Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • ModBee: Race, gender would factor in promotions for California state workers under proposed law
  • SDUT: San Diego County to weigh new approach to COVID-19 with focus on equity
  • AP: California may have paid out-of-state inmates job benefits
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County DA vows to clamp down on inmate EDD fraud
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Announced $4 Billion Coronavirus Spending Plan – Including Electric Cars?
  • AP: California governor plans $4 billion for economic recovery
  • SFC: Newsom to seek multibillion-dollar aid package for state businesses
  • CG: Kamala Plagiarizes MLK Anecdote in October Elle Mag Interview
  • FOX: Kamala Harris has long history of using 'Fweedom' anecdote allegedly plagiarized from MLK
  • Vice President- Elect Kamala Harris accused of plagiarizing "Fweedom" story from MLK
  • SFC: More Bay Area restaurants are protesting to bring back outdoor dining
  • VCStar $: Rob McCoy, Newbury Park church win round in court
  • LADN: LA County ambulances directed not to transport patients with little chance of survival
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: Here’s each county’s vaccination total, tier level and ICU region capacity on Jan. 5
  • CalM: COVID dangers intensify: California now in ‘deep dark part of the tunnel,’ top health official says
  • AP: California orders surgery delays as virus swamps hospitals
  • AP: California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out
  • SFC: State orders hospitals with available capacity to accept transfer patients
  • SacBee: This Orange County investor is the man backing Newsom recall effort with his money
  • PE: Coronavirus tracker: California reports all-time high of 70,453 new cases and 379 new deaths on Monday as weekend stats are caught up
  • LAT $: No healthcare credentials, no problem: L.A. officials let dozens get COVID-19 vaccine early
  • SJMN: San Jose Kaiser COVID outbreak tied to Christmas costume grows to 60 cases
  • SFC: Airbnb rolls out new requirement for Calif. bookings during pandemic
  • VOSD: Center Serving Domestic Violence Victims Remains Closed, Angering Advocates
  • CG: Recall Movement Against San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Grows
  • CG: DA Chesa Boudin Files Complaint Against NYE Hit-and-Run Parolee but Leaves Off Strikes
  • AP: In first, Black men lead two California public safety panels
  • CG: Senator Borgeas Wants to ‘Keep California Working’
  • LADN: LA County extends eviction moratorium through Feb. 28
  • KQED: 'Slammed': Many California Casinos Are Still Open, and Some Workers Are Worried
  • Reason: Congress Targets Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google for Being Popular
  • OCReg: To object or not to object? Here’s where some local GOP House members stand on Electoral College vote
  • SDUT: San Diego federal judicial vacancies up in air as Biden inauguration nears
  • CapWkly: Battered, California GOP struggles to maintain toehold
  • An Administration Of Plagiarists
  • CalM: Court upbraids Jerry Brown on ballot measure
  • CalM: Employment Development Department another name for titanic disaster
  • OCReg: Water markets critical to managing scarcity
  • CG: Big Tech Censorship Suppresses the Reopen California Movement
  • SacBee: Here’s why Sacramento’s COVID vaccine rollout has been so slow
  • SFC: S.F. schools renaming process blasted by advocacy group
  • SFC: S.F. business owner, accessibility advocate to help oversee Muni
  • SFC: These charts show just how extreme the rent declines in S.F. were in 2020
  • SFC: Richmond sued over plan to develop site laden with pollutants
  • SJMN: ‘A tough environment’: San Jose extends key deadline in search for new police chief
  • SJMN: San Jose will rename this street as Barack Obama Boulevard
  • SJMN: Former student sues private San Jose school, alleging coach’s unimpeded sexual abuse
  • FresBee: Right now, Fresno needs a firm hand at the wheel. Have at it, Mayor Jerry Dyer
  • Man shot by officer outside Modesto church was not armed, police say. Video released
  • FresBee: Tower Theatre will still host events, per sale terms. Rezone needed, Fresno councilman says
  • FresBee: Dyer outlines his goals on first day as new Fresno mayor
  • Homicides in Modesto were down in 2020 before tripling. How it compared to previous years
  • FresBee: Fresno County COVID-19 hospitalizations hit all-time high, health officials report
  • VCStar $: COVID surge shoves hospitals closer to crisis care
  • LADN: LAPD officers reject $10 million union plan for elections, fighting possible layoffs
  • LAT $: L.A. County hospitals are losing the battle against COVID-19 surge as problems multiply
  • LAT $: L.A. County could mandate ‘hero pay’ for some grocery, drugstore workers
  • OCReg: Orange County is on a coronavirus case rate record-breaking streak
  • VOC: Federal Judge Grants Temporary Win to Charter Jet Service Suing OC Over New John Wayne Airport Restrictions
  • VOC: When Will More Coronavirus Vaccines be Distributed in Orange County?
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County’s 10,048 coronavirus cases sets one-day record
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County offers health care workers more pay amid pandemic
  • SBSun: Ex-president of Colton-based union sentenced to 12 years in federal prison
  • PE: New Riverside County dashboard tracks coronavirus vaccine rollout
  • SDUT: Dozens more cases of highly contagious COVID-19 variant identified in San Diego County
  • SDUT: San Diego charity Faulconer created to support mayor's office will dissolve
  • SDUT: Judge rules Prop. B illegal in lawsuit seeking to invalidate 2012 pension-cut measure

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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