Saturday, January 23, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CalM: California’s bill for fighting Trump in court? $41 million so far
  • CalM: Going underground: California business operates in secret amid pandemic restrictions
  • SDUT: San Diego appeals court overturns injunction that allowed restaurants to reopen
  • SDUT: San Diego unemployment rises to 8% after state put in new COVID-19 restrictions
  • AP: Over 99% of mail-in ballots accepted in California election
  • AP: California jobless rate edges up amid 52,000 lost jobs
  • LAT $: A ‘full reverse’: California joblessness spiked in December, thwarting recovery
  • FresBee: In Fresno County, some industries have yet to regain jobs lost to the pandemic in 2020
  • SacBee: Sacramento region’s December jobless rate 7.9% as employers shed more workers
  • CalCoast: San Simeon CSD manager’s PPP payout raises questions
  • Reason: The Washington Post Tried To Memory-Hole Kamala Harris' Bad Joke About Inmates Begging for Food and Water
  • Washington Post caught scrubbing Kamala Harris 'prisoner' story
  • SFC: To simplify vaccine rollout, California considers an age-based system
  • CalM: State activates MyTurn vaccine clearinghouse website
  • LADN: LA County officials vow improvements in coronavirus vaccination system
  • BreitbartCA: California Worst State at Vaccine Distribution
  • LAT $: Arizona surpasses California as state with the worst coronavirus infection rate
  • SJMN: Are Californians getting more mobile after winter COVID surge?
  • LADN: Coronavirus state tracker: A peak of 740 deaths reported in California on Jan. 22
  • AP: California keeps key virus data out of public sight
  • CalM: ‘Tedious, stressful’: Why older Californians are still struggling to get vaccine
  • AP: Californians to vote on banning sale of flavored tobacco
  • SFC: S.F. homeless hotels may be paid for under Biden, but questions remain
  • OCReg: Rep. Michelle Steel seeks answers about treatment of National Guard troops in D.C.
  • LADN: As L.A. City Hall corruption probe endures, ethics-reform bids launched — but will any take hold?
  • LADN: Ex-Councilman Englander to be sentenced Monday
  • SDUT: San Diego adds social equity to city’s guiding principals for lobbying efforts
  • Pete Buttigieg Puts Gas Tax Hike “On the Table” During Confirmation Hearing | Americans for Tax Reform
  • CG: Newsom Recall Gathers Momentum Over Policies ‘Atrocious and Polarizing’
  • SacBee: Californians would get more time off work to mourn dead loved ones under this bill
  • AP: FAA employee charged with taking part in US Capitol riot
  • SacBee: No Las Vegas trip for California prison guards’ union — CCPOA cancels retreat
  • AP: California says some highway marijuana billboards must go
  • CG: Senator Announces Push Pilot Program for Farmworker Vaccines in California
  • AP: Language barriers, wariness make vaccinating immigrants hard
  • OCReg: Patton State Hospital inoculates 65% of patients to help stem deadly COVID-19 outbreak
  • SDUT: Column: Corruption and lava lamps: The saga of Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham
  • LADN: State parole board panel recommends parole for onetime Manson follower
  • OCReg: Hiking the minimum wage lowers opportunities for poor
  • Reason: It's Not Just Trump. California Labor Unions Are Trying To Reverse the Outcome of an Election Too.
  • OCReg: Big Labor’s latest attack on worker freedom
  • Reason: 'Journalists Are Authoritarians'
  • OCReg: Litigation to open up the pension books
  • CG: Screeching Weasel Got it Right: ‘California Sucks’
  • OCReg: California isn’t a model for the rest of the nation
  • NR: Dissent, Patriotism, and Insurrection: A Complicated History
  • NR: Order of the Brown Nose
  • SacBee: Sacramento Bee’s midtown headquarters could be redeveloped into housing
  • SacBee: Lawyers say Aryan Brotherhood client is in danger in Sacramento prison — from guards
  • SacBee: What crisis? Lawsuit claims urban Sacramento has enough housing, seeks to block apartments
  • SacBee: Sacramento-area district cancels plans to lengthen school day following state directive
  • SacBee: State errors confound vaccine rollout in California, as Sacramento pleads for more doses
  • CG: San Francisco Vows to Vaccinate All City Residents By June 30
  • SFC: Stabbing on BART platform at El Cerrito Plaza sends person to hospital
  • SFC: S.F. taxi drivers lose dream, face foreclosures as pandemic jolts business
  • SJMN: Align Technology moves HQ from Silicon Valley to Arizona
  • FresBee: Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer kicks off Project Off-ramp
  • Stanislaus County COVID clinics reopen only to shut down again due to lack of vaccines
  • FresBee: Fresno pauses some COVID vaccine clinics amid dose shortage. When will they restart?
  • CalCoast: Unemployment in SLO County soars during lockdown
  • VCStar $: County to take over privately run public clinics
  • AP: State investigates Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
  • LAT $: LAPD’s use of horses to clear crowd condemned by activists, civil rights leaders
  • LADN: Negotiations continue between LAUSD, teachers union on hybrid learning
  • LADN: California AG investigating possible wrongdoing in LA County Sheriff’s Department
  • LAT $: California attorney general launches civil rights probe of L.A. County Sheriff’s Department
  • OCReg: Santa Ana councilmen to Chamber of Commerce board member: ‘We’re not happy’
  • LAT $: Rainbow flag raises controversy at O.C. Fair & Event Center meeting
  • OCReg: Orange County readies second mass vaccination site at Soka University, tweaks appointment system
  • VOC: OC Supervisor Candidate Accused of Smearing Woman Who Alleged Rape by Ex-Assemblyman
  • OCReg: Orange County’s second vaccine super site set to boost daily capacity by thousands
  • PE: Riverside County announces 10,000 new coronavirus vaccine appointments
  • PE: Former Corona City Councilman Nolan accused of marijuana violations
  • PE: Coronavirus surge pushes Inland Empire hospital workers to breaking point
  • SDUT: San Diego mayor to issue executive order capping fees restaurants are charged by food delivery apps
  • SDUT: After years of running elections, Michael Vu, San Diego’s registrar of voters, takes on a new role
  • VOSD: Federal Court’s Jury Selection Plan Under Fire

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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