Monday, January 3, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • L.A.’s Arms Race of the Affluent
  • NR: Trouble in Paradise: The Crumbling California Model
  • SJMN: Report: Marin among Bay Area leaders in pandemic exodus
  • AP: Flush budget, unfinished business await California lawmakers
  • LAT $: How will California’s new laws affect you?
  • LAT $: Should police arrest sex workers for standing around? Thorny question lands on Newsom’s desk
  • OCReg: Omicron surge prompts Newport Beach to close City Hall, other spots, to public
  • SDUT: San Diego Fire Department idles crews as COVID-19 related absences mount
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  • LADN: LA County reports more than 40,000 new coronavirus cases so far in new year
  • FresBee: Suspect stabs K-9 before Fresno Police officers open fire. Here’s the latest
  • LAT $: In Watts, a rise in homicides follows years of declining violence
  • AP: Northern California bank robbed on New Year’s Eve
  • SFC: Oakland man shot on New Year’s Day — city’s first homicide of 2022
  • LADN: Man fatally stabbed in North Hollywood
  • SDUT: San Diego police investigate robbery at University City gas station
  • PE: Riverside County sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots armed, suicidal man in Wildomar
  • OCReg: Some beaches in LA and Orange counties remain closed as water testing continues following sewage spill
  • LAT $: Sewer line in Carson that failed, forcing beach closures in two counties, was near replacement
  • FresBee: Flight cancellations slow at Fresno airport after holidays, COVID trigger delays nationwide
  • LADN: Over 200 flights canceled at LAX for 2nd straight day
  • SacBee: Union membership declines slightly among telecommuting California state workers
  • Reason: Animal-Rights Laws Are Coming Back To Bite California and Massachusetts Voters
  • SFC: Bay Area schools hold firm with in-person plans amid omicron, parent concern
  • What COVID-19 precautions are Stanislaus schools planning for winter break return?
  • SFC: Twitter permanently suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account
  • LAT $: UC Irvine fires physician who refused to get vaccinated, claiming ‘natural immunity’
  • EdS: California’s Assembly Higher Education Committee chairman reflects on last term
  • SFC: Could Colorado’s type of extreme winter wildfires happen in California? ‘Absolutely’
  • OCReg: Inflation is a tax on us all
  • NR: Americans Want to Restore Trust in Government
  • CalM: California redistricting won’t change Democrats’ control
  • OCReg: New ideas for the new year
  • CalM: The importance of California’s agricultural water supplies
  • OCReg: Can’t California be progressive and also vaguely well-governed?
  • NR: SCOTUS Should Nix Biden’s Vaccine Mandates
  • The Truths We Dared Not Speak in 2021
  • SJMN: Aoife Beary, Irish student who survived Berkeley balcony collapse, dies at 27
  • SJMN: VTA wants downtown San Jose site needed for BART stop
  • AP: Holmes jury to resume deliberations after holiday break
  • LAT $: Pair of earthquakes felt near Bakersfield
  • Which Stanislaus County restaurant, business do you miss most after pandemic closure?
  • LAT $: Even in a hot market, L.A. won’t allow rent hikes for most tenants until 2023
  • OCReg: More Mater Dei football locker room videos will be part of investigation into school’s athletic culture
  • PE: These 5 stories could be big in 2022 in the Inland Empire
  • SDUT: San Diego County created a COVID-19 warning system. Is it paying attention to the danger signs?
  • SDUT: Racial, homophobic slurs spray painted at San Dieguito Academy High School
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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