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- AP: Reparations are for descendants of Black slaves, Weber says
- AP: San Francisco eases mask rule, official says LA not ready
- OCReg: After face mask flap, Placentia-Yorba Linda School Board president wants virtual meetings
- CG: ‘China-made KN95’ Masks Distributed to Congress, California Students, Required at Super Bowl
- CalM: On the street: Omicron surge strains California police agencies
- LADN: LA County omicron surge has peaked, experts say, but mortality still high
- OCReg: What is ‘stealth omicron,’ and how worried should we be about another COVID-19 mutation? Experts explain
- SDUT: San Diego’s COVID-19 surge appears to have peaked
- OCReg: What our poop is telling us about the omicron surge
- AP: Study: Gas stoves worse for climate than previously thought
- LADN: What happens when millions of electric car batteries get old?
- BLM's millions unaccounted for after leaders quietly jumped ship
- SJMN: ‘Mission bells’ have become California’s version of Confederate statues. This Bay Area city is poised to install one
- CG: Attorneys Win Removal of COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for Piedmont School Kids
- SFC: Should you get a second booster shot? Here’s what UCSF’s Dr. Bob Wachter thinks
- CG: Governor Newsom Announces $10 Billion Combined Plan For More Zero Emissions Vehicles, ZEV Infrastructure
- AP: California launches $185 million youth job corps
- CalM: Will worker shortage disrupt California homeless strategy?
- AP: LA, NYC killings spark anger, raise risk for homeless people
- PE: Norco cleaning up four Santa Ana River homeless camps
- OCReg: Sheriff forms panel to learn if homeless deaths were preventable
- SDUT: Column: Once a regular GOP target, Rep. Scott Peters now may be untouchable for Republicans
- LAT $: Humboldt State gets a name and mission makeover as a ‘polytechnic university’
- FresBee: He did his civic duty, then tested positive. Is jury duty in Fresno a COVID sentence?
- AP: California says most halted disability claims are fraudulent
- SFC: If Supreme Court rolls back Clean Water Act, California will be ready — thanks to Trump
- LAT $: Esteban Torres, longtime L.A. congressman who championed Latino rights, dies at 91
- LAT $: San Gabriel Valley poultry plant operators face 43 felony counts of wage theft, insurance fraud
- LAT $: Attorneys: Angel Stadium land sale should stand even if Anaheim violated a state law
- SacBee: TV ads and ballot initiatives: How solar power became a hot California political issue
- SFC: Surcharges for small traffic violations hit the poor hardest, lawsuit says
- SDUT: Are inclusionary housing laws good for creating more housing?
- OCReg: Clueless Newsom shocked at ‘third world’ conditions
- OCReg: Two bills that need to be permanently defeated in Sacramento
- Reason: Whole Foods Fight Over Black Lives Matter Masks Pits National Labor Relations Board Against Free Speech
- Hippies for Censorship
- OCReg: New big tech rules will harm conservatives
- OCReg: Keep college classes on campus
- SacBee: Sacramento City Unified moves to fire teacher who used racial slur in class discussion
- SJMN: A’s ballpark plan leaves taxpayers to protect Oakland port
- SJMN: High-profile Oakland hotel is put up for sale amid COVID uncertainties
- SFC: Journalist sues Oakland PD over tear gas used during George Floyd protests
- SFC: D.A. Boudin refutes claims his office disregarded man hit with plastic bat
- SFC: Judge unmoved by testimony that evidence was withheld in SFPD beating case
- SFC: Rents in this Bay Area city rose nearly 18% in the pandemic, as other areas saw double-digit declines
- SFC: S.F. supervisor: Unvaccinated Kyrie Irving should be barred from Warriors game
- SJMN: Two affordable homes projects advances in San Jose
- Tuolumne jail releases 13 inmates early after COVID-19 outbreak; 16 others are sick
- Modesto council members commit to inclusive jobs, services under new diversity program
- FresBee: Fresno police officers win big raises from City Council after contentious negotiations
- FresBee: Next time, Fresno County citizens must draw political boundaries, not elected officials
- CalCoast: Judge in the SLO County redistricting lawsuit disqualified himself
- CalCoast: Is San Luis Obispo’s downtown losing its allure?
- VCStar $: Ojai taps former Mayor Steve Olsen as interim treasurer
- LAT $: Candidates for L.A. County sheriff spar over budget, vaccine mandates
- LAT $: Metro slashes bus service amid driver shortage
- LAT $: Column: Will billionaire businessman Rick Caruso run for L.A. mayor, and could he win?
- OCReg: Long Beach to begin repairs on Queen Mary, will try to reopen the ship later this year
- OCReg: Local groups will use grant money to protect themselves from hate
- VOC: Battle to Become Orange County’s Next District Attorney Heats Up
- OCReg: La Habra Heights assistant fire chief arrested on suspicion of impersonating a cop
- LAT $: FBI and San Bernardino County sheriff accused of breaking law by seizing marijuana cash
- SDUT: The big switch: More than 700,000 electric customers begin moving from SDG&E to a community energy program
- VOSD: San Diego Has 42 School Districts. Is that Too Many?
- SDUT: San Diego’s transition to new ambulance provider going well despite COVID-19 surge
- SDUT: Summer’s coming but San Diego isn’t ready to start regulating short-term rentals as planned
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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