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THE HEADLINES: CalM: California legislators are flying around the globe SacBee: California state worker union redoing election after finding critical flaws in ballot security LAT $: Study shows dramatic decline in effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines over time LAT $: LAFD union says vaccine mandate could lead to public safety threat LAT $: Newsom and guards challenge vaccine mandates at prisons, warning of staff departures OCReg: Union says hundreds of unvaccinated L.A. firefighters could lose their jobs if city doesn’t pay for COVID-19 testing LAT $: L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate vaccine mandate Sen. Bill Cassidy: 'What Percent Of CDC Employees Are Vaccinated?' OCReg: More than 30,000 Kaiser healthcare workers prepare to strike SacBee: Exclusive: How California state workers got caught in a $2.7 million embezzlement scheme SFC: Academy of Art University in San Francisco settles fraud case EdS: How six California community college districts became targets of scammers CalM: New study finds millions of workers are ‘functionally unemployed’ OCReg: Earliest you can fish off the coast? Officials say late November AP: Supply chain delays disrupt California agriculture exports LADN: New cargo tariff appears to be bringing some early compliance at the Port of LA SacBee: Kevin McCarthy says Democrats in Biden-won seats are in danger. These Californians are on the list LADN: LA City Council committee will take up dozens of proposals for changing proposed redistricting map FresBee: Latinos are a majority in Fresno County. How new voting boundaries could limit their power CalM: California redistricting 101: What you need to know SFC: Tension over state vs. local control in California housing policy could get even worse next year LADN: Mask mandates in LA County are likely to continue until next year, Ferrer says AP: Lawsuit briefly blocking California assisted death law ends SDUT: Outbursts and disruptions at public meetings reveal breakdown in civic discourse SDUT: ‘This is not who we are:’ government, faith leaders call for end to hate speech SFC: Racial slurs, pornography interrupt S.F. school equity committee meeting SacBee: Desert high-speed rail line could block sheep, mountain lions. Democrats want more crossings SBSun: San Bernardino apartment shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injured SFC: One person dead in S.F. Haight-Ashbury shooting SFC: San Francisco police sergeant arrested in Rite-Aid robbery CG: Town Council Votes to Make Oroville, CA Constitutional Republic City SBSun: Yes, there are ‘marijuana mortgages’ for California borrowers LAT $: Column One: They were supposed to die in prison. Instead, they earned freedom as college graduates CalM: Is new support the key to success for formerly incarcerated community college students? LAT $: Ridley-Thomas turns council fight into one for voting rights BreitbartCA: WH: Actually, Biden 'Perfectly Comfortable' with Payouts to Illegals BreitbartCA: Flip Flop: White House Admits Border Crossers Could Be Paid Off After Biden Claims 'That's Not Going to Happen' BreitbartCA: ACLU Rips Biden for Denying Border Crossers Will Be Paid $450K Each ATR: Dem Bill Gives Special Tax Handout to Media Companies with Up to 1,500 "Local Journalists" CG: Gloria Romero: Memo to My Party BreitbartCA: College Students Baffled by ‘My Body My Choice’ Argument for Vaccine Mandates AmerSpec: How to Fight Wokeness When Elections--and Clinical Trials--Go Wrong CG: What Burns Hotter Than a Disco Inferno? OCReg: Los Angeles’ UBI stunt will generate more headlines than results SFC: Satellite images show kelp forest has doubled in size on North Coast CG: Sacramento’s ‘Solutions’ and $pending are Growing Homeless Population SacBee: Here’s what we know in Sacramento County as federal COVID-19 mandate takes effect SacBee: Sacramento pays settlement to man who was arrested, released once body cam footage seen SFC: Death of Wilma Chan raises tensions over traffic safety in Alameda SFC: We obtained data on how Boudin is prosecuting cases. Here’s what it shows SJMN: ‘Broken promises’: SJSU students chide university leaders for the housing crisis on campus FresBee: Fresno City Council names new city clerk after controversial firing Stanislaus County begins COVID-19 vaccinations for children in the 5-to-11 age group CalCoast: Arroyo Grande imposes new water use restrictions VCStar $: Moorpark City Council takes first step to allow some hemp businesses VCStar $: Investigator cancels talk on waste plant probe after threat of litigation LAT $: Garcetti says he has ‘some fever and head cold symptoms’ following COVID-19 diagnosis AP: California’s PUC OKs boosting storage at infamous gas field LADN: LAUSD agrees to double coaching stipends for athletics LAT $: L.A. County sheriff’s deputies use minor stops to search bicyclists, with Latinos hit hardest VOC: Huntington Beach City Manager Moves to Irvine, Ending City’s Year-Long Search for Top Job OCReg: Huntington Beach city manager switching to Irvine OCReg: 2 Orange County men charged with pointing lasers at law enforcement helicopters OCReg: Coronavirus: 64% of Orange County is fully vaccinated with 292 new cases reported Nov. 4 VOC: Opponents of Santa Ana’s New Rent Control Law Now Working to Have Voters Repeal It VOC: Costa Mesa Continues Ban on Short Term Rentals; City Council Vows to Come Back With Regulations SBSun: Redlands historian appointed to San Bernardino Community College District board PE: $13.9 million public health lab expansion open in Riverside County SDUT: San Diego DA issues another letter raising doubts about work of a second crime lab worker AP: California nurse charged in death of inmate at county jail VOSD: Local Catholic Diocese: Students Can Evade COVID-19 Vaccine With Personal Belief Exemption San Diego tops nearly every other US county for defense spending SDUT: Advocates ask San Diego district attorney to charge Border Patrol agents in alleged cover up Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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