Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, October 15, 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: CG: The Long, Controversial History of LA Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas LAT $: Ridley-Thomas indictment brings fresh uncertainty to an already unsettled City Hall LAT $: What happens to sites named for Ridley-Thomas? LADN: Ridley-Thomas, ex-USC dean vow they will be cleared of federal conspiracy, bribery charges LAT $: A son’s troubles, financial desperation brought USC dean, Mark Ridley-Thomas together CG: LA Councilman Ridley-Thomas Indicted on Corruption Counts LAT $: Editorial: Indicted on bribery charges, Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas should step down CG: SEIU Leader Charged With Fraud While Campaign Cash Gave Speaker Nuñez ‘Rich Travel Style’ CG: Politicians Give Themselves Raises, Pass Frivolous Legislation While California Burns CG: Superior Court Judge Issues Order Halting Prison Guard Vaccine Mandate SacBee: Nearly 40% of California state workers are unvaccinated against COVID despite Newsom order SFC: All BART employees must get vaccinated by Dec. 13 under new mandate LADN: LA County’s Ferrer ‘pleased’ with compliance on new vaccine requirements LADN: LAUSD sued over student vaccination mandate LAT $: 95% of teachers meet COVID-19 vaccination deadline, union says SJMN: Editorial: End California bullet train boondoggle, once and for all CalM: How will diverse voters be represented in California’s new election districts? AP: California highway reopens but fire still a threat to homes AP: Calmer winds aid firefighters battling California blaze Alisal Fire Within Half-Mile Of Ronald Reagan’s Santa Barbara Ranch AP: Bill Clinton in hospital for non-COVID-related infection LADN: No timetable yet for Port of LA’s 24/7 operations, but talks ramping up, officials say AP: Coast Guard: California oil spill likely 25,000 gallons LAT $: Officials knew of potential for ‘catastrophe’ when O.C. oil platforms approved in 1970s LAT $: FBI joins investigation into California oil spill OCReg: Laguna Beach opens ocean following oil spill closures VOC: How Safe Is OC’s Coast After Oil Spill? Fisheries Still Closed, Cities Do Their Own Water Testing AP: Aging equipment, spills test ties between oil, California OCReg: Hours after fentanyl overdose, intoxicated Irvine man crashes, kills woman, authorities say SFC: Breed facing pressure to declare the overdose crisis a health emergency AP: Battle over California fire insurance policies intensifies SJMN: San Francisco, Marin ease indoor mask rule. Will others? SFC: New mask rules take effect Friday in S.F. and Marin. Here’s what to know AP: 4 hospitalized with burns in Northern California plane crash SacBee: A controversial Sacramento statue is being replaced. Why punish those who brought it down? SDUT: Group pushes city, county to open winter homeless shelters SFC: Longtime S.F. housing activist is now facing his own eviction, despite city’s moratorium SDUT: City attorney starts effort aimed at getting guns out of the hands of domestic abusers LAT $: Boy Scouts sex abuse victims vote on $1.9-billion settlement plan CG: Monterey County Fracking Ban Overturned By State Appellate Court Joe Rogan vs. CNN's Gupta On Network's "Dangerous" Ivermectin Lie: "You Know That They Know They Are Lying" Joe Rogan Gets Sanjay Gupta to Admit CNN Lied 10 Ways the Chinese Government Lied About Covid SDUT: 'Firing up the base' didn't work. Here's how Republicans can win again in California. CalM: California’s legal climate hurting small business owners - CalMatters Reason: Dems Want to Soak the Rich by Snooping on the Poor OCReg: Orange County pays high price for bad policing OCReg: Signings cap an oddly reasonable legislative year NR: The IRS Doesn’t Need More Power OCReg: California’s regulations are hindering insurance provided wildfire protections OCReg: Growing efforts to reform school system How Google, Facebook & Twitter Rigged 2020 Election Reason: Facebook's Blacklists Are Another Way To Constrain Competition SacBee: By hiding settlement, Sacramento officials participated in a cover-up for nearly two years SacBee: California Attorney General Rob Bonta meets with Sacramento leaders to discuss hate crimes SacBee: Kings games, concerts and events are back. Can they help downtown Sacramento rebound? SFC: Marin County sheriff sued for sharing license plate photos with ICE, others SFC: There’s new hope to fix Millennium Tower’s tilting problem SFC: Oakland split generationally on police as city confronts surge in homicides SFC: Fed up with ‘missing white woman syndrome,’ activists protest in Oakland SJMN: New mandatory drought rules will give San Jose the toughest water rules of any big California city SJMN: Fraud-linked downtown San Jose apartment complex purchase is completed FresBee: Fresno County boss didn’t know about CPS kids in deplorable conditions until this week Current system is ‘broken at times’: Modesto starts looking for new 911 dispatch options FresBee: Fresno bans indoor smoking in apartments. What about medical marijuana? CalCoast: Paso Robles teachers protest for higher pay VCStar $: Oxnard looks at granny flats to address house shortage VCStar $: Simi mayor parts ways with anti-racism group he founded VCStar $: High winds, red flag warning set for Ventura County LAT $: Villaraigosa endorses Karen Bass for L.A. mayor OCReg: Coronavirus: More than 2 million people in Orange County are fully vaccinated as of Oct. 14 SBSun: San Bernardino again at odds with Pepe’s Towing SBSun: Newsom wins San Bernardino County in recall vote — barely SBSun: Another inmate death at West Valley Detention Center spurs protest, legal claim PE: Riverside Convention Center expansion threatened by coronavirus pandemic SDUT: Ash Street memo containing infamous ‘Footnote 15' surfaces, rekindling debate over San Diego city failures SDUT: Encinitas council delays decision on controversial Olivenhain apartment complex VOSD: Housing Commission Under Pressure for Not Informing City of Deaths at Hotels Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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