Sunday, October 17, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: The Truth About Critical Race Theory
  • Zuckerbucks 101: How a Media Mogul Took Over 2020
  • LADN: San Fernando Valley neighborhoods team up to oppose LA City Council redistricting map
  • VOSD: Politics Report: Now Redistricting Is Really Getting Started
  • AP: Strike dodged with deal between film and TV crews, studios
  • LAT $: Hollywood crews union reaches a deal with studios, averting a strike
  • LAT $: After 30 years in spotlight, Ridley-Thomas is under a cloud
  • LAT $: Ridley-Thomas bribery charges: L.A. supervisors may do audit - Los Angeles Times
  • LAT $: Column: Why South L.A. is staying loyal to Ridley-Thomas, even as he faces federal charges
  • AP: Bill Clinton to spend 1 more night in California hospital
  • ESJ: California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant Closures
  • SJMN: Oakland protesters call for authorities to release Jonathan Cortez’s shooting footage
  • SFC: Man injured following ‘prolonged exchange of gunfire’ with Milpitas police
  • SFC: Bus crashes into Oakland home after being struck by vehicle fleeing police
  • AP: Ship owner, operator of interest in California oil spill
  • OCReg: OC oil spill: Coast Guard, NTSB investigators board suspected anchor-dragging ship in Long Beach
  • LAT $: Huntington Beach City Council to consider supporting new offshore oil drilling ban
  • AP: California wildfire now half contained amid calmer weather
  • SJMN: Estrada Fire update: Firefighters make progress, evacuation orders lifted
  • LAT $: Karen Bass opens her mayoral campaign — but one prominent backer is missing
  • LADN: Bass kicks off campaign for LA mayor, vowing to make homelessness her top priority
  • BreitbartCA: Cori Bush Defends Defund Police Push While Spending $130,000 on Personal Security265
  • SDUT: Meet the San Diego truckers who are swamped with work, thanks to supply-chain woes
  • SFC: Threats, vandalism, crank calls: Great Highway debate turns nasty
  • SacBee: ‘I’ll never forgive them’: Democrats see an opening with vaccinated, frustrated Republicans
  • RealClear: Seminal 'Diversity = Profits' Research Doesn't Fare Well Under the Microscope
  • CalM: Post-pandemic California: Comeback or decline?
  • Katie Couric's White Lies Kill Black People
  • CapWkly: Prop. 22 ruling hurts app-based drivers, California voters
  • OCReg: Newsom once again backs up prison guards
  • SJMN: Editorial: Cut water use before state’s supply runs out
  • OCReg: Californians, please move if you can
  • OCReg: Newsom’s very rare show of restraint comes at a cost
  • COVID-19 underscores need to diversify Tahoe tourist economy
  • SacBee: Sacramento to approve traffic safety project, bringing new speed lumps to neighborhoods
  • CG: San Francisco Mayor Denying Walgreens Stores Closing Because of Crime
  • SJMN: Santa Clara University cuts the ribbon on $300 million STEM facility
  • FresBee: More trouble for Fresno County CPS: Nearly 60 children in custody on runaway status
  • CalCoast: Firefighters quickly contain Pirate’s Cove and Paso Robles fires
  • VCStar $: Three Oxnard council District 2 candidates field questions at forum
  • VCStar $: Fillmore to fill Ari Larsons seat by appointment
  • LAT $: Arellano: Is Stetson-loving L.A. Sheriff Alex Villanueva rounding up a ‘posse’ of cowboys?
  • SBSun: Inland Empire schools work to solve contact tracing ‘puzzle’
  • PE: What are those new electronic kiosks in Eastvale and San Jacinto?
  • SBSun: Redlands could require 25% fewer parking spaces for housing near rail line
  • SDUT: How much COVID is in San Diego County schools?
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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