Friday, June 3, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CG: Alameda County to Reinstate Public Indoor Mask Mandate Beginning June 3rd
  • AP: Alameda County reinstates mask mandate amid California surge
  • LAT $: L.A. County moves closer to indoor mask order
  • SacBee: Sacramento, 12 other California counties move to CDC’s ‘high’ COVID level. Is it mask time?
  • SacBee: Sacramento school district returns to indoor mask mandate due to local COVID-19 surge
  • OCReg: DA Gascon can’t ignore California’s ‘three-strikes’ law, appellate court says
  • SFC: Appeals court says state's district attorneys must follow three-strikes law
  • CG: Facing Recall, SF DA Chesa Boudin Denies Ever Supporting Police Defunding
  • SFC: S.F. D.A. pulls motion on potential release of man sentenced to life at 17
  • CalM: California may give fast food workers power to bargain with their industry
  • LAT $: Los Angeles police shoot, kill man in Koreatown
  • CalCoast: Thieves assault Atascadero man during home invasion
  • LAT $: ‘Gimme Shelter’: Will Newsom’s big homelessness plan work?
  • CalM: A thirsty state
  • AP: California regulators approve state’s 1st robotic taxi fleet
  • LADN: Election 2022: LA mayoral race comes down to who can address homeless, corruption, crime
  • LAT $: News Analysis: Rick Caruso was a Republican 3 years ago. Will voters care?
  • NR: Could Los Angeles Elect a (Relatively) Conservative Mayor?
  • LADN: Granada Hills Charter’s seniors graduate; promised protest over vaccinations is small, but respectful
  • CalM: Inmate shuffle: How California bounces around its mentally ill prisoners
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Ignores Lax Safety Practices at CA Public Schools
  • CalM: Thirty-year-old Medi-Cal income limit leaves some seniors without needed care
  • AP: After groundbreaking slave reparations report, what next?
  • AP: California bank robbery suspect killed in police shootout
  • SBSun: LA County reports first apparent monkeypox case
  • SacBee: Race for California’s 3rd Congressional District will test endurance of Trump’s appeal.
  • How Kamala Harris took down Corinthian Colleges as California’s attorney general, in her words
  • Reason: Government Employees Got $872 Million in Bonuses Out of COVID Aid Cash
  • OCReg: Lawsuit forces Orange to disclose military cache
  • CG: Sacramento 2021 Crime Spike: Murder, Rape, Assault, and Shootings Significantly Increase
  • SacBee: Placer County CEO faces discipline or dismissal in wake of fatal Rocklin car crash
  • SFC: Opponents of A’s Howard Terminal ballpark flood state agency meeting
  • SFC: Wine Country restaurateur accused of sexual harassment denied liquor license
  • LAT $: San Francisco Pride Parade will allow some uniformed police to march, easing a ban
  • SFC: S.F.’s Tenderloin Center was a mystery for months. Tour only raised the curtain a little
  • SFC: S.F. police, Pride reach compromise with small number of officers marching in uniform
  • SFC: Honey Mahogany is running for San Francisco supervisor
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County sheriff’s proposal to close courts causes uproar
  • FresBee: Women called ‘witches and warlocks’ in campaign mailer to voters. Here’s the response
  • FresBee: Suspect identified in Fresno’s $600,000 scam case, mayor says. New details revealed
  • CalCoast: San Luis Obispo plans to double parking rates, increase fines
  • VCStar $: 'It's a bummer': Closures to impact Ventura beachgoers
  • LADN: Mayor Garcetti signs revised $11.8 billion LA budget for 2022-23
  • LADN: Port of Long Beach budget includes a jump in spending for capital improvements
  • LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County is 76% fully vaccinated with 5,047 new cases and 10 more deaths
  • VOC: Santana: After Shadowy Stadium Deal Explodes, Do LA Angels Even Have a Valid Lease?
  • SBSun: Demolition of Carousel Mall uncertain as council declines mayor’s request to expedite the process
  • PE: Accusations over baby’s death fly in DA’s race
  • PE: Riverside County budget has grown $1.9 billion since 2017
  • SDUT: San Diego clears homeless from East Village sidewalks
  • SDUT: San Diego County’s COVID-19 numbers jump again
  • VOSD: Tourism Workers Come Out of Pandemic Swinging

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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