Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CG: CA Senate Domestic Terrorism Bill Authorizing Investigation into Right-Wing Groups
  • BreitbartCA: Facebook Blacklists All Content Mentioning ‘Stop the Steal’
  • Reason: Ron Paul Says He's Been Locked Out of Facebook
  • Tulsi Gabbard: Why Are People Celebrating Free Speech Crackdowns?
  • FresBee: Poor Devin Nunes. Fresno congressman is being censored by Big Tech, and it’s so unfair
  • SFC: Internet crackdown on Trump, his supporters spreads from AWS to Twilio, Stripe and others
  • SDUT: Parler goes dark and sues Amazon as Trump seeks a post-Twitter megaphone
  • AP: California governor, state Assembly support removing Trump
  • CalM: California Assembly impeachment vote puts Republicans in bind
  • SacBee: California Assembly — led by ex-GOP leader — calls for Trump’s resignation over riot
  • SacBee: Tom McClintock asks Biden, Pelosi to halt impeachment after voting to uphold election
  • SDUT: House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol ‘insurrection’
  • LAT $: Airbnb banning rioters, hate groups ahead of inauguration
  • SFC: Airbnb, Facebook, Google press pause on political donations after Capitol siege
  • BreitbartCA: Sanctuary California Freed Illegal Alien MS-13 Gang Member Who Murdered Woman in Front of Daughter
  • AP: California turns stadiums into COVID-19 vaccination centers
  • LAT $: L.A. County announces first expansion of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility list
  • SDUT: San Diego County opens ‘vaccination super station’ near Petco Park
  • OCReg: Disneyland to be Orange County’s first large-scale vaccination site
  • LADN: Judge rejects DA Gascón’s policy on cop-killer case
  • LAT $: San Diego D.A. reclaims cases from Los Angeles in latest fight over George Gascón’s policies
  • LAT $: State bullet train delays ‘beyond comprehension,’ contractor says in blistering letter
  • AP: Virus deaths surging in California, now top 30,000
  • SacBee: L.A. is overwhelmed. How Sacramento hospitals are trying to avoid their own COVID crisis
  • AP: Study: Wildfires produced up to half of pollution in US West
  • SFC: California Republicans in battleground districts face no-win vote on impeachment
  • PE: As dust settles on chaos in D.C., accounting begins in Southern California
  • VOSD: Charter School Backs Off Push to Reopen After Ultimatum to Teachers
  • FresBee: Clovis teachers says district is rushing students back to campuses. Will they unionize?
  • CG: California Senate Adopts New Rules
  • LAT $: ‘High alert’ at California Capitol as police brace for any inauguration unrest
  • FresBee: This ‘bizarre’ Madera homicide case might change California’s domestic violence laws
  • CalM: Interactive: How diverse is the California Legislature?
  • CG: Eviction Moratorium Extensions Dominate Legislative Talks in Legislature’s Return
  • CG: Should Last Summer’s Business Tax Hikes Be Curtailed?
  • California schools would get more money than ever in Newsom’s budget, but can they open?
  • SFC: Berkeley considers banning the sale of gas-powered cars by 2027. But is it feasible?
  • Reason: California Voters Liberate Ride-Share Drivers From A.B. 5
  • LAT $: Sheldon Adelson, billionaire casino owner and Republican mega-donor, dies at 87
  • SDUT: Rep. Issa: Democrats “overplaying” Trump’s role in Capitol riot, associated deaths
  • LAT $: Execution of only woman on federal death row halted at 11th hour
  • Big Tech's assault on Parler proves it's gone full cartel
  • NR: The End of the GOP
  • NR: Twitter & Parler Trump Bans: Free Speech Still Harmed
  • Horowitz: The question everyone should be asking about the Big Tech fascist purge of conservatives
  • NR: Twitter Deranged Our Politics
  • CalM: Newsom’s vaccination plan bogs down
  • CG: Gov. Newsom’s California Health Corps
  • OCReg: Newsom’s budget proposal skips tough choices
  • RCP: Liberalism Will Be Unleashed -- and Will Fail Again
  • SacBee: Did secret Sacramento City Council discussion of Sac PD’s protest response break state law?
  • SFC: S.F. office market hits worst slump in decades as pandemic rages on
  • CG: Utah Joins Coal Shipping Lawsuit Against City of Richmond
  • LAT $: No charges against 2nd BART officer in 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant
  • SFC: Oscar Grant case: Alameda DA won’t charge ex-BART cop Pirone
  • SJMN: Weeks before Christmas COVID outbreak, Kaiser San Jose fined $85,000 for violations
  • SJMN: Sharks to meet with Santa Clara County officials about uncertain future
  • FresBee: Fresno-area school board trustee James Hoak refuses to resign
  • FresBee: Fresno swears in its first-ever Hispanic police chief. He inherits challenges
  • Stanislaus Sheriff’s Department misconduct case closed with retirement. What happened?
  • SJMN: $89,950: Tiny, affordable homes are planned in Gilroy
  • CalCoast: Ten people died from COVID-19 over the weekend in SLO County
  • LAT $: Coronavirus surges beyond L.A.: Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara now hit hard
  • VCStar $: COVID update: 3,288 new cases over weekend
  • LADN: As coronavirus hospitalizations stabilize in LA County and state, officials brace for new surge
  • LAT $: COVID-19 job losses will worsen L.A. homelessness by 2023, new report says
  • LADN: LAPD seeks help to ID people of interest in incident of pro-Trump demonstrators accosting Black woman
  • LAT $: L.A. County faces ‘worst disaster’ in decades as coronavirus rages unchecked
  • LADN: Medical workers say Culver City hospital denied them COVID-19 vaccines in favor of employee relatives
  • LADN: LAUSD, labor leaders say state’s COVID school-reopening plan falls short
  • OCReg: OC supervisor seat left vacant by Michelle Steel to be filled with March 9 election
  • VOC: Coronavirus Kills 219 Orange County Residents Over Past Week, Officials Trying to Boost Local Vaccine Shots
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: 29 new deaths, 3,259 new cases reported in Orange County on Jan. 11
  • PE: Curative coronavirus tests will still be used in Riverside County, despite accuracy concerns
  • SBSun: Migrating burros along Riverside County border worry Grand Terrace officials
  • SDUT: San Diego charter school supporters fear losing school’s founding leaders
  • SDUT: New San Diego-area community choice energy program feuding with SDG&E
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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