Saturday, May 29, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SFC: New rule at Mendocino cafe — $5 fee for wearing a mask
  • AP: California considers timing on easing workers’ virus rules
  • SFC: No masks at work? Proposal says employees don’t have to, if everyone is vaccinated
  • SFC: S.F. City Hall corruption: New guilty pleas in Nuru investigation
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County DA barred from prosecuting key defendant in gun-permit corruption case
  • AP: California governor pardons inmate firefighters
  • AP: Probe ordered on California death row inmate innocence claim
  • SFC: With the pandemic waning, Californians are ready to travel this summer
  • CG: California Borrowed $20.5 Billion From Feds For State Unemployment Payments
  • Modesto woman worked with son on death row to apply for stimulus checks, prosecutors say
  • AP: Ship crews receiving vaccine at Southern California ports
  • AP: California mass killer had arsenal of guns, ammo at his home
  • SJMN: 12 guns, bombs and 25,000 bullets recovered from home of VTA shooter
  • SFC: Disgruntled gunman kept 22,000 rounds of ammunition, guns and gasoline in home
  • SFC: California sports betting initiative hinges on gambling fight with tribes
  • CG: Bill to Remove Word “Alien” from State Codes Gathers Support Before Senate Comm. Debates
  • VOSD: Solana Beach Warns Residents About Housing Bills
  • AP: California Senate moves to make assisted death law permanent
  • LAT $: A killer shadows an L.A. homeless camp. ‘Some people work for the devil’
  • CG: Homeless Prevention Fund Bill Passes Assembly
  • AP: DA won’t seek new death sentence against Scott Peterson
  • VCStar $: At Reagan library event, ex-Speaker Ryan tells GOP to reject Trumpnews
  • AP: Former aide succeeds California Assemblywoman after election
  • Urban water districts consider mandatory conservation as drought deepens
  • VOC: OC Jewish Leaders Speak Out Against Antisemitism After Rise in Hate Crimes
  • LAT $: Smith: Its founders gone, Black Lives Matter has reached the end of an era
  • Reason: Amtrak Wants $75 Billion To Create More Money-Losing Routes
  • OCReg: Sacramento should return the surplus to state taxpayers
  • OCReg: Anti-tech regulation turns Constitution on its head
  • Reason: California's Costly Experiment With Online Community College Is a Textbook Example of Government Failure
  • OCReg: Lots of suspense as California lawmakers kill dozens of bills
  • SFC: Ex-Windsor Mayor said to pay for birthday liquor with campaign funds
  • FresBee: Fresno schools to add extra 30 minutes of instruction time to school day next year
  • VCStar $: Oxnard to keep county's ambulance service unless courts step in
  • VCStar $: Mask confusion: What we know indoor rules locally
  • LAT $: The sexual misconduct allegations rocking L.A.’s largest LGBTQ theater company
  • LAT $: Woman sues L.A. County over injury at Dijon Kizzee protest in South L.A.
  • LADN: Judge reinstates enhancements for Baldwin Park gang member accused of double murder
  • OCReg: Santa Ana Unified to reopen campuses in the fall for in-person learning
  • OCReg: Woman bounced from Huntington Beach committee over protest photo sues city
  • PE: OC man charged with attempted murder in Norco vehicle shooting; CHP pins 6 more BB attacks on him
  • OCReg: Huntington Beach will pay $2.5 million in age discrimination case linked to City Attorney Michael Gates
  • LAT $: O.C. health officials impose a new quarantine through Oct. 31 — but it’s not what you’re thinking
  • SBSun: Number of coronavirus cases up in San Bernardino County, while vaccine rates lag
  • PE: Here’s what Inland House members want funded in your community
  • SDUT: Councilwoman asks S.D. police to report on proliferation of ghost guns
  • SDUT: $160B plan to expand bus, rail service rankles city leaders who are fighting housing density
  • SDUT: San Diego taking on ‘period poverty’ by providing free feminine hygiene products across the county

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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