Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, February 25, 2022 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: CG: 24 School Districts in 10 California Counties Disregard State School Mask Mandate SacBee: Another Sacramento-area school district moves to stop enforcing COVID mask mandate CalCoast: Cal Poly to lift mask mandate in mid-March SJMN: Santa Clara County plans to end indoor mask mandate in one week Turlock Unified seeks restraining order against trustee who refuses to don mask at meetings California State Treasurer Backed Two New Laws to Help Santa Ana Police Union President Increase His Pension OCReg: Tawdry plan to spike union president’s pension VOC: CA Treasurer Fiona Ma Helped Santa Ana Police Union Boss in His Quest for Pension Boost VOC: New Housing Plans Pit OC Cities Against Sacramento Over State Mandated Housing Goals LAT $: So you want to build an ADU in California? Here’s what you need to know California just reached a $15 an hour minimum wage. Are voters ready for $18? LADN: Protesters condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine at morning, evening rallies SJMN: Bay Area Ukrainians express horror, anger, defiance as Russia invades their homeland CG: The Russian-Ukrainian War Effect on Eastern European Immigrants to California SDUT: Anger surfaces at SDSU over rule requiring faculty to include Kumeyaay statement in syllabi LAT $: California agriculture takes $1.2-billion hit during drought, losing 8,700 farm jobs, researchers find SFC: California drought: Maps show 69% of the state is still facing severe dryness SacBee: Should California impose a THC limit on drivers? A state lawmaker says no LAT $: Hollywood Burbank Airport files environmental lawsuit against California’s bullet train LAT $: Demise of single-payer healthcare in California trips up efforts in other states LAT $: Confidence in California public schools declines sharply; a third give L.A. a D or F LAT $: UC smashes record for first-year fall applications, with gains in most racial groups CG: Bowing to China, Shipping Carriers Refuse to Transport U.S. and California Goods CalM: California Democrats make appeal to crime victims FresBee: Gov. Newsom awards Fresno $5 million for homeless camps. Here’s how it will be spent AP: 9th Circuit cancels hearing after women, US Soccer settle LAT $: Nixon library marks 50 years of U.S.-China relations amid low point for diplomacy CG: Bill To Require State Parks Meet Local Open Fire Laws Moved to Senate Committee OCReg: ‘Stealth omicron’ is on its way. How nervous should we be? OCReg: Berkeley NIMBYs spotlight the ill effects of CEQA NR: Biden’s Dismal State of the Union OCReg: Spitzer can’t deflect attention to Los Angeles when his own office is in turmoil Educational Bureaucrats Steamroll Parents and Kids CalM: Instead of more bureaucracy, California needs more water storage AmerSpec: It Took One Year for Biden Admin to Plunge Us Into Chaos SFC: What S.F.’s climate apocalypse could look like, according to hit video game SJMN: Gun-violence restraining order filed against San Jose cop after domestic call SJMN: Santa Clara council votes to fire City Manager Deanna Santana; cites ‘lack of confidence’ in her SFC: How one Silicon Valley startup runs on the labor of unpaid interns Why is Modesto councilman advocating downtown as home for roller skating rink? AP: Scott Peterson’s new trial rests on ‘Strawberry Shortcake’ VCStar $: Thousand Oaks City Council adopts anti-hate resolution VCStar $: Gorell, Abele win Republican Party's stamp of approval VCStar $: Ventura County assessor announces retirement LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 1,985 new cases an d74 new deaths, Feb. 24 LADN: Judge puts Herb Wesson’s appointment to LA City Council on hold OCReg: If signatures are valid, three Huntington Beach council members could face recall election OCReg: Santa Ana man stole $1 million in COVID-19 tests from clinic, police say OCReg: Anti-Semitic fliers distributed in several O.C. cities are denounced PE: In hospice care but not dying: Inland Empire $4.2 million billing scheme alleged SBSun: Volunteers survey, count San Bernardino County’s homeless population VOSD: Region’s ‘Net Zero’ Ambitions Are Far Out of Reach SDUT: Police reaffirm commitment to protecting La Jolla as crime ring stays active elsewhere Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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