Saturday, June 12, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: California governor pledges consistent workplace mask rules
  • LAT $: California moves to rescind dozens of emergency COVID-19 actions
  • SJMN: Masks for unvaccinated, not for vaccinated: new Cal/OSHA proposal
  • FresBee: No more tiers. Gavin Newsom signs order to officially end most COVID rules Tuesday
  • AP: California governor signs orders to roll back virus rules
  • LADN: Some Southern Californians are anxious — not excited — about June 15 reopening
  • OCReg: How California theme parks will change when pandemic restrictions end on Tuesday, June 15
  • SDUT: Gov. Newsom: A vaccination verification system is coming ‘very shortly’
  • OCReg: Southern California hospitals don’t require vaccines as condition of employment
  • LAT $: Recall fever strikes California as angry voters take on politicians in large numbers
  • LAT $: California’s biggest heat wave of the year heightens drought and fire fears
  • Reason: Feds Restore $929 Million in Funds for California's Billion-Dollar Bullet Train Boondoggle
  • LAT $: Nearly $1 billion restored to California bullet train after Biden officials reverse Trump
  • Biden Jumps Aboard California Rail Debacle
  • SacBee: Why remote work is here to stay for California state employees after Newsom’s reopening
  • SacBee: California Capitol to reopen to the public next week after long COVID-19 restrictions
  • CG: LA Teachers Union Rallying Teachers to Condemn Israel
  • VOSD: Faculty Union Defends Its Defense of Professor Who Harassed Students
  • OCReg: Vax for the win: 5 LA, Orange and Riverside county residents are $50,000 richer
  • LAT $: Japan and Mexico have earthquake early-warning systems. How does California’s compare?
  • AP: 4.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Southern California
  • AP: Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations
  • SFC: Drought prompts National Park Service to truck in water for Point Reyes elk
  • KQED: Schools Can Reopen Safely If They Follow Protocols, According to UCSF Study
  • LADN: Charges won’t be filed against protesters, journalists arrested at Echo Park
  • AP: California prisoner stabbed to death; 2 inmates suspected
  • CalM: County health agencies — fighting disease — also have to fight for state funds
  • LAT $: Southern California News Group journalists vote to unionize
  • CG: PG&E Warns of a Large Number of Planned Blackouts in 2021
  • LAT $: How do we hold on to new freedoms as California reopens?
  • BreitbartCA: Exclusive – Mollie Hemingway: ‘Media Hysteria’ over Lafayette Square Contributed to Dozens of Deaths, Billions in Damage in ‘Summer of Violence’
  • Schiff & Swalwell: Longtime Enablers of Domestic Spying
  • OCReg: Kamala Harris’ trip borders on disaster
  • CG: Vice President Kamala Harris’ Border Crisis Has Gotten Worse – For Everyone
  • NR: The Public-Union Stranglehold on California Politics Is Weakening
  • OCReg: Unions ramp up effort to beat back Newsom recall
  • Dianne Feinstein Is an Embarrassment
  • SFC: A’s ‘surprised’ Oakland may consider plan by new group to buy half of Coliseum site
  • SFC: S.F. to require vaccination for high-risk workplaces, stricter rules for indoor mega-events
  • SFC: City Hall silence: Why did so many stay quiet about Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s behavior?
  • SJMN: Finally, Bay Area hospitals shutter COVID wards as threat of coronavirus recedes
  • SJMN: Court docs: Victim says Santa Clara County knew of juvenile counselor rape years before he was exposed
  • FresBee: Will Fresno Unified rename Forkner Elementary school? Here’s what would need to happen
  • SJMN: Sexual abuse lawsuit filed against private Santa Cruz County boarding school
  • VCStar $: LGBTQ Pride Month proclaimed in Ventura County
  • VCStar $: Oxnard School District classified employees seek pandemic stipendnews
  • LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County surpasses 10 million vaccinations, reports 198 new cases and five new deaths, June 6
  • LAT $: Former Garcetti aide says he might have hugged but never harassed
  • OCReg: Ladera Ranch man charged with conspiracy in Capitol attack told OC supervisors revolution was coming
  • OCReg: 3 women want out of rape case against Newport Beach doctor and his girlfriend, prosecutor says
  • PE: Police release body camera footage of fatal shooting of homeless man in Riverside
  • SBSun: Redlands could pay $16 million for tallest building in town
  • SBSun: Fallen San Bernardino County sheriff’s Sgt. Dominic Vaca honored for his ‘heart of gold’
  • PE: Confederate flag seized from Big Bear High School student on last day of school
  • SDUT: Groups collect, distribute water bottles for residents in parts of city with possibly unsafe water
  • SDUT: San Diego Republican Party disinvites Union-Tribune from campaign event

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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