Thursday, July 7, 2022
Dear John,


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THE HEADLINES
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Vacationing in Montana, One of CA’s 22 States Banned from State Travel
  • Newsom Takes Vacation in Montana, Which Is Banned for State-Funded Travel
  • CalM: Newsom finally reveals his whereabouts
  • SJMN: Newsom is on vacation in a state where official California travel is banned
  • CG: New RNC Ad Mocks Gov. Newsom Over His Ridiculous Florida Ad
  • AP: Group aims to harness anger over crime to oust LA prosecutor
  • LAT $: Campaign to recall D.A. Gascón has submitted thousands of signatures. What happens now?
  • CG: LA DA Gascon Recall Supporters To Turn in Signatures to County Wednesday
  • LADN: Gascón recall proponents deliver 717,000 signatures to county
  • SacBee: A California state worker tripled his income with OT during COVID-19. Dozens cleared $100K
  • WSJ: Gavin Newsom’s 2024 Presidential Campaign Has Begun
  • SFC: Feinstein supports abortion rights — but still won’t say if she’d end the filibuster
  • CalM: Will a new oversight position help California’s high speed rail plans get on track?
  • SFC: S.F.'s homelessness department has no formal oversight. Voters might get to change that
  • OCReg: OC Board of Ed challenges Newsom over COVID-19 emergency act again
  • LADN: Judge reverses himself on LAUSD’s COVID vaccine mandate, saying it clashes with state law
  • SDUT: Dozens of San Diego city workers face termination for failing to comply with COVID-19 testing requirement
  • SFC: California voters to weigh in on dialysis clinics. Here’s what’s different
  • AP: Favorable weather helps fight against California forest fire
  • LAT $: Thousands still without power as Electra fire grows to 4,112 acres with 40% containment
  • FresBee: Not everyone will get California ‘inflation relief’ money. Here’s why you might not qualify
  • LAT $: Super-infectious BA.4, BA.5 push L.A. coronavirus cases to highest levels in 5 months
  • SacBee: 38 California counties are in ‘high’ community COVID levels. Here’s what that means
  • SJMN: Bay Area COVID cases are sky-high, hospitals filling up. Should we worry?
  • Can This Republican Win a Statewide Offfice in California?
  • LAT $: Marc Levine concedes in primary race for state insurance commissioner
  • SacBee: There are no simple solutions to California’s complicated water problem. This is why
  • AP: California woman fakes cancer, forges notes to avoid prison
  • FresBee: Mariposa Sheriff lambastes hiker who went missing retracing path of lost family
  • SFC: S.F. supervisors to vote on affordable housing ballot measure
  • NR: GOP Congresswoman Mayra Flores Responds to ‘Far-Right Latina’ Attack in New York Times
  • OCReg: Arizona leads on education reform with school choice law
  • SacBee: Gavin Newsom vacations in Montana despite travel ban. Hypocrisy isn’t a good look, Governor
  • Newsom Doesn't Want To Pick a Fight With Florida
  • OCReg: California’s massive data breach undermines gun rights
  • NR: Why We Write Our Laws Down
  • Reason: How Would You Change the Constitution?
  • SFC: People are freaking out over a beer-theme park coming to Napa. It can’t be real, right?
  • SFC: As Congressional delegation tours Yosemite, climate problems are on display
  • SFC: District used $525K aimed at facility improvements to pay for legal fight over mural
  • FresBee: Black Fresno family says they were targets of hate involving a mannequin and noose
  • Cowardly bigots choose nighttime to distribute antisemitic literature in Modesto
  • FresBee: As Measure C vote nears, Fresno city leaders seek ways to control transportation dollars
  • FresBee: After celebrations sparked dozens of fires, Fresno city councilmember eyes fireworks ban
  • CG: PG&E To Submit Application For Federal Funds to Keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Operating Past 2025
  • LAT $: Potsie for mayor? ‘Happy Days’ alum Anson Williams is running for office in Ojai
  • LADN: It’s official: Hertzberg vs. Horvath in November election for LA County Board of Supervisors
  • LADN: How Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank snagged $23 million for affordable housing trust fund
  • OCReg: Huntington Beach City Council wants authority to contract with outside counsel instead of city attorney
  • VOC: Missing Transparency? OC Official to Dole Out $10 Million But Won’t Name Recipients
  • VOC: Who Will Be Anaheim’s Next Mayor Following an FBI Corruption Probe?
  • PE: CDC confirms first Monkeypox case in Riverside County
  • SBSun: Here’s who won the major San Bernardino County races in the June 7 primary
  • SBSun: What is the San Bernardino airport doing to prepare for commercial flights?
  • SDUT: Judge sets date for trial between Winston School and Del Mar
  • SDUT: Residents complain San Diego drinking water is ‘stinky’ and ‘smells like mold’
  • VOSD: Lawsuit Against Del Mar Fairgrounds Agency to Resume as County Fair Comes to an End
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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