Friday, April 23, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CG: ‘Saying Yes to Drug Addiction, One Drug Den at a Time’
  • AP: California Senate OKs supervised sites for drug users
  • AP: California’s public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine
  • SDUT: All UC and CSU campuses will require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19
  • LAT $: Gascon's downsizing of gang unit draws criticism, confusion
  • SDUT: Escondido police fatally shoot man who was hitting cars with metal pry bar
  • SFC: Danville cop booked at jail on charges he unlawfully killed man in 2018
  • AP: Video: California deputy shoots Black man within a minute
  • LAT $: Video shows Bay Area deputy shooting Black man in busy intersection
  • OCReg: Westminster police officer put on leave after striking woman in face with fist
  • SDUT: Fatal shooting raises questions of police response to homeless
  • SacBee: Some of the biggest names in the California GOP are staying quiet on recalling Gavin Newsom
  • NR: The Masks Are (Finally) Coming Off
  • FresBee: Do you still need to wear your face mask outdoors? Here’s what experts are saying
  • CG: With Growing Divide on Need for Outside ‘Mask Mandates,’ Doctor Demonstrates Masks Don’t Protect You
  • SFC: State lost many students amid pandemic. What does it mean for schools?
  • SacBee: California Republican’s ‘cancel culture’ bills fail as Democrats reject 2 proposals
  • AP: California goes from worst to first in virus infections
  • LAT $: Drop in COVID vaccine demand — and willingness — has some places turning down doses
  • SFC: Newsom reportedly planning phase-out of fracking permits in California
  • SacBee: US Forest Service logging challenged in California lawsuit to protect endangered mammal
  • CG: Biden Administration and DOT To Completely Drop California Emissions Lawsuit
  • AP: Biden to restore California’s power to set pollution rules
  • LAT $: How Biden’s new U.S. climate target compares with those of California and world
  • CG: Bill To Establish State Policy on Mental Health Crisis in Schools Passes Sen. Committee
  • NR: LA Superintendent Twists Parent Survey Results to Justify Tepid School Reopening Plan
  • LADN: LAUSD’S outgoing superintendent offers to ‘be around’ to help with transition
  • CG: LA County to Appeal Skid Row Homeless District Court Order
  • LAT $: Judge’s skid row order leaves L.A. officials and housing developers scrambling
  • SFC: Homeless camp has clinic, pizza oven. But it could get torn down
  • BreitbartCA: Believe Women: Nancy Pelosi Says She Never Believed Her Brother’s Accuser in Trial for Infamous Gang Rape of Underage Girls
  • OCReg: Parents sue father accused of hiding Kristin Smart’s body
  • VOSD: High Tech High Employees Ask to Be Recognized as Union
  • OCReg: First-time homebuyers are getting outbid by big companies
  • AP: California shelter opens to immigrant children from border
  • OCReg: Everything you need to know about the temporary migrant shelter in Long Beach
  • PE: Feds: Temecula man spent thousands from COVID-19 business loan on luxury cars
  • Reason: COVID-19 Industrial Policy Fails Again
  • OCReg: The FBI can’t seize first and ask questions later
  • OCReg: If all the world’s a stage, COVID-19 is writing the script
  • SacBee: Kamala Harris ducks migrant youth border surge. Is Xavier Becerra up to the task?
  • SacBee: A large homeless camp is growing in a Placer County city. What’s being done to help
  • SacBee: Sacramento restaurants face a worker shortage. What that means for prices and service
  • Sonoma County to pay record $3.8 million settlement over fatal arrest of David Ward
  • SFC: Windsor officials failed to uncover an allegation that Foppoli assaulted woman in hot tub
  • AP: Feds say California jail violates rights of mentally ill
  • SFC: Alison Collins, her husband illegally merged 2 S.F. apartments, city says
  • SFC: S.F. City College students, faculty protest impending massive cuts
  • SFC: Thousands in the dark in S.F. after PG&E power outage
  • SJMN: Swim coach who brought sex abuse allegations sues SJSU for retaliation
  • SJMN: VTA targeted in apparent ransomware attack, hackers threaten to release trove of data
  • SacBee: After judge orders Iraqi man’s release, agents whisked him to custody in Bakersfield
  • FresBee: Fresno leaders quietly begin work on two dozen police reforms. Here’s what they are
  • Why seniors and disabled people are being forced to move from Stanislaus campground
  • FresBee: Retired Fresno officer booked in gun assault on ex-councilman who later led police reform
  • 4 white men allegedly attacked, beat Black man in Pismo Beach. Now police are investigating
  • VCStar $: Suit filed in Camarillo man's death in county jail
  • VCStar $: State halts construction of Simi solar project
  • VCStar $: Oak Park district names next superintendentnews
  • LADN: LA officials push vaccines as daily stats continue to reveal improving scenario
  • LAT $: Ex-Palmdale mayor pleads guilty to perjury in corruption scandal
  • LADN: North Hollywood tiny homes community nears opening; activists protest at ceremony
  • VOC: Orange County is Looking at Destroying Public Meeting Records After 2 Years. Will They Save Digital Copies?
  • VOC: Will Desalination Come to Huntington Beach? A Water Board Hearing Happens Tomorrow
  • OCReg: OC toll roads agency will seek more input on policy to guide its future
  • SBSun: ‘We need to speak English,’ councilman says as San Bernardino weighs interpretation services
  • SDUT: San Diego’s ‘Grand Central Station’ moving forward
  • SDUT: One dead, at least three injured in Gaslamp Quarter shooting; one person detained
  • VOSD: One Councilman Wants to Trash the People’s Ordinance
  • SDUT: Franchise negotiations between SDG&E and Gloria about to begin
  • VOSD: Measure C Could Go Forward Even if Convention Center Expansion Doesn’t

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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