Sunday, May 8, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: The Homeless Election Battle
  • LAT $: Ballots and a big decision arrive this week in L.A.’s mayoral race
  • CG: On This Mother’s Day 2022, What is a Woman?
  • Can We Still Call It Mother's Day?
  • VOSD: Politics Report: Dem Party Chair Abruptly Goes on Leave
  • SDUT: San Diego County Democratic Party Chair steps aside amid assault allegations
  • SDUT: Homicides at parks in San Diego spark debate over public safety
  • SFC: Bay Area residents protest Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
  • LAT $: Abortion rights activists rally in West Hollywood ahead of Mother’s Day
  • LAT $: Woman shot to death near a homeless encampment near South Gate
  • PE: $5.8 million plan targets homeless camps along Riverside’s Santa Ana River
  • FresBee: JCPenney robber foiled when shoppers step in. He made it worse with pepper spray, police say
  • SFC: How the pandemic divided California county where 1 in 300 people died of COVID
  • SDUT: White House drug czar announces new plan to address meth crisis during San Diego visit
  • SFC: Garofoli: Democrats’ fate lies in political battlefield Orange County
  • OCReg: State Bar notifies 1,300 individuals identified in massive data breach
  • AP: Inmate slain in California prison is 3rd homicide in a week
  • AP: Detailed ‘open source’ news investigations are catching on
  • Why Was Covid Relief Cash Spent on CRT in Schools?
  • OCReg: Major hurdles for independent candidates like Michael Shellenberger
  • OCReg: The Supreme Court leak and the perpetual attacks on American institutions
  • CalM: Journalists shed light on thorny California issues
  • OCReg: California can start to fix legal cannabis market by ditching the cultivation tax
  • NR: America’s Unwarranted Pessimism
  • SacBee: Jim Barnes vows to bring transparency, new vision if elected Sacramento’s next sheriff
  • SacBee: Sacramento’s outgoing sheriff and DA sparred with Black Lives Matter. What comes next?
  • SacBee: Jim Cooper says he’ll work as Sacramento sheriff to toughen up laws, forge partnerships
  • FresBee: Clovis student says alleged locker room assault left him traumatized. Now he’s suing
  • VCStar $: Four vie for county's District 4 supervisor seat
  • LADN: Cedars-Sinai workers to walk out Monday, protesting unfair labor practices
  • LAT $: A landslide destroyed O.C. homes 24 years ago. A developer wants to build there again
  • SDUT: Incumbent Democrat facing 3 strong challengers in high-profile San Diego council race

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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