Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Dear John,

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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

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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