Thursday, April 8, 2021
Dear John,

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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

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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