Saturday, November 14, 2020
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: California governor went to party, violated own virus rules
  • SFC: Newsom attended party with more households than California advises
  • SacBee: Gavin Newsom’s hypocritical French Laundry fiasco harms California’s COVID-19 efforts
  • Gavin Newsom catches heat for attending birthday party as he urges COVID-19 restrictions
  • Sacramento Bee blasts CA Gov. Gavin Newsom for 'hypocritical fiasco' after attending party during COVID
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Breaks State COVID-19 Guidelines For a Birthday Party in Napa County
  • LADN: Judge to allow witnesses in COVID contempt hearing against Grace Community Church
  • SDUT: California issues travel advisory ahead of holidays as COVID-19 surges
  • AP: West Coast governors urge COVID quarantine after travel
  • CG: California Issues 14 Day Quarantine Travel Advisory For Non-Essential Travelers
  • SacBee: Sacramento County may fine bars, gyms that violate COVID-19 restrictions
  • SJMN: Coronavirus: Much of Bay Area moves to shut down indoor dining amid spiking cases
  • SDUT: Restaurants, gyms sue San Diego County and state, seeking injunction to halt shutdown
  • AP: GOP captures second Democratic US House seat in California
  • CG: Young Kim Flips Second OC House District, Defeats Rep. Cisneros
  • OCReg: Republican challenger Young Kim unseats Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros in 39th District
  • LADN: Garcia’s lead narrows in nip-and-tuck race for 25th Congressional District seat
  • FresBee: Cox cuts Valadao’s lead in Fresno-area race. Why Republicans remain confident in outcome
  • SacBee: Housekeepers in CA still struggle to find work amid COVID-19
  • SFC: How L.A. has aligned with S.F. and Bay Area in progressive voting
  • SJMN: Donald Trump just broke California’s record for most Republican votes
  • LAT $: Supreme Court agrees to hear California grower’s challenge to state farm labor law
  • SJMN: San Jose: Police release surveillance images in brutal attack on grocery worker
  • Modesto Police investigating fatal shooting near elementary school
  • FresBee: Police say crackdown on gang shootings is slowing cycle of violence in Fresno. Here’s how
  • PE: With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person education
  • FresBee: Coronavirus updates: California ‘absolutely’ in a surge, top health official says
  • CG: Dubious Reports of California’s ‘Sudden Surge’ in COVID-19 Patients
  • AP: Scott Peterson to stay at San Quentin as judge mulls retrial
  • AP: California inmate admits to 1981 killing, will be released
  • AP: Census case that led to head count halt heads back to court
  • SJMN: Lori Loughlin’s Dublin prison faces ‘dangerous’ COVID-19 outbreak
  • Ignoring Mega-Flood Risk — Like California Did With Wildfire Prevention — May Spell Disaster
  • SacBee: A Black woman should fill Kamala Harris’ Senate seat, California caucus says
  • SFC: How LGBTQ climate activist, age 21, toppled South S.F. incumbent
  • LAT $: Newsom says he should have skipped outdoor dinner with other households as cases soar
  • SJMN: Coronavirus: Newsom issues mea culpa on attending lavish multi-household dinner
  • Reason: Justice Samuel Alito Highlights the Legal Issues Raised by 'Previously Unimaginable' COVID-19 Restrictions
  • OCReg: Voters wisely opted for a divided national government
  • Reason: California Voters Rebuked Their Governor, Legislators at the Ballot Box
  • FH: California Voters Approve Billions in Local Taxes and Borrowing
  • OCReg: California can learn from Colorado on protecting homes from wildfire risks
  • FH: If You “Take Out California”
  • FH: Picking Senator Harris’ Replacement After Proposition 16’s Defeat
  • SacBee: UC Davis expands COVID-19 tests for students and staff without coronavirus symptoms
  • LAT $: Oakland ballots not counted after voters wrongly told they were receipts, civil rights groups say
  • Reason: San Francisco Considers $1,000 Fines for People Smoking Tobacco or Cannabis in Their Apartments
  • SFC: Golden Gate Bridge district to lay off workers instead of raising tolls amid budget crisis
  • SFC: Bay Area Trump voters, like the president, cling to claims of voter fraud as hope dwindles
  • SJMN: Warriors submit ambitious coronavirus testing plan to allow fans into Chase Center next season
  • SFC: S.F. DA Chesa Boudin says department is understaffed, overwhelmed
  • SFC: More Bay Area counties rollback openings
  • SFC: Hundreds of PG&E customers without power in Bay Area
  • FresBee: Fresno County COVID-19 daily case average tops 200. Prisons drive Kings County surge
  • County updates results in close races for Modesto, Patterson councils, school bonds
  • CalCoast: Coronavirus cases climbing at Atascadero State Hospital
  • CalCoast: Cuesta College trustee refuses to step down
  • VCStar $: COVID-19 update: 265 new cases on Friday
  • VCStar $: Board raises standards for county oil permits
  • VCStar $: County public health officer gets 12.5% increasenews
  • FH: Maybe the San Fernando Valley Will Get Some Offices
  • LADN: LAUSD reaches agreement with administrators group on hybrid learning
  • LADN: L.A. County’s surge endures: 2,481 new coronavirus infections, 28 deaths
  • LADN: Of the San Fernando Valley’s 52 homicides in 2019, only Michael Kelly’s remains unsolved
  • OCReg: How did your neighborhood vote? Ballot data for Orange County reveals curious shifts, splits
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: 598 new cases, two new deaths reported in Orange County on Nov. 13
  • OCReg: OC jail phone vendor again records confidential calls between inmates and their attorneys
  • SBSun: San Bernardino school district could set date to resume some in-person learning
  • PE: Riverside, San Bernardino counties plead for people to get tested for coronavirus
  • SDUT: A few San Diego area races remained close Friday as more ballots are counted
  • SDUT: Scripps Research and UCSD win $2.5M CDC contract to track COVID-19 spread across San Diego

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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