Friday, August 20, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SFC: Former Newsom aide sentenced to probation in domestic violence case
  • BreitbartCA: California Recall Gets Nasty: Larry Elder’s Ex-fiancée Claims He Threatened Her with Gun
  • SFC: Larry Elder catches a break at recall debate: No rival criticizes him at a vulnerable time
  • FresBee: In Fresno recall campaign stop, Kevin Faulconer blasts Larry Elder comments on women
  • LAT $: Larry Elder’s ex-fiancee emerges as leading critic, with gun allegation, other claims
  • AP: Elder disputes showing gun to ex-fiancee in heated argument
  • LAT $: California high court won’t consider O.C.'s challenge to school mask mandate
  • OCReg: Students still must wear masks as OC Board of Education loses court bid vs. Newsom
  • VCStar $: Some Simi Valley parents demand mask choice for children
  • SDUT: San Diego has given out $77.9M in COVID-19 rent relief. There’s still A LOT of money left
  • SacBee: Arts, housing, small business: How Sacramento mayor wants to spend $112 million in federal aid
  • CalM: Are small business owners angry enough at Gavin Newsom to throw him out of office?
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Gets an Assist as CA Democrats Delay Hearing on $31 Billion in Unemployment Fraud
  • CG: California Republican Assembly Endorses Larry Elder in Recall Race
  • LAT $: GOP recall hopefuls keep the focus on Newsom at debate
  • CG: Recall Candidate Kevin Paffrath Expands Recall Billboard Advertising Campaign To Texas
  • OCReg: Santa Ana to require vaccines for all city employees
  • SFC: S.F. moves to suspend police, fire employees who refuse to report vaccination status
  • CalM: What’s behind California’s new rules for mass events?
  • SJMN: LA County school district mandates COVID vaccines for K12 kids — others soon may follow
  • OCReg: California’s housing crisis: How much difference will SB 9 zoning law make?
  • CalM: California’s housing crisis: How much difference will a zoning bill make?
  • VOC: Anaheim Among Cities Identified as High Risk for Financial Issues in New State Report
  • OCReg: Municipal meltdown recedes as stimulus funds gush into cities, state auditor says
  • SFC: Calif. not likely to update workplace pandemic standards until December
  • AP: California fire season sets records, more damage expected
  • LAT $: Thousands of household wells go dry amid California drought: ‘Without water, you’re nothing’
  • LAT $: Caldor fire threatens more towns as California blazes destroy more than 1 million acres
  • AP: National forests closed as California wildfires surge
  • SJMN: ‘Tired, exhausted’ California firefighters stretched thin as they battle unprecedented wildfires
  • AP: California fire season sets records, more damage expected
  • SacBee: California slaps ban on homeowners insurance cancellations in two more wildfire areas
  • CalM: Licensing by clerical error: How the state’s mistake decided the course of two nursing homes
  • SacBee: About half of Covered California enrollees pay $1 monthly premium for health care coverage
  • OCReg: Amazon plotting department stores in California, sending jitters through retail industry
  • AP: Britney Spears under investigation over battery of staff
  • LAT $: Trevor Bauer’s accuser denied bid for restraining order
  • BreitbartCA: Report: State Department Memo Warned of Afghanistan Collapse in July
  • Reason: Rashida Tlaib Supports Legislation Canceling Rent. She Also Made Up to $50,000 as Landlord Last Year.
  • Reason: If Government Is Good at One Thing, It's Making a Crisis Worse
  • OCReg: California’s proposed new math curriculum defies logic
  • Woke Fragility: The Weak Leading the Weak
  • Milley and Austin Must Resign or Be Fired
  • NR: Milley and Austin Should Resign
  • NR: No American Military Leader Should Ever Say What Lloyd Austin Said
  • BreitbartCA: Biden Delivers Border, Economic, Crime, and Overseas Chaos
  • SacBee: ‘We are concerned.’ Sacramento COVID hospitalizations near record high due to delta
  • SFC: Scoot granted permission to operate in S.F. after temporary suspension
  • SJMN: Milpitas mayor, council member attended bar that had COVID outbreak
  • FresBee: Fresno-area hospitals face ‘internal disaster’ as COVID cases, staff exposures mount
  • FresBee: Fresno City Council gives Club One Casino OK to open at Granite Park. But there’s a catch
  • 27 students at Modesto City Schools test positive, number of students quarantined unclear
  • CalCoast: Marijuana mogul Helios Dayspring in more hot water
  • AP: Toxic algae bloom considered in death of California family
  • LADN: LA County surpasses grim milestone of 25,000 COVID-19 deaths
  • LADN: 74 students in quarantine after reports of COVID-19 at Saugus Union School District
  • LADN: Judge rejects lawsuit that sought to lower costs of LA County election recounts
  • LADN: Assemblywoman Luz Rivas will seek re-election to northeast San Fernando Valley seat
  • LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County surpasses 25,000 deaths with 3,239 new cases and 35 new deaths
  • LAT $: Ex-Torrance police officers charged with spray-painting swastika on car
  • VOC: Newport-Mesa School District Officials Renew Amended ADL Anti-Bias Training Contract
  • OCReg: Orange County DA Spitzer stands by political strategist who was subject of federal probe
  • LAT $: Woman who accused Newport Beach doctor of rape asks judge not to dismiss charges
  • OCReg: Fullerton leaders want to keep talking about a downtown hotel, averting affordable housing law
  • OCReg: Millions of drivers could benefit from settlement of OC toll roads class action suit
  • PE: San Bernardino takes big step toward redeveloping shuttered Carousel Mall
  • AP: California officer wounded in shootout walks out of hospital
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County school board taking applications for vacancy
  • PE: Norco delays vote on apartments, recreation project amid concerns
  • PE: Jurors deliberate whether man who fatally struck CHP officer in Lake Elsinore understood dangers of DUI
  • VOSD: Civic Center Plaza Lenders Argue What They Didn’t Know Can’t Hurt Them
  • SDUT: Return of SDSU party scene during COVID-19 surge angers College Area residents
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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