Thursday, November 26, 2020
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: California faces worrying Thanksgiving as coronavirus surges
  • NR: On Being Grateful
  • LAT $: LAUSD aims to give out 1.5 million meals, food to last through Thanksgiving weekend
  • LADN: The pandemic Thanksgiving: Gratitude, hope endure amid a thankless year in Southern California
  • CG: LA Mayor Garcetti Urges Residents to Cancel All Non-Essential Travel For Thanksgiving Weekend
  • CG: Gov. Newsom’s Thanksgiving 2020: Stay Home, No Singing, No Shouting, No Music, No Parties
  • AP: California records new high in coronavirus cases
  • LAT $: Hospitalizations rise in L.A. County as Thanksgiving brings new dangers
  • SBSun: As Inland coronavirus hospitalizations approach records, hospitals prepare for worse
  • AP: California Assembly to meet in NBA arena for new session
  • CG: Assembly to Move to Golden 1 Arena For Dec. 7th Legislative Session
  • OCReg: OC Registrar completes count of Nov. 3 ballots, one final vote decided one race
  • PE: Silva leads Goodland in Jurupa Valley City Council race by 279 votes
  • SacBee: Retail workers, low-wage heroes of the pandemic, brace for Black Friday crowds during COVID-19 surge
  • AP: Some California counties winding down hotels for homeless
  • SJMN: Homeless Oaklanders get $2,500 cash to vacate private property
  • FresBee: Fresno homeless people go viral. And it’s because of this Tower District gas station
  • LADN: LA says ‘unaccompanied’ homeless women need services and resources geared to them
  • LAT $: For a learning pod of homeless students, school days unfold in a motel carport
  • LAT $: Power could be cut to 76,000 in Southern California on Thanksgiving due to fire risk
  • CalM: As pandemic aid ends, California families face brutal new year
  • SFC: How Biden administration could upend Prop. 22 and make Uber, Lyft drivers employees
  • SFC: S.F. renters gain rare leverage in pandemic, with vacancies way up and prices way down
  • CalM: California lawmakers demand unemployment answers from Bank of America CEO
  • SBSun: In-person classes could return to University of Redlands this winter
  • OCReg: Concordia University president finds lessons after false alarm on COVID-19 outbreak
  • SacBee: Are California prison guards covering up misconduct? Lawmaker wants an investigation
  • SJMN: $6,000 a week: Demand for nurses amid COVID surge has hospitals bracing for staffing shortages
  • AP: Guard kills California prisoner during stabbing attack
  • FresBee: These forms put jobless Californians at risk of identity theft. It will take months to fix them
  • SFC: Challenges to new California power plants now allowed in Superior Court
  • NR: Thanksgiving Is Not a Lie
  • Reason: Glenn Greenwald: Nothing Trump Did Compares to the 'Moral Evil' of Bush's and Obama's Wars
  • LAT $: Skelton: Newsom and legislators got a surprise windfall. They should resist the urge to spend
  • OCReg: Repeal what’s left of job-killing Assembly Bill 5
  • SFC: New S.F. supervisors, both immigrant women, add jolt of diversity to board
  • KQED: San Francisco Likely to Enter Most Restrictive COVID-19 Tier Within Days, Health Officials Warn | KQED
  • SFC: BART, unions reach accord over labor contracts, but layoffs still possible
  • KQED: Mountain View Voters Passed Measure C. Now What Happens to RV Dwellers? | KQED
  • SJMN: Appeal to oust Santa Clara Co. DA from gun-permit corruption trial moves along
  • SJMN: San Jose church stabbing: Police chief, mayor lament ‘preventable’ tragedy
  • SJMN: Theranos founder Holmes’ lawyers claim profane chants in company meetings are ‘normal’
  • County posts final results in tight races for Modesto council, college board, bonds
  • SJMN: Nearly 60 test positive for COVID-19 in Capitola skilled nursing facility
  • VCStar $: L.A. ban won't stop outdoor dining in Ventura County
  • LAT $: 1 in 145 L.A. County residents can infect others with COVID-19
  • LADN: As 4,311 more coronavirus cases are reported, L.A. County officials get earful on restaurant closures
  • LADN: Lancaster mayor says some L.A. County cities will consider their own public health department
  • OCReg: 5 years after benchmark study, what’s changed for OC veterans?
  • VOC: Orange County’s Coronavirus Positivity Rates Keep Increasing in Working Class Neighborhoods
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 1,199 new cases and 3 new deaths as of Nov. 25
  • OCReg: New COVID-19 dashboard shows few cases at Orange County schools
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus hospitalizations rise 22% in 3 days
  • PE: Riverside County election workers test positive for coronavirus
  • PE: Riverside County reports 17 coronavirus deaths
  • VOSD: Morning Report: Council Prez Race Reviving Some 2018 Tensions
  • SDUT: Anderson is set to become District 2 County Supervisor as count nears end
  • SDUT: Coronavirus testing demand up ahead of holidays as San Diego cases continue to rise
  • SDUT: County approves $20 million for hurting businesses as COVID hospitalizations rise

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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