Friday, February 25, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CG: 24 School Districts in 10 California Counties Disregard State School Mask Mandate
  • SacBee: Another Sacramento-area school district moves to stop enforcing COVID mask mandate
  • CalCoast: Cal Poly to lift mask mandate in mid-March
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County plans to end indoor mask mandate in one week
  • Turlock Unified seeks restraining order against trustee who refuses to don mask at meetings
  • California State Treasurer Backed Two New Laws to Help Santa Ana Police Union President Increase His Pension
  • OCReg: Tawdry plan to spike union president’s pension
  • VOC: CA Treasurer Fiona Ma Helped Santa Ana Police Union Boss in His Quest for Pension Boost
  • VOC: New Housing Plans Pit OC Cities Against Sacramento Over State Mandated Housing Goals
  • LAT $: So you want to build an ADU in California? Here’s what you need to know
  • California just reached a $15 an hour minimum wage. Are voters ready for $18?
  • LADN: Protesters condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine at morning, evening rallies
  • SJMN: Bay Area Ukrainians express horror, anger, defiance as Russia invades their homeland
  • CG: The Russian-Ukrainian War Effect on Eastern European Immigrants to California
  • SDUT: Anger surfaces at SDSU over rule requiring faculty to include Kumeyaay statement in syllabi
  • LAT $: California agriculture takes $1.2-billion hit during drought, losing 8,700 farm jobs, researchers find
  • SFC: California drought: Maps show 69% of the state is still facing severe dryness
  • SacBee: Should California impose a THC limit on drivers? A state lawmaker says no
  • LAT $: Hollywood Burbank Airport files environmental lawsuit against California’s bullet train
  • LAT $: Demise of single-payer healthcare in California trips up efforts in other states
  • LAT $: Confidence in California public schools declines sharply; a third give L.A. a D or F
  • LAT $: UC smashes record for first-year fall applications, with gains in most racial groups
  • CG: Bowing to China, Shipping Carriers Refuse to Transport U.S. and California Goods
  • CalM: California Democrats make appeal to crime victims
  • FresBee: Gov. Newsom awards Fresno $5 million for homeless camps. Here’s how it will be spent
  • AP: 9th Circuit cancels hearing after women, US Soccer settle
  • LAT $: Nixon library marks 50 years of U.S.-China relations amid low point for diplomacy
  • CG: Bill To Require State Parks Meet Local Open Fire Laws Moved to Senate Committee
  • OCReg: ‘Stealth omicron’ is on its way. How nervous should we be?
  • OCReg: Berkeley NIMBYs spotlight the ill effects of CEQA
  • NR: Biden’s Dismal State of the Union
  • OCReg: Spitzer can’t deflect attention to Los Angeles when his own office is in turmoil
  • Educational Bureaucrats Steamroll Parents and Kids
  • CalM: Instead of more bureaucracy, California needs more water storage
  • AmerSpec: It Took One Year for Biden Admin to Plunge Us Into Chaos
  • SFC: What S.F.’s climate apocalypse could look like, according to hit video game
  • SJMN: Gun-violence restraining order filed against San Jose cop after domestic call
  • SJMN: Santa Clara council votes to fire City Manager Deanna Santana; cites ‘lack of confidence’ in her
  • SFC: How one Silicon Valley startup runs on the labor of unpaid interns
  • Why is Modesto councilman advocating downtown as home for roller skating rink?
  • AP: Scott Peterson’s new trial rests on ‘Strawberry Shortcake’
  • VCStar $: Thousand Oaks City Council adopts anti-hate resolution
  • VCStar $: Gorell, Abele win Republican Party's stamp of approval
  • VCStar $: Ventura County assessor announces retirement
  • LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 1,985 new cases an d74 new deaths, Feb. 24
  • LADN: Judge puts Herb Wesson’s appointment to LA City Council on hold
  • OCReg: If signatures are valid, three Huntington Beach council members could face recall election
  • OCReg: Santa Ana man stole $1 million in COVID-19 tests from clinic, police say
  • OCReg: Anti-Semitic fliers distributed in several O.C. cities are denounced
  • PE: In hospice care but not dying: Inland Empire $4.2 million billing scheme alleged
  • SBSun: Volunteers survey, count San Bernardino County’s homeless population
  • VOSD: Region’s ‘Net Zero’ Ambitions Are Far Out of Reach
  • SDUT: Police reaffirm commitment to protecting La Jolla as crime ring stays active elsewhere

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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