Thursday, April 1, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • MEGAN MARKLE OPENS COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
  • Deadline: Los Angeles To Reach Herd Immunity By Late June, Say Health Officials
  • LADN: LA County vows to reach 80% coronavirus vaccination rate in 12 weeks
  • LAT $: 80% of L.A. County residents 16 or older could be vaccinated by June
  • CG: New Survey Shows That 40% of All California Voters Would Recall Governor Newsom
  • SDUT: Poll: 30% of San Diego voters surveyed signed Newsom recall petition
  • CG: Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Says That Disaffected People Began Recall, Not GOP in ‘Power Grab’
  • CG: Parents Sue LA Teachers Union and LAUSD for Personal Injury to Kids for Continuing School Closures
  • LADN: LAUSD, UTLA sued by parents unhappy with school reopening efforts
  • OCReg: More Orange County students to head into classrooms full-time
  • BreitbartCA: Issa: Newsom Has ‘Statewide Edicts’ on Closures, ‘Hands-Off’ on School Re-Openings
  • SFC: School board member Collins sues district, colleagues over response to her tweets
  • LADN: Signature gathering for potential George Gascón recall election could begin in April, organizers say
  • Pol: White House knew more than a week ago of J&J contractor vaccine-supply problems
  • SacBee: Good and bad COVID news: California widens vaccine eligibility as ‘4th wave’ worries mount
  • SJMN: COVID: California boomers scramble for vaccine as eligibility opens up
  • OCReg: OC fairgrounds vaccination site now open
  • LAT $: A guide to getting the COVID-19 vaccine for Californians 50 and over. It all begins Thursday
  • SFC: Kaiser warns a wait is likely as it opens COVID vaccines to 50 and older
  • SFC: Newsom to get Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Thursday
  • NR: Biden’s Unnecessary Infrastructure Binge
  • Now They Tell Us: Biden Readies Radical Tax Hikes
  • BreitbartCA: Biden Infrastructure Plan Abandons ’Right-to-Work’ Laws Does Away With Secret BallotsLaunches Intimidating ‘Card Check’ System
  • Reason: Joe Biden's $2 Trillion 'Infrastructure' Plan Doubles Down on Everything That Makes American Infrastructure Insanely Expensive
  • WSJ: Here Come the Biden Taxes
  • SFC: Biden’s stimulus decreased S.F.’s massive deficit for now
  • SDUT: What’s in Biden’s $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan?
  • AP: SoCal Edison to remove 11,000 palm trees to cut fire risk
  • OCReg: Regal to reopen six Southern California theaters Friday
  • SDUT: San Diego businesses sue to end California’s state of emergency, COVID-19 restrictions
  • SFC: Google joins tech’s reopening wave with April return to office
  • LAT $: Skelton: Newsom promised healthcare for immigrants. A new poll shows strong public support for it
  • NR: Foster Parents Say They Were Forced to Break Up Family after Non-Profit Took Home to Accommodate Migrant Children
  • CalCoast: Is Camp Roberts preparing to house 1,500 migrant children?
  • AP: Child among 4 dead in shooting at California office building
  • OCReg: From the archive: Shooting in Orange worst in city since four were killed in 1997 rampage
  • OCReg: 4 killed including a child in mass shooting at Orange office building
  • FresBee: No more trash bags. New California law requires hospitals to stockpile COVID protection
  • SFC: Ellis Act evictions targeted in California Legislature: New bill would sharply limit them
  • SacBee: No-fee debit card? California Democrats pitch a state-backed banking program
  • AP: On tap in California: Another drought four years after last
  • SFC: Little snow and little rain mean drought — dry and difficult months lie ahead
  • AP: Sun’s out, surf’s up and California’s reopening more widely
  • AP: California counties ease restrictions as COVID-19 cases fall
  • AP: Detectives find cause of Tiger Woods crash but won’t reveal
  • SDUT: Judge orders Champion-Cain to spend 15 years in prison for $400M Ponzi scheme
  • AP: Jill Biden urges farmworkers to get vaccinated in California
  • FresBee: ‘We stand with you.’ First lady Jill Biden speaks to Valley farmworkers, leaders in Delano
  • BreitbartCA: Minister Sues Pelosi, Kamala for Blocking Good Friday Vigil with Capitol Fence
  • LAT $: Smith: California rushed to vaccinate poor people. But what about transgender people?
  • OCReg: Will California Democrats go ‘nuclear’ on the recall?
  • Today's Media Are Democrat Propagandists
  • SacBee: She needed a comfortable chair. The California EDD’s incompetence made her a millionaire
  • OCReg: California needs to reform nurse licensing requirements
  • OCReg: Worker’s comp conflict heating up again
  • Hill: Unhinged Woke Brigade Is a Profound Threat to Our Freedom
  • Reason: Biden Said His Tax Hikes Would Only Affect the Rich. He Can't Keep That Promise.
  • Has American Liberalism Abandoned Free Speech?
  • SacBee: Report depicts county CEO Nav Gill as a toxic boss. Sacramento supervisors enabled him
  • SacBee: Placer County to temporarily close COVID vaccination site — for an ‘anime swap meet’?
  • SacBee: No sunlight. No human contact. Why Sacramento still uses extreme isolation in jail
  • SFC: Kamala Harris returning to Oakland for first time as vice president
  • LAT $: Harris to return to L.A. for Easter and promote water improvements in Oakland
  • SFC: New committee, fund created to combat Chesa Boudin recall effort
  • SJMN: ‘KKK members’ at S.F. transit project harassed Black, Latino workers, lawsuit claims
  • SJMN: Fed up with sideshows in your neighborhood? San Jose passes new plan to crack down on them
  • FresBee: Red tier? Purple tier? It’s all gray to us, as Fresno remains COVID colorblind
  • Coronavirus update, March 31: Stanislaus reports 997th death, stays in red tier
  • FresBee: Fresno County staffer charged with felony. It may derail affordable housing project
  • CalCoast: SLO County is now allowing people 30 and above to register for a vaccination
  • VCStar $: Ventura County likely to enter orange tier next week
  • VCStar $: County sheriff sued over public records laws
  • LADN: Construction begins on North Hollywood groundwater cleanup projects
  • OCReg: Disneyland adding a second place to buy alcohol in the park
  • VOC: Santa Ana Officials Opt Not to Appoint Employee of Company Sued for Groundwater Contamination to City Board
  • VOC: Placentia Officials Mark One Year of Operating Their Homeless Shelter Amid Ongoing Regional Crisis
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: 146 new cases, four new deaths reported in Orange County on March 31
  • OCReg: $50 million gift will be ‘transformational’ for City of Hope Orange County
  • OCReg: Santa Ana street vendors still face hassles
  • PE: Fontana man accused of Tasering police officer at Capitol riot is arrested
  • SDUT: Police commission recommends changes to new SDPD protest policy
  • SDUT: New San Diego legal strategy aims to revive failed convention center ballot measure
  • VOSD: North County Report: Oceanside's New Police Chief Promises More Transparency
  • SDUT: San Diego court still seeking time extensions for arraignments, more than a year into pandemic
  • VOSD: A Big Sticking Point Has Emerged in San Diego's Effort to Pick a Power Provider

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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