Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CG: EXCLUSIVE: California Globe Interview With President Donald Trump, Part 2
  • AP: Small California school district reinstates indoor masking
  • LAT $: Chabria: Vancouver’s safe drug-use sites are wrenching to see. California should open them anyway
  • OCReg: Former CEO of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce facing criminal charges
  • OCReg: Anaheim council members call news of investigation into mayor ‘devastating’ and ‘shocking’
  • VOC: OC Judge Halts Angel Stadium Sale Amidst FBI Corruption Probe of Anaheim Mayor
  • CG: Sale of Angels Stadium On Hold Following Corruption Probe Into Anaheim Mayor
  • VOC: Calls for Investigations, Resignations Echo in Anaheim After FBI Stadium Sale Probe
  • OCReg: Allegations cloud Angel Stadium deal, council member calls for mayor to resign
  • SJMN: $6 a gallon?! California reaches another gas price record. Is there any relief ahead?
  • FresBee: Tech billionaire running for Senate from California wants unhackable computer systems
  • VCStar $: Three candidates eye 38th Assembly District seat
  • LADN: LA County COVID cases will likely move from ‘low’ to ‘medium’ risk category
  • LAT $: L.A. is doing much better than New York with new coronavirus wave. Can it last?
  • LADN: Southern California home prices hit more records as rate hikes fail to slow bidding wars
  • PE: Gov. Newsom visits Carson to discuss drought response, including proposed plant that would recycle wastewater
  • LAT $: A CSU official was accused of harassment. Women question why he wasn’t disciplined
  • SFC: Why is the state superintendent race such a snooze?
  • Reason: Gov. Newsom Proposes Eliminating One of California's Many Marijuana Taxes
  • AP: Taiwan’s president condemns California church shooting
  • AP: Roommate: No warning signs before deadly church attack
  • FresBee: Will Fresno Starbucks organizing spur union ‘awakening’ for workers? Here’s what they say
  • CalM: Spend the surplus game 2022: Newsom picked his budget priorities. Do you agree?
  • SJMN: California public schools get whopping $128.3 Billion under Newsom’s budget proposal
  • CalM: In California for years, but still can’t qualify for in-state tuition
  • AP: Environmentalists oppose more life for California nuke plant
  • OCReg: It’s not corporate greed driving high gas prices, despite what politicians say
  • OCReg: Survivors of sexual abuse at the California Legislature and public universities shouldn’t be excluded
  • CalM: Will California voters approve betting on sports?
  • SacBee: Sacramento police chief confronts ‘alarming’ gun violence in first months on the job
  • SacBee: Placer County CEO who killed teen has history of speeding, was once arrested on DUI charge
  • SFC: COVID shut down some of S.F.’s coolest hidden public spaces. It’s time to reopen
  • FresBee: Two-way election duel for Fresno County sheriff will have huge, lasting consequences
  • FresBee: Fresno city leaders support abortion rights during Planned Parenthood California bus tour
  • CalCoast: ExxonMobil sues Santa Barbara County over oil transportation denial
  • CalCoast: Morro Bay cannabis shop to change owners amid corruption investigation
  • VCStar $: Port Hueneme voters to decide city's name
  • LAT $: L.A. hikers love Temescal Canyon. A developer just got fined $6 million for blocking it
  • CG: LA City Attorney Mike Feuer Drops Out of Mayoral Race
  • LAT $: LAUSD expects enrollment to plummet by an ‘alarming’ 30% in the next decade
  • SDUT: Column: Did wastewater recycling help defeat the Huntington Beach desalination plant?
  • SBSun: Population growth fuels retail expansion in San Bernardino County
  • PE: Home-invasion robbery is Riverside’s fourth in recent weeks
  • SDUT: East County’s $950M water recycling project could be in jeopardy as San Diego nixes pipeline deal
  • SDUT: SDG&E looks to increase electricity bills 5.6%, natural gas 18.1% starting in 2024
  • SDUT: Omar Passons, who heads county’s Office of Homeless Solutions, is leaving position
  • SDUT: Groundbreaking for Chula Vista’s billion-dollar bayfront project just weeks away
  • VOSD: Ex-City Real Estate Chief: 101 Ash Landlord Denied Paying ‘Volunteer’ Adviser

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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