Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County mandating workplaces to track employees' vaccination status
  • SacBee: Should businesses ask customers about vaccination status? Majority of Californians say yes
  • CG: Peeling Back the COVID Masks Reveals Contradictory Statements, Studies and Mandates
  • NR: Fauci Admits Post-Vaccination Masking Was about ‘Signals’ Weeks after Insisting Otherwise
  • NR: Following the Science? Blue States Reject the CDC’s Mask Guidance
  • SFC: After French Laundry dinner, a lobbying boom for Newsom adviser's firm
  • SFC: $55 billion is flooding into California schools. Will it be spent wisely?
  • AP: California restaurants expect rebound that will take years
  • SDUT: Expanded outdoor dining isn’t going away anytime soon, San Diego council decides
  • LADN: Homeless man, 48, accused of causing Palisades fire
  • LADN: Aiming to reduce overdose deaths, LA County expands Naloxone distribution among homeless
  • SFC: One of San Francisco’s last big homeless camps has been taken down
  • LADN: LA County to help homeless file income taxes, collect stimulus checks
  • FOX: San Diego tax dollars buy 'divisive' billboards that blame 'discrimination' for birth complications
  • AP: California readies to prevent blackouts, but threats remain
  • LAT $: California’s rebound: COVID-19 declines dramatically even as normal life returns
  • AP: More California counties see COVID-19 case improvements
  • CalM: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?
  • San Francisco sues state board over proposed Tuolumne flows. MID and TID join in
  • LAT $: California farmers facing drought choose not to plant crops
  • AP: Shooting targeting party bus in California kills 2, wounds 5
  • SFC: S.F. has a broken window epidemic. Small businesses want the city to help pay for repairs
  • SFC: Suspect in S.F. homicides was arrested, released in separate case
  • PE: 5 people shot in Hemet on Tuesday evening, shooter at-large
  • LAT $: L.A. supervisors want sheriff to immediately name deputies in shootings
  • SDUT: Attorney to represent Black man beaten and arrested by police in La Jolla
  • AP: Authorities: Armed man shot as he charged California officer
  • AP: Isaac Bryan has commanding lead in California Assembly race
  • CG: Bill To Stop Rehab Centers From Making False Claims Passed in Senate
  • CA School Board Dispute a Test Case for Teacher Union Clout
  • CapWkly: Stem cell agency says it’s going all out on ‘bubble baby’ cure
  • CalCoast: Newsom barred from imposing coronavirus restrictions on churches
  • LAT $: Federal hotshot crews are understaffed in California as wildfire season begins
  • SacBee: Rural California could lose thousands of jobs as prisons close. What can the state do?
  • CG: Republican Campaign Worker Jordan Tygh is Standing Up to Liberal Bullies
  • SDUT: Environmental group demands Navy examine operations after ship killed whales
  • FresBee: Tensions rise at ‘Free Palestine’ demonstration in Fresno. Man claims he was pepper sprayed.
  • OCReg: Tito Ortiz’s sons sent home from school after arriving without face masks
  • OCReg: Newsom should follow the science, align state mask policy with CDC guidance
  • OCReg: Newsom budget surplus gets a reality check
  • CalM: Inflated job numbers prop up bullet train
  • OCReg: Newsom’s road plan does little to fix congestion
  • NR: Chris Cuomo’s Ugly Abortion Rant
  • Reason: States With Post-Pandemic Surpluses Are Still Getting Huge Federal Bailouts
  • NR: The Taboo on the COVID Lab-Leak Theory Lifts
  • SacBee: Sacramento suburb considers fines for residents who host illegal firework parties
  • SacBee: Sacramento settles lawsuit over law that required people to stand for the national anthem
  • SJMN: COVID: SF Giants drop entry requirements for Oracle Park
  • SFC: Bay Area home prices just hit a record high. Will the buying spree last?
  • SFC: In stunning reversal, Stanford will not cut any of the sports it said it would
  • SJMN: Alameda County DA Nancy O’Malley will not seek re-election
  • SFC: No charges filed in death of Dublin school board member
  • SJMN: UPDATE: San Jose will issue $10,000 fines against people turning the city into a ‘dumping ground’
  • SJMN: COVID: Santa Clara, Santa Cruz advancing to yellow tier
  • FresBee: Clovis lacks affordable housing. Why leaders say they’ll appeal court ruling for new plan
  • FresBee: Fresno Irrigation District begins clearing canal of homeless camp debris before water flows begin
  • FresBee: Fresno wants ‘direct control’ from state over mobile home parks after deadly fire
  • FresBee: Fresno police allowed more discretion in new pursuit policy following innocent deaths
  • VCStar $: Reagan museum in Simi Valley to reopen next week
  • VCStar $: No vaccine 'passport' coming here. Ventura County leaders promise
  • LADN: LAPD officer accused of sharing Valentine’s Day message mocking George Floyd’s death could be fired, chief says
  • VOC: Was OC’s Shadowy PR Contract for Promoting Supervisors or Vaccinations?
  • OCReg: Orange County will move to yellow tier on Wednesday
  • OCReg: Huntington Beach council will switch to in-person meetings, Tuesdays instead of Mondays
  • VOC: Will Santa Ana Crack Down on Families Renting in Boarding Houses?
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County misses mark for yellow coronavirus tier
  • SBSun: Grand jury probes ‘inappropriate contact’ between Redlands Unified staff, students
  • SBSun: Riverside County disagrees with California’s date for lifting coronavirus mask rule
  • SDUT: Amazon distribution center OK’d for Oceanside
  • SDUT: San Diego lifts deed restrictions on UCSD land to allow eastern expansion projects
  • SDUT: San Diego’s granny flat campaign faces first major backlash
  • VOSD: Advocates Worry Blackstone Sale Will Take Affordable Housing Crisis From Bad to Worse

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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