Friday, January 22, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • LADN: Coronavirus vaccine rollout in LA County leaving many frustrated
  • AP: Despite reactions, California says virus vaccine can be used
  • It could take until June to vaccinate Californians 65 and older, health officials say
  • SDUT: Newsom promised 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations. California can’t tell if he hit his goal
  • PE: Riverside County to change coronavirus vaccine appointment website after complaints
  • AP: Health experts blame rapid expansion for vaccine shortages
  • AP: Vaccinations urged for Southern California dockworkers
  • Joe Biden Snaps at AP Reporter Zeke Miller for Asking About His Vaccine Plan
  • AP: It’s a secret: California keeps key virus data from public
  • CalM: Newsom’s $2 billion school reopening fund could actually cost districts money
  • LADN: California Supreme Court won’t compel LAUSD to offer in-person services to high-needs students
  • CG: California Supreme Court Turns Down Petition To Partially Reopen LA Public Schools
  • AP: California sees suspicious surge in unemployment claims
  • What's at Top of Biden's To-Do List? Opening the Borders
  • SDUT: Two Biden priorities, climate and conservation, collide in the California desert
  • SBSun: Biden revokes Trump’s ‘patriotic education’ report that downplays America’s role in slavery
  • SacBee: How Joe Biden’s immigration plan works, and what it would mean for California
  • BreitbartCA: Dr. Anthony Fauci Does Not Wear Mask for White House Press Briefing
  • FresBee: Fewer than half of white Americans are willing to mask up in public, study finds
  • LADN: Study: Half of adults not wearing masks during close contact with others
  • BreitbartCA: Biden Family Ignores Mask Mandate for Photo Op at Lincoln Memorial
  • Dems Spell Unity: C-A-N-C-E-L
  • LAT $: Democrats ask ethics panel to investigate Sens. Cruz and Hawley
  • NR: No, There Won’t Be Unity
  • SacBee: Amazon ‘ready to assist’ Biden administration with COVID vaccine, company says. How?
  • LAT $: Judge says Amazon won’t have to restore Parler web service
  • SDUT: Health order violators in Carlsbad could lose outdoor permits
  • SJMN: In open letter to Gov. Newsom, California coaches call for detachment from tiered system
  • SFC: Bay Area restaurants flout dining restrictions. Are health departments enforcing rules?
  • VOSD: County Distributes COVID Patients’ Addresses to Police Agencies
  • SFC: Is fire season now a year-round reality? Experts weigh in
  • AP: California city allots $1M a year to Cheech Marin art museum
  • CG: Newsom Recall Gathers Momentum Over Policies ‘Atrocious and Polarizing’
  • SBSun: Newsom foe in Riverside didn’t recall the need to check spelling
  • CG: New Bill Would Permanently Change Winery Container Laws
  • CalM: Time running out to extend California’s eviction moratorium
  • AP: California spent $19 million to shield Capitol from protests
  • CalM: COVID-19 cases, new syndrome on the rise among children, especially Latino children
  • CalM: ‘How am I going to keep this up?’ COVID intensifies plight of family caregivers
  • LAT $: Finger-pointing and outrage follow Trump’s pardon for USC father in college admission scandal
  • SJMN: California attorney sentenced for improperly obtaining green cards for wealthy Chinese investors
  • SFC: Zuckerberg punts decision on banning Trump from Facebook to outside panel
  • LAT $: Motley crew of far-right Californians accused of joining Capitol siege
  • SacBee: Rocklin high school student disciplined for displaying Confederate flag on campus
  • SFC: S.F.’s Lowell High School reeling from slurs, pornography during anti-racism lesson
  • LAT $: Granderson: Kamala Harris and the fearless Black women who paved the way
  • SFC: Crowdsourced art project for Kamala Harris honors her Indian heritage
  • SacBee: Kamala Harris says California’s water crisis is a racial injustice. Will she champion equity?
  • CityJrnl: Media Have Openly Embraced Advocacy Over Journalism
  • OCReg: State budget must focus on addressing critical priorities
  • NR: The Right’s Playboy Problem
  • OCReg: Sprawl made Los Angeles’ pandemic problem worse, not better
  • Reason: Will Democrats Embrace the Imperial Presidency Now That Their Guy Is in Charge?
  • LAT $: Virus variant found in Denmark is spreading in Northern California
  • AP: Yosemite National Park to remain closed after wind damage
  • SacBee: COVID-19 cases at a Roseville high school force hundreds of students to quarantine
  • SFC: Mayor Breed was set to open 1,000 shelter beds in S.F. Then the pandemic hit
  • SFC: These Bay Area counties are now tracking their COVID vaccine rollouts online
  • SFC: S.F. Art Institute board president resigns as new leadership takes over
  • SFC: UCSF gets state regents’ OK for massive rebuild of Parnassus campus
  • SJMN: NetApp seeks to sell huge Sunnyvale campus
  • FresBee: Here’s when Fresno radio host Ray Appleton will return after his suspension
  • Stanislaus County COVID clinics reopen only to shut down again due to lack of vaccines
  • FresBee: Southwest Airlines is a ‘game changer’ for Fresno business, says mayor. Here’s why
  • FresBee: Fresno County passes 1,000 COVID deaths, but region falls below 1,000 hospitalizations
  • CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County judge halts more cases against BLM protesters
  • VCStar $: Santa Paula names new police chief
  • VCStar $: Owner of Borderline site plans to demolish it
  • LADN: Los Angeles County seeing 30% fewer coronavirus cases, but rates still elevated
  • LAT $: Probability of dying of COVID-19 in the hospital doubles in L.A. County
  • OCReg: UC Irvine plans $1 billion, campus-adjacent medical complex with 144-bed hospital
  • LAT $: Santa Ana residents hope to stop apartment development at grocery store location
  • VOC: Santana: Orange County Secrecy Complicates Vaccine Rollout, County Outbreaks
  • VOC: Secret PR Contract Aims to Promote OC Politicians Amid Vaccine Rollout Woes
  • OCReg: Orange County readies second mass vaccination site at Soka University, tweaks appointment system
  • SBSun: 2 candidates join 2022 San Bernardino mayor’s race
  • SBSun: Cases rise, hospitalizations fall in San Bernardino County
  • PE: Lawsuit claims that Riverside kindergarten student was sexually assaulted after school officials ignored warnings
  • PE: Moreno Valley Councilwoman Carla Thornton dies at age 42
  • SDUT: San Diego scrambling to close $154M deficit, sharply up from $86M estimate in November
  • SDUT: Proponents abandon controversial plan to put an observation wheel in Balboa Park
  • SDUT: San Diego’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout boosted by more doses and a second mass immunization site
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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