Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: Universal health care proposal gets first test in California
  • FresBee: Gavin Newsom proposes health care access for all in plan to cover undocumented Californians
  • Reason: Gavin Newsom Calls for California To Provide Universal Health Care
  • AP: California budget confronts climate change, homeless, crime
  • SFC: Newsom’s budget proposal would add billions to confront wildfire, climate change
  • FresBee: More high-speed rail money in Gavin Newsom’s CA budget. Here’s what it would do
  • Homelessness: Newsom details budget plan to add $2 billion on top of $12 billion in aid
  • SDUT: California surpasses astonishing 6 million COVID infections as Omicron wave expands
  • LADN: LA County surpasses 2 million mark in COVID-19 cases
  • CalM: What’s behind the ‘Great Resignation’ of California lawmakers?
  • WSJ: In Beverly Hills, Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Has Paid $65 Million for Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen’s “Enchanted Hill”
  • CityJrnl: Smash-&-Grab Crime Now Plagues Many Communities
  • SacBee: ‘Grab and run’ theft at Folsom Kohl’s store leads to Sacramento County chase, 4 arrests
  • FresBee: Fresno man accused of cutting roommate’s body in half was out of jail on COVID rule
  • SFC: Bay Area freeway shootings nearly quadrupled in 4 years. Almost half were in one county
  • PE: 1 killed, 3 injured in Old Town Temecula shooting
  • SBSun: Armed man killed in law enforcement shooting in Rancho Cucamonga parking lot
  • LAT $: Father shot, killed in front of son while working at South L.A. Taco Bell
  • LADN: Officials probe collision of train into crashed plane in Pacoima; police said they had asked for tracks to be closed
  • SacBee: California would kick in CalPERS debt payments ahead of schedule under Newsom proposal
  • FresBee: California gas prices are rising due to inflation. Here’s what Newsom plans to do about it
  • SFC: Sonoma Co. bans large gatherings, advises residents to shelter in place for next 30 days
  • AP: Firing upheld for police who played video game during holdup
  • LADN: Firings upheld for 2 LAPD officers who played video game during holdup
  • AP: Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
  • SacBee: Out with the old, in with the new: Kamala Harris’ team works to improve public image
  • CalM: Empower workers or government overreach? California’s fast food bill tests labor laws
  • FresBee: Gavin Newsom gets behind marijuana tax reform, signaling change to cannabis industry
  • FresBee: Fresno County school district returns to distance learning as omicron variant surges
  • PE: Inland Empire schools grapple with teachers, students sick with coronavirus
  • SJMN: No plans to pause Bay Area high school winter sports during COVID surge, commissioners say
  • VCStar $: California DAs seek to halt new early-release rule
  • AP: Two California prisoners suspected of killing cellmates
  • AP: Robert Durst, real estate tycoon convicted of murder, dies
  • NR: California Is a Menace II Society
  • Lockdowns & Mandates Failed--Is the Left Finally Waking Up?
  • Reason: Inflation Means Interest Rates Could Rise. Higher Interest Rates Will Make the National Debt More Expensive.
  • NR: The Idiocy of Vaccine Mandates for Kids
  • CalM: California’s school crisis gets short shrift
  • The Laughable Melodrama Around the Capitol Riot
  • NR: How to Wreck the Constitution
  • CG: San Francisco Advises Resident To Not Call 911 Unless For A Life-Threatening Emergency
  • SJMN: As new housing law hits Bay Area, developers wade in
  • SJMN: Cupertino: Plans for Marina Plaza redevelopment changed
  • Turlock school board to meet virtually after trustees can’t resolve fight over masks
  • FresBee: Southwest Fresno pastor appointed as liaison, conciliator between city and community
  • People who live in their cars could park overnight under Modesto plan. What do they think?
  • CalCoast: Paavo Ogren hired by SLO County IWMA, quits, back again
  • SJMN: Santa Cruz County’s active COVID case count at all-time high
  • VCStar $: Hospital gets threats after COVID-19 vaccine foe dies
  • OCReg: How Newsom’s proposed budget will help LA, Long Beach ports shore up supply chain, reduce pollution
  • LADN: Teen killed by LAPD thought U.S. was safe, dad eulogizes, but she was ‘mistaken’
  • LADN: LAUSD suspends athletic competition for a week due to COVID-19 surge
  • VOC: 2021: The Year of Vacancies in Orange County Governments
  • OCReg: OC Supervisor Foley recovering at home after minor surgery
  • OCReg: In-N-Out Burger owner puts on car show Jan. 15 at OC Fair & Event Center
  • OCReg: Coronavirus weekend totals: 22,945 new cases reported in Orange County
  • OCReg: Work on freeways, OC streetcar project will take shape in 2022
  • VOC: OC Clean Power Agency’s First Year Sees an Executive Resignation, Transparency Concerns
  • PE: Riverside County foster mother accused of murder can leave jail pending trial, judge decides
  • PE: Riverside County employee’s COVID-19 death could have been prevented, lawsuit alleges
  • SDUT: Waste hauler Republic Services to give update to Chula Vista council on status of strike
  • VOSD: San Diego 101: What We Know — And Don’t — About Who Lives in San Diego
  • SDUT: San Diego posts outsized weekend COVID-19 numbers with nearly 50,000 new cases
  • SDUT: It’s official: San Diego prosecutors can’t secretly bug courtrooms

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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