Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Tuesday, October 26, 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: California’s unemployment fraud reaches at least $20 billion SFC: With almost 140K backlogged claims, EDD is grilled by California lawmakers PE: 2 felons charged in unemployment benefits scam involving inmates in Riverside County LAT $: Morrison: In L.A., at least our corrupt officials don’t have much power LAT $: Huizar seeks to gut corruption case, says alleged $1.5 million in gifts were not bribes CG: San Diego School District Sued Over Not Having a Religious COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Exemption SDUT: Student sues San Diego Unified, objects to vaccine mandate for religious reasons FresBee: Fresno-area colleges see at least one person quit, others on leave over vaccine mandate PE: Company hired by Riverside County to push COVID-19 vaccines also has campaign against shot mandates CalM: Newsom glosses over California’s sluggish recovery LADN: Assaults on police officers up in 2020 — much of the increase tied to clashes with protesters CG: Two Former San Francisco Assistant DA’s Join Recall Effort Against DA Chesa Boudin AP: Pair of earthquakes rattle California’s central coast CalCoast: 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattles San Simeon, Cambria LAT $: A California county cuts off water to Asian pot growers. Is it racism or crime crackdown? CG: Senator Dave Cortese Proposes Bill To Ban Real Guns, Live Ammunition From Movie Sets FresBee: Did changes to California high-speed rail spending break the law? Appeals court to decide SBSun: Rancho Cucamonga link to high-speed train to Las Vegas wins key state approvals VCStar $: Storm soaks Ventura County, causing minor rockfalls, slick roads AP: Record rainfall as storm douses drought-stricken California LAT $: Record rains transform a parched California, but ending drought remains elusive VOC: Can Amplify Energy Afford to Pay for Oil Spill Clean-Up and Local Business Impacts? CalM: Pressure mounts on UC system to reach agreement with lecturer workforce as strikes and class cancellations loom OCReg: Where’s my check? 1.15 million California stimulus payments coming this week SacBee: State Auditor Elaine Howle is retiring. She found problems at EDD, UC VOC: Cal State Fullerton Hosts Critical Race Theory Panel Amid Heated National Debate SFC: He wanted to let homeless neighbors sleep in cars outside his church. It launched a battle SDUT: Clairemont leaders blast proposal to chop neighborhood into four council districts BreitbartCA: Marlow: Triggered Leftist Facebook Employees Whined to Their Bosses to Censor Breitbart SacBee: California is building a new health program at UC Merced. Will it lead to more Latino doctors? SFC: The share of vacant homes in the Bay Area has decreased. Is that good? SFC: Three teens developed psychosis after COVID. Here’s what scientists say about the cases SacBee: Trump lawyer John Eastman’s Jan. 6 admissions confirm California bar must investigate him Virtue Signaling and Wokeness: A Return to the Primitive Pierre Omidyar & the Left's New Devotion to Censorship LAT $: Editorial: In Los Angeles, political meddling poisons redistricting CG: Emergency Regulations Under the APA CapWkly: LA politics update with Fernando Guerra OCReg: Pro-union provisions in Build Back Better would threaten worker freedom OCReg: Populists, conservatives and the uncertain future of the GOP NR: Our Narcissistic Politics SacBee: ’Other ways of over policing.’ Black Sacramentans inordinately cited for public drinking SacBee: Isleton, struggling to manage finances, asks voters for more fire funding with Measure B SacBee: Sacramento gets $12 million for American River Parkway improvements. Here’s what’s planned SFC: Biden picks Stanford human rights advocate for international justice post SJMN: Federal officials now say BART’s San Jose extension could cost $9.1 billion — twice the original estimate SJMN: Editorial: Santa Clara County needs strong candidates to run for sheriff FresBee: What’s Measure C? Why Fresno County could be voting on another sales tax measure VCStar $: Surge in home burglaries has east Ventura County neighborhoods worried OCReg: LA, Long Beach ports will charge fees to ocean carriers for slow pickups LADN: Carson proclaims state of emergency while residents call for answers to Dominguez Channel odor OCReg: Housing for mentally ill homeless women draws heated Anaheim response OCReg: Orange County homebuying’s 1st double dip in 16 months SBSun: This team uproots illegal marijuana farms in San Bernardino County SBSun: San Bernardino was once the gate city of Southern California SBSun: Why you might be getting a new San Bernardino County supervisor PE: Coronavirus hospitalizations dropping in Riverside County SDUT: Column: Night rescue of small vessel by San Diego sportfishing boat deemed ‘miracle’ SDUT: San Diego region eyes free public transit, ‘road charges’ by 2030 SDUT: Former San Diego County tribal police chief admits stealing $300K, issuing badges for gun privileges Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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