Monday, December 27, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FresBee: California’s minimum wage is going up again. Here’s how much it will be in 2022
  • FresBee: What new California laws mean for the workplace in 2022, from warehouses to pay disputes
  • CG: Is the Legal Bill Coming Due Over California’s Nursing Home COVID Deaths?
  • PE: Senior living: After ‘truly appalling’ death toll in nursing homes, California rethinks funding
  • AP: Major storm dumps snow, closes mountain routes in California
  • SJMN: Snow slams Sierra, closing Interstate 80; blast of cold air on way to Bay Area
  • SFC: Snow hits Bay Area’s higher elevations over wet weekend, and more could come
  • LADN: 2 storms to drench Southern California before New Year’s Day
  • Left Being Consumed By Its Own Hatreds Hubris
  • LAT $: California-based oil company identified as source of latest sheen off Orange County coast
  • LAT $: Nearly 9,000 new coronavirus cases, 7 deaths in L.A. County amid Omicron surge
  • LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 8,891 new cases and seven new deaths over the holiday weekend
  • SDUT: Thousands More Cancellations as Omicron Thins Airline Crews
  • FresBee: End of inflation? Here’s when experts think gas, housing prices could stabilize in California
  • LADN: Civil rights group demands answers in LAPD shooting of 14-year-old girl at North Hollywood Burlington
  • SFC: Latest attack on news crew: Man arrested, accused of knocking camera down
  • AP: Elizabeth Holmes jury to begin second week of deliberations
  • SFC: How ‘free state’ California wrote slavery and white supremacy into its law books
  • SJMN: California’s severe racial inequities: What can the state do with a $31 billion surplus?
  • LAT $: Santa Monica’s message to people evicted long ago for the 10 Freeway: Come home
  • LAT $: Managing California’s water rights remains an analog task in a digital age
  • FresBee: Devin Nunes said he will leave Congress. Why is he still trying to sue a Twitter cow?
  • Reason: Does Joe Biden Know Why Delaware Is Home to So Many Corporations?
  • The Texas vs. California Challenge
  • Kamala Harris's Warped View of National Security
  • Liberals Should Resolve to Be More Tolerant in 2022
  • OCReg: Looking back at news from a trying year
  • OCReg: Cancel culture corrupts society
  • LAT $: Skelton: Didion was unequaled at capturing California’s soul, people and geography
  • FresBee: If Gov. Newsom was serious about COVID, he would cancel the Rose and Super Bowls
  • OCReg: Lou Correa shows how Democrats look at tight races
  • SacBee: Placer County’s leaders didn’t take delta seriously. Omicron threatens to take more lives
  • SFC: With a hilltop park and $5 ferry rides, Yerba Buena Island could soon be a destination
  • SJMN: Wish Book: Latina Coalition building next generation of Silicon Valley leaders
  • FresBee: Fresno, Valley experience large surges in deaths in pandemic compared to previous years
  • Backers pitch plan for downtown Modesto stadium but need tax dollars to build it
  • CalCoast: Teen gang members flee in stolen car from Morro Bay to Atascadero
  • VCStar $: Planned Oxnard complex sets aside units for farmworkers
  • LADN: LA County reports nearly 9,000 new COVID-19 cases; travel woes continue
  • VOC: Local Politicos Fuel Takeover of Orange County’s Health Plan For the Poor
  • VOSD: Morning Report: Our Favorite Stories of the Year
  • SDUT: As coronavirus case rates soar, once ubiquitous county leaders stay low-key

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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