Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Tuesday, February 15, 2022 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: SDUT: Masks won’t be required in many places starting Wednesday LADN: Super Bowl’s mask-free celebrities spark renewed call for rethinking LA County mandates CG: LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, Celebrities Shown Attending Super Bowl Sans Required Masks CalM: Parents lose patience over school mask mandate CG: California Health Secretary Ghaly Announces School Mask Mandate Will Stay in Place Until March CalM: California launches ambitious effort to transform Medi-Cal to ‘whole person care’ LAT $: Poll: California voters want to reinstate tougher penalties for some crimes, change Prop. 47 LAT $: Newsom’s approval hobbled by crime fears, poll finds CalM: No legal battles for California’s new election maps. But what lessons can be learned? Where Turlock stands on homelessness, COVID response and public safety SacBee: Another homeless ballot measure could go to Sacramento voters. Here’s what it would do SacBee: Placer County divided on plan to move homeless encampment. ‘I’m not going anywhere’. SJMN: Redwood City hotel to become housing for homeless amid $16 million in Homekey funds VOSD: Attorneys Warn of Legal Action Over Midway Camp Crackdown NR: Today’s San Francisco School-Board Recall Is Dividing Democrats SJMN: Why so many beyond San Francisco are watching Tuesday’s school board recall election SFC: As election nears, two S.F. school board members facing recall clash OCReg: Disneyland throws a Super Bowl victory parade for Rams stars SJMN: Current drought is worst in 1,200 years in California and the American West, new study shows SFC: California lawmaker takes aim at plastic waste from online retailers AP: California man killed in small plane crash at Kansas airport FresBee: California Attorney General puts county jails on notice over reproductive health care LAT $: UC Berkeley may be forced by court to cut 3,000 undergraduate seats, freeze enrollment CalM: Do-over: Cal State resubmits application, increasing affordable student housing projection by 800 beds LAT $: L.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso wants 1,500 more officers, says he’ll put company in a blind trust LAT $: A Hollywood union tried to promote diversity. Then things got complicated FresBee: Regulators unveil wildfire safety plan. Will it fix rural California’s insurance crisis? Already Flush, States Seek Federal 'Zuck Buck' Top-Off CalM: A Democrat wants to crack down on employers that exploit workers. Will this help? How the CDC Abandoned Science Public Sector Unions vs. 1st Amendment OCReg: Puff, puff, pass: the federal decriminalization of marijuana NR: The Forever Emergency OCReg: SoFi Stadium deal sweetens Rams victory Stanislaus Republicans criticize party’s “legitimate political discourse” blunder CalM: No plan yet for bullet train’s soaring price tag Inside the Woke Racial Indoctrination Machine Big Tech's Safety Pretext to Censor Speech LAT $: Former Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn on Stephon Clark, anger toward law enforcement SacBee: UC Davis partnered with Elon Musk to experiment on monkeys. Now a doctors group is suing SFC: John Madden honored in public memorial at Oakland Coliseum AP: DA: San Francisco police used rape kit DNA to arrest victim SFC: Bay Area COVID cases stop falling just as state prepares to roll back mandates SFC: Amazon is exploiting S.F.’s zoning policy to plot a huge expansion. Some aren’t happy SFC: Two more S.F. Walgreens are closing, this time in the heart of downtown AP: California AG, others to help with new SF investigation pact SFC: What’s wrong in San Jose? 14 killed in car crashes, including 8 pedestrians, this year SJMN: Larry Stone’s 27-year run as Santa Clara County assessor faces stiff test in primary FresBee: Fresno Unified makes big changes after second chaotic meeting but tensions remain high Advance pesticide notification pilot to launch in Grayson. How accessible will it be? CalCoast: Witness foils carjacking attempt in Grover Beach VCStar $: Farm workers rally in Oxnard for immigration reform LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 2,457 new cases and 26 new deaths, Feb. 14 OCReg: Long Beach agrees no paid parking at Alamitos Bay Marina — for now LAT $: Supt. Alberto Carvalho won high marks in Miami, but can he move L.A. Unified forward? OCReg: Bus drivers, supporters rally in Orange ahead of possible strike Tuesday VOC: A New Fight in Irvine Could Be Brewing Over a Veterans Memorial OCReg: Mater Dei moves to quash deposition of former AD in hazing case OCReg: Santa Ana offers free downtown parking to help businesses hurt by streetcar construction SBSun: San Bernardino to revisit asking voters whether to continue electing mayor PE: Mourners line streets of Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga to honor fallen soldier SDUT: San Diego may shift to relatively long 5-year email retention policy SDUT: Citizens review board will send representative to jail death scenes SDUT: San Diego’s Modern Times to shut down brewpubs in 4 cites as craft brewer retrenches from pandemic Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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