Thursday, April 14, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: Why Do Democrats Hate the Working Middle Class
  • AP: California state lawyer suing Activision Blizzard is fired
  • CG: Department of Fair Employment and Housing Employee Alleges Gov. Newsom Interfered in Activision Case
  • CalM: How was Sacramento shooting suspect out of prison?
  • LAT $: Ed Buck to face judgment for injecting two men with fatal doses of drugs in sexually deviant pattern
  • AP: Prosecutors seek life for political donor’s fatal fetish
  • SDUT: San Dieguito superintendent’s comments about Asian students draw backlash, apology
  • AP: Police: Girl shot as California shop owner fires at thieves
  • SBSun: Ontario police seek doorbell footage to help solve string of home burglaries
  • LAT $: Man sentenced to prison for derailing train near hospital ship at L.A. port in pandemic’s early weeks
  • SBSun: Colton standoff ends with shooting suspect found dead in apartment
  • CalM: The politics of violence: Will Sacramento shootings influence attorney general’s race?
  • FresBee: Fresno again withholds records showing how the city lost $600,000 to scammers. Bee pushes back
  • LAT $: Newsom, lawmakers haggle over plan for relief from California’s high gas prices
  • LAT $: CSU provost faced retaliation after reporting harassment by president’s husband, records claim
  • SFC: California lifts 5-day quarantine rule for people exposed to COVID but show no symptoms
  • OCReg: California’s ‘creative economy’ faces challenges but shows strong wage growth
  • OCReg: Elections 2022: Get to know Rep. Young Kim, three more candidates in 40th District race
  • VOSD: Tents Changed Everything About Homelessness. Will San Diego Acknowledge It?
  • SacBee: Sacramento County to build new tiny home community for homeless residents. Here’s where
  • FresBee: Airport tarmac and tiny homes: How California cities have tried to clear homeless camps
  • SBSun: Rialto mayor to earn 250% the salary of colleagues under updated ordinance
  • AP: California plan aims to triple sale of electric cars by 2026
  • AP: Reparations advocates toast historic moment in San Francisco
  • Phil Trounstine: 1949-2022
  • CG: 32-Hour Workweek Bill is Punitive Attempt to Force CA Employers to Increase Wages and Pay Extra Overtime
  • VOC: Does Your Local Police Department Need A Military-Grade Armored Truck?
  • LAT $: As Supreme Court weighs abortion, Christians challenge what it means to be ‘pro-life’
  • Shawn Steel: 2022 Will Be the Year of the Parent Revolt
  • OCReg: No, President Biden doesn’t have the authority to cancel student loan debt
  • Media Bias and Hunter’s Laptop
  • OCReg: Waive the gas tax in this costly crisis
  • SacBee: CalPERS lost tens of millions from failed downtown Sacramento development
  • SacBee: How far left will Sacramento go? Election puts homeless activist against neighborhood advocate
  • SacBee: Ex-deputy’s lawsuit alleges Placer sheriff candidate used sexually charged language at her
  • SFC: S.F. redistricting panel rejects map, vows to continue redrawing supervisorial boundaries
  • SFC: Principal at elite Lowell High School resigns, slamming SFUSD in farewell letter
  • SFC: S.F. spent $250K on database for construction delay. It's never been used
  • SFC: An SFPD cop pulled over a self-driving car. What the viral incident means
  • SJMN: NTSB releases information on Caltrain crash in San Bruno that injured 14 people
  • SJMN: Google’s $9.5 billion nationwide investment plan includes Bay Area, California
  • SJMN: Tesla racism case award cut to $15 million from $137 million
  • SJMN: How the San Jose Home Depot fire compares to the 2002 Santana Row blaze
  • FresBee: Funding is no longer an issue for river parkway through Fresno. So what’s the hold up?
  • Modesto considers spending $750,000 five ways to help in the fight against blight
  • Turlock OKs $5.4 million to rebuild public pool. What happened to plans last year?
  • City Council vote opens spot for 600 Modesto apartments. Here’s where they’ll be built
  • CalCoast: Vague threat delivered to San Luis Obispo County supervisors
  • LAT $: Mountain lion kittens that died after being found in Thousand Oaks had rat poison in systems
  • LAT $: L.A. mayoral hopefuls court Asian Americans, the city’s fastest-growing ethnic group
  • LADN: Metrolink trains now run on 100% renewable fuel, officials announce
  • LADN: LA City Council makes plans to speed up response to illegal dumping
  • LAT $: Villanueva threatens to quit Metro security if not given full control
  • OCReg: How a former priest is getting housing, aid to CalOptima’s most vulnerable enrollees
  • OCReg: OC District Attorney’s Office launches diversion program for cases that may involve mental health issues, substance abuse
  • VOC: While San Clemente Sits Far From Emergency Rooms, Officials Say New Hospital is Too Costly
  • OCReg: Samueli Academy, 21 years after it was imagined, is ‘now complete’
  • OCReg: 14-year-old arrested after social media threats against Irvine middle school
  • PE: Elena Baca-Santa Cruz is apparent winner in Moreno Valley City Council election
  • SBSun: Feds agree to return $1.1 million in pot proceeds seized by San Bernardino County deputies
  • VOSD: Gloria, SANDAG Settle on Airport-Transit Connection and a Regional Transit Hub Downtown
  • SDUT: San Diego creating new district focused on Black arts, culture on Imperial Avenue in Encanto
  • SDUT: Local police agencies will no longer investigate their own officer-involved shootings or in-custody deaths
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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