Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Dear John,


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THE HEADLINES
  • SacBee: California built a safety net for millions of undocumented residents. Here’s how it happened
  • AP: 7-Eleven shooter ended a life that had just turned around
  • LAT $: LAPD searching for suspect in series of convenience store, doughnut shop robberies
  • OCReg: LAPD probes string of armed robberies in North Hills, Granada Hills
  • CG: High-Profile Crime Wave Fuels Growing Support of Recalling LA’s DA George Gascon
  • LAT $: Roman Polanski sex abuse case testimony should be unsealed, Gascón says
  • AP: California’s Newsom goes to Washington; 2024 chatter follows
  • LADN: COVID mask mandate’s return is imminent in LA County, Ferrer tells supervisors
  • OCReg: 6 Starbucks locations in LA area to close amid safety concerns
  • AP: California blocks gun sales to those at risk of breaking law
  • California’s no party preference voters were no-shows in June 7 primary, report says
  • SacBee: Labor lawyers tell U.S. Supreme Court justices not to meddle in California state law
  • AP: California firefighters gain against Yosemite wildfire
  • SJMN: Yosemite fire: Why giant sequoia trees are surviving now when others died in recent fires
  • FresBee: Yosemite wildfire update: Fire containment shrinks, but hope grows to save giant sequoias
  • SFC: California must grant all pending applications for rent relief, judge rules
  • SBSun: Report: California insurers are lowballing or denying wildfire coverage
  • CalM: Gimme Shelter: Can California build millions of new homes amid drought?
  • SJMN: UC regents to discuss UCLA’s Big Ten move, agenda cites “litigation”
  • SFC: BA.2.75 COVID variant is spreading in the Bay Area. Can it evade immunity?
  • CG: California Companies Stop Using Bitcoin Following Crash of Cryptocurrency
  • AP: Ex-House member who resigned files for bankruptcy
  • OCReg: Black teacher sues Playa del Rey Catholic school over alleged discrimination, grading disputes
  • CalM: Cal State’s Black students are falling behind other groups — and poor graduation data obscures the crisis
  • BreitbartCA: ACLU Handcuffs ICE in California
  • AP: 3 charged in scheme to sell stolen ‘Hotel California’ lyrics
  • Reason: Elected Leaders Daydream About Being Dictators. They Shouldn't.
  • OCReg: California squanders hundreds of millions on DEI programming
  • CalM: Southern Cal ports and warehouses face threats
  • LAT $: Shasta County OKs election results that turned back a far-right revolt
  • SacBee: Sacramento County officials may legalize the sale of cannabis in unincorporated areas
  • SacBee: Plan ends that could have led to legal cannabis sales in Sacramento County
  • SacBee: Sacramento among California cities most dangerous for pedestrians, new national study says
  • SacBee: Antisemitic leaflets railing against federal gun control left at Sacramento County homes
  • SFC: Tenderloin drug crackdown: Here’s what D.A. Brooke Jenkins plans to do
  • SJMN: VTA bus driver allegedly threatened ‘some shooting’ over vaccine mandate, police report says
  • SFC: Former chief cardiologist at Palo Alto hospital sentenced for sexual abuse
  • SJMN: Affordable homes with early Google backing are being built in San Jose
  • FresBee: Man convicted of sex crimes attacked by victim’s family in Fresno County court
  • Proposal to put cannabis tax on Stanislaus County ballot hits a snag. What’s next?
  • CalCoast: SLO County grants large raises, attorney Don Ernst out
  • VCStar $: Ventura County's new mental health chief picked
  • VCStar $: Moorpark to limit chain stores in Old Town district
  • LADN: LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell to meet with VP Kamala Harris at White House Wednesday
  • LADN: LA supervisors order draft of a ballot measure that would let them remove Sheriff Villanueva
  • OCReg: Santa Ana’s new trash hauler rolls out with delays, fewer drivers than needed
  • VOC: Anaheim Might Reform Campaign Finance to Curb ‘Significant Influence’ From Special Interests
  • VOC: Huntington Beach Voters Could Decide on Allowing Cannabis Businesses in November
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 5,172 new cases and 10 more deaths, July 12
  • OCReg: Anaheim councilman says couldn’t find ‘totally unbiased’ option for fill-in mayor
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County ambulance drivers, sheriff’s employees are getting raises
  • SBSun: Riverside County supervisors pledge to follow Turpin report recommendations
  • SDUT: County review board member says she was denied a full term because of her community activism
  • SDUT: Vargas, Hueso push back on Friendship Park border wall construction plans

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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