Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Thursday, April 8, 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: AP: Judge tosses former Rep. Katie Hill’s suit against tabloid LADN: Judge dismisses ex-Rep. Katie Hill’s nude photo claim against Daily Mail, citing First Amendment SDUT: Less-restrictive orange tier arrives, but with worries of a backslide PE: Are we declaring pandemic over too fast? State’s June 15 deadline for reopening splits experts VOSD: Ready or Not, the Reopening Is Coming SFC: TV news crew pepper sprayed in S.F. as thieves tried to steal camera LADN: George Gascón’s plan to downsize DA’s gang unit concerns top deputies, demoralizes prosecutors LAT $: After FBI seizure of safe deposit boxes in Beverly Hills, legal challenges mount Should California decriminalize psychedelic drugs? Army veteran makes his case to lawmakers SacBee: How a surprising Newsom veto threw California’s garbage, building industries into chaos CalCoast: California legislators battle over cannabis billboard advertising SDUT: Biden task force looks for evidence of additional migrant family separations under Trump SacBee: California Democrat moves to strengthen state’s oversight of unaccompanied immigrant children SJMN: COVID: CDC exploring whether reports of January 2020 deaths real or data glitches SacBee: How California snared two elite hunters posting ‘once a lifetime’ kills on social media LAT $: COVID-19 vaccines work well against California variant SDUT: Can your employer require a vaccine? Probably. So can a restaurant or hotel. LADN: Fueled by surplus Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Cal State LA site has ‘immediate appointments’ available SJMN: California expecting nearly 90% drop in J&J vaccines next week California Counties A Hodgepodge Of Highs And Lows In Vaccinating Vulnerable Seniors - capradio.org SacBee: 31% of Californians don’t have high-speed internet, state says. How Newsom can change that SacBee: A California union wants to help workers find better jobs after the pandemic. Here’s how LAT $: Some of UC’s most diverse campuses get the least funding, sparking debate over equity and racism SDUT: Judge certifies class-action lawsuit challenging CA school funding SDUT: Weber appears likely to take 79th District seat, with slim majority of votes AP: Man accused of strangling “I-5 Strangler” won’t face death AP: New California homeless database aims to help policymakers LAT $: A new database gives a sharper picture of homelessness across California SDUT: Biden’s tax plan aims to raise $2.5 trillion and end profit-shifting AP: Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph when he crashed SUV VOSD: Ruling in Charter Fraud Case Has Major Implications for Small School District Budgets SFC: Biden making new moves on guns, including naming ATF boss SacBee: How an anti-mask, anti-vaccine activist became a leader of the Gavin Newsom recall Time to Make Woke Corporate America Feel Pain BreitbartCA: Thiel: ‘Woke’ Big Tech Corps Don’t Consider Themselves ‘American Companies’ NR: ‘The Voice of Journalism’ Has Laryngitis NR: Wealthy and Woke Reason: Biden's $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Is Teeming With Cronyism CG: California Releasing Water from Reservoirs, Claiming Drought Conditions OCReg: Locals and state deserve blame for housing crunch LAT $: Skelton: It’s about time Newsom reopened California. We’re going to get our summer back CG: Fixing K-12 Education in California OCReg: Would federal change make higher state taxes more likely? SFC: Former Oakland Diocese manager accused of embezzling nearly $600k SFC: Four women say Windsor mayor, ‘prince’ of Wine Country, sexually assaulted them LAT $: This neighborhood in Sonoma fought — then embraced — a tent city for homeless people SFC: USF students demand reforms after noose found hanging off dorm balcony SFC: Daly City police officer fatally shoots man, police say FresBee: Here’s when Fresno Unified schools plan to reopen for students five days a week How do Stanislaus school districts look to use Rescue Plan funds? Here are some answers FresBee: Newsom to visit Fresno, discuss plans to combat wildfires following brutal 2020 season Modesto to give RAD Program $650K once it knows it can use its pandemic dollars VCStar $: Reopening pace triggers excitement, angst VCStar $: Immigrant experience, health struggles shaped Ventura's newest council member LADN: $1.15 million settlement OK’d for family of man shot at from LAPD helicopter during Sunland standoff LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County’s progress continues; hospitalizations down 93% with 479 new cases and 53 new deaths, April 7 LADN: LA City Council urges state to close Playa del Rey natural gas facility VOC: Sheriff Barnes Has Stopped Taking Questions at His News Briefings. Here Are the Questions He Wouldn’t Answer. OCReg: Laguna Beach to spend $1 million to counter visitor impacts on beaches and residents PE: KVCR could lose NPR, PBS depending on college district board’s vote SDUT: Supervisors delay vote on lifting barriers to tribes expanding their reservations SDUT: San Diego law enforcement, community leaders discuss anti-Asian hate SDUT: Hundreds on Mount Helix push back on proposed housing for sexually violent predator 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 | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!