Saturday, May 28, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • OCReg: How many $313,000 water executives does O.C. really need?
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County sends 2 ballots to more than 1,500 voters
  • AP: California, New Zealand announce climate change partnership
  • AP: California Democrat says he has votes to be Assembly speaker
  • LAT $: L.A. City Council moves to buy Chinatown apartments to protect tenants from huge rent hikes
  • LADN: LA County buys $750,000 worth of baby formula to fight shortage
  • LAT $: L.A. is banning most gas appliances in new homes. Get ready for electric stoves
  • PE: UC Riverside’s mask mandate returns as coronavirus cases climb
  • SFC: An Oakland couple took the trip of a lifetime. Then COVID stranded them abroad
  • LADN: As COVID numbers surge, LA County sees outbreaks at nursing homes prompting restrictions
  • CalM: Bill would allow lawsuits for marketing guns to kids
  • CalM: Second monkeypox case confirmed in California: What you should know
  • SDUT: Will a court ruling on evidence have wide impact on low-level cases? That’s in dispute.
  • LAT $: The June primary for California attorney general is a fight for second place
  • AP: Guilty plea in plot to firebomb California Democratic HQ
  • SFC: How California law enforcement say they’d respond to a mass shooting like Uvalde
  • AP: Authorities: 13 wells leaked methane near California homes
  • AP: California investigating sick and dying brown pelicans
  • OCReg: New privacy agency cannot expand unchecked in the dark
  • SFC: Lake Tahoe is finally reining in bad boater behavior
  • Sacramento County is exploring plans for new homeless shelters. But will they ever get built?
  • SacBee: Black Sacramento vice principal endured racist taunts, but district can’t ID a suspect
  • SacBee: Placer CEO Todd Leopold put on paid administrative leave, 2 months after crash killed teen
  • SJMN: SF: Police release body-cam footage showing officers shooting down two men engaged in struggle
  • SFC: Salesforce employees call for company to stop doing business with NRA
  • SFC: Thief takes Oakland police patrol car, leads police on pursuit into Vallejo
  • FresBee: Adventure Church moves to block Fresno’s $6.5 million deal to purchase Tower Theatre
  • FresBee: Fresno Councilmember reported colleague to FBI, district attorney, court filings say
  • CalM: California needs to keep Diablo Canyon Power Plant running
  • LAT $: L.A. council race focuses on homelessness and ‘the soul of the Westside’
  • LADN: East San Fernando Valley rail line project gets $909 million boost from Feds
  • OCReg: Eric Garcetti’s ambassadorship nomination should be axed
  • LAT $: Angels abandon Angel Stadium sale, citing Anaheim’s request
  • OCReg: Arte Moreno says he won’t fight Anaheim’s cancellation of Angel Stadium sale
  • PE: San Bernardino pastor’s checkered past haunts quest for City Council seat
  • PE: $300 million Riverside fiber optic project aims to close digital divide
  • SDUT: Is San Diego getting a new City Hall?
  • SDUT: San Diego region is national model for strict billboard rules, fighting visual clutter
  • VOSD: Gómez-vs-Alvarez Ended a Friendship, and Previewed a New Dynamic in Democratic San Diego
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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