Wednesday, February 9, 2022 |
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Dear John,
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- OCReg: Costs for California’s high-speed rail project climb another $5 billion
- FresBee: Merced-Bakersfield bullet train costs likely to balloon $1 billion over prior estimate
- LAT $: L.A. County still weeks away from lifting indoor mask mandate, Ferrer estimates
- VCStar $: County officials wrestle with lifting mask mandate
- CalCoast: California lifting indoor mask mandate, SLO County undecided
- SJMN: Santa Clara County won’t budge just yet on mask mandate, despite state’s announcement
- OCReg: What will change with California’s mask rules?
- SFC: Bay Area looks to regional approach when California mask mandate ends
- CG: Bill To Give Employees Additional Two Weeks COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Passes Legislature
- AP: California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases
- SacBee: Are your co-workers vaccinated? Search California state worker rates by department
- SacBee: California Assembly Republicans have a new leader: ‘I plan to build on her legacy.’
- BakCal: California Republicans elect new leader in state Assembly
- CalM: Is this another way to end California’s death penalty?
- SFC: This county has ousted a Republican from power — for not being conservative enough
- CG: Republican State Senator Brian Dahle Announces He Will Run For Governor
- SacBee: Republican challenging Gavin Newsom faces an uphill battle and a $25 million war chest
- LAT $: Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle to challenge Newsom for California governor
- Northern California GOP senator launches longshot bid for governor
- SLTrib: First court hearing on SLO County redistricting map is Wednesday — here’s what to expect
- SBSun: Will redistricting help Black, Latino candidates win Inland elections?
- VCStar $: Moorpark tweaks council districts amid redistricting
- SFC: California bill aims to outlaw controversial seabed mining in state waters
- SJMN: Bay Area home prices soared at record clip in 2021
- LAT $: Karen Bass wants more hiring at the LAPD, saying L.A. residents ‘don’t feel safe’
- LADN: Union Pacific, LA County DA provide updates on cargo theft prevention
- SJMN: Oakland Unified school board votes to close, merge or shrink 11 schools in the next two years
- SFC: Oakland narrowly approves controversial school closure plan
- PE: More record heat for Southern California this week? It’s possible
- AP: Red flags trailed ex-UCLA lecturer across elite universities
- AP: UCLA settles gynecologist sex abuse suit for $243.6 million
- LAT $: Omicron hobbles California’s new Medicaid prescription system
- LAT $: D.A. Gascón and police chiefs call on credit card companies to halt ‘ghost gun’ payments
- CG: Sacramento Mayor Proposes Guaranteed Basic Income for Artists
- NR: For Joe Rogan’s Would-Be Cancelers, the Censorship Is Beside the Point
- NR: How to End Political Litmus Tests in Education
- FresBee: A state audit of Joseph Castro’s handling of Fresno State harassment complaints? Good idea
- NR: Be Careful of Whiplash When Watching Democratic Governors’ School Masking Policies
- Reason: The Federal Government's Pandemic Jobs Program Was a Resounding Failure
- Reason: The Potential Biden SCOTUS Pick Who Is No Friend to Criminal Justice Reform
- NR: Aluminum and Inflation (and Ukraine)
- SacBee: Sacramento County essential workers to get COVID bonuses. Here’s who, and how much
- SacBee: Kaiser Permanente files plans for $298 million expansion at its Roseville Medical Center
- SacBee: Unvaccinated inmate with COVID-19 dies while in custody at Sacramento County jail
- SFC: D.A. Boudin strikes back at SFPD chief, denying prosecutors violated agreement covering police...
- Dozens to be evicted in messy battle over illegal East Bay RV park
- SJMN: Office construction booms in Silicon Valley
- SJMN: Massive San Jose airport homeless camp could become dog park, disc golf course
- FresBee: Abortion item removed from city council agenda. Fresno leaders fight about it anyway
- LAT $: Downtown business leader Jessica Lall drops out of L.A. mayor’s race
- LAT $: Football came to Inglewood. Home prices and rents jumped
- LAT $: Judge tosses case against three LAPD officers charged in gang labeling scandal
- OCReg: Recall still possible in Westminster; partially over in Huntington Beach
- OCReg: Man tased by OC deputies after calling 911 to complain about them gets $500,000
- PE: Riverside moves July 4th fireworks from Mount Rubidoux to downtown-area park
- SDUT: San Diego OKs large package of housing incentives, including accessory units
- SDUT: County may help San Diego-area seniors at risk of homelessness with $300 for rent
- VOSD: City Resuming Homeless Shelter Intakes
- SDUT: Supervisors approve plan for picking San Diego County’s interim sheriff
- SDUT: In wake of devastating audit, San Diego justice advocates seek race data on 185 jail deaths
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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