Friday, February 12, 2021 |
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Dear John,
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- FRBlog: Good Housing Law? Lawmakers Don’t Have a Clue
- FRBlog: California Republicans Should Thank President Donald Trump
- SDUT: Child exploitation, unreported abuse rose during school closures, district attorney warns
- NR: California Parents Despair over Mental-Health Toll of School Closures: ‘It’s Criminal’
- LADN: LA County’s pandemic toll: 7,500 small business, 400,000 jobs lost in 2020
- CG: Exception to Business Incentives Suspension
- CalM: Economy czar Dee Dee Myers on vaccines, reopening and California’s ‘overblown’ exodus
- SJMN: Rich Bay Area kids head back to class, others stay home
- LADN: Judge Carter checks in on North Hollywood tiny homes, latest stop in unusual homelessness case
- OCReg: California’s auditor finds agencies don’t track spending on homelessness or coordinate services
- LAT $: Los Angeles vaccination sites forced to close early after running out of vaccines
- AP: How does California distribute scarce vaccines?
- SacBee: These 2 health care giants will run California’s vaccine program. What do they have to gain?
- Bishop thankful for Supreme Court ruling. Modesto region Catholic churches reopen doors
- SJMN: In yet another reversal, Santa Clara County will continue to prohibit indoor religious services
- LAT $: Husband of Seal Beach massacre victim says O.C. district attorney defamed him
- AP: Regulators: Utilities to buy energy to prevent blackouts
- AP: New lawsuit targets California ride-hail labor law
- VOSD: Despite Crackdown Announcement, Not Much COVID-19 Enforcement Is Happening
- CG: CA is Dead Last in Survey of States with Fewest Coronavirus Restrictions
- SacBee: Yvonne Walker, SEIU Local 1000’s president, faces election challenges from allies and foes
- CG: RNC Donates $250,000 to Gavin Newsom Recall Effort
- LAT $: Exodus of staff from California’s unemployment agency hinders help for jobless
- LADN: LAUSD explains why it declined to have some employees vaccinated early
- SDUT: Vaccinations for San Diego educators, other essential workers could start in 2-3 weeks
- CG: Increased ‘Porch Pirate’ Penalty Bill Introduced for the Second Time in the Senate
- SacBee: California police unions back bill that aims to diversify departments, add training
- CG: Bill To Make School Lunches Free for All Californian Students Introduced in Senate
- SDUT: Santee council says Supervisor Fletcher should apologize for ‘hateful’ speech
- LAT $: Women said they faced harassment, bullying in California water district’s apprentice program
- Gender discrimination claims by three women against elected board member cost MID $600K
- SacBee: Harassment complaints continued in Capitol after shift to working at home, report says
- AP: Coast Guard weighs safety reforms after fatal boat fire
- FresBee: Squaw is a slur to many Native Americans. They want a Fresno County town renamed
- AP: Amid COVID shutdowns, GOP’s McCarthy attended son’s wedding
- SJMN: Are offshore wind farms coming to California’s coastline?
- OCReg: As small businesses decline, only the wealthiest benefit
- NR: Biden’s Labor Department Veers to the Left of California
- BreitbartCA: 15 Liberals Who Compared Conservatives to Nazis But Weren’t Canceled for It
- OCReg: Instead of bailing out the arts because of AB5, just repeal AB5
- LADN: Lockdowns are killing us: Tom McClintock
- CG: Los Angeles Times Discredits Itself With Biased ‘Investigation’ Into Newsom Recall
- SacBee: Sacramento has an affordable housing crisis. This is City Hall’s plan to finally solve it
- SacBee: Left-wing violence rears its ugly head in Sacramento. But don’t you dare criticize it
- BreitbartCA: UC Berkeley Institutes Police-Enforced Lockdowns, Bans Outdoor Exercise
- SJMN: Santa Clara County launches COVID vaccine clinics in hardest-hit communities
- FresBee: Fresno mayor: Effort to move homeless from freeways progressing. Here’s where it stands
- Glitch results in erroneous appointments for Stanislaus County COVID vaccine clinic
- FresBee: Ex-political candidate and admitted pedophile sent to Fresno to face sex crime charges
- LAT $: Person of interest in Kristin Smart cold case is arrested on a weapons offense
- CalCoast: California fast tracking cannabis business licenses for refugees
- CalCoast: Indoor dining and hair care reopening soon in SLO County
- VCStar $: AIDS nonprofits financially ailing from COVID-19
- LAT $: Family of Dijon Kizzee, who was killed by deputies, files claim against L.A. County
- LAT $: Coronavirus variant first seen in L.A. has spread around the world
- LADN: Coronavirus vaccines run out early at LA city-run sites
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County hospitalizations down more than 50% while 3,489 new cases and 160 new deaths were reported as of Feb. 11
- VOC: Top OC Official Complains About Public Records Requests for Secretly-Approved Covid Contracts
- VOC: Health Experts Answer Vaccine Questions While Questions Linger Over Planned Vaccination Site in Santa Ana
- OCReg: Disneyland to remain closed more than a year, Disney official says
- OCReg: Westminster names new city manager, loses police chief to Cypress
- VOC: Could Santa Ana Join the Community Choice Energy Movement in Orange County?
- OCReg: Disneyland annual pass program reset would be ‘heresy’ before pandemic, Disney CEO says
- OCReg: Irvine leaders consider requiring $4 an hour ‘hero pay’ for grocery workers
- PE: Bubble Watch: Riverside County ranked 3rd hottest U.S. luxury home market
- AP: Terrorist’s mother sentenced for shredding planning document
- SBSun: Bloomington warehouse project would displace residents, opponents say
- SDUT: San Diego imposes new recycling requirements to comply with state law, encourage diversion of organic waste
- SDUT: State goes after former Vista bakery, others for $1.3M in workers’ back wages and damages
- SDUT: Sheriff’s review board reverses course, finds deputy violated policies in inmate death
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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