Monday, January 18, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • NYT: San Francisco's Tech Workers Are Leaving the Bay Area
  • SDUT: San Diego’s pension payment spiking $50M, worsening budget crisis during pandemic
  • SFC: S.F. rolls out raises for city workers — some are eye-popping
  • SFC: California calls for pause in use of huge batch of Moderna vaccines after allergic reactions
  • AP: California closes in on 3 million coronavirus cases
  • Reason: We Could Be Vaccinating Twice as Fast. The Government Wont Allow It.
  • SDUT: 191 San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel decline COVID-19 vaccine so far
  • LADN: LA County will open 5 large-scale coronavirus vaccination sites soon
  • Saturday Headlines
  • Sunday Headlines
  • LADN: Children are the next frontier for COVID vaccine clinical trials
  • LAT $: Another new coronavirus variant found across California, including L.A. County
  • SFC: New coronavirus variant found in Bay Area linked to massive Kaiser outbreak
  • CG: Gov. Newsom’s Brother-in-Law Arrested on Alleged Domestic Violence Charges
  • SFC: Newsom’s brother-in-law arrested for alleged domestic violence
  • SFC: California Women’s Legislative Caucus wants Newsom to appoint woman as attorney general
  • OCReg: Sacramento: Authorities standing by for possible pro-Trump protests, violence
  • SFC: All quiet at heavily fortified state Capitol — protests don’t materialize
  • SacBee: California closing state offices in downtown Sacramento over inauguration unrest fears
  • SacBee: Quiet Sunday at California’s Capitol but tight security to remain through Inauguration Day
  • SJMN: Sacramento: Authorities stand by for possible pro-Trump protests, violence
  • OCReg: Two Orange County high school teams played a football game this weekend despite sports shutdown for COVID-19
  • VCStar $: Attorneys argue over scope of police records law
  • LAT $: O.C. congressman received vaccine dose, but tests positive for virus
  • AP: Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81
  • LADN: As death rate doubles, air quality regulator suspends limits for cremations in LA County
  • LAT $: On social media, amateur digital sleuths try to help track violent Capitol rioters
  • AP: Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot
  • Things I Never Told Sheldon Adelson
  • TOWN: Refuse to Be Silenced by Kurt Schlichter
  • OCReg: The future of conservatism isn’t Trumpism, it’s liberty
  • CalM: A big data system for public education?
  • OCReg: Three historic Wednesdays to kick off 2021
  • LAT $: Skelton: Voting against impeachment could haunt these California Republicans
  • SDUT: Opinion: Reparations for African Americans are justified. Biden should create a national commission.
  • SFC: 5 injured in groups’ shootout in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, 3 arrested
  • SJMN: ‘Dad, are you going to die?’: Bay Area COVID health care workers face fear at home
  • Stanislaus County opens new COVID vaccine clinics in Modesto, Turlock. How they will work
  • How having COVID-19 clinic in downtown Modesto beats the Scenic Drive operation
  • FresBee: Coronavirus update: Vaccines harder to find as Fresno County adds more than 1,000 cases
  • CalCoast: No PG&E blackouts planned for the Central Coast
  • VCStar $: Oxnard council pick could have lasting impacts
  • LADN: 11,366 new cases reported as L.A. County battles new coronavirus strain
  • LADN: Emergency field hospital officially opens in Lancaster to help coronavirus patients
  • OCReg: Shooting in Garden Grove hotel leaves 1 dead; police looking for suspect
  • OCReg: Orange County reports more coronavirus deaths but fewer cases Sunday
  • SBSun: Patton State Hospital to vaccinate all patients against COVID-19 by this week amid major outbreak
  • SDUT: Oceanside City Council vacancy attracts a record 36 applicants
  • SDUT: Major housing projects coming before Escondido City Council
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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