Sunday, July 24, 2022
Dear John,


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THE HEADLINES
  • FRBlog: Mr. Roberts, Where Are You?
  • Google: What Happened to 'Don't Be Evil'?
  • SDUT: Southern California forests are shrinking from wildfire and drought, study finds
  • AP: Governor declares emergency over wildfire near Yosemite
  • FresBee: Why is California’s Oak Fire spreading so fast? Here are factors experts say are at play
  • SJMN: ‘You’re playing Russian Roulette’: Firefighters scramble to contain explosive, 11,900-acre Oak Fire near Yosemite
  • FresBee: What we know about the Oak Fire: Where it started, latest evacuations in California
  • LAT $: Explosive fire near Yosemite is California’s largest this year, forcing thousands to flee
  • SJMN: Until the Oak Fire, California’s fire season had been off to a great start. Has the luck run out?
  • PE: Bob Dutton, assessor-recorder for San Bernardino County, dies at 71
  • SacBee: Gov. Newsom reacts after federal judge says Caltrans cannot clear Bay Area homeless camp
  • LADN: What you need to know about LA County’s about-to-be-revived mask mandate
  • LAT $: Coronavirus cases start to flatten in L.A. County as decision on mask mandate looms
  • SFC: Why is S.F.’s drug crisis so out of control? Stop blaming Chesa and look at Walgreens
  • NewsGuard Gives Hunter Biden Censors Perfect Scores
  • The Latest Revelations in the Biden Laptop Scandal
  • SFC: S.F. City Hall corruption: Ex-Recology official indicted on bribery charges
  • LAT $: First Starbucks, then Amazon, now a Korean BBQ restaurant union. Wage workers know they deserve more
  • OCReg: Performers at Medieval Times are looking to unionize
  • California’s Newsom Runs Ads in Texas, Escalating GOP Jabs
  • AP: 1 dies in small plane crash in California; pilot injured
  • NR: YouTube to Remove Content with Abortion ‘Misinformation’
  • OCReg: California’s unfunded pension liabilities grow and costs will hit local governments
  • NR: The Case for Zero
  • OCReg: The absurdity of an education innovation award for Gov. Gavin Newsom
  • CG: Gavin ‘Orchis Hairgelia’ Newsom in 2024?
  • CalM: New attack on Proposition 13 involves racial inequity
  • SacBee: Xeriscaping is becoming common in Sacramento. What constitutes a drought tolerant landscape?
  • SFC: In S.F.’s Chinatown, D.A. Jenkins talks safety and Mayor Breed addresses Hsu controversy
  • SJMN: Exclusive: Richmond police chief committed misconduct by making ‘threat of harm,’ probe found. But the city brought her back to work with no explanation.
  • SFC: Mono Lake was supposed to have been saved. Now, the ‘white stuff’ forces a reckoning
  • VCStar $: Gun shows at county fairgrounds banned in new law
  • LAT $: A takeover hot spot, 6th Street Viaduct is shut down by LAPD for second night in a row
  • OCReg: Watson’s in Old Towne Orange will close doors after more than a century
  • OCReg: Landscaper electrocuted by power line in Tustin; is rescued and in critical condition
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County confirms first monkeypox case
  • PE: Cherry Valley warehouse bringing blight, ignoring county rules, Beaumont leaders allege
  • SDUT: San Diego County has largest hotel under construction in California
  • SDUT: Vivian Moreno: San Diego’s City Council mustn’t be fooled again on 101 Ash Street deal
  • VOSD: Politics Report: National City Mayor Loses Party Support Too
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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