Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, March 5, 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: How a San Diego man escaped Kabul after Taliban takeover CalM: Millions of Californians at risk of losing health coverage when federal COVID programs end ‘Money, it just got tighter.’ Many California parents struggle without child tax credit NR: The Masks Come Off SFC: S.F. public schools will lift mask mandate, reversing earlier stance LADN: LAUSD: As LA County’s COVID unmasking advances, hard part remains for district – building consensus SDUT: San Diego Unified will make masks optional starting April 4 SJMN: COVID: Bay Area colleges divided on public health unmasking orders LAT $: Column: A stabbing at a Long Beach liquor store sparks memories of the L.A. riots AP: Armed man killed by Kern County deputies after standoff AP: California to review contracts in light of Russian sanctions AP: Ukrainians in US consider taking advantage of new status SacBee: State worker first to be sentenced in massive California Office of AIDS fraud scheme Stanislaus County leaders could end local COVID emergency declared two years ago CG: GOP Lawmakers Renew Push for 6 Month Gas Tax Moratorium with Looming Gas Price Hikes LADN: Southern California gas prices top $5 average for first time AP: Apple investors urge company to undergo civil rights audit SFC: Counties ‘all in’ on Newsom’s mental health plan — for the right amount California’s mental health system leaves some people on the streets. What Newsom wants to change LAT $: Fire in Shasta County prompts mandatory evacuations as crews make progress SFC: On future wildfires, 2 California congressmen want them all suppressed OCReg: Law enforcement watchdog looking into DA Todd Spitzer’s racial comments VOC: DA’s Racial Remarks in Death Penalty Case Are Being Probed by OC’s Law Enforcement Watchdog CG: For First Time in Several Years Joint Rules Set to Be Adopted by California Legislature Reason: YouTube Won't Distinguish Between Misinformation and Reporting, So It Suspended My Channel AP: New director chosen for California state fire agency LADN: Reps. Adam Schiff, Nanette Diaz Barragán discuss food-for-students bill at Cal State Dominguez Hills LAT $: Long Beach school pauses gender-neutral locker room proposal amid anti-transgender climate NR: How Public Schools Went Woke — and What to Do about It OCReg: When public sector unions control California, you get this LAT $: Lopez: Costs too high, pace too slow: Voters backing HHH didn’t have $800,000 housing in mind OCReg: Learn the lessons of Los Angeles’ HHH CG: California’s Green Energy Mania Prices Electricity Like a Luxury Good DeSantis Closes the Curtain on Dems' Covid Theater OCReg: By coddling right-wing crazies, GOP imperils its future SFC: Is Lake Tahoe on the wrong track? Survey highlights growing issues SacBee: Sacramento homeless plan gets a breakthrough at one site, but scaled down from concept LAT $: UC Berkeley will increase California students and cut out-of-state ones to meet enrollment cap SJMN: Term limits measure critics call ‘intellectually dishonest’ placed on June ballot in Santa Clara County Thousands of new homes planned in Patterson. How that will impact already crowded schools FresBee: Admitted pedophile caught with Fresno girl, 12, can represent self in court, judge says FresBee: Fresno legislator, DA aim to make human trafficking a ‘strike’ offense. Here’s why FresBee: ‘Urgency isn’t there.’ Fresno renters, unhoused call on city to address housing crisis now VCStar $: Ventura City Council finalizes new district maps AP: L.A. County health plan fined $55M for health care failures LADN: LA CD10 residents protest Ridley-Thomas suspension, Wesson appointment LAT $: L.A. County health plan hit with huge fines for delays in treating poor patients OCReg: Court says OC Board of Ed will use voting maps drawn by county committee OCReg: Trustee at Capistrano Unified steps down, saying she and family faced harassment OCReg: CalOptima, health insurer for OC’s poor, chooses new CEO PE: Five Inland Empire cities get over $15 million for projects SDUT: San Diego apartment boom: More than 4,000 new apartments and most are outside downtown Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website ‌ FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!