Thursday, September 16, 2021
Dear John,

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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

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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