Saturday, February 19, 2022 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- 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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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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