Wednesday, January 19, 2022 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- AP: California offers college students $10K for public service
- AP: In wealthy LA enclave, harsher penalties for wasting water
- SDUT: Column: Newsom, Gloria give momentum to expand conservatorships for mentally-ill homeless people
- LAT $: Column: Dear Karen Bass and others, L.A. needs a real homeless plan we haven’t heard before
- SFC: S.F. opens service center. Police won’t force people on streets to go there
- FresBee: Fresno County COVID cases and transmission rate rising. Are statewide numbers decreasing?
- OCReg: OC health officials hope COVID-19 surge reaches crest soon
- SFC: Number of S.F. hospital patients with COVID nears all-time high
- SJMN: COVID outbreak among staff and inmates rages at San Quentin State Prison
- SDUT: South Bay hospitals declare internal disasters as patient crush continues
- SJMN: Hundreds sign petition to repeal Stanford University’s COVID-19 booster vaccine mandate
- McNerney to retire, Harder shifts to his seat
- Harder out, Gray in — how Democrats’ jockeying affects Stanislaus voters
- OCReg: School board meetings become verbal battle zones in COVID era
- SDUT: ‘Our schools are crumbling’: How COVID, staffing problems are driving teachers away from a San Diego charter
- SacBee: California state agency weighs changes to pre-employment drug test appeal policy
- CalM: What does new California housing leader want to do?
- SJMN: California drought: January is a rainfall bust. How big of a problem is that?
- WSJ: Wildfire Risk in California Drives Insurers to Pull Policies for Pricey Homes
- CalM: In familiar refrain, United Farm Workers grapples with how to grow
- Reason: Kansas and California Cops Used Civil Forfeiture to Stage Armored Car Heists, Stealing Money Earned by Licensed Marijuana Businesses
- OCReg: Huntington Beach Councilwoman Kim Carr to run for State Senate against Janet Nguyen
- SacBee: Sacramento police investigate shooting that injures boy near 24th Street and Florin Road
- SJMN: San Jose: Roving group smashed through six storefronts in ATM burglaries, police say
- LADN: Littered rail tracks reopened following weekend train derailment in Lincoln Heights
- LAT $: Man charged with murder of nurse waiting for bus at L.A.’s Union Station
- OCReg: Police break up fracas at Orange County Republican meeting
- CalM: Newsom’s $50 million opioids education pledge comes as colleges warn of risks
- SacBee: CalPERS board president announces resignation after cancer diagnosis
- AP: Body cam footage released in 2018 California bar massacre
- SDUT: Leaders of San Diego’s most diverse areas say lingering police choppers create war zone atmosphere
- SDUT: Calif. will delete popular affirmation from ethnic studies after suit claims it’s an Aztec prayer
- LAT $: Granderson: Why aren’t Democrats making Election Day a state holiday?
- Reason: OSHA's Vaccine Mandate Illustrates the Perils of Reflexively Deferring to Government Experts
- OCReg: Dave Min’s purely partisan proposal to meddle with OC Board of Education elections
- LAT $: Editorial: California lawmakers must let the public participate by phone
- NR: The Pro-Life Movement Is Profoundly American
- CalM: California politicos now talking tough on crime
- The Left Politicized COVID From the Start
- SJMN: Editorial: Newsom’s big lie about California’s high-speed rail
- OCReg: California heads for single-payer havoc with CalCare
- CG: Sacramento DA Arrests Woman in $2.75 Million EDD Fraud Scheme
- SacBee: Why this UC Davis student wants to eliminate fees funding Aggie sports programs
- SacBee: UC Davis students rebel against fees for sports. As costs rise, should they bankroll athletics?
- SFC: Proposed Oakland business tax changes would hit larger companies harder
- SFC: Another major clothing retailer is closing on S.F.’s troubled Market Street
- FresBee: Effort to recall Livingston mayor, 3 council members falls short of required signatures
- CalCoast: San Luis Obispo City Council green lights large mixed-use development
- SJMN: Santa Cruz Harbor sees more than $6 million in tsunami damage
- VCStar $: Local university removes former Rep. Gallegly's replica office
- LADN: Hertzberg runs for redrawn seat, aiming for San Fernando Valley voice on Board of Supervisors
- LAT $: L.A. Unified agrees to $14.7-million settlement with sex abuse victims
- LADN: LA City Attorney announces plan to fight increasing gun violence
- LADN: Long Beach oil storage project to get environmental-impact assessment
- LADN: Mayor Garcetti nominates new LA fire chief who would become first woman to head the department
- VOC: New County Supervisor Voting Map Gives Stronger Voice to OC’s Latino Community
- OCReg: Man charged with attacking medical workers at Tustin vaccination site
- VOC: Parents Across Orange County Keep Tense Watch as School COVID Dashboards Soar
- PE: 2 Loma Linda City Council seats up for election in June
- VOSD: SDSU West Begins Affordable Housing Pursuit
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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