Sunday, January 3, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: The Truth About Polls
  • SFC: Ambulances wait for hours outside Santa Clara County emergency rooms as hospital crisis worsens
  • LADN: LA County tops 800,000 coronavirus cases as 1-month spread becomes worst period of pandemic
  • LAT $: New, possibly more contagious coronavirus strain detected in Big Bear
  • LAT $: In 2020 L.A. saw homicides surge, robberies and rapes drop
  • SFC: S.F. sees record overdose deaths, even as police seize millions of fentanyl doses
  • SFC: S.F. restaurant owners say rise in property crime is making dire situation worse
  • FresBee: Man dies as bullets pierce door of his Fresno motel room in city’s third homicide of 2021
  • CG: DA Chesa Boudin’s Deadly ‘Criminals First’ Policies
  • CG: San Francisco DA Blames ‘System’ for Parolee’s Hit-and-Run Killing 2 Pedestrians
  • SDUT: California small businesses to receive additional $500M in economic relief
  • SDUT: Ex-San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer signs petition to oust Newsom - The San Diego Union-Tribune
  • AP: California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages
  • LAT $: L.A. homeless sites ‘overwhelmed’ by COVID-19
  • SJMN: As Bay Area homeless camps grow, so does fire danger
  • FresBee: Trader Joe’s in north Fresno closes in wake of protests over mask mandate
  • PE: 43 employees at Kaiser medical center in San Jose test positive for COVID-19
  • SFC: 43 infected at Kaiser ER in San Jose; inflatable Christmas costume could be to blame
  • Why Porn Stars Like Me Are Terrified of VP Kamala Harris
  • FresBee: What’s a ‘ghost kitchen’? Fresno restaurants quietly launching new delivery-only brands
  • LAT $: Westminster voting site prompts concerns that other campaigns will follow suit
  • For decades, she's been the unsung hero of California's coast
  • SFC: Trump’s new citizenship test more difficult, tilts in a conservative direction
  • AP: Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US
  • LAT $: Financial crisis has Catholic schools struggling to serve low-income students
  • How D.C. and its teachers, with shifting plans and demands, failed to reopen schools
  • OCReg: The joy of throwing 2020 away
  • OCReg: Things we’re optimistic and pessimistic about as we begin 2021
  • SacBee: Time to hunker down: Northern California in for stormy days with winter storm watch looming
  • SJMN: SV Chat: Oakland activist pushes for educational equity during COVID-19
  • SFC: Where the Bay Area rent market stands at the outset of 2021
  • SFC: S.F.’s Embarcadero seawall is surprise beneficiary of Trump-signed spending bill
  • SJMN: A power shift, a pandemic and San Jose’s two new councilmembers
  • Coronavirus update, Jan. 3: High infection rate, 8 more deaths in Stanislaus County
  • Who will lead Modesto in pandemic and its aftermath? Voters have two choices
  • FresBee: New year, new mayor. Two elected leaders to take office in Fresno
  • CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County exceeds 11,000 confirmed coronavirus cases
  • CalCoast: SLO County set a record for deaths from drug overdoses in 2020
  • LADN: LAPD urged to arrest possible ‘Karen’ in viral New York hotel lobby video
  • LAT $: It’s ‘World War III,’ says L.A. County doctor beset by intensely sick COVID-19 patients
  • LAT $: Column One: ‘Justified’ or ‘despicable’? The twisted tale of an LAPD excessive force case
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: 4,406 new cases, 26 new deaths reported in Orange County on Jan. 2
  • PE: Corona-Norco pulls back on reopening elementary schools in near future
  • PE: More infectious coronavirus strain detected in San Bernardino County
  • SDUT: Short-term rentals, rising home prices, COVID-19 tests: San Diego business stories to watch in 2021
  • LAT $: San Diego’s hidden gambling problem: illicit casinos attract gangs, drugs, violence
  • SDUT: From wildfire readiness to aging services, East County Supervisors Dianne Jacob retires after 28 years
  • SDUT: San Diego protesters demanded racial justice and police reform in 2020. Did anything change?

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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