Monday, April 26, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • NYT: San Francisco Contends With a Different Sort of Epidemic: Drug Deaths
  • LAT $: Judicial overreach? Some say judge went too far in ordering L.A. to clear skid row
  • LAT $: Judge’s order drags Garcetti into center of legal battle over skid row
  • LAT $: The Oscars blocked Union Station for COVID test takers and disabled people. What to know
  • OCReg: Opponents to ethnic studies travel to Los Alamitos, again, to fight school board
  • SDUT: Neighborhood equity, climate resilience will become main criteria for prioritizing San Diego road repairs
  • FresBee: COVID magnified Fresno County’s racial health disparities. What lessons will be learned?
  • CG: COVID Deceit and Dubious Policies California Lawmakers Continue to Perpetrate
  • Saturday Headlines
  • Sunday Headlines
  • SFC: The vaccinated and unvaccinated are mingling, creating a tricky new social landscape
  • SFC: California theme parks can now allow out-of-state visitors - but will they? Here's the latest
  • KQED: Will California Lawmakers Allow Distance Learning to Continue Next Year?
  • SFC: She was terrorized by an ex-boyfriend. Now lawmaker wants changes in 911 responses
  • SFC: UCSF reports Bay Area man got blood clot after getting J&J dose
  • FresBee: Fresno settles lawsuit in police killing of unarmed teen. Second settlement this month
  • SDUT: San Diego Democrats request independent audit of deaths in county jails
  • SDUT: Months before George Floyd, Angel Hernandez died at a downtown train station with a knee to his neck, too
  • OCReg: Oscars 2021: ‘Nomadland’ wins big, Anthony Hopkins surprises, Frances McDormand howls
  • Reason: Caitlyn Jenner Is Pitching Herself as the Anti-Lockdown Savior California Needs
  • SacBee: Doris Matsui was born in an internment camp. At 76, here’s what she wants done about hate crimes
  • FresBee: Fresno base leader refutes report that fighter jet on alert to intimidate protesters
  • NR: McCarthy Says Biden Pulled a ‘Bait and Switch’ from Moderate to Socialist
  • AP: Murder charge from 2003 against California woman dismissed
  • LAT $: Kamala Harris, nearly 100 days in, has been visible as vice president. But is she influential?
  • AP: Despite racial reckoning, state efforts stall on reparations
  • NR: Maybe Handing Over America’s National Parks Is a Bad Idea
  • OCReg: Pandemic liability claims would boost California’s ‘lawsuit tax’
  • NR: Critical Race Theory: The Enemy of Reason, Evidence, and Open Debate
  • SacBee: Cattle grazing and prescribed burns can help California beat devastating wildfires
  • NR: California vs. Charitable Giving
  • OCReg: As drought hits California, long-term issues loom
  • WashTimes: The Brainwashing of America's Kids
  • OCReg: The COVID-19 disaster that did not happen in Texas
  • SJMN: Reckoning at San Jose State: Claims of coverup, retaliation in sex abuse scandal grow
  • Man sues former teacher, Clovis district over alleged sex abuse nearly 30 years ago
  • New Highway 132 segment in Modesto could open sooner than expected. Here’s why
  • VCStar $: Oxnard OKs $20M contract for ambulance servicenews
  • LADN: LA County reports 408 new cases of COVID-19, drop in hospitalizations
  • LADN: Child homicides by caregivers down in LA County, but remain serious problem, report shows
  • LAT $: L.A. County continues to report progress in coronavirus fight
  • OCReg: Drive-through vaccination line at Soka University temporarily closed after driver crashes through tent
  • PE: Illegal fireworks fines could stiffen in unincorporated Riverside County
  • SBSun: How Inland counties are trying to get more people vaccinated
  • SDUT: San Diego’s ‘Grand Central Station’ moving forward
  • SDUT: San Diego County sees vaccination progress in South Bay, but East County lags
  • SDUT: San Diego County jails stopped giving J&J vaccines during pause
Sincerely,

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