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- FRBlog: SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE foments racial divisiveness with fake news
- Reason: Chef Andrew Gruel: I'm Not an Asshole. Gavin Newsom Is.
- CalCoast: Assemblyman defending former SLO officer charged with violating COVID-19 rules
- SacBee: Democratic Latino leaders denounce Newsom recall after poll finds ‘slippage’ in support
- SFC: Ninth Circuit blocks GOP-led states from reviving ‘public charge’ rule
- AP: GOP-led states lose bid to challenge immigration rule
- CG: Fraud Reduction Bill to Cross-Check EDD and Prisoner Records Passes Committee
- AP: California advances bill aimed at massive unemployment fraud
- AP: California plans $536M for forests before wildfire season
- FresBee: Newsom during Fresno County visit cites Creek Fire impact, promises half billion in aid
- LAT $: California unveils sweeping wildfire prevention plan
- OCReg: Coronavirus tracker: California reported 2,270 new cases and 116 new deaths, April 7
- SDUT: State eases reopening guidelines if hospitalizations remain stable
- AP: More California counties expand vaccine eligibility to 16 up
- SFC: California vaccine supply will fall 15% next week, just as demand is expected to surge
- SDUT: Parents sue La Mesa-Spring Valley schools for not providing in-person learning
- LAT $: Parents sue LAUSD and push for wider reopening and no COVID tests
- LADN: Judge denies temporary restraining order against UTLA
- SacBee: California’s economy is set to reopen in mid-June. But are schools part of the plan?
- PE: Kaiser workers protest, demanding support during pandemic
- CG: Sen. Wiener’s Dense Housing Bill Passes Senate Committee
- LAT $: Free banking in California? New bill tackles access and racial equity
- CapWkly: Legacy of a young woman’s murder: Will the counties step up?
- VCStar $: Autopsy bill gains strong backing in hearing
- CG: New Budget Trailer Bill Requires the Rehiring of Displaced Workers
- PE: Corona police identify man, 23, killed in police shooting
- SacBee: California city tried to reform its toxic police department. Then came the vulgar texts
- AP: Space Force field command to be located at LA military base
- AP: Judge halts California development, citing wildfire risk
- LADN: Judge blocks 19,300-home Tejon Ranch construction project over environmental issues
- SFC: Amazon takes early lead as union vote count gets underway
- LAT $: Empty, unlabeled pill bottle found in Tiger Woods’ backpack but was deemed irrelevant to crash
- OCReg: Biden orders gun control actions — but they show his limits
- Reason: Joe Biden Learns To Love Gun Control by Presidential Fiat
- America's Elites Want a Racial Apocalypse
- Reason: Biden Willing To Compromise on $2.3 Trillion Spending Bill So Long As It Spends $2.3 Trillion
- GOP Must Understand Corporations Are Its Enemy
- OCReg: Qualified immunity has produced a police accountability trainwreck
- Reason: A Medical Student Questioned Microaggressions. UVA Branded Him a Threat and Banished Him from Campus.
- AP: Yosemite National Park to limit summer visitors due to virus
- SacBee: Fewer shipments to Sacramento County to slow COVID vaccine effort as eligibility grows
- SJMN: Want a COVID shot now? You may have to leave the Bay Area
- SFC: S.F. taps a new homeless department chief as it struggles with unsheltered
- SacBee: Heads up, commuters: Cash tolls will not be returning to California’s Bay Area bridges
- SJMN: Santa Clara council erupts in argument after member accused of snubbing Asian colleague at rally
- FresBee: Fresno County immediately opens COVID-19 vaccine availability to anyone 16 and up
- Coronavirus update, April 8: Stanislaus deaths reach 1,009. Cases stand at 53,194
- FresBee: Fresno policy allows landlords to get away with major code violations, officials admit
- How do Stanislaus school districts look to use Rescue Plan funds? Here are some answers
- FresBee: Clovis Rodeo finalizes COVID protocols, including 40% capacity. Here’s what else is in store
- Details emerge on how Modesto will engage residents in talks over how cops police city
- CalCoast: SLO County BLM protester appeal headed back to the appellate court
- AP: California Highway 1 to reopen by April 30, agency says
- VCStar $: Drought worsened by prolonged warm, dry weather
- LADN: LA County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remain below 600
- LAT $: The next Aliso Canyon could happen on L.A.’s Westside
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 710 new cases and 52 new deaths as of April 8
- AP: Orange County inmate convicted in daring jail escape
- VOC: Orange County Students Won’t Be Forced to Get Coronavirus Vaccines
- OCReg: Orange County DA official mired in controversy as head of special prosecutions now wants to be a judge
- VOC: After Closed Session Talks Raise Questions, Mission Viejo Creates Two-Person Council Committee to Continue Secret Downtown Building Negotiations
- PE: NPR, PBS to remain on KVCR as new plan requested
- SBSun: San Bernardino mayor vetoes council vote on clearing Oxbow site of concrete
- PE: Riverside County coronavirus hospitalizations hovering just over 100
- PE: New 15 Freeway toll lanes to open Saturday morning
- LAT $: UC Riverside has high share of underserved students. But funding gap prompts equity debate
- VOSD: Why One Woman Has Spent 5 Years in a San Diego County Jail With No Trial
- SDUT: A guide to reopening in the COVID-19 orange tier: what San Diegans need to know
- SDUT: Oceanside approves emergency measures to clean up homeless camps
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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