Sunday, December 19, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: A Feel-Good Story for The Holidays
  • CG: With Crime in California Out of Control, is Newsom Now the Law and Order Governor?
  • Mayors Learning the Hard Way About Defund-the-Police
  • OCReg: California governor boosts efforts to combat smash-and-grabs
  • SFC: California Dems trying to do both: reform policing and call for more cops
  • How San Francisco Lost Its Cool and Panicked About Crime
  • SFC: California likely to crack down on water waste with daily $500 fines
  • SacBee: 200-mile congressional district would link Central Coast to Silicon Valley. Who’d lose out?
  • SacBee: Placer County has new supervisor district boundaries. See where you’ll vote in 2022
  • NR: Fauci Says Masking on Airplanes Will Never Go Away
  • SDUT: Experts: Mask mandate may not be enough in crowded indoor settings
  • AP: Nevada tribal women reflect on Lake Tahoe resort name change
  • LAT $: Clash of the kitchens: California leads the way in a new climate battleground
  • SDUT: Rep. Mike Levin takes federal infrastructure bill to the street
  • SacBee: California college votes to eliminate student debt. Here’s where and how they’ll pay for it
  • FresBee: ‘Fuel for the next fire.’ Why California can’t unload the trees that worsen its wildfires
  • SDUT: Black job applicant goes ahead with CROWN Act lawsuit against company over hairstyle
  • AP: SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites from California base
  • SFC: San Francisco has the chance to show America how reparations can work
  • OCReg: The high cost of chasing made-up targets
  • OCReg: Implications of Fed policy for the country and for the Democratic Party
  • NR: The Long Run Is Here
  • OCReg: COVID taught parents to value school choice
  • Democrats Return to Segregation
  • OCReg: State’s leaders must take the crime wave seriously
  • Riverbank city manager will move on to Sacramento area. Council names interim leader
  • SFC: S.F. tenants made millions after suing over bogus owner move-in evictions
  • SJMN: One Bay Area city, 73 police dog bites, and the law that made them public
  • FresBee: Drone carrying packages of cellphones flies into maximum security prison in South Valley
  • FresBee: How to do online learning well? A district in California’s Central Valley has some answers
  • LAT $: Hospitalizations rise, new L.A. County cases double as Omicron spreads
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County distributing free coronavirus tests for residents
  • SDUT: Opinion: Little Italy should be the blueprint for development in San Diego

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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