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Dear John,
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- AP: San Francisco Chronicle photographer robbed at gunpoint
- SFC: TV news crews are weighing how to do their jobs safely as robberies persist
- LAT $: Members of Bay Area retail theft ring that stole millions plead guilty
- AP: DAs, retailers say California needs tougher retail theft law
- SFC: Retail theft bust nets $8 million in stolen merchandise from CVS, Walgreens, Target
- LAT $: Brutal, brazen crimes shake L.A., leaving city at a crossroads
- LADN: Burglars target Burbank’s Magnolia Park district
- AP: 5 in California contract omicron linked to Wisconsin wedding
- SJMN: Omicron outbreak: 5 cases in Alameda County
- SFC: Bay Area scientists rush to study local omicron virus samples for health clues
- FresBee: COVID booster shots drive demand for Fresno County vaccinations. What are the reasons?
- FRBlog: California is massively borrowing from feds to pay for state’s unemployment payouts.
- SDUT: San Diego business owner evacuated from Afghanistan with Congressman Issa’s support
- SFC: Redistricting commission scraps plan to create a majority-white Assembly district in San Francisco
- CalM: Is ‘right to housing’ a solution to California homelessness?
- OCReg: Will you get a California stimulus check? 803,000 payments going out before Dec. 17
- AP: California coastal areas to see astronomical high tides
- CG: Seven Special California Elections In One Year After Democrats Resign, Retire, Accept Appointments
- SDUT: Dozens of employees fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine file lawsuit against Rady Children’s Hospital
- SDUT: Some 160 SDPD officers could face termination unless they comply with vaccine mandate
- LAT $: Lopez: To anti-vax firefighters, bye-bye. Now let’s build back better at the LAFD
- SBSun: Couple accused of starting El Dorado fire with gender reveal wants charges thrown out
- OCReg: With taxes going up, cannabis operators threaten ‘Weed Party’
- SDUT: Daniel Sullivan of Sullivan Solar Power a no-show at bail review hearing
- OCReg: CalPERS gambles with taxpayer money once again
- SFC: A Black couple ‘erased themselves’ from their home. Then, the appraised value went up by nearly $500,000
- SJMN: Bay Area lawmaker recounts abortion experience as Supreme Court is poised to gut Roe
- FresBee: It’s hard to get a summer campsite in Yosemite Valley. A new system might make it easier
- Reason: School Districts Are Using Their COVID-19 Relief Money on Vape Detectors, Tennis Courts
- OCReg: Congressional proposal to legalize marijuana would be a boost to California
- OCReg: California has work to do to boost freedom
- Democrats' Endless Mandates Create a Covid Quagmire
- SFC: How an outdated environmental law is sabotaging California’s new housing rules
- CG: What Are ‘Notwithstanding Clauses’ in California Legislation?
- Big Tech Manipulation Is Getting Worse, Not Better
- NR: Now Profits Are a Justification for Discrimination?
- KQED: Oakland's Impending Student Vaccine Mandate Could Strain District's Distance Learning Program
- SFC: Vallejo police union rebuts report that says officer violated policy
- CG: SJ City Council Approves $250,000 For License Plate Readers To Combat Bay Area Crime Wave
- FresBee: With crime rising, should Fresno use $10 million in stimulus funds on police? Some say ‘no’
- FresBee: Fresno Police Department adopts more new reforms. Here’s what the chief says will change
- AP: Southern California wildfire that shut US 101 declared out
- VCStar $: Ventura County fire chief Mark Lorenzen to retire
- VCStar $: Jenny Crosswhite selected as Santa Paula mayor
- LAT $: Smell that sickened Carson residents was likely caused by warehouse fire, officials say
- LADN: LA City Council approves games agreement ahead of 2028 Olympics
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County is 68% fully vaccinated with 1,942 new cases and 17 new deaths
- LADN: De Leon aims to help buy Caltrans-owned homes in 710 corridor; some may become affordable housing
- LADN: La Mirada man spars with city over ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ display
- OCReg: DA Spitzer, challenger Hardin clash over whether old police use-of-force cases should be reopened
- SBSun: Probe of Turpin children’s care could be focus of Riverside County supervisors’ committee
- PE: Jurupa Valley restricts new truck-traffic-generating businesses
- CG: San Diego to Send Pre-Termination Letters To Unvaccinated Employees Ahead of Mandate Deadline
- VOSD: Politics Report: Judge Halts Midway Momentum
- SDUT: San Diego’s $160B transportation overhaul calls for three tax hikes, plus road charges
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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