Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, January 15, 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: Cargo thieves stealing packages from trains in Downtown LA OCReg: Thieves raiding rail cargo containers in Los Angeles SJMN: Group of eight pistol-whipped employee, robbed Palo Alto tobacco store before fleeing CG: Lawless California? Homicides Up Again In 2021 SacBee: Sheriff to release 203 inmates to halt outbreak as COVID cases quadruple at Sacramento jails AP: Californians asked not to use strained ERs for virus testing LAT $: Emergency rooms nearing ‘crisis levels’ in parts of California CG: One-Third of All LAUSD Students Called In Absent During First Week Back At School LADN: LAUSD adopts modified quarantine for students SDUT: How San Diego schools are fighting to stay open: Study halls, substitutes, testing SFC: ‘Lol f— you’: Vallejo council member lays into constituents in emails AP: County’s $7M in PPE left outside, damaged by California rain Nancy Pelosi's son Paul was involved in FIVE companies probed by the feds OCReg: West Coast under tsunami advisory after volcano erupts in Pacific LADN: Here’s how you can get free home COVID-19 tests FresBee: Amid the COVID-19 surge, Fresno County health department begins providing at-home test kits CalM: Free tests? As COVID surges, rapid results cost up to $300 LADN: LA mayor hopeful Bass wants to house 15,000 people in first year, end encampments in first term SJMN: Newark residents bash plan to house homeless people in converted hotel OCReg: State Assembly bills seek to preserve, boost school funding amid pandemic OCReg: Costa Mesa is going after catalytic-converter thieves with bait cars SBSun: Ballot proposal would raise billions for electric cars, charging stations SFC: What’s really going on with empty grocery store shelves in the Bay Area? SDUT: San Diego threatens legal action against Republic Services; county says company violating contract PE: Ken Calvert, one-time foe of same-sex marriage, wants to represent LGTBQ haven Palm Springs How Universities Became Sheep Factories OCReg: Bipartisan bill throws money at fire problem Why Is the Media Erasing the Victims of Violent Crime? OCReg: Newsom vows to spend big, reform little Welcome to Biden's Inflation Tax SacBee: Sacramento City Unified gets N95s for staff, expects respirator masks for students soon SJMN: Oakland winds down its pandemic-era street closure program SFC: What happened in the Tenderloin when S.F. got laser-focused on a few troubled blocks SFC: This small Bay Area city has big problem with abandoned vehicles on streets LAT $: Retired San Jose police officer convicted in multimillion-dollar fraud scheme SJMN: Want to hand out food or clothes in San Jose parks? You may need to pay the city first SJMN: When and where should you get a COVID test? Santa Clara County issues new guidance FresBee: Judge sentences former Fresno City Council assistant convicted of domestic violence Modesto hospitals seeing a flood of COVID omicron patients. But they are not as sick VCStar $: Large COVID testing sites to open in Moorpark, Oxnard OCReg: Push to recall Westminster council member hits key milestone SBSun: Another Redlands Unified teacher arrested for sexually abusing student PE: Riverside targets trucks seeking short cuts on Van Buren Boulevard SDUT: Large package of housing reforms, including changes to granny flat rules, heading to San Diego council SDUT: Life science developer buys Costa Verde Center near UTC to complete ‘mega campus’ SDUT: Former city attorney pledges to sue NFL over Chargers move if Gloria doesn’t act by next week 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!