Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Thursday, September 16, 2021 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California... The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...  THE HEADLINES: AP: Democrats push for changes to California recall efforts CalM: Full speed ahead on overhauling California recalls CapWkly: Reforming California’s recall system gets close look SDUT: California’s costly, confusing recall sparks an effort to rethink the rules SacBee: CalPERS sent pension checks to more than 20,000 dead people over several years, audit says AP: Congressman: California couple finally escape Afghanistan LAT $: L.A. County plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations at bars SFC: Two large Bay Area school districts to vote on mandatory vaccinations for students PE: Inland counties won’t copy L.A. County vaccine mandate for mega-events, bars, wineries SacBee: Hundreds still blocked from Sacramento State campus over COVID vaccine. Here’s the latest VCStar $: County's mask mandate likely to stay in place LADN: Universal Studios Hollywood and Six Flags Magic Mountain must require vaccination proof NR: Four Thoughts on the California Recall FresBee: Fresno County still has tens of thousands of ballots to count in Gavin Newsom recall election FresBee: ‘Science was on the ballot.’ Gavin Newsom says recall proved voters back his COVID approach SFC: Democrats gloat, Republicans ponder implications of recall results SJMN: After landslide victory, what will Newsom do with his post-recall mandate? SacBee: Newsom lost big in California’s conservative State of Jefferson. It barely mattered SacBee: A Democrat edged out Larry Elder on the Newsom recall ballot in a single county. Here’s where PE: Non-recall ends where it began, with Newsom as governor and lots of questions AP: California GOP licks wounds after another lopsided loss SDUT: Recall failure shows Democratic power, long-term hurdles for California Republicans FresBee: Larry Elder’s voter fraud messaging depressed Republican turnout, GOP consultant charges AP: Sequoia National Park’s giant trees at risk as fires grow LAT $: KNP Complex fire burns within mile of Giant Forest, threatening towering Sequoia preserve AP: 4 accused in theft of $2M in goods from 43 California stores LAT $: El Segundo woman charged with torturing and killing her 7-year-old daughter LAT $: Homeless veteran stabbed to death at encampment near VA in West L.A. SDUT: Faulconer struggled to convince a polarized electorate to vote for him AP: Faulconer ponders future after drubbing in California recall AP: California county pays $11M to man exonerated in 1998 murder AP: Democrats see a midterm map in California recall success OCReg: Deja vu all over again for nuclear waste storage? LAT $: Kamala Harris urges Congress to pass spending plan to enhance access to child care SFC: Mills College trustees cement merger, ending women-only education after 170 years OCReg: Do your holiday shopping now, toy executive says, as port congestion continues in LA, Long Beach Gov. Newsom Wins, But California Loses NR: The California Recall’s Lesson for Republicans OCReg: Recall ends, but Newsom faces decisions Reason: Memphis Gave IKEA $9.5 Million While Several Smaller Furniture Stores Went Under FRBlog: I Call Voter Fraud…And I Have Proof!!!! CalM: Newsom scores big recall win. What now? World Deserves to Know Truth on Covid's Origins NR: If the China Story Is True, Milley Has to Go OCReg: Yom Kippur is a time for atonement SacBee: Early wins special election, becoming West Sacramento’s first Black council member SJMN: ‘There is no enforcement’: After Airbnb shooting, Sunnyvale reconsiders short-term rental policies SFC: Death on BART platform raises questions about transit system’s pet policies FresBee: Residents protest decline in social services in west Fresno: A ‘disgrace to our community’ FresBee: No Hardy’s redo: Fresno councilman proposes extra protections on historic buildings Virus causing encephalitis found in Stanislaus County mosquito. Are humans at risk? Larry Morse II, Merced County district attorney from 2006 to 2018, dies at age 64 KSBY: Lompoc residents pass cannabis tax measure CalCoast: SLO County prosecutors reach settlement with pesticide company CalCoast: Arroyo Grande back in regional recycled water project LAT $: 4 more officers suspected of adding false gang information to LAPD files LADN: LA County supervisors OK stormwater-capture projects for Measure W funding LADN: LA County moves to ban oil wells in unincorporated areas VOC: Anaheim Council’s Appointment of a Resort Ally Stirs Calls of Rushed, Politicized Process OCReg: Recall voting in Orange County: Longer lines, tighter race OCReg: Coronavirus: Vaccination and test positivity rates by ZIP code in Orange County on Sept. 15 OCReg: Metrolink and Amtrak service shuts down south of Laguna Niguel to Oceanside because of ground movement VOC: Dana Point Harbor Boaters Get Ready to Sue Over Huge Rent Hike PE: Riverside electricity tax election on Nov. 2 could be derailed by lawsuit PE: ‘Majority’ of racial allegations against Temecula students, football players ‘unsubstantiated,’ superintendent says VOSD: Broker In Two City Real Estate Deals Had Undisclosed Contracts With City Landlord SDUT: City’s landlord in Ash Street, Civic Center Plaza deals told lender Hughes needed a finder’s fee SDUT: Supervisors: San Diego County will champion reproductive freedom Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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