Monday, December 20, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SFC: California has moved few transgender women out of men’s prisons, despite new law
  • SJMN: California marijuana companies warn of impending industry collapse
  • SFC: BART ridership to downtown S.F. is returning in unusual ways
  • SJMN: Bay Area transit faces ‘fiscal cliff’ as ridership collapse endures
  • LAT $: California braces for Omicron wave
  • AP: Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19
  • LADN: 3,512 more COVID cases reported as LA County’s winter spike endures
  • Saturday Headlines
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  • SacBee: Lori McClintock, wife of California Congressman Tom McClintock of Elk Grove, dies
  • SacBee: Fact Check: Gavin Newsom says California tops Florida in every economic category. Is it true?
  • SJMN: East Bay tiny homes lead to big disappointments for some homeless residents
  • SacBee: Sacramento homeless response: YMCA could be rebuilt to add affordable housing, childcare
  • FresBee: Over 300 Fresno City College students are homeless. A worthy effort aims to change that
  • SFC: Doctor turns photos of S.F. homeless residents into street-facing exhibit
  • LADN: Porch pirates can be elusive, and so can statistics on how many such thefts occur
  • PE: Riverside police investigate shooting outside Hooters; no injuries reported
  • AP: Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at LA music festival
  • CalCoast: Alleged thieves caught breaking into bulldozers on Cuesta Ridge
  • WP: Lawmakers, business leaders raise alarms about dwindling federal aid as covid cases rise
  • SJMN: ‘There’s a kid under here!’ In terrifying Bay Area arrest, police dog bites intruder, officer and 8-year-old boy
  • Juror in deputy’s manslaughter case talks about why they acquitted, dismissed jurors
  • LAT $: A river of secrets: How the battle over Reservation Ranch summoned a violent past
  • SacBee: Senate sends Biden judges to California courts as year closes. Will more follow in 2022?
  • OCReg: Lack of money isn’t California’s problem
  • 12 Times Biden Made Up Stories, Lied or Said a Crazy Thing
  • Powerful Backlash Building Against Woke Anti-Americanism
  • Recall, Remove and Replace Every Last Soros Prosecutor
  • LAT $: Skelton: Look before you leap when it comes to holiday charitable donations
  • Disinformation Agents: NBC Tells 4 Lies in 2 Minutes
  • SacBee: New Sacramento City Council districts approved. Here are the boundaries, who’s running
  • SFC: Former S.F. political candidate recounts being accosted at home
  • SFC: S.F’s next big housing battle may be over a huge 400-condo development on the west side
  • SJMN: Union City plans $90 million land sale, could mean 535 more homes
  • SJMN: San Jose land is bought, huge development is eyed
  • Fentanyl bust, scooters in Modesto and white supremacy in Stanislaus County
  • Stanislaus County says developer is looking at 15,000-job Crows Landing business park
  • Oakdale Joint Unified school board appoints former district administrator as trustee
  • CalCoast: Oceano Dunes closure canceled, reopened to vehicles and camping
  • LAT $: L.A. accuses LAPD academy gun store of negligence, breach of contract as scandal widens
  • LADN: Gasoline spills into Alhambra wash, prompting warnings in San Gabriel Valley communities
  • PE: Controversial Lake Elsinore hydroelectric project blocked by federal government
  • VOSD: Faulconer Insists Under Oath He Didn’t Know Real Estate Adviser Was Paid
  • SDUT: Prosecutors in Ash Street criminal probe seek meeting with former San Diego real estate director
  • SDUT: Seattle-area school leader faces off against longtime insider for San Diego superintendent job

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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