Friday, April 1, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • VCStar $: Supervisor files suit to unmask sender of offensive item
  • Disneyland To Remove Princesses from Parades
  • NR: Disney Is Fighting a Losing Battle
  • NR: Disney Has Fallen
  • BreitbartCA: Disney Employee Slams Company’s Opposition to Parental Rights
  • AP: New California law extends eviction ban for some renters
  • CalM: California has a new law on eviction protections. What does it mean for tenants?
  • AP: A California first: woman signs bill into state law
  • “[We all] Hope Clarence Thomas Dies”: UCLA Faces New Free Speech Controversy Over Social Media
  • UCLA race and equity director appears to wish death on Justice Thomas, calls him a 'token' | WCIV
  • UCLA’s race, equity director appears to wish for Justice Thomas to die: ‘no one wants to openly admit’ | Fox News
  • SFC: Arkansas thieves rip off $2.7 million in California EDD benefits
  • LAT $: With crime up and ridership down, Metro struggles to move homeless people off trains
  • LADN: City officials to announce settlement of LA homelessness lawsuit
  • SFC: Drug dealers in Tenderloin come out in force at night. What can S.F. do to stop the chaos?
  • LAT $: Is it fair to blame Gascón alone for L.A.’s violent crime surge? Here’s what the data show
  • OCReg: Prosecutors file lawsuits alleging sexual harassment, racial comments in OC DA’s office
  • FresBee: Joe Biden announced an historic release of federal oil. Will it lower California gas prices?
  • SDUT: Is Newsom’s $400 gas rebate plan a good one?
  • Newsom announces ‘historic’ treaty on river flows. Why MID and TID aren’t celebrating
  • LAT $: As drought saps water supply, California signs $2.6-billion ecological pact
  • OCReg: California drought: Sierra snowpack falls to one of lowest levels in 70 years
  • SFC: Where snowpack level stands after most critical survey of the year
  • LADN: Rally stokes support for union elections bill on César Chávez Day
  • FresBee: Farmworkers urge Gov. Newsom to sign Ag Labor Voting act
  • SJMN: California AG takes aim at landlords, attorneys
  • LAT $: Unpaid tickets, tolls and court fees prevent poor Californians from receiving tax credits
  • AP: Ex-minor leaguer ran major league sports betting operation
  • AP: 4 hurt in Southern California recycling yard explosions
  • CalM: Without SAT, ACT, what’s next for Cal State admissions?
  • AP: Report: Rain not anticipated when $7M in PPE moved outside
  • SFC: Report: Lack of planning led to San Mateo County PPE being left out in rain
  • BreitbartCA: Self-own: California Gov. Gavin Newsom Poses with ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Banned by District in Own State
  • LAT $: Column One: Feral pigs are biological time bombs. Can California stem their ‘exponential’ damage?
  • OCReg: Hollywood face-slaps conservatives: Larry Elder
  • NR: More Bad Census News for Blue America
  • CityJrnl: Woke Racial Activists Have Captured the Field of Public Health
  • NR: Who Will Defend Women?
  • CG: Re-Open the Floodgates of American Energy to Prevent an Oil-pocalypse
  • SacBee: ‘Kindest, dearest’: Advocates at California’s Capitol mourn lobbyists killed in Loomis home
  • SacBee: Sacramento mayor, council members to get raises starting in June. See how much
  • SacBee: Exclusive: Sacramento Republic FC plans new soccer stadium in downtown Railyards
  • SFC: What BART’s latest data tells us about the Bay Area’s new in-person workweek
  • SFC: Ranch owner wants to raze hills near Gilroy. Tribal leaders say the land is sacred
  • SFC: Disabled inmate wins $500,000 jury award against S.F.
  • SFC: Elite Oakland private school battles neighbors over expansion: ‘It’s just too many kids’
  • SFC: Business group calls progressive tax plans in Oakland ‘ruinous’ for jobs
  • SJMN: San Jose’s District 3 race: Candidates envision a downtown core where everyone feels safe
  • Turlock debates moving planned ACE rail depot to downtown
  • FresBee: A new rent assistance law passed in California. Here’s what it means for Fresno renters
  • ‘I know their stories’: Modesto native selected as Sylvan schools superintendent
  • SDUT: Sempra considers offshore wind project in Morro Bay
  • CalCoast: SLO County’s marijuana mogul Dayspring settles civil suit
  • LADN: As BA.2 gains strength, LA County’s Ferrer laments ‘shameful’ pace of federal funding
  • VOC: Fullerton Council Members Pick New Election Map; Residents Feel Unheard Again
  • VOC: Downtown Santa Ana Merchants Step Back into the Trench to Protest OC Streetcar Impacts
  • OCReg: Former pro baseball player from Orange County among those to plead guilty to illegal sports gambling ring
  • PE: Legal claim blames Rialto paramedics who refused to enter care facility for patient’s death
  • SBSun: Fontana mayor will appear on ‘Undercover Boss’
  • PE: 1.8 million square feet of warehouses planned near Mission Grove, Orangecrest in Riverside
  • SDUT: Sports arena site bidder Midway Rising strikes labor deal
  • VOSD: San Diego Has Hundreds of Surveillance Tools. Now the Public Needs to Decide How to Regulate Them.

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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