Saturday, August 7, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • LADN: ‘They’re worn out’: LAPD contends with hundreds of officer resignations, retirements after protests, pandemic break out
  • AP: California officer shot outside police station; suspect dies
  • AP: ‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire decimates California town
  • LAT $: Dixie wildfire explodes to 430,000 acres, third largest in California history
  • LAT $: In the ashes of Greenville, a pharmacy owner returns to see what remains of his town
  • AP: Weekend of fear looms for Californians in face of wildfires
  • VCStar $: California's Newsom, facing his own uncertain future, says Cuomo should resign
  • SFC: Newsom warns recall challengers will take state ‘off a COVID cliff’
  • SDUT: For subscribers: Can Kevin Faulconer’s plain vanilla politics sell in Sacramento?
  • LADN: Newsom recall election mail ballots are on their way to LA County voters
  • SDUT: Column: Possible GOP recall endorsement presents party, candidates with risk
  • AP: GOP’s Elder shows fundraising muscle in California recall
  • AP: Califonria to offer vaccine incentive to Medicaid population
  • FresBee: As COVID cases rise, here’s why a mask mandate ‘is not on the table’ for Fresno
  • CalCoast: Santa Barbara County resumes mask mandate
  • PE: These are the mask policies at Southern California casinos as COVID-19 delta variant surges
  • PE: With coronavirus surging, why aren’t Inland Empire counties requiring masks?
  • LADN: COVID-19 ‘whiplash’ is messing with Southern California’s psyche
  • SacBee: Judge halts Newsom’s planned closure of Northern California prison
  • LAT $: Costa Mesa City Council moves to allow noncitizens to serve on city commissions
  • SacBee: Elk Grove holding off on employee vaccine mandate. Many in the city have gotten the shot
  • VOSD: Sacramento Report: All Eyes on Schools as Vaccine Mandates Tighten
  • SFC: S.F. deputies threaten resignations over city’s vaccination mandate
  • SDUT: Potentially devastating citrus tree disease found in Oceanside
  • Thousands of Californians will soon lose unemployment benefits as federal programs end
  • LADN: LA ordinance fighting tenant harassment is launched
  • SJMN: Landlords push to end California eviction ban
  • LAT $: California hits 4 million coronavirus cases as Delta variant spreads
  • SFC: Air Quality Tracker: Check levels down to the neighborhood
  • CG: Newsom Administration Wasted So Much Water, Oroville Just Ran Out
  • CalM: California’s desert becoming a hotbed for water bandits: Watch
  • BreitbartCA: Zuckerberg-Funded Group Gave $12M to Dem Consulting Firms for ‘Voter Education’ in MI
  • OCReg: The CDC can’t continue to ignore the law
  • OCReg: Don’t believe your eyes about conservatism’s drift
  • NR: Undoing the Enlightenment
  • SacBee: Sacramento wants 3,800 car charging stations by 2025. Here’s where they’re needed
  • SFC: From housing crisis to fire crisis: S.F.’s exodus led many to new conundrum
  • SFC: Mills College merger temporarily halted by judge
  • SFC: More Bay Area restaurants close temporarily due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases on staff
  • SFC: S.F. hires new leader for team that handles homeless encampments
  • SJMN: California drought: Santa Clara County residents falling far short of water conservation target
  • FresBee: Fresno’s Tower Theatre failed recent fire inspection. And in 2016 and 2018, the city says
  • Ceres settles allegations Police Department subjected employee to hostile workplace
  • FresBee: Fresno Diocese releases names of priests accused of sexual abuse. See the list
  • LADN: LA County reports nearly 4,000 new COVID-19 infections; stepped-up testing blamed
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: More than 10,200 LAUSD students choose independent study, won’t return to campus
  • VOC: OC Struggles to Process Rape Evidence Tied to Hundreds of Backlogged Kits
  • VOC: OC Residents in Ambulances Are Now Waiting Outside of Hospitals Nearly As Long As During Covid Winter Surge
  • OCReg: With COVID-19 cases rising again, Orange County officials urge precautions
  • OCReg: Finger-pointing continues among OC prosecutors, deputies and lawyers in soon-to-be overturned murder conviction
  • OCReg: Santa Ana police consider no confidence vote against chief
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies will add video cameras to their uniforms
  • SBSun: San Bernardino council member blasts mayor for comment on certain city parks
  • SBSun: Gov. Gavin Newsom appears in San Bernardino to tout school reopenings, investment
  • SDUT: SDG&E customers to receive bill credit of $69.20
  • VOSD: ‘He’s Unhinged’: Why Dems Mobilized So Quickly to Endorse a Candidate for Sheriff
  • VOSD: VOSD Podcast: COVID Cases — and Mandates — Are Climbing
  • SDUT: San Diego’s effort to ban road contractor from work ends, with uncertain outcome

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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