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- AP: California reports issues with unemployment benefits website
- SJMN: EDD wrestles with computer outage amid unemployment claims backlog
- CG: EDD Computers GO Down Again, Following Numerous Breakdowns and Fraud Claims
- AP: More counties OK California’s centralized vaccine plan
- LADN: LA County agrees to partner with Blue Shield on vaccination network
- SFC: San Francisco just hit its lowest COVID case rate since one year ago. Here's how other Bay Area counties compare
- SFC: Contra Costa is second Bay Area county to expand vaccine eligibility to people 50 and over
- LAT $: Southern California home prices reach all-time high in February
- Reason: After $1.9 Trillion Spending Hike, Biden Is Planning $3 Trillion in New Spending
- OCReg: Congress uses COVID-19 as cover for an epidemic of fiscal recklessness
- LAT $: California agencies will reap windfall from Biden infrastructure plan — if it gets traction
- SFC: Oakland to launch one of largest universal basic income pilots in U.S.
- SFC: Politically connected appointees win confirmation to California medical watchdog board
- CalM: Watch: What to know about recalling California’s governor
- AP: Ex-employee sues California legislator for sex harassment
- ABC7: Orange County's history-making Korean American congresswomen fight back against racial bias
- SDUT: California adopts 3-foot-spacing rule for classrooms, changing reopening equation
- CalM: California’s special-needs children still seek help after year adrift
- AP: Justices seem ready to rule against unions in farm case
- SFC: Class-action suit against Facebook for selling personal information allowed to go forward
- AP: Report: California wildfire sparked when tree hit power line
- SacBee: PG&E equipment caused deadly Zogg Fire in Shasta County. Cal Fire says tree hit power line
- LAT $: One of these people could be Newsom’s pick for California attorney general
- CG: Richard Grenell Calls for Common Sense California Infrastructure
- AP: California may end ‘spousal rape’ distinction in punishment
- CG: Bill to Reduce, Waive Small Business Civil Penalties Passes 12-0 In Senate Committee
- OCReg: New bill moving through Legislature could free ‘blood slave’ donor dogs
- FresBee: California reverses decision: Bands, drumlines and choirs now can attend prep football games
- SFC: Amid attacks on Asians, legal charges and public perception are out of step
- LAT $: Anti-Chinese insults disrupt ‘Stop Asian Hate’ protest; authorities investigate
- OCReg: LAPD, Asian American business leaders implore residents to report acts of hate to police
- SacBee: ‘Bad taste.’ CalPERS board regrets pension mistakes, but votes to deny retiree appeals
- VCStar $: Are oil firms obeying Calif. law? Even regulators often don’t know
- AP: Family of Black man killed by police demands accountability
- OCReg: How Disneyland ride capacity could plummet under COVID-19 restrictions
- PE: San Jacinto City Councilman Brian Hawkins to run for Congress
- OCReg: Identity politics do more harm than good
- OCReg: Keeping a close watch on campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom
- OCReg: Stimulus wrongly bails out pensions
- CalM: Newsom hurts himself with unforced errors
- CityJrnl: No Proof Lockdowns Save Lives, Lots of Proof They End Them
- SacBee: Natomas Unified to expand in-person learning schedules following new distancing guidelines
- CG: SF School Board VP Alison Collins Faces Continued Backlash Following Uncovering of Racist Tweets
- SFC: What split on school board over tweets means for district: ‘Crisis of governance’
- LAT $: San Francisco is coming back. Will tourists?
- SJMN: Valley Transportation Authority fined $16,200 by state for health violations after death of driver
- COVID has brought out the worst in Stanislaus County, Modesto residents’ driving habits
- FresBee: ‘Enough is enough.’ Reward up to $21k for tips catching Fresno food vendor killer
- FresBee: Fresno County reports 22 new COVID deaths, total cases inching closer to 100K
- CalCoast: SLO County is now providing vaccines to people 50 and above
- CalCoast: SLO County getting $54.9 million in COVID-19 funding, how will it be spent?
- VCStar $: COVID Update: 129 cases, 7 deaths over weekend
- VCStar $: Spandrio to resign from Casitas Municipal boardnews
- Reason: L.A.'s Plan To Save Old Affordable Units Could Mean No New Ones
- LADN: Less than a third of LAUSD families might send their kids back to campus
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 516 new cases and nine new deaths as of March 22
- VOC: OC Supervisors to Vote on Blue Shield Vaccine Distribution Contract, Clinics Worry Change Might Delay Shots
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 102 new cases and one new death as of March 22
- VOC: OC Board of Education, Superintendent Spend $3 Million in Legal Battle to Pick Their Own Lawyers
- OCReg: Orange County board to decide on Blue Shield vaccine role
- SBSun: More than 200,000 San Bernardino County residents fully vaccinated
- PE: More than 800,000 coronavirus vaccines given to Riverside County residents, as cases decline
- VOSD: UCSD Students, Faculty Push Back Against Steep Rent Hikes
- SDUT: Nearly $83 million available in rental relief program for struggling San Diegans
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FlashReport Editors
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