Thursday, April 28, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SFC: San Francisco is one of the ‘rattiest cities in America.’ Will rat birth control help?
  • SFC: DeSantis’ feud with Newsom ramps up amid S.F. ‘dumpster fire’ insult
  • SFC: The Bay Area leads U.S. in $1 million home sales, and no other region is even close
  • AP: California to increase awards in medical malpractice cases
  • CalM: Medical malpractice deal could replace ballot measure, still raise monetary awards
  • California Is Gearing Up to Win a Darwin Award
  • LADN: Funding will help seal thousands of abandoned oil wells in Southern California and statewide
  • AP: CHP officer shot during struggle on San Diego freeway
  • SDUT: “They shot everybody in there.” These bystanders rushed to help at crime scenes
  • LAT $: Southern California braces for less water and a browner landscape
  • OCReg: Federal racketeering indictment targets 3 reputed OC Mexican Mafia leaders and 28 alleged associates
  • SBSun: Truck burglarized, roadway set on fire during San Bernardino street takeover
  • Parole granted for Stockton man convicted in 1991 Salida shooting case
  • FresBee: Exclusive: DNC seeks to boost California election outreach ahead of anticipated ‘red wave’
  • McCarthy-aligned super PAC plans $125M ad buy to win the House
  • CG: Conservatives Notice Thousands of Twitter Followers Restored After Elon Musk Purchase Announcement
  • SBSun: Drought prompts outdoor watering limits, possible fines for 6 million in Southern California
  • NR: It’s Gas Prices, Stupid
  • FresBee: California will see a summer gas-tax hike. Here’s how drivers could get some relief
  • SFC: Why aren’t more Californians getting second COVID booster shots? It’s complicated
  • AP: UC Berkeley student charged for threats that led to lockdown
  • AP: LA to pay $300,000 to man injured by police during protest
  • CG: Bill To Increase Maximum Freight Capacity in Fuel Haulers Voted Down in Senate Committee
  • OCReg: Elections 2022: Meet 74th Assembly District candidates Laurie Davies, Chris Duncan
  • OCReg: Cruise industry weathers COVID-19 holdovers as virus lingers
  • FresBee: Fatal flaw in failed San Joaquin Valley air pollution plan was clearly visible all along
  • FresBee: California bullet train planners take critical next step to plan Fresno, Valley stations
  • Nurses hold rallies to protest staff shortages at hospitals in Stanislaus County
  • SacBee: The Camp Fire took their homes. But they had more to lose in the rebuilding process
  • SacBee: Self-styled entrepreneur owed investors money. Then she brought her pitch to Paradise
  • LAT $: Bias, far-right sympathies among California law enforcement going unchecked, audit finds
  • CalM: Police and prison guard misconduct and bias: Audit asks state to step up
  • OCReg: Unmasking the passengers, and unleashing the Karens
  • OCReg: A litany of the state’s waste, fraud, abuse
  • Tearing Down the Silicon Valley Wall
  • OCReg: You can have a new showerhead, but you can’t have any new water
  • OCReg: SoCal sheriffs dive into fever swamp
  • CalM: Health care report: More questions than answers
  • NR: Student-Loan Forgiveness Would Double Down on Progressive Failure
  • SFC: Editorial: S.F.’s homelessness department has skirted oversight for long enough
  • How The Media Built The 'Don't Say Gay' Narrative
  • CG: How to Influence Democrats in Power: ‘Talk Democrat’
  • SacBee: Sacramento’s Sutter Health rebounds financially in 2021, logging $199M in operating income
  • CG: Prominent Endorsements Fail to Sway SF Voters on DA Chesa Boudin Recall in June
  • SFC: Up to a $30,000 raise in works for S.F. child care and preschool workers
  • SacBee: California’s Golden Gate Bridge needs repairs. But Biden administration may not help
  • SJMN: Oakland A’s face fan malaise in effort to boost attendance, build stadium (in Oakland or Vegas)
  • SJMN: Big revamp is eyed at San Jose’s Santana Row
  • SJMN: ‘I deny all counts’: Embattled sheriff formally responds to corruption charges
  • Modesto officials won’t fill council vacancy, will let voters decide in November
  • FresBee: $30 million program will bring electric school buses to Valley. ‘We’ll get a lot of demand’
  • FresBee: Fresno County beefs up code enforcement and fines. Here’s why it’s taking action
  • CalCoast: San Simeon reaches settlement with deprived property owner
  • VCStar $: Should Junipero Serra remain on county's emblem? You decide
  • LADN: LA awarded $9.5 million through Project Homekey to house homeless
  • LAT $: L.A. residents deeply pessimistic about race relations 30 years after riots, poll finds
  • LADN: LA County reports uptick in school COVID infections after Spring Break
  • VOC: Local Lawyers Vying To Become OC’s Next Top Prosecutor Sound Off
  • OCReg: Angel Stadium sale: Anaheim OKs settlement with state over housing law
  • VOC: Does the Angel Stadium Sale Put Every Public Property Across California Up For Grabs?
  • PE: Riverside’s city manager taking same post in Huntington Beach
  • PE: Prado Dam patriotic mural near Corona loses legal protection, but could be repainted
  • SDUT: Councilmember Mona Rios is retiring. What’s next in National City politics?

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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