Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: Calif. group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants
  • SacBee: Unions prepare to fight as California state departments order employees back to offices
  • LAT $: Chesa Boudin’s radical life made him a lightning rod for the progressive prosecutor movement
  • CalM: California lawmakers struck a deal on eviction protections. What does it mean for tenants?
  • LAT $: Lobbyists found dead in Northern California home; son arrested after standoff
  • SacBee: California Democrats put employee COVID vaccine mandate on hold, citing opposition
  • LAT $: One of the most far-reaching vaccine mandate bills in California will not move forward
  • LADN: LA City Council set to lift proof of COVID-19 vaccination mandate
  • SFC: COVID cases in California are leveling off. Here’s how BA.2 variant might change that
  • AP: California plan would pay farmers to grow less to save water
  • CG: Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapper Recommended for Parole by CDCR Panel
  • AP: California governor rejects parole for Manson family member
  • OCReg: Stronger sentences for fentanyl dealers face uphill battle in state legislature
  • CG: Servicemember Consumer Protection Strengthening Bill Introduced in Senate
  • CalM: Cop cash: California law enforcement gives big to campaigns
  • CalM: Will there be enough teachers for California’s ambitious plans for its youngest students?
  • AP: Trevor Bauer files defamation lawsuit against The Athletic
  • SFC: Lawsuit says Biden continues Trump’s surveillance of immigrants
  • SJMN: San Jose Police Chief, attorney give dueling accounts of police shooting that wounded man after restaurant brawl
  • FresBee: Shooting in Fresno Police headquarters is fourth by a department officer in 2022
  • LAT $: South L.A. police shooting under investigation
  • OCReg: Former OC sheriff’s reserve captain pays millions in restitution for workers’ compensation fraud
  • AP: California eyes predatory car sales safeguard for military
  • FresBee: This Fresno County plan ‘likely’ violates environment and housing laws, says AG Bonta
  • AP: Audit: Lax oversight, fraud within California hospice system
  • VOC: How Truthful Does a Candidate’s Ballot Statement to Voters Need to Be?
  • How Big Tech Is Strangling Your Freedom
  • What If a White Man Had Slapped Chris Rock?
  • The Slap Heard Around the World
  • CalM: ‘Job killer’ list tests Capitol’s ideological bent
  • Biden's Laptops Now an Active National Security Threat
  • OCReg: Lessons learned from the clearing of the Echo Park Lake homeless encampment
  • NR: Fauci Says We May Never Know If Costs of Covid Lockdowns Outweigh Benefits
  • OCReg: Don’t let the California Dream become a transportation nightmare
  • VOC: Santana: Was the fuse for the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill Riot lit from OC’s Chapman University?
  • NR: The Empty Chair
  • Reason: Taxpayers To Be Billed a Billion Dollars for Buffalo Bills' New Stadium
  • CG: SacPD Catch and Arrest Local Sacramento Bombers
  • SFC: Fatal shooting follows multicar collision in Oakland
  • SJMN: San Jose police chief unveils ghost gun buyback program
  • Stanislaus County moves toward business park at former air base. 15,000 jobs possible
  • AP: Report: Great white shark killed California bodyboarder
  • CalCoast: Accomplices charged in Santa Barbara County jailbreak
  • VCStar $: Former Oxnard fire marshal accused of sexual harassment
  • LAT $: Will Delta’s new $1.9-billion terminal make flying out of LAX easier?
  • LADN: LA County sheriff says mistakes were made in handling of probe of deputy-inmate altercation
  • LAT $: After Times report, Sheriff Villanueva denies role in cover-up, replaces top aide
  • OCReg: How will OC District Attorney candidates address rising crime?
  • VOC: Garden Grove Residents Demand City Address Crime and Dwindling Parking
  • OCReg: Ex-substitute teacher in Mission Viejo sexually assaulted female students for years, lawsuit alleges
  • SBSun: San Bernardino mayoral candidates to face off again on April 11
  • PE: Care of Turpin children still unknown midway through probe
  • SBSun: U.S. Secretary of Education visits Ontario school, Chaffey College InTech Center in Fontana
  • SDUT: Fletcher announces initiatives to tackle homelessness, mental health, with $10M in grants for cities
  • VOSD: The Energy Debate Threatening San Diego’s Promise of Cheaper Energy
  • SDUT: Contract for San Diego County Fair midway was rigged, should be voided, lawyer argues
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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