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THE HEADLINES AP: Biden tours beach town damaged by massive California storms CG: President Biden Visits Storm Battered Santa Clara, Santa Cruz Counties A Presumption of Innocence for Biden But Not Trump NR: Biden’s DOJ Was Grossly Negligent in Handling Classified-Document Searches AP: Biden on classified docs discovery: ‘There’s no there there’ LAT $: Ex-state Democratic Party leader who helped FBI in Anaheim probe agrees to plead guilty to wire fraud VOC: OC Democratic Power Broker Admits To Attempted Bribery of Irvine Councilmembers and Attempted Wire Fraud LAT $: Former L.A. councilman Jose Huizar to plead guilty in corruption case LAT $: The stunning fall of Jose Huizar and how it exposed ‘rampant corruption’ at L.A. City Hall LADN: Ex-LA councilmember Jose Huizar will take plea bargain in corruption case OCReg: Quick guide to corruption allegations and other scandals gnarling the scene at LA City Hall SDUT: Groups opposed to California’s recent rooftop solar decision seek a rehearing AP: VP Harris touts Arizona-California power transmission line SFC: Why state urges people with middle class tax refunds to withdraw money ASAP Kiley, Duarte among California Republican congressmen happy to land roles on key committees AP: Group seeks reintroduction of sea otters along West Coast Reason: Inside the Facebook Files: Emails Reveal the CDC's Role in Silencing COVID-19 Dissent AP: California storms feed systems set up to capture rainwater FresBee: Friant Dam has more water than it can handle. Fresno wants it before it’s lost to ocean SFC: Lawmakers urge more transit funding, to avoid ‘irreversible’ service harm CG: Pushing Back Against California, Wyoming Introduces Bill To Ban All New Electric Car Sales By 2035 CalM: California Senate sings the budget blues CG: Senators Temporarily Cover ‘Unrepresented’ Areas of California Bill seeks to require Legislature candidates to live in districts in which they’re running These overgrown California forests will be thinned with new wildfire funds from feds Southern California to get slice of $930 million in federal funds for wildfire reduction efforts CalM: State COVID testing sites begin to close SDUT: Transgender woman at Santee’s YMCA says she was ‘thunderstruck’ by outcry over locker room use Alec Baldwin to be charged in fatal shooting on 'Rust' set: DA AP: Warming to make California downpours even wetter, study says AP: Small plane makes emergency landing on California beach OCReg: Anyone but Katie Porter for U.S. Senate in California America's Police Exodus WashTimes: Biden's IRS Plans To Squeeze Everyone CG: California’s Water Now Less Racist Thanks to New Racial Equity Action Plan CG: San Francisco Exemplifies ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’ SFC: S.F. approves 55-story residential tower, but don’t expect it to open soon SFC: Affordable-housing quotas imperil new S.F. building projects, study says SFC: Could S.F. gallery owner who sprayed homeless woman with hose face jail time? SJMN: Oakland police Chief LeRonne Armstrong placed on leave Major shakeup in Oakland Police Dept. as chief is put on leave SJMN: Intel eyes hundreds of Bay Area job cuts SJMN: San Jose hotel faces foreclosure, tax delinquencies New crime-solving technology coming to Turlock, where downtown has seen recent violence FresBee: Clovis Unified superintendent is retiring. ‘The greatest privilege of my life’ VCStar $: Oxnard's Sports Park to be limited to ball fields VCStar $: Santa Paula continues with districting process LADN: LA County moves into into CDC’s ‘low’ category for COVID Reason: LAPD Officers Tased a Confused, Terrified Man Who Then Died, All Over a Minor Car Collision VOC: Huntington Beach To Ban Anonymous Code Violation Reports Despite Warnings From ACLU OCReg: 13 Orange County jail inmates charged with trying to kill DUI suspect OCReg: Inside the politics of Westminster’s Tet parade VOC: Anaheim Looks to Fill Vacant Seat on City Council by Appointment Again Helen Tran keeps her cool in debut as mayor of San Bernardino SBSun: San Bernardino begins work on rules for short-term rentals SBSun: 50-mile funeral procession set for slain Riverside County deputy SDUT: In tentative ruling, judge dismisses Cisterra from taxpayer’s Ash Street lawsuit, citing city’s settlement VOSD: Flooded Ranchers Question Who’s Tending to the Tijuana River Valley Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site!     Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!