Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Thursday, February 17, 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: AP: Democratic leaders reluctant to halt California gas tax hike SDUT: Ack! A new record high for San Diego gas prices CalM: Crime, homelessness emerge as California Democrats’ weak spots AP: California to unveil shift to ‘endemic’ approach to virus VOC: OC Prosecutors Challenge DA Spitzer for Bringing Race into Death Penalty Decision OCReg: Racially charged comments by DA Todd Spitzer send OC legal community into furor AP: Former prosecutor sparred with DA over race comments SJMN: Los Gatos teacher who gave ‘F’ grades to students protesting gun violence sues School-Board Fallout Will Spread Far Beyond SF NR: The Trouncing of the San Francisco School Board LAT $: San Francisco is usually seen as a lefty outlier. The school board recalls may make it a bellwether CG: SF School Board Recall: Communities Can Come Together and Do What’s Right CG: San Francisco Voters Recall Three School Board Members With Over 70% of the Vote Each SJMN: Is mask-friendly Bay Area embracing looser mask rule? SacBee: Sacramento County officially lifts mask, virtual meeting orders as COVID rates drop FresBee: Angry parents confront FUSD board over vaccine and mask mandates NR: Ending Mask Madness CalM: No end in sight: California drought on course to break another record AP: Use of rape-kit DNA to probe other crimes shocks prosecutors LAT $: Bass takes early lead in L.A. mayor’s race, poll finds LAT $: In a remote corner of California, a state program successfully shelters homeless people SacBee: Proposed homeless parking site on American River nixed after East Sacramento pushback VCStar $: $4.2 million grant will help house local homeless youth FresBee: Republican state Assemblyman will not seek re-election. He’s been in the role for 10 years CG: Bill To Give Tax Credits To Businesses That Sponsor Blood Drives Introduced in Senate OCReg: UCLA: Southern California high-risk fire days could double by 2100 — and there’s not a lot we can do about it AP: California wildfire spurs evacuations in remote Owens Valley Reason: In Leaked Audio, CDC's Rochelle Walensky Privately Confirms She Won't Relax School Mask Guidance SacBee: ‘Freedom convoy’ in California? Sacramento supervisor tried to organize COVID protest Are We Done With Democrats' Irrational Covid Mandates? OCReg: Repeal Proposition 19’s death tax OCReg: Tawdry plan to spike union president’s pension NR: We’re Paying for All of That ‘Free’ Money Now, Aren’t We? Media Is Much More Dishonest Than You Even Imagine LAT $: Column: Newsom’s waning voter approval might’ve given the GOP a shot. But they blew it in the recall OCReg: The failed attempt to cancel Joe Rogan SacBee: Sacramento’s ‘biggest economic initiative’ — $1 billion Aggie Square project — breaks ground SacBee: Sacramento jail inmate dies after suffering medical emergency, sheriff’s officials say SJMN: Judge orders DA to provide defense with race-based data in Bay Area death penalty case SFC: Exclusive Q&A: S.F. police chief weighs in on Boudin, Tenderloin, police morale SFC: ‘It’s the Wild West’: One marina has become the site of a nightmare eviction battle SFC: Listen: A’s ballpark faces crucial City Council vote SFC: Why must Cal cut admissions? The answer lies with a controversial environmental law SJMN: Stanford students file complaint against university over fossil fuel investments Modesto stadium backers point to other projects as examples of success stories Turlock Unified school board approves new trustee area boundaries. What changes? Patterson City Council statement calls allegations against mayor ‘serious, troubling’ CalCoast: Coastal Commission bans new dwelling units in Los Osos, Cambria VCStar $: Conejo park district buys $975K site in hopes of building new park VCStar $: Oxnard Starbucks gets support from City Council LADN: Former Councilman Herb Wesson appointed to temporarily represent LA’s District 10 LADN: LAUSD’s new superintendent tours schools during first week on job VOC: Tim Shaw Keeps OC Board of Education Seat For Now, Lawsuit Continues in March VOC: Laguna Beach Officials Refuse to Publish City Council Agendas Earlier VOC: Santana: School Board Renames Romero Cruz Academy to Recognize Santa Ana Education Pioneer OCReg: DA report on shooting of homeless man Kurt Reinhold falls short VOC: Orange County Takes Free Public Transit Leap With ‘Permanent’ Youth Bus Passes PE: Want to live at Disneyland? New Disney community near Palm Springs could be next best thing PE: Menifee Police Chief Pat Walsh to retire PE: Daryl Hickman, former longtime Lake Elsinore council member, dies at 81 SBSun: Metrolink train tests San Bernardino-to-Redlands line for first time SDUT: ‘This is nuts’: San Diego home price continues to climb as inventory plunges Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website ‌ FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!