Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Wednesday, December 29, 2021 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California... The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...  THE HEADLINES: LAT $: Nashville’s Southern hospitality — and affordability — beckons Californians SacBee: Burglars hit at least a dozen Sacramento lobbyists and nonprofits in downtown break-in SFC: S.F. cancels New Year’s Eve fireworks show due to omicron surge SFC: Bay Area arts outfits cancel New Year’s shows, citing omicron CalM: Eleven new California laws for 2022, explained in one minute FresBee: New California laws for 2022: More duplexes, fewer ketchup packets and all mail-in elections CG: Restaurants, Bars Across California Prepare To Introduce More To-Go Options For New Liquor Law CG: CA Senator Nancy Skinner to Introduce Bill to Pay State Funds To Children of COVID-19 Victims SFC: Here are the latest numbers as omicron cases skyrocket in California AP: California 1st state to top 5M cases amid omicron surge LAT $: California COVID-19 hospitalizations up 25% in the last week FresBee: Here comes another COVID vaccine debate as California lawmakers brace for more protests AP: ‘So difficult’: Winter snow, cold slam Northwest and Sierra SDUT: San Diego has gotten almost twice its average December rain, and more is on the way VOSD: After Redistricting, Advocates Argue for More Districts. Or None At All. New congressional districts split Modesto’s white and Latino communities SDUT: How 14 citizens drew new voting lines for San Diego County SacBee: A $2.1M office chair and permanent telework: Our top California state worker stories in 2021 SFC: We have life-saving treatments for opioid overdoses. Here’s why they often don’t get used LAT $: 9th Circuit rules that California man can be charged with threatening Mitch McConnell OCReg: Inglewood police barred from destroying officer records on eve of new transparency law LADN: ‘Profound pain:’ Mother of girl, 14, slain in LAPD Burlington shooting describes aftermath SDUT: Poway synagogue shooter gets federal life sentence SJMN: New computer program rapidly detects homes, buildings damaged by California wildfires SDUT: Major energy storage project — enough to power 110,000 homes for 2 hours — coming to San Diego OCReg: California needs pension reforms more than streetcar projects CG: God Sent the Rain, But We Need an Angel to Build the Infrastructure to Manage It Reason: Californians Learn That Raising Taxes on Marijuana Fuels Black Markets for Drugs OCReg: Capitalists are the people who do the most good for the world SJMN: Editorial: Biden humiliates himself attacking California pension reform OCReg: Another year in the books SacBee: School tied to Trump buys land from group led by Sacramento’s Democratic Tsakopoulos family SFC: Marin D.A. drops charges against journalist who had camera, phone seized SJMN: With the rent doubling, Ben’s BBQ & Brew in San Jose will close SJMN: Man beaten in notorious Santa Clara County jail gang attack seeking right to sue county Modesto giving away 200 rapid, at-home COVID-19 test kits to its residents San Joaquin County confirms first cases of COVID omicron strain, as surge takes hold CalCoast: COVID-19 cases surge in SLO County VCStar $: T.O. landowner's allegations against Parks still in play LADN: LA County posts 22 new COVID-19 deaths, 9,473 cases; hospitalizations still climbing LAT $: Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna tests positive for COVID-19 VOC: What’s the Future of COVID Mandates in Orange County? OCReg: Balboa Island ferry will close to cars for a month OCReg: State Bar sanctions Orange County attorney who represented Mater Dei football players PE: Inland Empire hospitals bracing for post-holiday coronavirus surge SBSun: San Bernardino County’s economy is larger than New Hampshire, Sri Lanka and nearly tops FedEx OCReg: 4 dead after plane that took off from John Wayne Airport crashes in San Diego County SDUT: COVID-19 surge builds in San Diego County SDUT: Sewer rates spike 17 percent Saturday for single-family customers in San Diego Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website ‌ FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!