Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Sunday, November 28, 2021 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: FRBlog: There is a Big Difference Between R’s and D’s LAT $: Guard fatally shot as TV news crew covers smash-and-grab theft in Oakland SFC: Thieves rob woman on Thanksgiving stroll of Berkeley waterfront SFC: One Target store. One huge spike in shoplifting reports. What does it... LAT $: Crime on trains and buses rises as pandemic eases BreitbartCA: Looting Suspects Target Home Depot, High-End Store in Los Angeles LADN: Flash mob robbers hit Lakewood Home Depot; 4 suspects arrested SDUT: 12-year-old fatally hit by stray bullet on Thanksgiving, according to San Diego family SFC: California’s execution moratorium raises question of reducing some of those sentences SDUT: Is ‘shipageddon’ at U.S. ports going to spoil your San Diego holidays? BreitbartCA: Biden Blames Others for His Own Energy Failures AP: Businesses luring employees along with customers this season VCStar $: Port of Hueneme to assist LA County port backlog SFC: Will U.S. travel ban help stop the new omicron COVID-19 variant? SDUT: Omicron variant adds new peril to holiday season in California and beyond SacBee: Defeated in CalPERS elections, 2 ex-board members vow to press for pension fund changes AP: Some states dropping ‘dehumanizing’ terms for immigrants FresBee: Renaming Polk Elementary in Fresno ignores the former president’s contributions to America LAT $: For this restaurant owner, L.A.'s vaccine mandate means bracing herself to tell customers ‘no’ OCReg: Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s monarch butterfly legislation signed into law SFC: The GOP is blaming coordinated retail thefts on 7-year-old Prop. 47 SFC: California timber industry confronted by too many dead trees, warns of damaged forests OCReg: Report card shows how badly California is failing on affordable housing SacBee: What the ‘Constitutional Republic’ of Oroville says about the state of American democracy BreitbartCA: WHO Skips ‘Xi’ in Greek Alphabet for Naming Coronavirus Variants ‘to Avoid Stigma’ NR: Good Luck Filling Up Your Tank on Your Long Drive Home Today CalM: California housing crisis drifts toward political war OCReg: We can’t build our way out of gridlock Reason: Biden Wants To Empower the IRS Despite Its Track Record of Trampling Rights and Undermining Privacy OCReg: A slew of new tax measures coming in 2022 NR: Enjoying Autarky? SacBee: Sacramento is debating what to do with its beloved zoo. We have an answer. SacBee: Anne Rudin, first woman elected mayor in Sacramento history, dies at 97 SacBee: Elk Grove’s ‘legacy moment’: How a city transforms from a bedroom community to a destination SFC: Which Bay Area cities have the oldest and youngest populations — and why that matters SJMN: Group retail theft Q&A: What we know about the Bay Area’s latest crime problem SJMN: Gunshots halt St. Francis vs. Serra CCS Division I championship game; two injured FresBee: Are Fresno’s car-less residents being left behind? What it means to our community Trash bills will likely jump in much of Stanislaus. It has to do with climate change 31-year career with The Modesto Bee coming to a close for Editor Brian Clark LADN: LA County reports uptick in hospitalizations, 624 new COVID cases, 22 deaths PE: Redlands Unified teacher sexual abuse reforms paying off after $41.3 million in payouts SDUT: San Diego County focuses its attention, and hundreds of millions of dollars, on mental health SDUT: Falck takes over San Diego’s ambulance service in smooth transition Saturday SDUT: San Diego small businesses get $6M in COVID-19 relief SDUT: Lawyer for NBC 7 journalist cites news report in special filing ahead of dismissal ruling 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 | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!