Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Tuesday, November 17, 2020 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: CG: As Governor Newsom Locks Down California, State Lawmakers Head to Maui on Annual Junket California lawmakers take trip to Hawaii amid COVID surge, travel advisory LAT $: California lawmakers travel to Hawaii conference amid COVID-19 travel warnings AP: Newsom says he made ‘bad mistake’ attending pricey party CalCoast: Gov. Gavin Newsom faces backlash over attending dinner party SFC: Newsom on French Laundry dinner party: ‘I made a bad mistake’ LAT $: Newsom sorry for French Laundry dinner, says he’ll practice what he preaches AP: California governor imposes new restrictions in pandemic AP: California businesses hit with new virus restrictions SDUT: ‘We have to stand up’: San Diego businesses, elected officials push against closures Gavin Newsom weighs a statewide curfew as most of California returns to toughest COVID-19 tier CalM: California clamps down: Governor announces new restrictions to curb surging coronavirus AP: California governor pulls ‘emergency brake,’ imposes new restrictions on businesses amid spike in coronavirus cases OCReg: As public pension costs soar, some Southern California agencies turn to controversial borrowing to fill deep holes LAT $: California breaks single-day record for new COVID-19 cases amid sweeping new restrictions CapWkly: As anxieties rise, Californians buy hundreds of thousands more guns CG: Congressman Mike Garcia Hangs on to Narrow 104 Vote Lead in Congressional Race AP: Cal/Osha fines Farmer John for hundreds of COVID-19 cases SDUT: State Supreme Court declines to hear San Diego County appeal of records case SBSun: With Harris’ U.S. Senate seat in the mix, Southern California leaders lobbying governor hard FH: Gavin, Please Send Me to the Senate SacBee: ‘We are long overdue’: Leaders press Gavin Newsom to put a Latino in the U.S. Senate CG: California Assemblyman Challenges Gov. Newsom’s ‘Cattle Call’ to Fill Kamala Harris’ Senate Seat AP: University of California agrees to $73M sex abuse settlement OCReg: Disneyland and Knott’s further from reopening with Orange County’s slide into most restrictive COVID-19 tier OCReg: Gov. Newsom says surge of COVID-19 cases might delay release of new guidelines for high school, youth sports competition SacBee: Sacramento County may declare racism a public health crisis. Here’s what that means VCStar $: County board declares racism a public health crisislocal Reason: School District Decides Asians Aren't Students of Color VOC: Orange County Moves its Largest Homeless Shelter Starting Around the New Year Fire at homeless camps in Modesto causes blast, spreads to truck yard SacBee: Homelessness is on the rise in Placer County. Will COVID-19 closings make it even worse? LADN: Expired unemployment benefits, EDD debacles sink jobless Californians LAT $: Hundreds of giant sequoias killed by California’s Castle fire SFC: Faith leaders urge clemency for David Gilbert, father of S.F. D.A. Boudin CalM: Newsom displays hypocritical arrogance FH: The Governor is Not a King OCReg: Restaurants need more flexibility to stay in business, operate safely OCReg: Garcetti, Newsom look for a lifeboat as LA and California fall apart SacBee: Mai Vang claims Sacramento’s District 8 City Council seat after Les Simmons’ concession SacBee: Sacramento could ban pot shops, massage parlors, other businesses along this street SacBee: Sacramento may consider banning all fireworks after complaints soared this summer SFC: Union to challenge San Francisco Whole Foods plan SFC: BART avoids station closures, weekend shutdowns but could lose up to 40% of staff SFC: Airbnb IPO could generate billions for the Bay Area. How will housing prices react? LAT $: New restrictions in San Francisco Bay Area after ‘explosion’ of new coronavirus cases SJMN: Google backs two more Bay Area affordable housing projects SJMN: DA dismisses case against George Floyd protester injured by SJPD FresBee: Jerry Dyer remains at home with coronavirus. Others exposed at Fresno party update status Update: New coronavirus restrictions go into effect in Stanislaus County on Tuesday FresBee: California demotes Fresno County back to purple-tier COVID-19 business restrictions CalCoast: Surge in coronavirus cases to restrict dining at SLO County restaurants CalCoast: Jan Marx wins SLO City Council, and other winners VCStar $: Oxnard names next police chief VCStar $: Virus surge knocks Ventura County into purple tier LAT $: L.A. police union spurns City Hall’s request to meet on the budget crisis LADN: Officials: L.A. County at ‘dangerous point’ in coronavirus surge LADN: Garcetti announces expanded testing efforts in response to COVID surge CBS: Orange County CEO Frank Kim Tests Positive For COVID-19 OCReg: Restrictions on dining in return as Orange County moves back to purple tier OCReg: Orange County moves to purple tier as Newsom pulls ’emergency brake’ amid coronavirus surge OCReg: Anaheim will cut rents on more than 1,000 middle-income apartments OCReg: Costa Mesa to allow retail sales as OC voters show softening stance on cannabis SBSun: San Bernardino County sets 7-day record for new coronavirus cases: 6,064 PE: Riverside County now has more than 75,000 coronavirus cases SDUT: New COVID-19 outbreak forces transfer of dozens of county jail inmates SDUT: Is panic buying returning in San Diego amid rising COVID rates? SDUT: San Diego County sounds alarm on COVID-19 violations, as state hits ‘emergency brake’ VOSD: The Rise and Fall (for Now) of Georgette Gómez 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 | About our service provider Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!