Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, January 14, 2022 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: Reason: Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate: This Is No Everyday Exercise of Federal Power Supreme Court Puts an End to Pandemic of the Autocrat SDUT: San Diego police union seeks court ruling to allow officers to record vaccine exemption meetings SDUT: Column: SD’s vaccination mandate doesn’t appear to negatively impact staffing; will that shift attitudes? AP: California suspends some disability claims, citing fraud OCReg: EDD wants its unemployment money back. Some could owe $30,000 or more SFC: California’s EDD freezes 345,000 disability claims to battle fraud SacBee: California businesses expected to pay higher taxes to make up for unemployment shortfall AP: Tech companies spend millions on California political gifts SacBee: Gavin Newsom solicited massive increase in private donations to fund COVID response SacBee: How Sacramento mayors Darrell Steinberg and Kevin Johnson raised money for their pet projects OCReg: School stress explodes as COVID-19 cases soar CalM: California hospitals predict COVID crisis will last 4-6 weeks LAT $: Omicron surge leaves U.S. parents, teachers and students on edge LADN: LA County reports 45,076 new cases of COVID, more than 4,000 hospitalizations NYT: California Is Doubling Efforts to Preserve Film and TV Production BreitbartCA: Newsom Proposes Billions for Doomed CA High-Speed Rail AP: RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan will remain in prison SFC: S.F. school district, unions reach deal on COVID-19 safety measures Labor unions, essential workers call on state to bring back COVID-19 paid sick leave AP: San Quentin inmate podcast host among California clemencies CalM: Free tests? As COVID surges, rapid results cost up to $300 SacBee: California’s troubled payroll system would get $574 million upgrade under new plan AP: 3 arrests in 2020 triple-slaying at California high school AP: Super Bowl organizers say game is staying in Inglewood AP: Judge in Avenatti-Stormy Daniels trial warns would-be jurors SacBee: CHP wants more security at California Capitol to protect lawmakers. Here’s why SacBee: California renters could get a big break from state under proposal to expand tax credit LAT $: Lawmakers move to tighten restrictions on sex-offending doctors LAT $: California’s undergraduate enrollment dropped by about 250,000 during pandemic years SDUT: Faculty scold SDSU’s president for criticizing a dean who demeaned conservatives SJMN: Year after Trump impeachment vote, this California town believes their Republican congressman ‘stabbed us all in the back’ VOC: Months Before Public Vote, Anaheim Politicians Secretly Decided to Sell Angel Stadium OCReg: Vaccine skeptic, an OC Assembly candidate, talks about how COVID sent him to ICU SacBee: Student loan provider wiping out $1.7 billion in debt after California, other states sue SDUT: Surfers were right: Imperial Beach is polluted with Tijuana sewage even in summer Biden's Voting Rights Smears and Lies VOC: Santana: How Did So Much Lead Get Into Santa Ana’s Ground, What Can Be Done About it? SJMN: Editorial: California fiscal system not good enough for government work LAT $: Hiltzik: Single-payer healthcare is the right system. Can California build it on its own? SFC: Breed vents frustration with supervisors, jokes about getting rid of board SFC: Woman got charged $10K for 1-mile cab ride in S.F. Then things got even more outrageous SFC: Bay Area beer prices may rise soon due to a drought-induced barley shortage SFC: Oakland schools close again due to second teacher sickout SJMN: Nearly 200 homes may sprout near future San Jose BART stop FresBee: Will cutting ties with the SPCA help Fresno’s stray pet problem? Big changes looming FresBee: Ex-Fresno councilmember appointed by Biden to fill key USDA position FresBee: Fresno City Council changed the rules and denied its only Republican its presidency VCStar $: Survey of Camarillo residents helps ground airport expansion LADN: LA had nearly 400 killings in 2021, most in last 15 years LAT $: L.A. County files suit over warehouse fire that led to sickening odor in Dominguez Channel LAT $: Garcetti questions LAPD discipline for out-of-policy police shootings, orders review AP: USC forms new committee to combat anti-Semitism on campus OCReg: Westminster mayor censured in council meeting that lasts till 2:30 a.m. PE: Courts in San Bernardino County may temporarily close due to staffing shortages amid COVID-19 surge PE: Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington endorses foe of Supervisor Jeff Hewitt PE: Murrieta Valley school board appoints new member PE: Living conditions are better since Turpins complained to ABC’s Diane Sawyer, lawyer says SDUT: Chula Vista declares trash strike a public health emergency, deploys city workers to pick up overflow VOSD: County Will Let Homeless Residents Isolating in Hotels Return to Shelters Sooner SDUT: Man charged with firing gun in clash with protesters outside San Diego mayor’s home SDUT: Journalist appeals dismissal of lawsuit against San Diego city attorney to 9th Circuit VOSD: Chula Vista’s Trash Contract Limits Its Options to End Strike Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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