Saturday, January 15, 2022
Dear John,

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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

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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