Monday, October 18, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: REVIVAL!!!
  • Former LA Mayor Villaraigosa: ‘Rome is Burning’ – NBC Los Angeles
  • SFC: ‘No room for error’: How a prescribed burn in Santa Cruz County got out of control
  • AP: Fire crews make big gains against Southern California blaze
  • SacBee: Work to repair containment lines of California’s Caldor Fire continues in El Dorado County
  • SFC: More than 35,000 Bay Area PG&E customers without power
  • EdS: Projected K-12 drops in enrollment pose immediate upheaval and decade-long challenge
  • EdS: California districts anticipate major hits to their 2022-23 budgets as enrollments drop
  • Saturday Headlines
  • FRBlog: Sunday Headlines
  • Nearly 40% of California state workers are unvaccinated against COVID despite Newsom order
  • FresBee: A new California weather warning? What ‘Potentially Dangerous Situation’ means in the Valley
  • VCStar $: Port of Hueneme helps ease congestion of LA County ports
  • LAT $: Supply chain woes strand desperate sailors off SoCal coast
  • OCReg: Bill Clinton released from UCI Medical Center after treatment for infection
  • NYT: How San Diego Has Water Despite a Punishing Drought
  • LAT $: Harris to visit Lake Mead to discuss drought and climate change
  • AP: Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged California oil pipeline
  • LAT $: Regulators underestimated the devastation of a possible oil spill
  • SJMN: Chan-Zuckerberg program aims to drive Black homeownership, equity
  • SacBee: Meet some of the women who run California municipal government
  • FresBee: Why more California women are running for office — and winning
  • CG: 20 Months After State Closure to ‘Flatten the Curve’ California State Workers Still Working from Home
  • SFC: Monica Gandhi is S.F.’s outlier COVID expert: ‘I’m not saying anything crazy’
  • LAT $: Milken Global Conference 2021: A COVID-era gathering
  • CalM: California’s gas lawn equipment ban hits the little guys
  • CG: Finding Common Ground in California on Environmental Regulations and Infrastructure Investment t
  • SacBee: Why one of Gavin Newsom’s pettiest vetoes of the year is also among his most infuriating
  • Democrats Are Now Party of the Rich
  • BreitbartCA: Rules For Thee, but Not for Me!
  • OCReg: Mixed bag for taxpayers this year
  • NR: War and Unpeace
  • SFC: Harmful algal blooms found at 2 South Lake Tahoe beaches
  • LAT $: Lake Tahoe waters plummet as drought, climate change plague resort
  • SacBee: Elk Grove mayor: Running for political office isn’t easy. For a woman, it’s even harder
  • SJMN: COVID forced Bay Area families to make agonizing elder-care decisions. Is there a fix?
  • SFC: Justin Phillips: It’s time to make up for housing discrimination
  • LADN: LA County coronavirus hospitalizations tick downward anew
  • LADN: Los Angeles County wants Vanessa Bryant and others to take a psychiatric exam ahead of trial
  • LAT $: Complaint says Santa Ana Arts Collective’s affordable housing comes with price of living in fear
  • SDUT: Consultant: San Diego should spend $213M on park repairs and upgrades; 28 parks are in poor condition
  • SDUT: New San Diego police unit will review instances when officers use force
  • SDUT: San Diego households saving more following pandemic

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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