Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, May 7, 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: AmerSpec: California Governor Recall Devolves Into a Circus CG: Secretary of State Releases Final Recall Petition Signature Report FresBee: Gov. recall candidate John Cox brings ‘Meet the Beast’ campaign to Fresno County NR: Caitlyn Jenner Is Right about Two of California’s Most Pressing Problems Gov. Newsoms Team Is Thrilled Jenner Is Running in Recall Reason: California;s Recall Circus Has an Actual Bear SFC: Should California allow distance learning in fall? Lawmakers, educators at odds SFC: Marin Co. parents stopped school closure; funding challenges remain SFC: Bay Area employers more likely to require vaccinations against coronavirus than other U.S. regions CG: Truckers Request Appellate Court Rehearing Over AB 5 Ruling LADN: Activists urge less funding for LAPD, end to oil drilling BreitbartCA: Dems Work to Defund Police Program So Criminal Illegal Aliens Can Evade Deportation BreitbartCA: SF Mayor Announces $3.75 Million Redirected from Law Enforcement to Black Businesses SFC: S.F. man accused of stabbing 2 women charged with attempted murder SFC: S.F. man charged with murder, attempted murder in Mission shooting AP: In California, vaccinations are priority but testing matters SBSun: Coronavirus tracker: California reported 1,573 new cases and 63 new deaths as of May 5 SDUT: 3 million coronavirus vaccine doses down, but many more still to go in San Diego NR: The Ridiculous Facebook Affair Big Techs Political Purges Are a Bad Sign for America Hill: Facebook Ban on Trump Is Profoundly Un-American OCReg: Drought hits second year, but experts say the state is better prepared SFC: GOP blasts Rep. Zoe Lofgren for compiling their social media posts PE: Inland Rep. Raul Ruiz lands on Republicans’ 2022 target list SJMN: ‘Trading people for profits’: California sues nursing home chain where hundreds have been sickened with COVID-19 OCReg: Elected officials tour temporary migrant shelter in Long Beach, vouch for kids’ well-being AP: Apple’s app store chief fends off attacks in antitrust trial PE: Kaiser just laid off hundreds. Are more cuts coming to health care industry? AP: California fire victims see little payout from settlement BreitbartCA: Issa Legislation to Allow Ride to Honor POW/MIA Veterans After Biden Admin’s Denial81 AP: California agency weighs warehouse rule for air quality VOSD: The Learning Curve: Eli Broad’s Complicated Ed Reform Legacy SacBee: Cyclists could roll through stop signs under plan moving through California Capitol SacBee: California DMV to eliminate 25 language options from drivers license tests, memo says AP: Magnitude-4.7 quake strikes California-Nevada border area AP: Flock of giant California condors trashes woman’s home OCReg: Victorville unemployment case could spell bad news for Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz OCReg: California lawmakers praise teachers, while restricting their rights OCReg: Expect ban on menthol cigarettes to worsen inequities in criminal justice NR: Teachers Union Head Claims ‘1619 Project’ Opponents Trying to Ban ‘Factual Version of Oppression’ in U.S. OCReg: California taxpayers may catch a break this year OCReg: Biden’s infrastructure plan won’t help infrastructure or the environment CG: Why Do Californians Have to Choose Between Food, Agriculture, and Fish? SFC: Windsor requests grand jury investigation of mayor for ‘willful or corrupt misconduct’ AP: California officer accused of filing false police report SFC: S.F. struggles to fix public housing Breed lived in. SJMN: Why the Bay Area still hasn’t spent $1.7B in COVID stimulus money SFC: Muni services are ramping up for the June 15 reopening. Will cable cars be included? SFC: Daly City to buy police body cameras after fatal shooting of Roger Allen SJMN: Former star athlete’s lawsuit says Archbishop Mitty, Los Gatos High failed to stop sex abuse by coach FresBee: ‘Just the tip of the iceberg.’ Fresno County COVID variant cases up sixfold, officials say Ceres to begin special election candidate filing period. Here’s what you need to know Stanislaus County reports ‘breakthrough’ cases in residents vaccinated for COVID-19 CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County supervisors return back to traditional voting VCStar $: Ojai mulls own police force amid sheriff's contract talks LAT $: Three teenagers arrested for allegedly starting Thousand Oaks brush fire VCStar $: Conservation group calls for speed limits to protect whales off Venturanews LAT $: After personal effects were retrieved, workers collected 35 tons of trash at Echo Park Lake LAT $: L.A. County is now in the yellow tier. Here’s what the major reopening means LAT $: L.A. County sheriff refuses to name deputies who open fire, defying state’s high court LADN: DA drops death penalty bid in Lancaster torture murder of Anthony Avalos, 10 OCReg: Orange County to close its mass vaccination sites in June VOC: After Public Backlash, Orange County Officials Back Up on Secret Contracts VOC: Fountain Valley Hospital Workers Protest Low Wages Following Safety Issues And Scathing State Report Last Year SDUT: Homeless people told to leave Oceanside hotel SDUT: Oceanside sells El Corazon land for commercial developments VOSD: Officials Say Rental Relief Programs on Track to Leave Millions Unspent SDUT: San Diego County unveils $7 billion budget proposal VOSD: Morning Report: The Push to Unionize Sycuan Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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