Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, January 29, 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: IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers AP: Leader of California unemployment benefits agency steps down SFC: Newsom appoints new EDD director, agency’s third in 13 months SFC: Man charged with fraudulently receiving $1M in COVID jobless benefits CalM: California EDD besieged with more fraud attempts CalM: The omicron effect: What happens when city halls and state agencies close their doors? CalM: Omicron slammed California’s workforce. Was there another way? LAT $: DWP debacle might hound Feuer in L.A. mayoral race LADN: Ex-lawyer for LA DWP pleads guilty in probe of botched billing system OCReg: Orange County Board of Education voting map nixed by county committee LAT $: California Politics: Big bucks for ballot measure signatures SFC: Why are so many San Franciscans moving to Montana? SDUT: San Diego first responders, others sue city over vaccine mandate Reason: This L.A. School Called the Cops on Unvaccinated Teens SacBee: ‘You should be voted out of office.’ Elon Musk tweets about California elected official AP: In blow to telecoms, California’s net neutrality law upheld LAT $: Questions about lack of diversity and racial bias roil major California water supplier LAT $: California’s Leondra Kruger emerges as contender for U.S. Supreme Court CG: Bacon Just Received Temporary Judicial Clemency in California LAT $: In an abandoned Koreatown building, homeless Angelenos create a community LAT $: Buscaino: Dock L.A. leaders’ salaries if sufficient progress isn’t made on homelessness LADN: Will worker shortage disrupt California homeless strategy? AP: Queen Mary ship closed to tourists to get ‘critical repairs’ AP: Report: CHP justified in killing homeless man armed with gun LAT $: Gary K. Hart, charter school architect and former California education secretary, dies at 78 AP: Medical imaging company CEO sentenced for medical fraud SFC: Newsom, local leaders could make or break infrastructure bill SJMN: Federal judge bucks prosecutors, jails CA man who mailed 75 racist death threats to anti-Trump politicians AP: Prosecutors: Felon fired BB gun at Planned Parenthood clinic NR: Media Attack Investigative Reporter for Investigating and Reporting on CAIR Reason: Why Can;t the CDC Admit There Is No Solid Evidence To Support Universal Masking in Schools? Will We Ever Eradicate Cancer of Identity Politics? Reason: Georgetown Should Not Fire Ilya Shapiro for a Bad Tweet SDUT: Chris Reed: Promoting voting is a noble cause. Preventing sedition is an urgent one. FresBee: Commentary: Columnist says California should abolish parenthood in the name of equity SFC: North Tahoe communities putting new limits on Airbnb homes, vacation rentals SacBee: Oak Park senior’s home demolished in deal Sacramento brokered. It could have been worse SFC: Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga answer questions about their records SJMN: Opinion: East Bay well-positioned for the next era of manufacturing SFC: Oakland poised to close more than a dozen schools this year SJMN: This Bay Area city is poised to end a decades-old billboard ban despite widespread objection FresBee: Fresno teachers get pay boost for extra duties as schools struggle with staff shortages FresBee: Fresno County passes 200K COVID cases since pandemic’s start, as hospitals remain stressed FresBee: Could a southeast Fresno soccer park become a reality? City leaders take big step CalCoast: Morro Bay City Council adopts resolution supporting reproductive rights CalCoast: SLO County COVID hospitalizations at all time high, 9 new deaths LAT $: How much money will the Super Bowl bring to L.A.? LADN: LA County: Death toll tops 100, but daily cases continue to slow down LAT $: L.A. County Registrar OKs recall petition for George Gascón - Los Angeles Times LAT $: Slammed by double whammy, UCLA posts record $62.5 million in athletic department debt OCReg: How much do your local OC city council members make? OCReg: Anaheim Elementary district put $16 million in state funding toward expanding learning OCReg: Tito Ortiz, planning to leave Huntington Beach for Florida, holds estate sale SBSun: San Bernardino County in-person services, cut by omicron surge, stay on hold OCReg: Legislators and law enforcement sound fentanyl alarm in San Bernardino SBSun: Inland Empire 3rd in nation for warehouse leases of 1 million square feet or more VOSD: Politics Report: Is a 101 Ash Settlement Imminent? SDUT: Nearly $200 million in federal relief money given to San Diego arts, entertainment and tourism groups SDUT: Reward offered to help solve suspected arson at home of political leaders Fletcher, Gonzalez Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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