Sunday, August 15, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: Swedes Should Act More Like Danes
  • OCReg: California has a leadership drought
  • NR: Gavin Newsom Blasts Recall Election GOP Front-Runner Larry Elder: ‘He’s to the Right of Trump’
  • BreitbartCA: VIDEO: Larry Elder Vows to Nix Mask, Vaccine Mandates ‘Right Away’ if Elected CA Gov335
  • Biden to the Rescue? POTUS Vows Effort to Save Newsom
  • BreitbartCA: California Recall Ballots Arrive; Newsom Faces Voters’ Verdict
  • LADN: Man stabbed in downtown LA during dueling demonstrations over vaccine mandates
  • LAT $: One stabbed in clash at City Hall anti-vaccine rally
  • BreitbartCA: Sarah Silverman Praises L.A.’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate ‘to Go to a Bar’
  • AP: Man stabbed, reporter attacked at protest at LA City Hall
  • BreitbartCA: WATCH: Melee Breaks Out in CA Between Antifa and Anti-Vaccine-Mandate Protesters
  • SacBee: California unions for firefighters, blue collar workers challenge Newsom’s vaccine rules
  • SacBee: California mega-church offers COVID vaccine ‘religious exemption’ in public Instagram post
  • LAT $: Dixie fire forces new evacuations and strains resources as it burns for more than a month
  • AP: Thunderstorms, heat fuel wildfires burning across West
  • SFC: They lost their home to a wildfire. They moved on. Then came the Dixie Fire
  • SJMN: ‘Where else will I go?’: California’s ‘climate migrants’ search for home a year after Santa Cruz Mountains lightning fires
  • SacBee: California, Oregon braced for another extremist water rebellion. Why it’s calm, so far
  • FresBee: California judge is mad at quick jail releases. He set burglary defendant’s bail at $1 million
  • SacBee: COVID outbreaks doubled in California workplaces in July. Why masks rules won’t change, for now
  • FresBee: Here’s why most Fresno-area students seeking a school mask exemption won’t get one
  • LADN: New LA County coronavirus cases climb over 4,200 on Saturday
  • COVID-19 sends a flood of patients to Modesto hospital, straining staff and resources
  • Increase in delta variant cases forces Stanislaus State to change fall reopening plan
  • AP: Virus claims more young victims as deaths climb yet again
  • SFC: S.F. public school parents found their voices during pandemic. They’re not done fighting
  • UC Merced considering delaying in-person instruction to address student housing shortage
  • Wake Up, California! Removing Newsom Would Be a Disaster
  • LAT $: Lopez: Here’s what I got wrong about the Newsom recall circus
  • Will Democrats' Covid Hysteria Ever End?
  • Critical Race Theory Aims to Murder the Souls of Children
  • OCReg: OC optimism spells trouble for Newsom recall
  • OCReg: Newsom is wrong to describe the recall as just a Republican effort
  • CalM: What happens if Newsom is recalled?
  • SacBee: Randy Paragary, an icon of Sacramento’s restaurant scene, dies at 74
  • SacBee: Sacramento restaurateurs remember Randy Paragary’s impact: ‘He changed my life’
  • SFC: Gas leak prompts evacuations in Oakland neighborhood
  • SFC: COVID surges in hospitals, jails spur new health order in Contra Costa
  • SFC: Forward progress Contra Costa County wildfire stops at 9 acres
  • SFC: I ran every S.F. street during COVID lockdowns. After 1,058 miles, here’s what I learned
  • SJMN: Fentanyl linked to increase in overall homeless deaths in Santa Clara County
  • CG: As Downtown Santa Barbara Degrades and Homeless Invade, Biz Owners Get No Help From Elected Officials
  • VCStar $: Simi Valley developer denied in attempt to change plans
  • LADN: Councilman Lee opposes LA vaccine ordinance; will delay coronavirus measure’s approval
  • OCReg: COVID-19 cases rising again among Orange County employees
  • LAT $: Prosecutors ready to focus rape case against Orange County doctor, girlfriend around 2 women
  • VOC: Dana Point Harbor Boaters Organize Protest Against Slip Fee Increases, Rail Against Harbor Redevelopers
  • PE: Moreno Valley residents pitch in to clean up their city
  • LAT $: San Diego settles lawsuit over 2015 fatal police shooting for $3 million

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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