Thursday, December 16, 2021 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- AP: Indictment says company ignored California oil spill alarms
- OCReg: 3 companies indicted in connection with recent oil spill off O.C. coast
- OCReg: Complex legal battle over O.C. oil spill starts to take shape in federal court
- CG: Oil Company Indicted By Federal Court Over Role in October Orange County Oil Spill
- CalM: California Democrats embrace tough-on-crime rhetoric
- SFC: What Breed meant with her ‘bulls— that has destroyed our city’ comment
- SFC: Nancy Pelosi, London Breed escalate rhetoric on SF thefts
- SFC: Panel recommends ending California’s three-strikes law and life-without-parole sentences
- AP: Amid drought, California advances big new reservoir project
- LADN: Southern California storm will ‘chip away’ at drought, but drier-than-normal winter is forecast
- LAT $: A frenzy of well drilling by California farmers leaves residents without running water
- BreitbartCA: California, Arizona, Nevada to Take Less Water from Colorado River to Save Lake Mead
- America's Unamerican Smash-and-Grab
- FresBee: Ulta Beauty store in Fresno hit by thieves again. But this time, police find getaway vehicle
- SFC: Person robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight in S.F.’s Pacific Heights
- SFC: What have police been doing in the Tenderloin? Residents say not a whole lot
- SDUT: Four more Omicron cases announced in San Diego as mask requirement takes effect
- SFC: Is California facing the kind of ‘omicron emergency’ seen in the U.K.?
- OCReg: Coronavirus: More Orange County ZIP codes have increased rate of positive tests as of Dec. 15
- SJMN: Bay Area a major anomaly in new report about state’s pandemic population changes
- SFC: S.F. tenants made millions after suing landlords over bogus owner move-in evictions
- SFC: 12 new California laws that could impact your daily life in 2022
- LAT $: Goodbye to gas stoves? Climate fight moves into the kitchen
- SacBee: California restaurants sue over law they say will drive up cost of bacon, pork
- CalM: Will California redistricting mean better congressional maps than Texas?
- CalCoast: SLO County adopts new district map, opponents announce lawsuit
- LADN: With drama building to the very end, independent redistricting panel OKs final new LA County map
- SacBee: Sacramento’s proposed redistricting changes for Oak Park, Curtis Park reinforce past sins
- SacBee: California removed politics from redistricting but replaced it with a flawed process
- AP: Fresh storm hits California as it mops up and shovels out
- LAT $: In Southern California, a slight slowdown in the housing market still means record prices
- PE: Riverside to open temporary homeless shelter next week
- SDUT: Shelter for homeless people with addictions, mental health issues nears opening
- AP: New California rules end distinction for vaccinated workers
- AP: Los Angeles schools delay student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- SacBee: More women than men were appointed to California corporate boards in 2021. Here’s why
- CalM: The case of the vanishing fine: How a massive nursing home penalty eluded consumer detection
- CG: School Choice Wins in U.S. Supreme Court Could Impact California Efforts
- LAT $: Their families fled Vietnam. Now they’re helping Afghan refugees in America
- OCReg: The bureaucracy pandemic
- NR: The Public-Health Mafia
- Reason: The Biden Administration Crushes America's Brief Experiment in Showerhead Freedom
- OCReg: An ‘investment’ that we can do without
- CG: Spreckels Union School Board Meeting: Exposing Activist Teachers Recruiting Kids
- SJMN: Editorial: Voters need speedy resolution on case against Santa Clara County sheriff
- OCReg: Our state once again wins the hellhole prize
- LAT $: Column: Newsom stares down Texas on abortion and guns, winning political points in the process
- SFC: S.F. expects first budget surplus in over 20 years as tax recovery, pension investment boom beats COVID pain
- SJMN: Nonprofit helps with homes, independence for Bay Area residents with disabilities
- SFC: Lowell High lottery admission likely to remain, but debate not over
- SFC: S.F. voted to create new department to make streets cleaner. Some officials question if it’ll work
- SJMN: Can Google build the Bay Area’s second-largest residential development in history?
- FresBee: Was former Starbucks worker misgendered? It’s part of Fresno discrimination case
- Hear Turlock mayor respond to concerns over Modesto fire service contract proposal
- FresBee: Fresno County agrees to pay Black employee who filed complaint of discrimination
- FresBee: State agency guilty of ‘serious and willful misconduct’ in crash that killed 4 from Fresno area
- Building houses, living in garages. State AG talks housing crisis with Modesto residents
- CalCoast: Grover Beach City Council approves affordable housing project
- CalCoast: Oceano Dunes temporarily closed to camping, vehicles
- VCStar $: Ventura extends outdoor dining program downtown
- LADN: LAPD captain sues, says he was downgraded for reporting beanbag guns were wrongfully fired at the media and non-violent protesters
- OCReg: Cargo continues flooding into Port of LA with 2022 looking to be a repeat performance
- LAT $: Los Angeles hotels bounce back to pre-COVID levels while other cities lag behind
- OCReg: State right to rebuke shady stadium deal
- VOC: OC Sheriff Staff Have Biggest Share of COVID Worker’s Comp Claims Among County Workers
- VOC: Will Trash Be Piling Up Through the Holidays Across Orange County?
- OCReg: Anaheim High will keep ‘Colonists’ nickname but reimagine school mascot
- OCReg: Agencies investigate new sheen spotted in water off Bolsa Chica State Beach near Huntington Beach
- PE: Deputies at Rancho Cucamonga jail orchestrated brutal attack on inmate, lawsuit alleges
- VOSD: San Diego Unified’s Big Decision
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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