Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CalM: ‘Devil on the loose’: What’s behind Kern County’s soaring homicide rate?
  • PE: Catalytic converters stolen off 43 Riverside Unified buses
  • LADN: Pasadena leaders consider conversation on police, parks – and more – in wake of recent violence
  • SJMN: 2 East Bay men charged with Valley Fair group thefts
  • SacBee: Special report: How California state government monitors employees since its shift to telework
  • CalM: How much will California redistricting shift political power?
  • OCReg: Redistricting: Orange County residents press for changes to state, federal political maps
  • CalM: $500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program
  • AP: Trial to determine if requiring women board members is legal
  • SFC: S.F. to OK $64M for anti-displacement program despite mayor’s opposition
  • LAT $: L.A. voters angry, frustrated over homeless crisis, demand faster action, poll finds
  • VOC: OC Cities Increasingly Look to Motels to Help House Homeless People
  • AP: Cleanup of Southern California shore from spill nears end
  • OCReg: US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh latest official to swing through ports of LA, Long Beach
  • SFC: Ex-investigator sues S.F., Boudin; claims he was fired after whistleblowing
  • LADN: Woman walks onto LAX tarmac, tries to prevent plane from departing after missing her boarding
  • AP: Fire burns Southern California construction site
  • AP: Oil pipeline planned even as California moves away from gas
  • SJMN: Why California is moving forward with firing vaccine-resistant health care workers
  • OCReg: Court blocks vaccine mandate for California prison employees after request by governor, others
  • Reason: California's Ban on Magazines Holding More Than 10 Rounds Is Constitutional, 9th Circuit Decides
  • FresBee: Thousands of California farmworkers will get pay raises next year thanks to a lawsuit
  • OCReg: Mater Dei to commission independent probe of its sports programs
  • SacBee: Moms’ unequal work is topic of California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film
  • SDUT: San Diego will stop investing in fossil fuel industry to avoid contradicting city climate goals
  • Reason: Passing the Spending Bill Could Doom Biden's Presidency
  • CalM: California gun law headed to Supreme Court?
  • SFC: Old-school S.F. business lobbying group reinvents itself. Can it help the city rebound?
  • BreitbartCA: PHOTOS: San Francisco’s Union Square Boards Up for Christmas After Mass Looting
  • SFC: Boarded-up storefronts give Union Square retailers different look for holidays
  • SFC: Bay Area toy stores, makers scramble to get holiday inventory amid supply chain crisis
  • SJMN: Elizabeth Holmes trial: Theranos founder gruff, emotional under cross-examination
  • SJMN: San Jose mayor expresses outrage after two homicide suspects released without bail
  • FresBee: Pro-Nazi racism of Fresno State library namesake went hidden for decades. Here’s how
  • CalCoast: Regulators in hot water again over the Oceano Dunes
  • VCStar $: County settles with DA investigator after 3-year battle
  • VCStar $: Ventura County Sheriff debuts evacuation tracking app
  • LAT $: Column: Continuing DWP scandal a black mark on L.A. leaders, an insult to ratepayers
  • LADN: Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna will challenge Villanueva in LA County Sheriff race
  • LADN: LA County to honor 1,780 unclaimed dead Wednesday
  • AP: Los Angeles City Council unanimously passes ‘ghost gun’ ban
  • VOC: Whistleblowers Say a Santa Ana Sheet Metal Factory is Unsafe, Polluting Water
  • PE: San Bernardino could censure first elected official in 20 years
  • SBSun: Former Yucaipa employee stole more than $300,000, city manager says
  • PE: Why code enforcement officers will start working weekends in Riverside County
  • SDUT: One San Diego school district wants to create an in-person option for unvaccinated students
  • SDUT: Lobbyist working to settle 101 Ash Street litigation not ordered to deposition yet

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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