Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Thursday, December 30, 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: CG: New San Francisco Order Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters For Workers in ‘High Risk’ Settings AP: San Francisco to require boosters for certain workers SFC: Breed poured millions into Tenderloin community ambassadors and police. Has it helped? LAT $: Explore California’s new laws for 2022 VCStar $: Food waste recycling starts Jan. 1. Here's what it means AP: Bringing home the bacon tops new California laws in 2022 SJMN: Hospitalizations rising faster in California than at any other point in the pandemic SFC: The Marina’s coronavirus case rate has surged above every other S.F. neighborhood SFC: Holiday gatherings account for 40% of new COVID cases in Sonoma County AP: Judge halts California earlier releases for repeat offenders SacBee: Who should pay for pension mistakes? New California law puts employers on the hook AP: Federal government approves California’s Medicaid overhaul LAT $: Unprecedented coronavirus cases have officials urging scaled-back New Year’s celebrations CG: California’s Public Golf Courses to be Converted to Affordable Housing Complexes Under AB 672 AP: Schwarzenegger and Shriver divorce final after 10 years SDUT: Rain weary San Diego County could get another 3 inches of precipitation by early Thursday SFC: Tahoe’s record snowfall has officials warning everyone to stay away FresBee: Bundle up, Fresno. Near-freezing temperatures over New Year’s weekend in Central Valley Republican Shakes Up Race for California Fiscal Watchdog SacBee: ‘40 million Californians shouting at you’: What redistricting was like for a commissioner SacBee: Blackouts and green energy: Why California might slash subsidies for rooftop solar panels OCReg: Why Disneyland’s gates won’t close because of holiday crowds LAT $: Fearing for their lives, Mexicans fled a gang-ruled town. Now they seek political asylum in California SFC: Why these 6 Bay Area residents joined The Great Resignation Reason: Facebook Said My Article Was 'False Information.' Now the Fact-Checkers Admit They Were Wrong. OCReg: Let the free market dictate the labor market, not the government Reason: California Distillers Are About To Lose the Right To Ship Booze Directly to Consumers NR: In 2022, Retire the ‘Trust the Scientists’ Platitude OCReg: Double standards on gerrymandering OCReg: A call to fight rising authoritarianism on the left and right, in 2022 and beyond SacBee: Sacramento courts seek volunteers for county grand jury to monitor public agencies SFC: S.F. Fire Department hit with COVID surge; 40 active cases SFC: Mongolian barbecue spot closes after 28 years, plus other restaurant closures SJMN: SF Bay Area sends mixed messages on omicron as New Year’s Eve arrives Adrian Condit, longtime Ceres minister and patriarch of political family, dies at 94 FresBee: With new board chair, shakeup of Fresno’s river parkway effort starts at the top First case of the COVID-19 omicron variant confirmed in Stanislaus County VCStar $: Oxnard to close most city facilities due to COVID spike LAT $: Decades before LAPD killed girl, a wild shootout blocks away helped militarize police LADN: LA County reports 16,510 COVID-19 cases, doubling total from previous day; hospitalizations soar OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 2,749 new cases and five more deaths, Dec. 29 VOC: OC Canyon Residents Forced to Evacuate Homes Just Ahead of New Year Holiday SBSun: San Bernardino County’s economy is larger than New Hampshire, Sri Lanka and nearly tops FedEx PE: Could Riverside County have prevented Turpin children’s recent struggles? Answers remain elusive PE: Riverside County reports 17 coronavirus deaths in one day — most in a month SDUT: County issues alert as San Diego emergency departments fill with coronavirus patients VOSD: What We Learned This Year: San Diego’s Demographics Changed – Those Who Hold the Power Didn’t SDUT: Two nurses, two pilots killed in medical transport jet crash near Gillespie Field 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!