Friday, June 11, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: Democrats move to cover recall costs, speed up election date
  • CG: Departmen of Finance Estimates 2021 Recall to Cost California At Least $215 Million
  • CG: BREAKING: Less Than 40 Recall Newsom Signatures Rescinded Statewide
  • AP: Ex-police chief, 5 others charged in Capitol riot conspiracy
  • SacBee: Rocklin man indicted in U.S. Capitol siege is one of four Sacramento-area defendants
  • VOC: Feds Indict OC Residents Alan Hostetter and Russell Taylor for Conspiring in Capitol Riot
  • OCReg: Ex-La Habra police chief Alan Hostetter, 5 others charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
  • AP: California businesses baffled by various reopening rules
  • LADN: LA County will align with state on post-June 15 coronavirus mask policies
  • SFC: Shifting rules on masks and workplace safety confuse, frustrate businesses
  • CalM: California’s big reopening: What changes — and what doesn’t — on June 15?
  • LAT $: As California reopens, those vaccinated can choose whether to wear masks
  • CG: California’s New COVID Rules Reveal Gov. Newsom’s & Public Health Officials’ Deliberate Confusion Tactic
  • AP: Feds to restore $1B for California high-speed train
  • SFC: California’s high-speed rail project to get back nearly $1B in funding that Trump cut
  • CA Unemployment Fraud, Backlog Still Dog Newsom
  • LADN: LAUSD, teachers union strike deal on COVID-19 protocols for 2021-22 year
  • LAT $: L.A. teachers union pact mandates masks and coronavirus tests for all
  • CapWkly: ‘Bubble baby’ treatment shifted to stem cell agency, UCLA
  • AP: California appeals court ruling upending assault weapons ban
  • CG: AG Bonta, Gov. Newsom Announce They Will Appeal Judicial Decision Overturning State Assault Weapons Ban
  • SacBee: Proposed tax on California gun sales resurfaces after Democrats blocked it
  • LAT $: Homeless advocates urge Orange County to create a safe parking program
  • SFC: California vaccine lottery winner thought call from state ‘was a joke’
  • FresBee: Caitlyn Jenner, once an ‘American hero,’ struggles to win support from California voters
  • SacBee: Gavin Newsom, other California officials slated to get 4.2% raise after commission vote
  • OCReg: Former In-N-Out worker sues over alleged workplace violations
  • AP: California debates public health spending as virus recedes
  • AP: Report: California encourages rebuilding in fire-prone areas
  • SFC: Nearly all the Bay Area is now in ‘exceptional’ drought category — and the outlook’s grim
  • CalM: Will psychedelics become legal in California?
  • LADN: Port of LA hits 10-million cargo container milestone in 2020-21 fiscal year
  • FresBee: Fresno parents call for Central schools superintendent to resign following felony arrest
  • LAT $: State bar admits ‘mistakes’ in handling Tom Girardi complaints
  • NR: The Media’s Double Standard on Hunter Biden’s Racial Slurs
  • CG: Hypocritical Hollywood Hides from Hunter
  • Our Greatest National Crisis? Denying the Great Debt Crisis
  • Media Covering Biden -- or Just Covering for Him?
  • Reason: Many Politicians Claim That Increased Spending Sparks Economic Growth. Here's Why That's Misleading.
  • Voting Rights: It's Racist Not to Let Democrats Cheat
  • Media Caught in Yet Another Massive Anti-Trump Lie
  • Yet Another Media Tale Collapses
  • Fact Is, Washington Post Ignores Truth
  • SacBee: Sacramento City Unified teachers, staff vote no confidence in Superintendent Jorge Aguilar
  • SacBee: Sacramento-area card room fined and suspended for COVID violations is reopening
  • SacBee: Elk Grove signals recovery, OKs $273M budget focused on roads, civic projects, businesses
  • SFC: Mayor Breed, S.F. supervisor propose free Muni for youth
  • SFC: Supervisor Aaron Peskin says he’s entering alcohol treatment after complaints
  • SFC: SFPD investigating alleged theft of petitions in school board recall drive
  • SFC: Deliveryman shared viral S.F. video after hearing others discuss harassment
  • SJMN: ‘He scares me’: VTA documents show coworker worried future mass shooter could ‘go postal’
  • SJMN: ‘Is it time to declare the I-880 toll lanes a disaster?’
  • FresBee: Fresno city to send ‘army of inspectors’ to mobile home park after second destructive fire
  • FresBee: Kingsburg’s Jewel Hurtado faces recall effort for ‘socialist agenda,’ proponents say
  • CalCoast: Misinformation and mudslinging reach new heights in Oceano
  • VCStar $: Oxnard approves downtown housing for low-income, homelessnews
  • VCStar $: Ventura unsure how to pay for more firefighters
  • LAT $: L.A. Times seeks to make depositions public in sexual harassment case involving former Garcetti aide
  • OCReg: Yorba Linda Water District approves increases for water, sewer
  • OCReg: With COVID-19 under control in OC jails, judge dismisses lawsuit aimed at cutting inmate population
  • PE: 4 people, all 18 or younger, are arrested after man is shot to death at Riverside park
  • SBSun: Memorial service scheduled Friday to honor San Bernardino sheriff’s sergeant killed in Yucca Valley
  • SBSun: Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations in San Bernardino County still on downward trend
  • SDUT: Data shed light on use-of-force records of San Diego police officers, sheriff’s deputies
  • SDUT: Coastal Commission approves Solana Beach seawall
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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