Thursday, October 14, 2021 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- AP: USC ex-dean, LA politician charged with bribery scheme
- LAT $: L.A. Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas and ex-USC dean indicted on bribery charges
- LADN: Ridley-Thomas, former USC dean indicted on federal corruption charges
- LAT $: Indictment against Mark Ridley-Thomas another blow to L.A. politics
- LAT $: Times Investigation: Mark Ridley-Thomas, his son and the USC School of Social Work
- AP: California union leader charged with tax fraud, embezzlement
- FresBee: Update: Leader of California’s largest union resigns amid tax fraud, embezzlement charges
- LADN: Executive director of California’s largest union charged with tax fraud and other felonies
- LAT $: Top California labor official and husband accused of grand theft, embezzlement and tax evasion
- CapWkly: SEIU leader resigns amid theft, perjury charges
- CG: Executive Director SEIU CA Charged with Fraud, Embezzlement, and Perjury
- AP: Shifting winds challenge crews fighting California fire
- CalCoast: Alisal Fire burns nearly 15,000 acres, scorches landfill
- LAT $: Strong winds across California mean a risk of fire and power shutoffs
- AP: Wildfire rages in Southern California coastal mountains
- LAT $: A rare plant and a president’s ranch are threatened as Alisal fire grows
- FresBee: ‘Self-serving garbage.’ Wildfire experts escalate fight over saving California forests
- NR: The Supply Chain and Shipping Mess Is Partly the Administration’s Fault
- LADN: Port of LA to go to 24/7 operations, Biden announces
- SFC: New task force grapples with a big question: Who would qualify for reparations?
- SacBee: Supporters call for Natomas school district to keep teacher filmed discussing antifa
- VCStar $: Maps suggest major changes in supervisorial districtsnews
- VOSD: Redistricting Commissioner Resigns Following Ethics Complaint
- VCStar $: Junipero Serra's image could be ousted from county seal
- AP: Judge blocks vaccination mandate for California prisons
- SacBee: Sacramento CA school district to mandate student vaccines
- SDUT: Unlike LA, San Diego won’t issue an indoor COVID-19 vaccine mandate, county says
- SFC: Anti-abortion activists sue over law limiting vaccination site protests
- SJMN: This Bay Area city plans to ban cars, expand outdoor dining for good along its ‘crown jewel’
- LADN: IATSE film and TV union sets Monday strike deadline
- CG: Hollywood Stage Employees Union Set Strike Date For October 18th
- CalM: COVID lungs: Transplants are last resort for many California patients
- AP: 2 birds oiled in California pipeline spill treated, released
- SFC: Marin County, now with moderate transmission, might be able to lift mask mandate soon
- AP: California prosecutor joins suit against ‘ghost gun’ sellers
- SFC: S.F. lawsuit against untraceable ‘ghost gun’ makers now statewide effort
- SJMN: Bay Area gasoline prices rocket higher
- LAT $: ‘Star Trek’s’ William Shatner ventures to space, in real life
- LADN: Gymnasts Biles, Maroney, Raisman and Nichols ask Congress to dissolve Olympic committee’s board of directors
- OCReg: HOA Homefront: How AB 502 will significantly impact all HOAs
- NR: RBG Criticized National-Anthem Protests, and Katie Couric Covered It Up
- AP: Wage theft hits immigrants — hard
- NR: Former Obama Ethics Chief Slams Psaki’s Dismissal of Public Concerns with Hunter Biden Art Deal
- Reason: Facebook Welcomes Regulations, Specifically Those That Hurt Its Competition
- NR: Media Continue to Ignore Evidence That Joe Was Involved in Hunter’s Shady Business Dealings
- OCReg: California’s tax on inherited properties hurts minority communities
- CalM: CEQA has a harmful effect on housing
- NR: Joe Biden’s Permanent IRS Audit
- OCReg: Journalists written off again by AB 5
- Reason: High Inflation Is Here To Stay
- CG: Sacramento City Councilwoman Says it Out Loud: Rules For Thee but Not For Me
- SacBee: Kaiser Roseville health care workers to protest staffing: ‘We are at our limit’
- SacBee: Exclusive: Sacramento paid $11 million settlement after car hit boy, grandmother in crosswalk
- SJMN: Richmond chief on leave after family member accuses her of violence, death threats in investigation that has ensnared three Bay Area police chiefs
- CG: 5 More Walgreens Closed in San Francisco Over City’s Retail Crime Wave
- SFC: County tries to end ‘hidden epidemic’ of homeless families. Will it work?
- SFC: ‘Near-record’ rainfall could hit the Bay Area soon. Would it end wildfire season?
- FresBee: Fight over Clovis teachers union takes a twist. Critics call it ‘union-busting strategy’
- FresBee: Fresno County has some foster kids sleeping on office floors, tables. That’s unacceptable
- FresBee: Fresno Unified school board censures Slatic - again - after another tense debate
- FresBee: ‘Inhumane’ conditions: Children under Fresno County custody living in office space
- CalCoast: SLO County may allow landowners to rent out campsites
- LAT $: L.A. City Council members push for measures to monitor and prevent heat-related deaths
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 215 new cases and 4 more deaths on Oct. 13
- SBSun: San Bernardino City Unified superintendent faces backlash over leadership 3 months into the job
- SBSun: Veterans, homeless get haircuts, dental work, other help at San Bernardino event
- PE: Moreno Valley school board President Darrell Peeden resigns
- SDUT: San Diego prices are up 6.5 percent in a year. That’s one of the biggest jumps in the U.S.
- SDUT: 2 county supervisors seek ordinance to prohibit ghost guns in the region
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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