Monday, February 14, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • LAT $: Rams rally to win Super Bowl
  • OCReg: Large crowd of Rams fans ordered to disperse from Downtown LA
  • CalM: COVID politics ensnare California Super Bowl
  • POL: Newsom wants to end school masks, but teachers say not yet
  • NR: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Again Ignores County Mask Mandate at Super Bowl
  • SacBee: Elk Grove schools, parents await Newsom’s announcement on student mask mandate
  • SJMN: Mask off? Here’s what you need to know
  • SFC: Oakland homicides hit a similar point a decade ago — then they plummeted. Can it repeat?
  • SJMN: Three wounded after two shootings, stabbing overnight in San Jose
  • SDUT: San Diego to renew enforcing laws against homeless encampments
  • Turlock declared homeless emergency continues indefinitely. Here are some reflections
  • SacBee: Placer County divided on plan to move homeless encampment. ‘I’m not going anywhere’.
  • OCReg: Homeless man stabbed in Westminster Stater Bros. parking lot
  • Saturday Headlines
  • Sunday Headlines
  • SFC: PG&E raising electric rates on March 1. Here’s how much more it will cost
  • SDUT: Why the cost of water in San Diego has blown past L.A., according to a new report
  • FresBee: Devin Nunes is sitting on $11 million in campaign cash. What can he do with it in 2022?
  • CPR: Why is a tenant protection bill failing in the California Legislature, again?
  • FresBee: California domestic violence advocates ask Gov. Newsom to spend more on prevention programs
  • SFC: Marriages soar in one county, with more now than pre-pandemic
  • OCReg: 8 Southern Californians charged in record $25 million jobless scam operated out of state prisons
  • FresBee: Flushed out early by Fresno politician, Bulldog Stadium tax proposal may never fly
  • OCReg: Anaheim’s worst Angel Stadium error came year before its murky sale
  • OCReg: Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson arrested at LAX after reported domestic violence incident
  • LAT $: An attack outside Dodger Stadium left him with brain damage. He has a message for Super Bowl fans
  • SDUT: Whistleblower suit accuses national home leaser of cheating 18 California cities, including San Diego
  • CalM: ‘Morale killer’: California scientists battle over pay disparities
  • SJMN: US suspends avocado imports from Mexico after threat to US inspector
  • SJMN: Community groups renew push for California health equity and racial justice fund
  • FresBee: Doug Emhoff can’t text his wife. How Kamala Harris’ husband is adjusting to life in D.C.
  • OCReg: Protect our 21st-century freedom by enforcing our 18th-century rights
  • AOC Starts Twitter War w/Ted Cruz, Loses Badly
  • LAT $: Skelton: We need more lawmakers like Gary K. Hart. But they’re a rarity in this era of polarization
  • No Masks at Super Bowl, But Kids Still Suffer in School
  • CalM: A candidate to improve the California GOP image?
  • OCReg: Sacramento’s pricy Capitol Annex project
  • 'Legitimate Political Discourse' Is Latest Media Hoax
  • SacBee: ‘We are no longer going to accept RINOs.’ Go inside Shasta County recall election party
  • SFC: Fewer small businesses are opening in S.F. The pandemic is only part of the problem
  • SJMN: Milpitas councilmember may have violated cyber piracy laws, DA says
  • SJMN: Wild pigs run amok in San Jose, residents want repayment for wrecked landscaping
  • FresBee: Clovis Unified board should reduce class sizes, not dilly-dally over masking mandate
  • Turlock wants out of lead role in housing program. County taking over would be a setback
  • FresBee: Should Fresno rename this major street after Cesar Chavez? The idea failed 30 years ago
  • Annual speech to focus on the ‘path forward’ as omicron fades in Stanislaus County
  • CalCoast: Plaintiffs planing to appeal judge’s ruling on SLO County redistricting
  • CalCoast: State and SLO County election nomination period opens
  • VCStar $: CLU plans events around installation of president
  • VCStar $: Local mask mandate will be lifted Wednesday
  • LADN: COVID hospitalizations in LA County drop again as folks gather for Super Bowl
  • VOC: Spitzer Clears Deputy Who Shot and Killed Kurt Reinhold During Jaywalking Stop
  • VOC: County of Orange Will Have a New Top Elections Official Ahead of June Primary
  • PE: Riverside nonprofit helps those who were homeless or incarcerated regain independence
  • SDUT: San Diego city attorney refers matter related to former council member to criminal investigators
  • SDUT: Former aide to Faulconer testifies he regularly deleted texts about city business
  • VOSD: Police Oversight Board's Criminal Conviction Ban Would Buck National Trend

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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