Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • BreitbartCA: Chauvin Guilty on All Three Counts…
  • Reason: Jurors Could Not Believe That a Reasonable Officer Would Have Done What Derek Chauvin Did
  • BreitbartCA: AG Merrick Garland: ‘Racism Is an American Problem’1,783
  • BreitbartCA: AOC: Guilty Verdict Not Enough!
  • BreitbartCA: Joe Biden Pushes to Confirm Controversial DOJ Picks in Derek Chauvin Verdict Speech
  • NR: Derek Chauvin Convicted — but What Comes Next?
  • SFC: Danville police officer will face felony charges in 2018 killing of unarmed motorist, source says
  • LADN: LA County DA George Gascón details plans for new crime reduction division
  • CG: U.S. District Judge Orders Los Angeles To Offer Housing To All Skid Row Homeless By October
  • LADN: LA County/City say proposed court order to house Skid Row’s homeless won’t stand
  • BreitbartCA: Federal Judge: L.A. Must House Every Homeless Person on Skid Row by Oct. 18908
  • CG: LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Proposes $1 Billion in Homeless Funding in State of City Address
  • SacBee: GOP lawsuit over Newsom’s COVID powers faces tough questions from California judges
  • ‘All you need is the filing fee and a dream’: who are Gavin Newsom’s recall challengers?
  • AP: As California recall looks likely, hard work begins for GOP
  • AP: Bill to reveal names of recall signers won’t move ahead
  • SacBee: Sacramento City Unified School District, SEIU union reach deal to avoid strike
  • SFC: A new wrinkle: Napa County sees few takers for thousands of vaccination appointments
  • LAT $: $1,000 a month with no strings attached: Guaranteed basic income could be coming to L.A.
  • SFC: S.F. school board approves unusual contract terms with superintendent
  • AP: Document: Kristin Smart once buried in suspect’s backyard
  • CG: Southern California to Las Vegas High-Speed Rail Line To Begin Groundbreaking This Year
  • CapWkly: Daybreak PAC hopes to push Legislature leftward
  • SDUT: Migrant children spend weeks in U.S. custody, even when parents here try to claim them
  • SacBee: CalPERS expects criminal charges against ex-employee accused of defrauding retirees
  • LAT $: Class-action settlement against former UCLA gynecologist a ‘travesty,’ lawyers say
  • LADN: A tale of 2 housing projects: Tejon Ranch and Newhall Ranch developers take different paths on global warming
  • Reason: Blue States Reopen Their Economies but Double Down on Mask Mandates
  • SJMN: Vallejo woman flees Lyft out window after driver with meth pipe locks doors, lawsuit claims
  • CG: New Stanford NIH Study Proves Masks are Worthless Against COVID
  • NR: The Kamikaze Congress
  • CapWkly: Redistricting, a resignation and the recall
  • OCReg: State politicians evade fines and breed cynicism
  • NR: To Combat Woke Classrooms, Go to the Source: University Education Programs
  • CG: Winning a War of Attrition Against Government Unions
  • OCReg: Policing reform requires leadership, not violent rhetoric
  • CalM: California’s ‘tort wars’ flaring up again
  • SacBee: Spike in deaths forces Sacramento coroner to request extra money for transport, cremations
  • SFC: The housing market in these two Bay Area cities is red hot, report says
  • Discussion set Wednesday on how to spend Modesto’s $47.3 million pandemic windfall
  • Modesto, Turlock schools move to in-person graduations, with COVID limitations
  • Stanislaus County remains in coronavirus red tier despite elevated case numbers
  • FresBee: West Hills approves its newest chancellor. Here’s why they didn’t have to look far
  • FresBee: Fresno, Kings counties moved to orange tier of COVID reopening
  • CalCoast: SLO County stuck in the COVID-19 red tier for two more weeks
  • CalCoast: Conflict over union labor could cost Arroyo Grande reliable water source
  • SJMN: Parole board rescinds grant of parole for man convicted of killing Monterey County family in 1977
  • CG: Ventura County Supervisors Dismiss Contempt Lawsuit Against Godspeak Calvary Chapel
  • LAT $: Garcetti’s proposed city budget increases spending for LAPD by 3%
  • LADN: LA County to triple number of electric-car charging stations
  • OCReg: Coronavirus metrics in Orange County dip to new lows
  • VOC: Orange County Parents And Students Confront Ethnic Studies; School Districts Look to Potentially Expand Offerings
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County transported 114% more dead bodies due to COVID-19
  • SBSun: San Bernardino plans to proactively curb public nuisances. Here’s how
  • PE: Did Joe Biden or Donald Trump win your Inland Empire city?
  • SDUT: Mayor expanding San Diego’s free internet program with more locations, hotspots, laptops
  • SDUT: San Diego’s tier status remains solidly orange despite red case-rate scores
  • VOSD: Two Sources of U.S.-Mexico Sewage Flows Are Fighting for One Pot of Money

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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