Monday, April 5, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • NR: Gavin Newsom, Ineffectual Hypocrite
  • SJMN: Biden infrastructure bill could be California high-speed rail’s ‘lifeline’
  • SFC: Alameda County public defender trying to fix the problem with juries
  • SFC: Bay Area students struggle amid spiking mental health crisis
  • LAT $: English learners faltering amid California school closures
  • OCReg: How COVID-19 vaccine gets from the manufacturer to your arm — and why it’s taking so long
  • LAT $: An apparent fourth wave of COVID-19 is centered in the East. Will it hit California?
  • NR: Easter Reminds Us That All Lives Matter
  • SacBee: See indoor services resume for Easter at this Sacramento church after a yearlong pause
  • PE: Inland Empire Easter traditions adapt again to coronavirus rules
  • DESANTIS ACCUSED OF PAY FOR PLAY IN VAX ROLLOUT
  • FLASHBACK: Another $282M In No-Bid Pandemic Contracts To Major Newsom Contributor UnitedHealth
  • FLASHBACK: CA Gov. Gavin Newsom Picks Political Donors To Run Vaccination Program
  • FLASHBACK: Big Newsom Donors — Including Blue Shield — Received No-Bid Contracts During COVID-19 Response
  • CG: Pentagon Approves HHS Request to House Migrant Children at Camp Roberts
  • BreitbartCA: MLB’s Hypocrisy on Steroids Problem League Requires Photo ID to Pick Up Tickets Yet Blasts Georgia for Voter ID Law
  • BreitbartCA: Fact Check: Major League Baseball Moves All-Star Game over Law that Expands Some Voting
  • Solar panels atop canals? UC Merced study finds big potential. What do MID, TID think?
  • OCReg: Bad news: California wages jump 12%, by this math
  • SDUT: Dr. Akilah Weber draws $925K in donations, PAC money for 79th race
  • LAT $: Newsom asked for a fracking ban. He may get more than he wanted
  • LAT $: Corporations are blasting voting restrictions. They also gave millions to lawmakers who back them
  • AP: Woman fatally stabbed while walking dogs in ‘random’ attack
  • OCReg: Mobile home business ‘will go forward,’ vows widow of owner slain in mass shooting
  • AP: Amid outcry, states push mental health training for police
  • OCReg: KKK fliers found in Huntington Beach
  • OCReg: The Boomer death tax
  • SacBee: California must allow vaccinated family members to visit long-term care residents
  • FOX: America Is Down the Road To Corporatocracy
  • OCReg: California sheriffs are feeling the heat
  • NR: Be Warned: Biden Aims to Outshine Obama as a Progressive Reformer
  • NR: Notes from a Once-Golden State
  • LAT $: Skelton: Drought is upon us. California’s Senate leader has a plan to keep it from becoming a crisis
  • SacBee: ‘I’ll never forget’: Good Guys hostage crisis in south Sacramento 30 years later
  • SacBee: Will freeze on cannabis permits in North Sacramento stall city’s equity push?
  • SJMN: How can the Bay Area keep pre-COVID traffic nightmare from coming back?
  • FresBee: Fresno is a ‘hot’ housing market. What you need to know about home prices, apartment rents
  • Modesto residents can weigh in homeless plan at meeting, through online survey
  • FresBee: Fresno renters, is your housing unhealthy or unsafe? Are you being evicted? We want to know
  • Coronavirus update, April 4: Stanislaus sees drop in cases, positivity rates
  • Stapley: Can’t ignore 1,001 Stanislaus deaths; update on state’s water wars
  • VCStar $: Oxnard city council condemns racismnews
  • LADN: 2 Catholic elementary schools in the San Fernando Valley are among those closing due to low enrollment
  • LADN: Improving coronavirus stats continue as LA County rolls into orange tier
  • OCReg: Candlelight vigil is held for victims, families at scene of Orange mass shooting
  • SDUT: Lawsuit accuses San Diego County officials of spying on hospitalized teen in botched abuse investigation
  • SDUT: County surpasses 1 million mark for people receiving at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot
  • SDUT: Oceanside Harbor users unhappy with Police Department oversight

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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