Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, February 5, 2021 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California... The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...  THE HEADLINES: CG: Newsom Recall Moves Relentlessly Towards Qualifying CG: Newsom Recall Campaign Announces that 1.4 Million Signatures Have Been Collected KQED: As Battle Over Reopening San Francisco Schools Turns Ugly, Equity Emerges as Fault Line | KQED SFC: Tearful Breed, others urge education leaders to reopen schools: ‘Kids are struggling’ LAT $: L.A. Councilman Buscaino announces plan to sue L.A. schools to reopen LADN: L.A. Councilman Joe Buscaino asks for options to sue LAUSD to reopen schools LADN: Healthcare providers pen open letter calling for schools in L.A. County to reopen OCReg: Sexual harassment claims lodged against former high-level supervisor at OC DA’s Office CapWkly: Looking for the American Dream — outside California SacBee: ‘Our park’: Sacramento considers installing Black Lives Matter sign in Oak Park AP: Record virus fine hits California prison with worst outbreak SacBee: California issues largest COVID-19 penalty to San Quentin State Prison after deadly outbreak LADN: Former Maywood mayor, 10 others charged in ‘widespread’ corruption probe LAT $: Ex-Maywood mayor, 10 others charged in bribery, corruption scandal LAT $: Grocers organization sues Oakland, Montebello over forced pay hikes LAT $: COVID-19 in L.A. County finally on a sustained decline after catastrophic winter SFC: S.F. opening mass vaccination site at Moscone Center to help get 'city to a better place' SFC: New snag in effort to abolish cash bail: 'risk assessment tools' called racially biased CG: Mayor Garcetti Announces Return of Project Roomkey to Los Angeles LADN: Judge weighs stepping in on LA-area homeless crisis, during unprecedented Skid Row hearing CG: Sacramento ‘Unhoused’ and ‘Unsober’ Need Treatment Before Housing AP: Powerful storm eased drought in parts of California OCReg: California Assembly bill seeks to speed reopening of Disneyland and other theme parks SFC: Oakland council members clash with Schaaf over cuts to police SacBee: California will get $59.6 million as part of opioid epidemic settlement with McKinsey & Co. SacBee: California Republicans who contested election results would be banned from Assembly under bill Fact Check: Did Democrats Object to More States For 2016 Than Republicans For 2020? SacBee: One California Republican voted to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from House committees SFC: Calif. Democrats, House GOP join in ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees LADN: Large Super Bowl gatherings are forbidden, but enforcement is unlikely Republican activist files lawsuit against Gov. Newsom over death penalty moratorium SacBee: Authorities release name of Sacramento man shot to death by CHP in Solano County LAT $: California stands to win big as Biden and Democrats embrace Obamacare expansion AP: Zuckerberg part of $100M ‘California Black Freedom Fund’ CalCoast: Stacy Korsgaden on the fallout from the rally in Washington DC Reason: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Wants $100,000 Fines for Social Media Companies That Deplatform Politicians NR: Take a Stand for the Iron Lady OCReg: It’s Groundhog Day all over again in Washington Reason: What Disney Can Teach Us About Covid-19: Lockdowns Fail OCReg: California’s ‘tech-xodus’ hurts the Latino community Reason: Mandated Pandemic Hazard Pay for Grocery Store Workers Prompts Store Closures, Lawsuits SFC: Napa County halts first-dose vaccinations, fearing it will run out SacBee: Sacramento County teachers are about to get vaccines. What it means for school reopenings SacBee: Sacramento City Unified considers more budget cuts. See what could be slashed CG: Placerville City Seal Noose Controversy Ramps Up as Some Equate it With Modern Racial Strife SJMN: Longtime Oakland police officer slated to be city’s top cop SJMN: Racial disparities haunt Bay Area COVID vaccine programs SJMN: Santa Clara County expands vaccine access across all providers for 65+ residents SJMN: San Jose measure overwhelmingly approved by voters may be illegal, lawsuit says SJMN: Exclusive: San Jose State athletics under investigation for complaints of employees forced to work in office FresBee: Fresno to President Biden and Kamala Harris: We need more COVID vaccine doses, help us Sutter Health patients in Stanislaus County given wider access to COVID-19 vaccine Stanislaus County school district to bring struggling 7th-12th graders back to campus FresBee: Leader of Fresno’s housing authority taking Bay Area job. He talks about why he’s leaving VCStar $: Increased Oxnard sales tax to begin April 1 VCStar $: County's fire risk drops, but water supply still low LADN: San Fernando Valley residents file class-action lawsuit against LADWP over Sun Valley gas leak LADN: LA County coronavirus stats keep dropping; new vaccine strategy to be unveiled next week OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 602 new cases, 50 new deaths as of Feb. 4 VOC: Orange Councilman Mike Alvarez Could Lose His Seat, Judge Rules He Was Ineligible to Run Due to Term Limits VOC: Irvine Residents Raise Alarm Over Dangerous Emissions In Million Dollar Neighborhood OCReg: Orange County adds drive-thru option at Soka University vaccination site SBSun: San Bernardino police chief critical of COVID-related ‘catch and release’ policies PE: Riverside County hospitalizations fall again PE: Riverside County opens 34,000 coronavirus vaccine appointments for those 80 and older SDUT: UCSD vaccinates 100k San Diegans; county’s rollout ranks third in state SDUT: Civil rights groups ask Oceanside to revisit council appointment and ‘set things right’ VOSD: Gloria Eagerly Flagged Budget Issues But Is Less Eager to ID Solutions SDUT: Airport workers in San Diego demand Gov. 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