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Dear John,
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- Reason: I'm Not Sure We Know What We're Doing, Says a Newly Skeptical California Lockdown Advocate
- SacBee: After ‘numerous complaints,’ Nevada City approves $100 fine for failure to wear mask
- AP: California’s health order falling on many deaf ears
- VOSD: Why the State Closed Outdoor Dining
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Southern California’s available ICU beds drop to 7.7%
- SFC: Critical shortage of ICU beds, with Santa Clara County at 8% of capacity
- LADN: Coronavirus state tracker: California reported 198 new deaths, surpassed 12,000 hospitalizations as of Dec. 10
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported a record number of 12,819 new cases and 74 new deaths as of Dec. 10
- LAT $: Southern California is a main driver of state’s record COVID-19 deaths
- AP: California county urges hospitals to halt elective surgeries
- AP: Lawmakers: California jobless claims still a ‘black hole’
- WP: California leaders like Gavin Newsom are out of touch with voters.
- LAT $: A lawsuit alleges ‘unchecked groping’ and other sex abuse at O.C. homeless shelters
- CG: Reputation Repair: Gov. Gavin Newsom Hiring Lobbyist As Chief of Staff
- CapWkly: Newsom recall unlikely — but simmering
- CalM: Midway through plagued first term, Newsom’s career hits make-or-break point
- LAT $: Smith: Should California’s next U.S. senator be Black or Latino? Both if Feinstein quits
- SFC: Shasta, Tehama counties sue PGE, claim negligence led to Zogg Fire
- SDUT: A user’s guide to CA Notify, the state’s COVID-19 alert system for smartphones
- SFC: If Black-owned restaurants close, there could be a cultural exodus
- SFC: Sonoma wineries must shut down Saturday following new stay-at-home order
- FresBee: Dozens of Fresno-area businesses have closed since March. Who shut down because of COVID?
- AP: San Diego to fight ruling letting strip clubs stay open
- OCReg: More OC educators recommend returning to distance learning until COVID-19 spike passes
- VOC: Many Orange County Teacher Unions Come Together to Call For Full Return to Distance Learning
- SFC: S.F. takes first formal step to reopen public schools with more return dates in focus
- PE: Nurses, healthcare workers authorize possible strike at 3 area hospitals
- CG: New Assembly Bill Would Prioritize Food Sector Workers For COVID-19 Vaccinations
- SacBee: Gavin Newsom appoints former farmworker as his judicial appointments secretary
- CG: Proposed Bill Would Raise Police Officer Minimum Age To 25 or Require College
- CalM: Poor and diverse voters fuel California’s record ballots cast
- FresBee: Fresno council inks deal to keep MLB baseball connection with Grizzlies, despite concerns
- PE: Rep. Ken Calvert among House Republicans backing U.S. Supreme Court elections results challenge
- OCReg: Chapman professor draws attention, reprimand as Trump’s lawyer in Texas lawsuit
- SFC: Airbnb shares more than double in Wall Street debut
- CapWkly: Poll: Kids will be worse off than parents; rich-poor gap grows
- CalM: New data sheds light on parent debt burden for college students
- NR: The Disgraceful Hunter Biden Cover-Up
- NR: Hunter Biden Investigation: Overt and Primed for a Special Counsel
- Point of View: Leaders or hypocrites?
- AmerSpec: Partisan Pick for Pandemic Fight
- CG: California’s Public Health Doctors Are Violating Hippocratic Oath, ‘First, Do No Harm’
- SacBee: By making a lobbyist his top aide, Gov. Gavin Newsom raises troubling ethical questions
- WashTimes: George Gascon retreats from law enforcement
- FH: Poll Shows Support for Government Funded Economic Advancement Programs, But Not How to Pay for Them
- FH: Blue State, Red Tape — California is Shedding Residents and Businesses
- SacBee: Sacramento school district principals offer to slash their pay to help avoid budget cuts
- SacBee: ‘It’s D-Day.’ The first COVID vaccine doses could arrive in Sacramento on Monday
- SacBee: Inmate featured in Netflix show files excessive force lawsuit against Sacramento sheriff
- SFC: D.A. Chesa Boudin declines to file charges in two 2020 S.F. police shootings
- SFC: Family of Oscar Grant demands murder charges for second BART officer
- SFC: Levi Strauss could sublease a third of S.F. HQ, adding to office market slump
- Coronavirus update, Dec. 10: Stanislaus tops 25,000 cases. ICU capacity shrinks again
- FresBee: Fresno council to consider a revised gathering rule, official says. Here’s what’s new
- FresBee: Fresno targets backyard gatherings with city order as COVID surge strains hospitals
- CalCoast: Contractor alleges Pismo Beach city officials attempted to extort money
- SJMN: Family determined to keep fire-ravaged Santa Cruz Christmas tree farm going
- CalCoast: Atascadero gets a new police chief, from King City
- VCStar $: Los Robles nurses vote to authorize strike
- PE: Off-duty LA County deputy injured in San Jacinto shooting, Sheriff Villanueva says
- LAT $: L.A. County suspends some parking fines amid coronavirus spike, stay-at-home order
- LADN: LA City Council wants Pacoima’s Whiteman Airport to close
- LADN: Laid off concession workers stage protest at LAX
- OCReg: Some Orange County ambulances with patients are ‘waiting hours’ for ER beds
- VOC: Major Covid Outbreak Hits OC Jails; 74 Inmates Test Positive In Last Couple Days
- OCReg: Meet the new Westminster City Council; same (almost) as the old one
- OCReg: Orange County jail system experiencing COVID-19 outbreak
- PE: Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt accused of sexual harassment
- SBSun: San Bernardino councilman who lost reelection by 600 votes won’t seek recount
- SBSun: San Bernardino County breaks record for highest number of new cases in a day
- SDUT: Gloria sworn in as San Diego’s first mayor of color, first openly gay mayor
- SDUT: Campbell selected new San Diego council president in 5-4 vote over Montgomery Steppe
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FlashReport Editors
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