Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, August 21, 2021 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California... The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...  THE HEADLINES: AP: Judge: California ride-hailing law is unconstitutional SDUT: Prop. 22 is ruled unconstitutional, a blow to California gig economy law SJMN: As new San Francisco vaccine passport mandate takes effect, customers scramble LAT $: San Francisco moves to suspend employees for not disclosing vaccination status SFC: As San Francisco's vaccine mandate takes effect, Breed hints at expansion AP: Some California prison workers ordered to get vaccinated SFC: VP Harris headed to the Bay Area to campaign for Newsom next week CG: Vice President Kamala Harris To Campaign For Gov. Newsom in Bay Area Next Week Reason: Some Progressives Are Now Claiming California's Recall Election Is 'Undemocratic' SFC: State orders 4,500 cities, farms to stop drawing river water SJMN: How San Jose could become the first major California city with water allotments and drought penalties SacBee: Thousands of farmers face $10,000-a-day fines if they pull water from California rivers LAT $: Larry Elder draws fire for N-word comedy clip AP: Claims against Elder: Will they harm him in Calif. recall? CalM: Who is Larry Elder and what would he do as governor? LAT $: Fringe California gubernatorial candidate under fire for helping assailant flee L.A. protest SacBee: More than 20,000 California janitors vote to authorize strike that could start in September SFC: Former building commissioner, senior inspector are accused of wire fraud FresBee: Gunshots fired after high school football game in Fresno. 19-year-old struck multiple times LADN: LAPD is short about 300 officers but the chief hopes to fill the gap FresBee: High-speed rail board approves Bakersfield-Palmdale segment. When will it get built? CalM: COVID hospitalizations break records in six California counties LAT $: Caldor fire has small towns under siege, threatening nearly 7,000 structures AP: More winds threaten to blow California blaze into new fury SFC: Caldor Fire forces closure of 40-mile stretch of Highway 50, more communities evacuated CG: Sacramento’s Homeless Street Vagrants Live Under Separate Set of Laws LAT $: L.A. had a golden opportunity to house homeless people in hotels — but fell short of its goal SFC: Homeless man fatally shot in Vallejo CalM: Garment manufacturers worry California bill threatens ‘golden window’ to reshore jobs AP: California adding jobs, but unemployment claims remain high CG: California Adding 5 Temporary Natural Gas Power Plants to Help Alleviate Energy Shortage OCReg: Libertarians always predicted an Afghanistan fiasco OCReg: Power shutoffs shouldn’t be the new normal NR: Universities Are Complicit in Ballooning Student Debt Joe vs. The Swamp OCReg: Modern California should stop operating by outdated rules SacBee: GOP candidate Larry Elder must drop out of recall. California doesn’t want a sexist governor OCReg: America must embrace, not demonize, Afghan refugees SacBee: Sacramento City Council to consider asking residents to reduce water use by 15%, upping fines FresBee: More than 2,300 new COVID cases in Fresno this week as delta spreads. Here’s the latest data Stanislaus State leaders share details on now-virtual start to fall semester FresBee: Fresno Councilmember Esmeralda Soria has COVID a second time despite being vaccinated CalCoast: San Simeon CSD refuses to identify its general manager VCStar $: Ventura County issues mask mandate, cites rising surge VCStar $: Camarillo raises transit fares for first time in 20 years LADN: Completion of Long Beach port’s automated terminal hailed as creating a ‘new bar’ for the industry LAT $: Compton residents call on city councilman accused of election fraud and bribery to resign LADN: Inglewood treasurer files $10 million defamation lawsuit against mayor, City Council OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 820 new cases and seven more deaths, Aug. 20 LAT $: Orange County sheriff’s deputies apprehend suspect in airport closure, evacuation LAT $: Ex-Angels employee charged in Tyler Skaggs’ death supplied other MLB players with drugs, feds say VOC: Fullerton to Relocate Popular Dog Park to Brea Dam Park OCReg: Local, state officials spotlight Orange County mental health services PE: Coronavirus hospitalizations in Riverside County top those seen in summer 2020 surge SDUT: San Diego launching Pure Water, largest infrastructure project in city’s history VOSD: After Long Push for In-Person School, Some Parents Are Getting Cold Feet VOSD: Civic Center Plaza Lenders Argue What They Didn’t Know Can’t Hurt Them Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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