Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Wednesday, June 9, 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: Reason: Kamala Harris Campaigned on a Kinder, Gentler Migration Policy. Now She's Telling Guatemalans, Do Not Come. Hill: Harris hears criticism from all sides amid difficult first trip Biden Throws His Clueless Vice President Under the Bus LAT $: Harris’ visit to Guatemala and Mexico a mix of diplomacy and controversy Reason: Is California Over? CG: Ric Grenell’s ‘Fix California:’ Doing the Hard Work to Make Long-Term Impact on California AP: New faces enter fray as California recall slowly takes shape CG: Assemblyman Kevin Kiley May Enter California Recall Election CG: No Other Democrat: The Potentially Fatal Flaw in Democrats’ Recall Strategy SFC: ‘We are opening S.F.’ — Bay Area lining up with state in dropping COVID rules NR: California Republicans Urge Newsom to Surrender COVID Emergency ‘Power Grab’ California homes cost more than ever. What are Gov. Newsom and lawmakers doing about it? SacBee: California prison guards to get $5,000 bonus, raises in deal with Newsom administration SDUT: Talk of Batman cocaine and murder: how the FBI tricked criminals with encrypted phones - The San Diego Union-Tribune LAT $: After a bitter fight, Southern California’s water kingpin has a new leader OCReg: After rancorous meeting, Metropolitan Water District board hires new general manager AP: California worker board to again reconsider mask standards LADN: Sheriff vows to clear Venice homeless camps — even though community is in LAPD’s jurisdiction SDUT: County to spend COVID-19 aid to help homeless, businesses AP: Assaults on Los Angeles commuter trains recorded on video AP: Man charged with murder of boy in road-rage shooting AP: Released California sex offender charged with molesting boys AP: 3 girls killed, 1 badly injured in California hit-and-run CalM: In Absentia: No Latino judges in these majority-Latino California counties SFC: S.F. stopped ‘poverty tows’ during pandemic. Advocates want to keep it that way CG: Attorney General Bonta Announces Collection Protection For New Federal Child Tax Credit Payments CalM: Will California public schools continue free lunches for all? SFC: Bonta’s money, Sacramento ties a dividing wedge in Assembly race SJMN: Death Row inmate, San Quentin engaged in lengthy legal battle over art magazines with nudity FresBee: Assault rifles needed ‘to fight against invaders, terrorists and tyrants,’ California judge writes SacBee: This California congressman has a history of late property tax payments. What he says about it SFC: Superintendent in Marin Co. arrested on suspicion of lewd act with child FresBee: Fresno’s Central schools superintendent on leave following domestic violence arrest OCReg: The California union exodus OCReg: Cal/OSHA’s workplace mask rules make no sense CalM: Newsom owes apology for EDD’s failings NR: Lab-Leak-Theory Proponents Have Been Vindicated Fixing Roads and Bridges Doesn't Cost $2 Trillion OCReg: Grocery pay mandates that drive up food bills should end CG: Globe Exclusive: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Masterclass in Failure SacBee: Evacuation warnings lifted after grass fire burns 850 acres near Beale AFB in Yuba County SacBee: Sacramento councilwoman hires activist who said elected officials should be ‘terrified’ SFC: Dried sludge ignites at S.F.’s largest sewage treatment plant SFC: SFPD fentanyl bust: Enough overdoses to wipe out S.F. 'four times over' SFC: Ritual Coffee owner fires husband after he uses a racial slur at work SFC: S.F. building inspector put on leave in widening City Hall corruption probe SJMN: Water prices going up for 1.4 million in the East Bay SJMN: San Jose mayor unveils plan for gun liability insurance, video-recorded gun sales Why send a cop if one isn’t really needed? Modesto police embark on new approach FresBee: As debate over police in Fresno schools nears end, community groups push for big changes CalCoast: Feds threaten to fine Santa Maria over farm worker housing policy CalCoast: Pismo Beach initiates water restrictions to combat drought conditions LADN: Most COVID-19 restrictions will vanish June 15 – but not everywhere in LA County LAT $: Police Commission to consider new alcohol rules for armed off-duty officers OCReg: Long Beach approves $2.5 million in funding for Queen Mary OCReg: Huntington Beach PD to partner with state in enforcing drone ban in Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus case rates low enough for yellow tier, but it’s too late PE: Clarissa Cervantes has big lead in Riverside City Council’s Ward 2 election PE: Riverside City Councilmember Chuck Conder takes lead over challenger Monrow Mabon PE: Riverside County qualifies for yellow tier, but won’t enter before June 15 PE: Hemet will hold special election to replace Joe Males SDUT: San Diego City Council gives final approval on new electric and gas franchise agreement with SDG&E VOSD: City Tried to Withhold Memo That Was Already Public SDUT: San Diego County earns a sliver of yellow as tier system nears end SDUT: After study shows pay disparities, San Diego adopts resolution to fix it Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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