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Dear John,
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- Axios: How a suspected Chinese spy gained access to California politics
- Suspected Chinese spy slept with, courted US politicians: report
- Report: Alleged Chinese spy got so close to Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell that federal investigators had to step in
- A suspected Chinese spy slept with at least 2 mayors and got close to Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell
- Tucker Carlson: Why is Eric Swalwell still on House Intel Committee after Chinese spy revelations?
- SacBee: Trial date set for Chinese UC Davis researcher despite courts’ actions to combat COVID
- AP: 5 lawmakers dine outside at restaurant despite virus surge
- SacBee: These California lawmakers distanced for work. Then they shared dinner at a Sacramento restaurant
- Judge sides with restaurants over outdoor dining ban, says LA County 'acted arbitrarily'
- CG: San Diego Church Wins Precedence Setting Religious Rights Case
- Reason: Southern California Sheriffs Rebel Over Gavin Newsom's New Stay-at-Home Order
- OCReg: OC sheriff says honor system, not handcuffs, must be deployed during state’s stay-at-home edict
- CalCoast: SLO County sheriff and DA against criminalizing people violating coronavirus orders
- LAT $: Sheriff’s officials knew about a massive house party in Palmdale. Why didn’t they stop it?
- LAT $: California’s tax windfall is $15.5 billion, Newsom tells tech industry group
- LAT $: Facing a huge budget gap, L.A. takes a first step toward cutting hundreds of city jobs
- CG: AB 71 – $2.4 Billion Tax Hike to Create a “Statewide Homelessness Solutions Program?
- SFC: Homeless woman known for wandering into traffic is dead. Why couldn't S.F. save her?
- CG: Statewide Universal Basic Income Introduced in Assembly
- SFC: Vaccines are coming soon. Here’s what Bay Area residents should know
- LAT $: L.A. County could get 84,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by next week - Los Angeles Times
- AP: A new face to the GOP: Diverse candidates win in California
- California just sent out its largest ever wireless alert, telling these residents to stay home
- SDUT: ICU beds could be filled by next week, county told, as record number of deaths recorded
- LADN: L.A. County totals 8,000 deaths as wave of patients still cresting
- LAT $: Some ICUs at California hospitals are completely full: ‘It is the worst we have seen’
- LAT $: ‘Thanksgiving bump’ sends California to record 35,400 coronavirus daily cases, 219 deaths
- OCReg: Coronavirus state tracker: California reports all-time high of 34,136 new cases in a day and surpasses 20,000 deaths as of Dec. 8
- AP: California warns of rising virus cases, broad transmission
- OCReg: Tesla’s Elon Musk follows 687,626 Californians who moved to Texas
- FH: Hewlett Packard packs up — Will California ever get fed up with losing to Texas?
- LAT $: Elon Musk moves to Texas, criticizes California
- AP: Tesla seeks to sell $5B in stock; CEO Musk moves to Texas
- Ex-NFL Pro Bowler Selling $5 Mil Cherry Farm And Leaving CA Over COVID Protocols
- AP: California jobless fraud likely tops $2 billion, bank says
- LAT $: End-of-life care has boomed in California. So has fraud targeting older Americans
- SFC: Cal closes residence halls, urges students to heed stay-at-home orders
- SDUT: SDSU will delay start of in-person classes during spring semester due to COVID-19
- CalM: Real estate prices soar during pandemic, climbing 25% in parts of California
- CG: AB 20: California’s Proposed Clean Money Act
- CalM: Legislators increase pressure to open schools as most stay closed this fall
- SacBee: Is Xavier Becerra ‘radical’? Republicans criticize Biden nominee’s record
- LAT $: Gascón drops charges against protestor accused of train-wrecking attempt
- Reason: California Voters Declined To End Cash Bail. L.A.'s New District Attorney Says He'll Do It Anyway.
- SacBee: California’s next attorney general? Gavin Newsom could face another tough choice
- Margaret Hunter Seeks to Divorce Ex-Congressman Husband Duncan D. Hunter
- CalM: California is No. 1 — in rough highways
- California: Failed State (Full Special)
- FH: Earth to Palmdale
- NR: Our Brave New Biden World
- FH: A Perspective on Police Reform
- OCReg: Becerra is a risky choice to oversee federal health bureaucracy
- SacBee: Sacramento County shelves controversial proposal to fine businesses for COVID-19 violations
- SacBee: See the protest before Sacramento County shelves COVID-19 fines
- SFC: S.F. reverses course on tobacco smoking ban inside apartment buildings
- SFC: S.F. school district revamps assignment process to boost diversity
- SFC: Vallejo police to investigate email sent to Chronicle columnist by officers’ union
- SFC: Why Marin is the Bay Area’s most segregated county
- SFC: Was cocaine found in ex-SFPUC chief’s home? Judge orders drug testing
- SJMN: Court rules San Jose church in contempt for defying COVID-19 safety orders
- FresBee: ‘Dire’ situation: Fresno County ICU capacity now at 0%, with COVID-19 cases growing
- FresBee: Who is Fresno’s first Hispanic police chief? What you need to know about Paco Balderrama
- FresBee: ‘It needs a lot more time.’ Fresno council doesn’t vote on proposed COVID gathering law
- FresBee: Coronavirus cases surpass 41,000 in Fresno County. Tulare County surges by over 800
- Did Modesto Council violate the law in its meeting to discipline city clerk?
- Perkin Fire in Ventura County holding at 50 acres
- VCStar $: County aims to end lockdown early, exit SoCal region
- LADN: Casting report aside, L.A. will pursue purchase of Chinatown apartment complex
- LAT $: L.A. police killings: Tracking D.A. decisions since 2004
- LADN: Residents offer divided opinions in survey of their trust of LAPD
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County surpassed grim milestones – 8,000 deaths and 3,000 hospitalizations as of Dec. 8
- LADN: LAUSD board chooses district’s permanent police chief
- OCReg: Orange County’s coronavirus case rate has never been worse
- OCReg: After one night on the job, Tito Ortiz is mayor pro tem of Huntington Beach
- VOC: Will Coronavirus Patients Push Orange County Hospitals to the Edge?
- OCReg: Supporters, critics agree: Santa Ana is different because of Miguel Pulido
- OCReg: Coronavirus vaccines are near; first batch for Orange County expected next week
- SBSun: Down 600 votes, San Bernardino councilman who lost reelection requests recount
- PE: Patricia Lock Dawson sworn in as Riverside’s 18th mayor
- PE: Riverside County surpasses 100,000 total coronavirus cases as one-day case records continue
- SDUT: California wildlife officials reject proposal to put housing on San Diego ecological reserve
- SDUT: San Diego approves $450K for once-a-decade redistricting panel
- SDUT: Santa Ysabel Nature Center, Bonita Civic Complex to be renamed in honor of longtime county supervisors
- SDUT: San Diego signs contract with new ambulance provider, a key step toward making switch
- VOSD: The Faulconer Doctrine Offers Homeless San Diegans a Choice: Services or Police
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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