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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- AP: California COVID-19 benefits fraud could reach $9.8 billion
- LAT $: California unemployment fraud could top $9 billion, double previous estimate, expert warns
- OCReg: Cerritos firm secured unemployment benefits for 82-year-old Long Beach woman with dementia
- CalM: Bank of America sued over EDD unemployment debit card fraud
- OCReg: Orange County Republicans help drive recall effort against Gov. Newsom
- SacBee: Will California recall Gavin Newsom during COVID-19 crisis? Democrats seem nervous
- SFC: State Dem. official backs off calling Newsom recall effort a ‘coup’
- CalM: Vaccine chaos: Californians scramble for shots amid mixed messaging
- AP: California leaders push vaccinations despite limited supply
- SJMN: COVID-19: ‘Chaos’ and logjams in California as vaccine supply promises fall through
- SacBee: California lags far behind the rest of U.S. in COVID vaccinations. What went wrong
- SFC: Officials worry about supply constraints in rush to distribute vaccines
- AP: California opens mass vaccine sites but worries about supply
- LAT $: Biden plans early legislation to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants without it
- NYT: They Can't Leave the Bay Area Fast Enough
- CG: CA Supreme Court Undermines Independent Worker Test Ruling it Retroactive
- AP: California now reporting 525 virus deaths every day
- FresBee: ‘Let Them Play’ rally urges kids to play sports in California
- OCReg: Parents, students rally to resume youth sports competitions
- SacBee: New details on Newsom’s state worker proposal — what happens to raises, health deductions?
- SacBee: Flush with surplus, California government could gain billions more in Biden’s COVID-19 plan
- SFC: PG&E to pay up to $190 million to settle pollution case with S.F.
- CalCoast: SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon accused of stomping on freedom of speech
- SDUT: Activists criticize San Diego council president for cutting off speakers at public meeting
- LADN: Coronavirus vaccine shipments unpredictable, says LA County’s chief science officer
- SFC: Proposal to use Oakland Coliseum as vaccination site advances
- LAT $: Forum to serve as a coronavirus vaccination distribution site
- LAT $: Dodger Stadium takes center stage in L.A.'s COVID-19 vaccination campaign
- LADN: LA County will open 5 large-scale coronavirus vaccination sites next week
- SacBee: California fast food workers hold one-day strike over minimum wage, working conditions
- SacBee: Racial bias in California courts could force judges to reconsider sentences under proposed law
- CG: California State Capitol – the People’s House – Also Under Lockdown
- AP: Public booted from California Senate after threats
- AP: Wildfire burns in hot, dry, windy Southern California
- LAT $: Fear over COVID-19 variant grows as L.A. County mulls closing malls and gyms
- New Study: Lockdowns Didn’t Stop Spread Of Covid After All
- VOSD: Sacramento Report: Voepel Under Fire for ‘Shots Fired’ Remarks
- AP: California bill would ban intersex surgery for young kids
- AP: Bowl games look to future after weathering challenging year
- CalM: California tackled bad jokes, cybersquatting to protect election
- SDUT: Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol
- CG: California Giving Convicted Criminals COVID Vaccine for Several Weeks Ahead of Vulnerable Elderly
- NR: Joe Biden’s Two Left Wings
- OCReg: California’s fight over the gig economy underscores the need for labor law reform
- OCReg: Unions wrong to drag their feet on school re-openings
- OCReg: California Democrats take anti-democratic posture
- Reason: Don't Let the Capitol Riot Become a 9/11-Style Excuse for Authoritarianism
- CalM: How will a declining population impact California?
- SacBee: California closing state offices in downtown Sacramento over inauguration unrest fears
- AP: Officer wounded, suspect dead in California shootout
- SacBee: Deputy hospitalized and suspect dead in Carmichael shooting, Sacramento deputies say
- SacBee: Folsom could soon make a significant change in how voters elect City Council members
- SacBee: Sacramento GOP activist surfaces in video boasting of role in U.S. Capitol siege
- SFC: Why one of the Bay Area’s biggest coronavirus outbreaks hit a horse racing track
- FresBee: Fresno County passes 900 total deaths from COVID-19. Did holiday parties spread it?
- FresBee: ‘Defiance of science’ partly behind Fresno County’s dismal COVID-19 numbers, says top doc
- FresBee: DA urges calm in Fresno County before and during inauguration, citing insurrection at Capitol
- Coronavirus update, Jan. 15: Stanislaus reports 11 more deaths; hospital count stable
- Stanislaus County tries to open 3 more COVID vaccine clinics. Demand is intense.
- FresBee: Fresno man accused of starting Big Sur wildfire threw rocks at firefighters, DA says
- CalCoast: SLO County residents over 75 sign up for coronavirus vaccines
- CalCoast: Morro Bay City Council supports impeachment and removal of Trump
- VCStar $: County sues 18 businesses for defying health orders
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 15,051 new cases and 258 new deaths as of Jan. 15
- LAT $: L.A. firefighters might be required to get COVID-19 vaccine, Garcetti warns
- LADN: Postal Service to remove collection boxes in L.A., O.C. ahead of potential protests
- VOC: Fountain Valley Mayor Jumps into High-Stakes Supervisor Race
- OCReg: Petition seeks resignation of Placentia-Yorba Linda school board member Blades
- OCReg: Four OC cities fail in bid to increase Santa Ana’s future housing requirement
- OCReg: OC Fire Authority deputy operations chief abruptly resigns under cloud
- PE: New coronavirus vaccination clinics in Riverside County fill up in two hours
- SBSun: Redlands assisted living site administers 145 coronavirus vaccines
- SBSun: San Bernardino County’s District Attorney’s Office weighs possible charges in El Dorado fire
- VOSD: VOSD Podcast: The State of San Diego Is 'Fragile'
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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