Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, February 19, 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: California bill would have citizens enforce weapons ban VOC: Cheating Scandals Trigger Dropped Endorsements For DA Spitzer, Baytieh Judge Campaigns OCReg: ‘Shocking’ comments: Riverside DA rescinds Spitzer endorsement PE: ‘Shocking’ comments: Riverside DA rescinds Spitzer endorsement OCReg: Was John Eastman, former Chapman legal scholar, trying to overthrow democracy? SacBee: California average gas price hits record high. Interactive map shows most expensive counties CG: Transgender Athletes in the Spotlight Reason: There Is Little Evidence That Mask Mandates Had an Important Impact During the Omicron Surge SJMN: COVID vaccine-proof cards no longer required, but some restaurants hang on to mask rules LADN: LAUSD makes outdoor masking optional starting next week SacBee: Masks come off at Sacramento gyms, but trainers say some COVID practices are here to stay FresBee: Did faulty breathing equipment kill 2 California firefighters? Their families say yes LAT $: A war to halt logging in Northern California reignites. Will it end differently this time? AP: Legal questions mount amid San Francisco rape kit DNA case LAT $: Arellano: Can a giant, empty Sears building help solve homelessness in L.A.? LADN: After year off during pandemic, LA County rekindles annual effort to count homeless SDUT: Number of tents, people drops dramatically after police crackdown at Midway homeless encampment CalM: Out of the COVID crisis, but California is still in a state of emergency CalM: ‘SMARTER’: Newsom administration outlines future plans for COVID AP: NTSB releases documents on fatal 2020 California bus crash PE: State to pay $3.5 million to family of slain Chino prisoner CG: Bill To Drastically Increase Prison Release Funds For Prisoners Introduced in Senate SacBee: California could give dogs and cats a bill of rights. They may be better off with a treat FresBee: ‘You deserved better.’ Fresno State president issues letter in wake of Castro resignation FresBee: Fresno State students, faculty say Castro’s resignation isn’t enough. Here’s what they want FresBee: After resignation, CSU chancellor could head to faculty position at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo SFC: Airbnb amends policy forcing Superhosts to resume reservations SFC: Why is S.F. Chinatown’s internet so bad? ‘It’s racism,’ says the person trying to fix it SFC: Homeowners in white neighborhoods of one city may get triple tax benefit Reason: Why Are Progressives So Eager To Copy California's Failed Policies? NR: The Left’s Culture-War Mission Creep Twitter's Flawed Justification for Censorship SFC: Neighborhood group fires back as court weighs whether to lift UC Berkeley enrollment cap LAT $: Newsom urges state high court to avert looming cut of 3,050 students at UC Berkeley SFC: The case of the trashed parklet and 'do-nothing cops' has an ending, but raises bigger questions for S.F. SFC: Stray bullet injures woman having dinner at Market St. restaurant SFC: Fentanyl is driving overdose deaths in S.F. There’s more to the story SJMN: Editorial: San Jose BART extension needs cost, timeline transparency SJMN: Feds say BART’s San Jose extension likely delayed till 2034 SJMN: Ex-Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta charged with forgery, falsifying financial statements FresBee: Fresno rolls out $171 million ARPA plan. Critics say the city council didn’t listen FresBee: Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announces retirement SJMN: Construction begins on $12 million mountain lion crossing on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz Mountains CalCoast: SLO County COVID-19 cases up slightly, 3 new deaths VCStar $: Grant will launch cold case unit for sexual assaults VCStar $: Longtime Ventura County Supervisor John Flynn dies at 89 LADN: Lawsuit aims to block appointment of Herb Wesson to LA City Council, reinstate Mark Ridley-Thomas CG: LA DA George Gascon Walks Back Blanket Ban on Trying Juveniles as Adults LADN: Gascón shifts policy against filing special circumstance allegations OCReg: Santa Ana police association president can’t count union salary toward pension OCReg: Affordable housing project could mean new City Hall for San Juan Capistrano OCReg: Street, plaza in Dana Point Harbor to be renamed after Don Hansen, who inspired its whale watching industry PE: Former Norton Air Force Base now logistics hub with UPS, FedEx and Amazon PE: Jurupa Valley chooses map to redraw city council boundaries VOSD: VOSD Podcast: Housing Conquers All VOSD: Politics Report: That Bry, Senturia Story SDUT: Education leader Dorothy Smith, San Diego’s first Black woman elected to public office, dies SDUT: Will Chicago Title face criminal prosecution in Champion-Cain Ponzi scheme? 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