Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Tuesday, May 25, 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: AP: California man sentenced in attack on Republican club office SFC: Legislators urge state to deny S.F. school district’s bid for $12M in reopening funds SFC: Could California’s drought crisis block Bay Area housing construction? AP: Water crisis ‘couldn’t be worse’ on Oregon-California border AP: As drought intensifies, California seeing more wildfires FresBee: Fresno-area candidate for Congress wants to declare the Delta smelt extinct CG: Petition to Request Delta Smelt Be Declared Extinct will be Filed With Fish and Game SBSun: Memorial Day travel by Southern Californians will increase 64%, most going by car LAT $: LAUSD to fully reopen schools in the fall plus offer an online option LADN: LAUSD students will have full-time in-person option in fall, Beutner says LAT $: Half of L.A. County residents 16 and older now fully vaccinated for COVID-19 SJMN: COVID Q&A: What to do if you lose your vaccine card AP: Postal workers plead guilty to California unemployment fraud LAT $: What you need to know about the Newsom recall election SFC: Man who allegedly refused to wear mask on flight out of Oakland faces $9,000 fine SacBee: Mask rules are easing in California. Will they be required inside schools in the fall? AP: Judge digs into Apple app store policies as Epic trial ends PE: Lawsuit over Inland Rep. Ken Calvert’s Twitter account resolved SFC: Scientist protests Lawrence Livermore Lab for hosting controversial author CG: Gov. Newsom’s College Savings Account Proposal Falls Flat With Education Scholar AP: California officials take wait-and-see approach with Baffert AP: Grand jury indicts ex-UCLA doctor on 21 sexual abuse counts AP: DNA leads to arrest for 2003 rapes in Southern California AP: 2 ex-California officers charged with bribery in car scheme CG: California Assemblyman Triggered by Children’s Airsoft Toy Gun, Mistakes it for Actual Glock SFC: Newsom calls for record spending to confront looming wildfire season CG: Update on California Legislative Statistics AP: Weinstein extradition to California faces another delay LAT $: Hiltzik: A business's bottom line vs. a rare disease cure NR: As Lab-Leak Evidence Mounts, Psaki Says White House Is ‘Hopeful’ WHO Will Launch Second COVID Probe NR: Now Progressives Are Whitewashing Anti-Semitic Attacks OCReg: Eulogy for mathematics in ‘woke’ California OCReg: EV ruling proves CARB has too much authority CalM: Newsom paints rosy, but flawed, economic picture How Media Attacked the Credible 'Lab Leak' Theory OCReg: To achieve forest health, we need to change our relationship with fire CG: Sounds of Silence: Labor Union Refuses to Communicate with Public Employees SacBee: Sacramento to consider stiff fines for illegal fireworks after complaints soared in 2020 SFC: Saying they’re key to Oakland’s comeback, artists explore ways to influence city budget SFC: Farrah Abraham accuses Dominic Foppoli of ‘sexual battery’ in police report SFC: S.F.’s guaranteed income program for artists gets $3.46 million gift from Jack Dorsey CG: PG&E Selling San Francisco Headquarters For A Reported $800 Million SJMN: Major Bay Area art festival canceled over homeless camp controversy SFC: San Francisco ranks near the bottom of U.S. metro areas in home value increases SJMN: Theranos founder Holmes wins fight to bar jury from hearing of profane company meeting chants FresBee: California hits Foster Farms with big fine for failing to protect workers from COVID outbreak FresBee: Fresno’s Class of 2020 gets its graduation ceremony, one year after COVID-19 outbreak VCStar $: Judge rules against Simi in senior housing lawsuit VCStar $: Ventura administrator named Pleasant Valley superintendent LADN: Metro marks beginning of ‘major construction’ on final Purple Line extension LAT $: LAX unveils more gates, new checked-bag system VOC: OC Community Clinics Criticize County Effort to Keep Them Out of the Loop on $20 Million Vaccination Expansion OCReg: Grand jury suggests added audits in wake of O.C. sheriff’s department evidence-booking problem OCReg: 29 more arrested in Huntington Beach in another unruly night for TikTok party OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 26 new cases and three new deaths as of May 24 SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus hospitalizations hovering around 70 PE: Riverside County coronavirus hospitalizations fall to all-time low of 38 PE: Jurupa Valley brush fire: Mandatory evacuations lifted as forward progress stopped PE: Moreno Valley City Hall to reopen to public as pandemic winds down SDUT: San Diego County announces first $5 million of $25 million in grants for mental health LAT $: Del Mar opposition delays railroad safety fence — again VOSD: City, SDG&E Ready to Ink One Deal While Fighting Over Another SDUT: Opponents of franchise deal between San Diego and SDG&E cry foul over partial refund provision SDUT: Scripps enters fourth week of ransomware attack Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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