Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, May 1, 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: LAT $: How a $1-million donation on behalf of Newsom was hidden in plain sight AP: 76,000 California inmates now eligible for earlier releases SJMN: Watch: Robbers trap cars, steal Asian women’s purses FresBee: Fresno Police called to Fashion Fair after gun shown inside mall. Then other firearms were found FresBee: Fresno restaurant shooting: Man shot multiple times with other customers inside SacBee: ‘Nuisance crimes’ by homeless anger Sacramento business owners. Why little has been done AP: California Democrats to hear from Newsom as recall heats up SacBee: Voters in these California counties carried the Gavin Newsom recall to the ballot VOSD: VOSD Podcast: Rehashing the Recall CG: Domestic Violence Charges Dropped Against Governor Newsom’s Brother-in-Law FresBee: Will Gavin Newsom make emergency drought declaration statewide? Valley lawmakers say it’s a must AP: New fight in California water wars: How to update old system OCReg: All fatal police pursuits weren’t counted as required by California law SDUT: Brother of police shooting victim says video shows excessive force SacBee: California’s flavored tobacco ban up in the air as Biden moves to prohibit menthol cigarettes OCReg: Eli Broad, billionaire entrepreneur who reshaped LA, dies LADN: LAUSD teachers oppose adding 10 days to school year, union says SacBee: Kaiser plans 200 layoffs in Northern CA; union says unexpected move terrified members SJMN: Kaiser to lay off hundreds of workers LAT $: California has given 30 million vaccinations, but demand may be dropping SJMN: Younger Californians have lowest vaccination rate, sparking concern VOSD: Sacramento Report: Ward Bill Targets Ghost Guns Like the One Used in Gaslamp Shooting CG: State Lottery Bill To Maximize Public School Funds Passes Senate Unanimously SDUT: Newsom’s $1B wildfire plan favors Sierra Nevada logging over homeowners SFC: Judge, not arbitrator, must decide on Uber drivers’ pre-Prop. 22 AP: Harvey Weinstein extradition could face further delays SacBee: Out with Junípero Serra, in with Native Americans. Plan calls for replacing Capitol Park statue OCReg: Top Marines expected to testify to Congress about fatal AAV training accident and safety procedures OCReg: Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz filed for unemployment even as city checks kept coming OCReg: Teachers’ unions delay reopening and hurt poor kids the most LAT $: Op-Ed: Newsom promises while the delta dies Parents Speaking Up Will Stop Critical Race Theory OCReg: The illogic of public sector unions Reason: 12 Years to Disaster? How Climate Activists Distort the Evidence LAT $: The remote work revolution is transforming, and unsettling, resort areas like Lake Tahoe These Sacramento Venues Reinvented Operations During Pandemic Closures SFC: Crumbling Berkeley pier still closed, and at least 5 years, $55 million from reopening SFC: Family of Oscar Grant plans recall campaign against Alameda County DA SFC: S.F. DA's office re-files assault charges against man shot by police SFC: Alison Collins and husband violated S.F. building permit laws, city says CalCoast: Ravine Waterpark in Paso Robles reopening VCStar $: 60% of Ventura County adults have received at least one vaccine dose VCStar $: Judge tentatively rules against Oxnard in ambulance dispute LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 405 new cases and 21 new deaths, April 30 LADN: Residents, activists express no confidence in L.A. County’s Aliso Canyon gas leak health study OCReg: Costa Mesa sets 7% tax on pot sales as rules formed for retail cannabis shops OCReg: Disneyland reopens to the public after 13-month coronavirus closure OCReg: Newport Beach firm converting $300 million apartment complex into workforce housing PE: Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt to run in Newsom recall SDUT: Is the San Diego ‘Grand Central Station’ worth the cost? 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 | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!