Saturday, October 9, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SFC: Protests restricted at vaccination sites under bill signed by Newsom
  • New Law Bans Harassment at Vaccination Sites, but Free Speech Concerns Persist
  • AP: California eases gang enhanced sentence rules
  • CalM: Ethnic studies becomes graduation requirement for California students
  • AP: California makes ethnic studies a high school requirement
  • AP: California first to let kids add parents to insurance plans
  • OCReg: Oil spill: Huntington Beach surf school sues pipeline company
  • VOC: Federal Investigators ‘Convinced’ a Ship Anchor Strike Dragged Oil Pipeline That Stained OC Coast
  • OCReg: Cleaning and rehabbing oiled birds for release can be a lengthy process
  • AP: California pipeline likely damaged up to a year before spill
  • AP: San Francisco to welcome cruise ships after 19-month hiatus
  • AP: California extends tax on phones to fund high-speed internet
  • SFC: Masks likely won’t come off until Bay Area kids are vaccinated
  • SFC: In win for YouTube, Trump censorship lawsuit heads to Bay Area
  • SacBee: Paperwork is holding up California’s marijuana industry. Will $100 million fix it?
  • CG: AB 61 Provides Business Pandemic Relief for Restaurants
  • LAT $: California to crack down on surprise COVID-19 testing fees
  • AP: California requires menstrual products in public schools
  • AP: California adds ‘ghost guns’ to violence prevention orders
  • OCReg: California hate crime bill gets last-minute approval from Newsom
  • AP: California extends cocktails-to-go and outdoor dining rules
  • AP: California governor rejects decriminalizing jaywalking
  • AP: California governor vetoes bill to pay people to stay sober
  • FresBee: Sequoia fires update: Containment on KNP Complex jumps to 20% as rain moderates fire behavior
  • AP: Impact of forest thinning on wildfires creates divisions
  • SacBee: Home or office? New telework policy gives eligible California state workers a choice
  • SDUT: San Diego County’s first pregnant woman dies of COVID; unborn child dies, too
  • AP: Mom awarded $5M settlement accused of buying guns for gang
  • AP: Source: DA seeking to indict Robert Durst in ex-wife’s death
  • SacBee: California senator insists immigration reform still possible despite budget setback
  • BreitbartCA: WH Defends Biden Personally Lobbying Hospital for a Friend to Get Care
  • Media Mistakes in Biden Era: The Definitive List
  • Former Facebook Engineer Ian Haworth On Censorship And The Future Of Big Tech
  • OCReg: Newsom playing games with vaccines
  • BreitbartCA: Maher: Activists Followed Sinema into the Bathroom, Then Went Back to Saying Campuses Should Be a Safe Space
  • New York Times Pretended 900,000 Kids Were Hospitalized With COVID… It’s More Like 63,000
  • Even Elon Musk Is Leaving California Behind
  • Republicans Finally Kick Out Chamber of Commerce
  • OCReg: Big issues going before the high court
  • SacBee: In parts of Sacramento County, COVID vaccine resistance is a symptom of societal failure
  • SFC: Officials detail ‘horrendous’ conditions inside S.F. school
  • SJMN: Tesla plans big Palo Alto expansion despite HQ exit
  • SFC: Sausalito employee tasked with seizing illegal boats to resign
  • SJMN: Civil grand jury probing Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
  • Shrug off naysayers, Modesto Council, and finally bring parking meters downtown
  • FresBee: COVID fatalities surge in Fresno this week. Here’s the virus’ death toll to date
  • FresBee: Fresno elementary school closes after coronavirus infections involving campus staff
  • CalCoast: SLO County COVID-19 case numbers continue to drop
  • CalCoast: San Luis Obispo’s twisted cannabis permitting process unraveling
  • VCStar $: Community college district lifts mandate for fall, allows COVID tests
  • LAT $: Video shows deputy slam Lancaster student to the ground at school
  • LAT $: LAPD denies requests for 'swatting' calls on BLM leader
  • LAT $: Shooting of young mother by school safety officer now a homicide investigation, police say
  • OCReg: Early personal attacks erupt in race for Orange County DA
  • PE: New Hemet Fire chief appointed
  • SDUT: National City officers fatally shoot man carrying machete in early morning confrontation
  • SDUT: Escondido police release video of fatal shooting by officer
  • VOSD: How the Fees and Lottery Could Work to Regulate Vacation Rentals
  • VOSD: Chula Vista to Foundation: Nah, You Can Keep Your Homeless Shelter Tent
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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