Sunday, December 12, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: Sullivan and Frum Define Trump Continued Hysteria
  • AP: California governor wants Texas-like law to ban assault guns
  • LAT $: In response to Texas abortion ban, Newsom calls for similar restrictions on assault weapons
  • NR: Spending Is Not Going to Save the Democrats
  • AP: Major multi-day storm headed toward Northern California
  • OCReg: ‘Vanishing’ ships underscore supply woe at the ports
  • CG: United States Supreme Court to Considering Intervening in San Diego Public Schools’ COVID Vaccination Mandate
  • LAT $: Beverly Hills firefighters sue over vaccine mandate they call ‘experimental gene modification’
  • LAT $: ‘Fully vaccinated’ could soon mean getting a booster shot
  • OCReg: COVID-19 cases tick up at senior homes in California
  • SJMN: As California’s COVID cases rise, antibody treatments go unused
  • SFC: Garofoli: Here comes the California Weed Tax Revolt
  • LAT $: Does Pasadena’s Rose Parade disenfranchise voters?
  • LAT $: Proposed state law seeks to ban freeway expansions in underserved communities
  • SDUT: Experts say San Diego case likely first to use conspiracy charges against antifa
  • SFC: One year in, Kamala Harris says she won’t be distracted by ‘ridiculous’ headlines
  • SFC: She lived in her car near a Denny’s in Oakland for six years. Then she landed housing
  • SJMN: Her husband was killed even after months of frantic police calls. Could it have been prevented?
  • LAT $: French bulldog stolen at gunpoint in the same neighborhood Lady Gaga’s were taken
  • SDUT: Reporter’s Notebook: How parents are taking on school politics
  • FresBee: Public safety loses out if ‘progressive’ DAs like those in SF, LA have their way
  • Reason: Politicians Are Still Stuck on Prohibition
  • CalM: Some schools are closing ‘achievement gap’
  • OCReg: California cities find ways to live with SB 9
  • The So-Called Plot to Fix the 2024 Election
  • OCReg: Yeah, drop the use of far-left term ‘Latinx’
  • SacBee: Sacramento police chief speaks of equity, protests and death threats as he’s set to retire
  • SacBee: ‘They want Commerce Circle action’: Absent progress, Sacramento returns to homeless sweeps
  • SacBee: Sacramento names first woman to lead police department. Who is new Chief Kathy Lester?
  • SJMN: Contra Costa supervisors approve $95.5 million for North Richmond jail expansion
  • SFC: Plans to protect Embarcadero from quakes, sea level rise could transform Ferry Building
  • SFC: S.F. church delays unvaccinated Archbishop Cordileone’s visit
  • FresBee: One of Fresno’s ‘rare and amazing’ adobe houses is under threat. Will city protect it?
  • Housing stock shortage: Where new homes, apartments will be built in Modesto and Turlock
  • Modesto City Schools shares progress on equity goals in first of two public forums
  • VCStar $: School threats lead to arrests of 3 Oxnard teens
  • VCStar $: Proposal to convert Ojai school headquarters into hotel rankles residents
  • LADN: LA County’s COVID hospitalizations surge past 700, intensifying winter surge concerns
  • LADN: Flight to LAX diverted when passenger allegedly attacks flight attendant, air marshal
  • PE: 3 jailed in Riverside in connection with countywide robbing spree
  • PE: Why your trash is getting picked up late in the Inland Empire
  • VOSD: Politics Report: SANDAG Voted – So What Happens Now?
  • SDUT: San Diego street vendor crackdown delayed again, frustrating merchants across city
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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