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- OCReg: Coastal Commission staff says Poseidon’s ocean-to-tap water plant should not be built
- CG: Coastal Commission Recommends Denial of Huntington Beach Desalinization Plant
- LAT $: Elon Musk’s strategy for winning Twitter: ‘Ready, fire, aim’
- CG: $44 Billion Twitter Sale to Elon Musk Ignites Fears Company May Be Moved Out of San Francisco
- A Win for Free Speech, a Nightmare for Progressives
- Content Moderation More About Control Than Safety
- SFC: State Republicans have little power, but lots of confidence at convention
- CalM: A do-or-die election for California GOP
- VCStar $: California mayors want $3 billion over 3 years for homeless
- LAT $: Newsom’s ‘CARE Court’ homelessness plan faces new questions before first hearing
- SFC: The ball is back in Newsom’s court on single-payer health care in California
- SFC: Oakland to ask for end of nearly 20-year federal oversight of police
- LAT $: Claim alleges Sheriff Villanueva directed cover-up of deputy kneeling on inmate
- SJMN: Your BART train might stink, but COVID ventilation is strong, experts say
- LAT $: Supreme Court OKs ‘race neutral’ admissions policy to admit more Black, Latino students
- CG: Why is U.S. Senate Candidate Mark Meuser On the Ballot Twice?
- AP: Justices hear fight over asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico
- LAT $: Despite April rains, California still faces significant drought conditions as summer nears
- CG: CA Legislature Ignoring Environmental Laws in State Capitol Renovation and Historic Tree Removal
- SFC: Why Bay Area housing prices are unlikely to drop despite climbing mortgage interest rates
- PE: Riverside County home price hits record $580,000, up 45% in pandemic
- LADN: Los Angeles County home price hits record $840,000, up 35% in pandemic
- SBSun: San Bernardino County home price hits record $495,000, up 41% in pandemic
- OCReg: Orange County’s $1.02 million home price is 15th pandemic record
- Reason: Texas'; Social Media Law Recycles Left-Wing Media Theory
- SBSun: Race-baiting for tax fairness (or more money for failing governments)
- Reason: If the CDC's Mask Mandate Is "Necessary for the Public Health"; Why Didn't the DOJ Seek a Stay To Restore It?
- SacBee: Sacramento city councilwoman tests positive for COVID-19, is symptomatic and isolating
- LAT $: Gayborhoods are getting destroyed, San Francisco LGBTQ+ rights activist says
- Oakland Unified, teachers’ union face off over planned strike against school closures
- Tesla in Fremont: ‘Welcome to the slave house’ was manager’s greeting, Black employee claims in lawsuit
- SFC: At Oakland food distribution site, inflation adds up to 28,000 meals a day
- SJMN: Downtown San Jose office towers head for 2023 construction start
- Stanislaus County looks to raise park entry fees for some. Inspection fees on the rise
- BakCal: Kern County supervisors to stop hosting livestream of meetings on YouTube
- SLTrib: Candidate hints that a SLO County supervisor plans to step down. Here are the facts
- SLTrib: Cal Poly student-run arboretum gets $1 million gift. Here’s how money will be spent
- LAT $: ‘Pure greed’: Former DWP general manager gets 6 years in prison in corruption case
- LAT $: Can a TV ad starring a dachshund breathe new life into Mike Feuer’s mayoral campaign?
- OCReg: Anaheim settles Angel Stadium sale dispute with state for $96 million
- LAT $: Angel Stadium land sale could mean more affordable housing in Anaheim but maybe less on site
- OCReg: Disneyland drops last mask requirement
- PE: After 20 years and $150 million, will Mid-County Parkway ever be built in Riverside County?
- SDUT: San Diego council moves forward with plan to allow auditor to hire outside lawyers
- SDUT: San Dieguito superintendent, placed on leave for comments about Asian students, claims retaliation
- SDUT: Lemon Grove councilmember arrested, barred from home after partner alleges violent behavior
- SDUT: San Diego bans flavored tobacco, including menthol cigarettes, in 7-2 vote
- SDUT: Private appraisal for Ash Street building put value at $94M -- only if the city agreed to lease
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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