Wednesday, December 30, 2020 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- FRBlog: Why Not “Warp Speed” for Housing?
- FRBlog: A Feel Good Story to End a Challenging Year
- CalM: California worked with social companies to remove election misinformation
- OCReg: Stay-at-home order extended for Southern California
- SDUT: Stay-at-home order for much of California extended amid COVID-19 overload at hospitals
- SFC: Data shows California’s coronavirus surge is worst in nation
- LADN: Southern California is epicenter of debate over religious freedom during coronavirus pandemic
- COVID-19 'super-spreader' event feared in L.A. as Christian singer defies health order for concerts
- CapWkly: Construction, politics, secrecy clash in Capitol project
- SJMN: How can California have 0% ICU capacity and 1,300 available ICU beds?
- AP: Virus surge swamping hospitals prompts indefinite lockdown
- Coronavirus update, Dec. 30: Ten more deaths bring Stanislaus near 600. ICU’s tight
- SJMN: Coronavirus: How week between Christmas and New Year’s could create ‘exposure upon exposure’
- SacBee: As California COVID cases spike, tribal casinos still plan New Year’s Eve parties
- SDUT: San Diego continues to tout greenhouse-gas reductions that never happened
- OCReg: Rose Bowl move adds spice to California-Texas tug-of-war
- CG: California Legislative Counsel Legal Opinion Disputes Constitutionality of Alex Padilla Appointment Without Election
- CG: The Missing Info From Gov. Newsom’s Daily Press Briefings
- CG: Gov. Newsom Recall Campaign Gets Major Funding Boost in December
- SFC: Former Newsom aide pleads not guilty in domestic violence case
- LAT $: Facing a spike in Fs, winter break isn’t a vacation for many teachers and students
- SFC: Dismal California snowpack is bad sign for water supplies
- AP: New California laws address virus, fires, law enforcement
- FresBee: Five new California laws that go into effect in 2021
- AP: California sues seafood companies over alleged lead, cadmium
- AP: With deadline looming, group wants more census documents
- SacBee: Want health insurance Jan. 1? Extension lets you sign up through Wednesday in California
- LAT $: L.A. activist Marc Ching and his foundation exaggerated tales of animal abuse, vets and rescuers say
- OCReg: How should the speech of young people be policed?
- NR: Will the Hyde Amendment Survive the Biden Presidency?
- CG: The Coalition That Will Realign California
- Reason: This California City Will Let the Neighbors Sue You for Vaping on Your Own Balcony
- SFC: Vacaville police investigate officer caught on video punching K9 partner
- SFC: ‘Defund the police’ is more than a protest cry for these Oakland youths
- CG: San Francisco Housing Advocates Protest Scaling Back Homeless Sheltering Program
- SJMN: New year brings new toll-collection system to Bay Area bridges
- FresBee: Fresno, Merced and Valley stay-at-home order extended, as COVID-19 surge continues
- Update: Coronavirus stay-home order extended for Stanislaus County and Valley region
- FresBee: Crisis care and military help in Fresno. ‘Things are going to get worse before they get better.’
- FresBee: Fight leads to a stabbing between two homeless men in central Fresno, police say
- CalCoast: SLO County found nothing wrong, now forced to investigate
- VCStar $: Santa Paula's next police chief? Stay tunedSanta Paula
- VCStar $: State's stay-at-home order extended in Ventura County
- VCStar $: Unity Conejo advocates for inclusive schools in CVUSD
- LADN: Prosecutors’ association plans to fight DA Gascon’s new directives
- LAT $: ‘He’s dying, aren’t you going to help him?’ Hospitals serving poor, nonwhite L.A. hit hardest by COVID-19
- LADN: With hospitals on cusp of ‘crisis care,’ LA County reports 227 coronavirus deaths in one day
- LADN: Crime in L.A. looked far different during pandemic, LAPD stats show
- VOC: Orange County Stays Under State Shutdown Orders Given Snowballing Coronavirus Trends
- OCReg: Fullerton Councilman Ahmad Zahra charged with battery, vandalism
- OCReg: Couple continues fight for illegal Laguna Beach seawall
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County surpassed 2 million tests for virus, reported 2,452 new cases as of Dec. 29
- OCReg: Orange County’s streetcar boondoggle
- VOC: High Unemployment Rates in Orange County Slowly Dropping: 2020’s Economic Collapse in Review
- PE: Riverside County hospitals ‘in crisis’ due to coronavirus surge
- PE: Riverside County coronavirus ICU admissions up 151% in a month
- PE: 73 coronavirus deaths new one-day record in Riverside County
- SBSun: 1 in 4 are testing positive for coronavirus in San Bernardino County
- SDUT: San Diego tightening living wage law to eliminate confusion, avoid contractor lawsuits
- SDUT: Inspection of Otay Mesa Detention Center finds deficiencies, including medical care
- VOSD: Get Ready for Redistricting Via Zoom
- SDUT: Gloria to propose 5-month extension of franchise agreement with SDGE
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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