams into Koreatown homeless encampment
  • VOC: Does OC’s Homelessness Commission Actually Do Anything? Activists Say It’s Hopelessly Conflicted
  • SFC: S.F. slows down plan to convert Japantown hotel into homeless housing
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County moving to ban homeless camping in mountain areas
  • OCReg: Ethel Kennedy says Sirhan Sirhan should not be paroled
  • CalM: What one thing do Republican recall candidates blame for California’s housing crisis?
  • FresBee: Larry Elder states high cost of living in California among reasons to recall Gavin Newsom
  • VOSD: Barred from Sending Probation and Foster Youth Out of State, Officials Struggle to Find Alternatives
  • SDUT: Scripps hospitals report single-day COVID death record
  • LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 1,060 new cases and nine new deaths, Sept. 7
  • SFC: California’s extra sick leave pay for COVID-19 to expire this month
  • SFC: San Francisco, agriculture suppliers sue state over drought restrictions
  • SacBee: Federal judge blocks ban on water deliveries for Asian pot farmers in Northern California
  • LAT $: Orrin Heatlie, early leader of Newsom recall movement, has contracted COVID-19
  • LAT $: California settles climate lawsuit with fossil fuel giant SoCalGas
  • Reason: Biden's Total Financial Surveillance
  • Reason: Here's Why Twitter Briefly Suspended J.D. Vance's Campaign Account
  • BreitbartCA: Biden’s ’Build Back Better’ Plan Applies to Taliban *Not* America
  • BreitbartCA: Four of Obama’s ‘Taliban Five’ Take Top Leadership Posts in Afghan Government114
  • Joe Rogan Rips Jim Acosta and CNN for Comments on Ivermectin
  • Details Emerge About Covid Research at Chinese Lab
  • BreitbartCA: Rand Paul: NIH, Fauci Still Funding Wuhan Lab
  • WSJ: Reclaiming Our Independence From Big Tech
  • Teachers Unions: Too Lazy to Work, Too Callous to Care
  • Reason: Self-Cancellation, Deplatforming, and Censorship
  • OCReg: Recall obscures end of a busy Capitol session
  • Biden Is a Total Failure
  • CalM: California’s ‘corridor of corruption’ yields new case
  • CG: The Rest of the Story of Marxist Natomas Teacher’s Indoctrination of Students
  • SacBee: See Afghans protest Taliban and U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan at Capitol in Sacramento
  • SFC: East Bay land to become state park instead of off-road vehicle space
  • Reason: Do San Francisco's Restrictions on Chain Stores Violate the First Amendment?
  • AP: Elizabeth Holmes’ trial to dissect downfall of a tech star
  • SJMN: Vallco fight: Cupertino says project approval about to expire
  • SJMN: San Jose: Lengthy standoff ends in brandishing suspect’s arrest
  • FresBee: 6 months in, Fresno has millions in emergency rent money to distribute. What’s the holdup?
  • Teen driver’s death follows pattern of excessive force by Stanislaus deputies, lawsuit claims
  • What caused the 911 system outage in Stanislaus County? Officials want to know more
  • FresBee: Fresno Diocese: Abuse accusations against Craig Harrison credible. What happens now?
  • CalCoast: San Simeon in line to lose previously approved grant funds, again
  • CalCoast: New COVID-19 cases drop slightly in SLO County
  • VCStar $: Ventura officials to discuss permanent outdoor dining program update
  • OCReg: Former Montebello officer pleads guilty to taking $14,000 bribe from gang member
  • LADN: LA County sheriff’s official says he was demoted because he’s after Alex Villanueva’s job
  • OCReg: Los Angeles-Orange counties rank 12th for homebuying bargain, Inland Empire No. 50
  • LADN: Coronavirus infections among LA County healthcare workers declining
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 1,651 new cases over the holiday weekend and 20 more deaths
  • SBSun: Coronavirus vaccinations pass 2 million in San Bernardino County
  • PE: Coronavirus hospitalizations starting to drop in Riverside County
  • PE: Riverside greenlights $6.3 million street paving program
  • SDUT: Parents announce effort to replace newly-appointed Chula Vista school board member
  • SDUT: San Diego is spending $1M to reverse surge in youth unemployment
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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