Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, December 11, 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: CG: Sacramento Homeless Population Grows While Mayor and Council Wring Their Hands SacBee: Sacramento council to consider to stop towing homeless vehicles unless city can offer shelter SJMN: Mountain View: Number of RV dwellers increases as city fights lawsuit challenging parking ban, advocates say PE: Bill to strip Riverside County supervisors’ redistricting powers gets new push SDUT: Omicron is spreading locally. Second case spotted in San Diego County, a day after first case FresBee: Fresno health officer says unlike smallpox or polio, COVID ‘not going to go away’ SJMN: COVID: California cases rise as omicron spreads in Bay Area LAT $: L.A. County may be at the start of a winter COVID surge SDUT: San Diego Unified student asks Supreme Court to intervene in lawsuit against district’s vaccine mandate LADN: LAUSD to consider delaying banning unvaccinated students from campus CG: GOP, Democratic Senators Co-Sponsor Budget Proposal To Increase Cal Fire Staff LAT $: This isn’t the first time Torrance Police Department has been accused of widespread racism OCReg: Ex-Torrance police officers move to suppress use of offensive texts FresBee: With Devin Nunes set to leave Congress, here’s the field of potential candidates so far LAT $: Alarmed by Tesla’s public self-driving test, state legislators demand answers from DMV SDUT: Police, prosecutors bugged a Vista courtroom to get evidence against defendants in a murder case OCReg: Orange County woman charged with retail thefts that netted more than $300,000 SBSun: Claremont Unified sued by man sexually abused as a teen by former teacher’s aide AP: Father, son charged with starting wildfire plead not guilty OCReg: Driver gets 15-years-to-life for DUI crash that killed Costa Mesa fire captain SacBee: ‘A heavy heart:’ Galt police officer who died in head-on crash awarded posthumous degree OCReg: Who wants to be a governor appointee? OCReg: ‘Vanishing’ ships underscore supply woe at the ports SacBee: From the ashes: US Capitol tree from California stands as a reminder of wildfire, drought policy PE: Riverside Assembly Member Jose Medina won’t run for re-election in 2022 LAT $: Mission accomplished: Beth Pratt raised millions for a freeway overpass for L.A. cougars NR: The Covid Mandates Should Be Ignored It Is Time to End Corporate Sports Welfare NR: The Unmitigated Gall of Ilhan Omar Reason: Without Budget Gimmicks, Biden's 'Build Back Better' Will Add $3 Trillion to the Deficit, CBO Says NR: China’s Economic World War SDUT: Chris Reed: China is a far more daunting Cold War rival for U.S. than the Soviet Union SFC: S.F.’s plans to protect the Embarcadero could transform the Ferry Building SFC: Nearly 1,000 S.F. students protest sexual harassment and assault: ‘We aren’t being heard’ SFC: Richmond files restraining order; mayor says free speech rights squashed SJMN: While most Bay Area economies floundered in the first year of the pandemic, Santa Clara County’s soared LAT $: State tells San Joaquin Valley agencies that groundwater plans are flawed FresBee: Fresnans demand COVID relief money go to housing protections. Did City Council listen? LAT $: Uber and Lyft too expensive at LAX? You have options LADN: LA to seek federal infrastructure bill funds to remediate orphaned oil wells VOC: Will Newport Beach Ban City Council Members From Boozing During Meetings? OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 314 new cases and eight new deaths, Dec. 10 PE: San Bernardino County supervisors approve new district boundaries SBSun: Inland Empire group seeks $100 million in federal grants to promote racial equity in logistics industry PE: Lara Gressley says she’ll challenge Riverside County DA Mike Hestrin in 2022 CG: San Diego Association of Governments Passes $163 Billion Regional Travel Plan 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!