Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! New Year's Day: January 1, 2021 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California... The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...  THE HEADLINES: FresBee: Fresno orders fines up to $10,000 for big New Year’s Eve parties hours before they begin OCReg: Costa Mesa bar owner is 1st in O.C. to face criminal charge for flouting Covid limits SacBee: California spent millions on ventilators. Why they’re sitting unused during COVID surge San Francisco’s Lockdown and Quarantine Has Been Extended ‘Indefinitely’ SFC: Tahoe’s shutdown order expires; region will remain shut down for New Year’s SacBee: Sacramento region to remain under Gov. Newsom’s tightest COVID restrictions SFC: Gavin Newsom recall campaign draws big donors. Here are the top funders SDUT: Newsom’s friendship with lobbyist who threw French Laundry party brings questions AP: California passes 25,000 deaths, finds 3 more variant cases SDUT: San Diego County ends 2020 with largest single-day COVID-19 death total of the year SFC: COVID’s deadly toll: More Californians died in 2020 than ever before LAT $: Bodies pile up, patient care falters as COVID-19 devastates L.A. County hospitals LADN: Coronavirus ends year claiming 10,345 LA County lives, including 290 on New Year’s Eve AP: California ends year struggling to keep hospitals afloat SJMN: Lyft: Lawsuits claim poor driver screening leads to ‘sexual predators’ raping female passengers The US isnt an option anymore: why Californias immigrants are heading back to Mexico WP: How Brius, California’s largest nursing home chain, amassed millions as scrutiny mounted PE: New law expands California’s homestead equity protection to $600,000 SDUT: California’s new workplace laws: COVID-19 safety, family leave and more FresBee: Creek Fire is a $500 million-plus mystery. How investigators plan to solve the case SJMN: PGE bills are rising in January LAT $: LAX begins rapid coronavirus testing for travelers SacBee: California child care centers, workers to benefit from $1 billion in federal relief SacBee: Stimulus package will keep California limping along. But the economic chasm is deepening CG: Why does the U.S. Congress Have So Many Geriatric Members? UC Merced denounces professor’s anti-Semitic tweets. Petition calls for his firing CG: Who Are California’s Winners and Losers of 2020? NR: Annus Horribilis SFC: Former BART deputy chief named Emeryville police chief SFC: UC regents become S.F. Art Institute’s landlord after paying off its debt SJMN: The Bay Area’s sluggish vaccine rollout: Cautious optimism among grim news State allocates more COVID vaccine to Stanislaus County. Who will get the shots? State allocates more COVID vaccine to Stanislaus County. Who will get the shots? FresBee: Clovis Unified changes plan for many students’ return to classroom due to COVID VCStar $: Oxnard ordered to pay back $34M in utility fees VCStar $: COVID update: 1,582 new cases, 3 new deaths VCStar $: Protest filed over legality of oil petitions VCStar $: Los Robles nurses ratify three-year contract AP: Restoration plan for Los Angeles County wetlands advances LADN: As LA County COVID deaths mount, mortuaries backed up; hospitals diverting bodies to coroner Reason: L.A.'s Reformist D.A. Promised To Eliminate Hate Crime Enhancements—Until Progressive Activists Gave Him a Call OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 610 new cases, 1 new death as of Dec. 31 OCReg: Could Disneyland require proof of COVID-19 vaccination when it reopens? SBSun: San Bernardino County sees slight drop in coronavirus hospitalizations SBSun: Coronavirus cancels Riverside, San Bernardino counties’ homeless counts PE: Riverside County reports 34 more coronavirus deaths PE: Lake Elsinore opens first housing project for homeless PE: Federal bills save March Air Reserve Base jobs, fund Prado Dam study SDUT: San Diego launching analysis that could revive controversial polystyrene foam ban SDUT: San Diego’s firefighter EMTs and paramedics get vaccinated for COVID Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website ‌ FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!