Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, April 17, 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: SacBee: Why won’t Gavin Newsom declare a drought? California recall puts him in tough spot Stanislaus districts respond to Newsom’s ‘disingenuous’ comments about school reopenings CapWkly: Price tag in Newsom recall battle starting to grow LAT $: Newsom recall gives Antonio Villaraigosa risky road to political comeback. Will he take it? SacBee: How do unions shake down Sac City schools for COVID money? Go on strike and hurt the kids SFC: Oakland teachers declare impasse with district, but say they will return CG: Opposition Grows Against State Parole Placement Of Sexual Predators In Residential Neighborhood SDUT: Region’s homicides spike 35 percent, property crime hits 41-year low Facebook spent $23 million for Zuckerberg’s security in 2020 BreitbartCA: Anti-Trump Lawmakers Spend Thousands in Campaign Cash on Security Services AP: Signs of recovery as California adds jobs for 2nd month LAT $: California is ‘clawing back’ from pandemic recession. But some have quit the job hunt SacBee: ‘Beginning of the end of the pandemic.’ Unemployment rates fall across California SFC: Protesters march through Oakland, denounce police brutality BreitbartCA: WATCH: BLM Activist Asks When People ‘Ready to Get Blood on Their Hands?’’If you want to set something on fire, go do that’ SFC: Here's where the Democratic and Republican parties are growing most in California Claremont's Counterrevolution to Save America SFC: Controversial S.F. immigration judge quits, bashes system LAT $: 52% of adults in California are at least partially vaccinated SFC: Bay Area residents flood vaccine sites as eligibility opens, supply remains limited SJMN: Photos: Levi’s Stadium’s COVID-19 mass vaccination site breaks record in California NR: The Supreme Thuggery of Democrats’ Court-Packing Scheme OCReg: Partisan court-packing bill met with little enthusiasm, for now CapWkly: California wants a hefty slice of that $2 trillion pie SJMN: Fremont: Police release video showing officer dodging gunfire, fatally shooting man FresBee: Fresno Police Chief Balderrama details Thursday night’s officer-involved shooting SacBee: California mass shooting suspect shouldn’t have had a gun. How’d he get it? CG: ‘Porch Pirate’ Penalty Bill Heavily Amended Thursday Following Committee Passage CG: Water Rate Assistance Fund Bill To Face Tougher Senate Committees This Month CalCoast: Judge silences all parties in the Kristin Smart murder case CalCoast: SLO County prosecutors have video evidence of Flores’ sexual assaults FL's DeSantis: Lockdowns Were a 'Huge Mistake' OCReg: We need more anger over unemployment fraud scandal OCReg: Proposition 65 invites abuse and needs reform CG: Capitol Lawmakers’ COVID Hypocrisy in Full View on Packed Southwest Flight OCReg: Proposed Rule 2305 must be rejected Google Should Not Be Banning Discussion of Vote Fraud SFC: Foppoli says he will ‘step back from an active role’ as Windsor mayor amid allegations Sacramento Arts Venues Say It’s Not Feasible To Reopen Under New California Guidelines - capradio.org SFC: S.F. schools renaming fight: Plaintiffs demand lawsuit not be called ‘frivolous’ Towering tree fell in Modesto park in January. Why is city only now removing it? LAT $: Shooting among Fresno farmworkers leaves one dead, two injured FresBee: $800M in upgrades proposed for Valley canals including Friant-Kern, California Aqueduct FresBee: Fresno-area COVID hospitalizations reach lowest level in months. See the latest data CalCoast: San Luis Obispo leads the county in new COVID-19 cases VCStar $: Camarillo recall ends; here's what both sides say LADN: Most LAUSD students won’t have to take Smarter Balanced standardized tests LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 643 new cases and 36 new deaths as of April 16 LADN: L.A. County’s nursing home oversight division under scrutiny OCReg: Triangle Square digital sign proposal goes to Costa Mesa City Council PE: Ex-employee alleges Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt harassed, discriminated against her PE: Eight-story downtown Riverside hotel stirs concerns about views SDUT: City report: Ocean Beach Fishing Pier ‘has reached the end of its service life’ SDUT: Again, SDG&E turns in only bids for San Diego electric and gas franchise agreement VOSD: I Helped Make it Easier for San Diegans to Build Granny Flats. It’s Still Hard. VOSD: VOSD Podcast: Teacher and Police Pay Under the Microscope 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!