Friday, December 10, 2021 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- FRBlog: CA law allows sheriffs to issue far more “concealed carry” gun permits. Urban county sheriffs won’t do it.
- CalM: Why does California have the highest jobless rate in the country?
- AP: California adopts tough standards for trucks, lawn equipment
- CalM: Landmark California smog rules target lawn equipment, big rig trucks
- Inflation Surged 6.8%, Even More Than Expected, in November
- Reason: Inflation Hits Highest Level Since 1982
- NR: Brutal Inflation Numbers Refute the Spin
- OCReg: 2022 Election: Socialist Mike Ortega challenges Rep. Lou Correa from the left
- CG: California Citizens Redistricting Commission: Are all votes created equal?
- VCStar $: County creates 2 districts with Latino majority
- SacBee: Proposed Sacramento City Council district map would mean big changes for these neighborhoods
- SacBee: Sacramento County redistricting map approved, but supervisor calls it ‘flawed’
- SacBee: California pension fund sunk $340 million into its headquarters before COVID. Was it a mistake?
- SDUT: San Diego County detects its first Omicron case
- SFC: Are case rates in California and the Bay Area about to surge? These charts put current trajectory in perspective
- LAT $: Young Latinos are dying of COVID at an alarming rate — the effects could be felt for generations
- SacBee: Omicron COVID variant detected for first time in Sacramento area, officials say
- BreitbartCA: California School Districts Dropping D and F Grades
- SBSun: Southern California authorities and parents struggle with surge in unfounded school shooting threats
- CalM: Newsom: Schools should ‘fine-tune’ vaccine mandates to keep kids in school
- OCReg: Yorba Linda man who stole ‘do not enter’ sign pleads guilty to entering Capitol during riot
- SDUT: Does California need stronger shoplifting laws?
- AP: California cops arrest 180 in takedown of violent gang
- SFC: Years before UC Hastings pondered rechristening, Supreme Court ditched founder’s name
- LAT $: Uber blocks transgender drivers from signing up: ‘They didn’t believe me’
- SFC: More Dungeness crab as state permits commercial fishing on Central Coast
- FresBee: Biden names Central Valley advocate to lead EPA in California, western U.S.
- LAT $: Lazarus: Leaked SoCal hospital records reveal huge, automated markups for healthcare
- Fact check: Are California sentencing laws to blame for recent robberies?
- SDUT: Protester accused of pepper spraying San Diego police officers acquitted on all charges
- SJMN: Suspect in Fawn Fire ordered to state mental hospital
- ‘Catastrophic wildfires shall stop.’ Inside PG&E’s fire risk command center
- Reason: The ACLU's Push To 'Cancel' Student Debt Shows How Far It Has Strayed From Defending Civil Liberties
- Reason: Entrepreneurship Is on the Rise, Despite COVID-19
- CalM: Protect small-business owners from lawsuit abuse
- OCReg: Why state’s big budget surplus is bad for you
- Jussie Smollett and the Coveting of Victimhood
- OCReg: Are we entering a new era of yellow journalism?
- SacBee: See 11 major new housing projects that will redefine life in Sacramento’s central city
- CG: SF Board of Supervisors Passes Legislation allowing Sheriff’s Deputies To Work Overtime As Retail Security
- SFC: Parents of S.F. inmate who hanged himself sue city and jail officers
- SFC: S.F. community benefits program failed promises, vulnerable to abuse
- SFC: Hundreds gather to remember guard killed protecting news crew in Oakland
- SJMN: Could a resurgence in golf save San Jose’s courses from closure?
- FresBee: “I probably cried every day.” Tulare County jails denying prenatal care, ACLU says
- FresBee: New agreement for Campus Pointe housing excludes refund for developer Kashian
- FresBee: State warns more Valley groundwater agencies that their plans don’t meet standards
- FresBee: Fresno County jail inmate with terminal cancer asks judge to let him die at home
- CalCoast: Another COVID-19 outbreak at the Santa Barbara County Jail
- CalCoast: Pastor appointed to Paso Robles school board
- CalCoast: Paul Flores wants evidence of sexual assault, murder sent to jail
- VCStar $: Affordable housing project for veterans in Ventura gets more funding
- LADN: LAX opens $216 million centralized police headquarters near airport
- LAT $: L.A.'s new schools chief Alberto Carvalho impressed many in Miami. Can he transform L.A.?
- LADN: LAUSD school board chooses new chief, longtime Florida superintendent Carvalho
- OCReg: 400 sanitation workers strike, delay trash collection in Anaheim, Huntington Beach
- OCReg: Santa Ana begins handing out $300 gift cards to 20,000 residents
- LAT $: Column: Are diversifying suburbs like Irvine ready for a conversation about race?
- PE: Murrieta Valley school board member resigns
- PE: Protests, polarization: another Moreno Valley City Council night
- SDUT: Another report finds deep racial disparities in Sheriff’s Department stop data
- SDUT: Would San Diego voters lift ban on union-friendly construction deals?
- VOSD: The Other Big Tax Expectations in SANDAG’S New Plan
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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