Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California... The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...  THE HEADLINES: FRBlog: One CA city successfully replaced their $240K firefighters with part-timers and trained volunteers FRBlog: An Unnecessary and Destructive Abuse of Power CG: CA Labor Secretary Julie Su is ‘Failing Up’ After Massive EDD Fraud and Failures LAT $: EDD’s lack of planning deprived jobless Californians of needed benefits amid pandemic, audit finds AP: Audit: Millions may have to repay California jobless aid CalM: Bank of America says it lost ‘hundreds of millions’ on California’s unemployment fiasco CG: L.A. Councilman de León Bungles Pledge of Allegiance, Gets Lambasted on Twitter LAT $: An L.A. councilman struggles with the Pledge of Allegiance, and viewers pick sides SFC: Washington and Lincoln are out. S.F. school board tosses 44 school names in controversial move FresBee: Should a Fresno airport, named after a senator who was against women voting, be renamed? OCReg: State officials launch My Turn coronavirus vaccine eligibility tool AP: California seizes control over struggling vaccine delivery LAT $: Essential workers, disability advocates fear being left out as California shifts to age-based vaccine priority VOSD: Schools Want COVID-19 Vaccines, But Not Necessarily Mandates SFC: Why are people from out of town able to get vaccinated in San Francisco? CalM: Educators, food workers join California’s priority list for vaccines SDUT: UK variant, UCSD researcher warns, looks like a COVID-19 time bomb PE: Health care worker dies after second dose of COVID vaccine, investigations underway PE: How will the second coronavirus vaccine shot be given in Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties? LAT $: Survival at stake, L.A. restaurants rush to reopen, pray the roller-coaster ride is over SJMN: Power outages, flash floods, 100 mph Sierra winds expected as atmospheric river storm arrives SFC: Bay Area weather live updates: 89 Napa County homes put on high alert for mudslides AP: California storm raises risk of debris flows in burn areas SJMN: Santa Cruz Mountain residents on edge as storm bears down OCReg: Inglewood mayor’s former assistant alleges tumultuous nine-year romance in lawsuit SBSun: West Valley Water District approves $450,000 severance deal for embattled general manager California would ban bear hunting under new legislation, even as wild population rebounds CalM: ‘The most basic form of PPE’: 1.6 million households face water shutoffs CalM: CSU promises to keep tuition flat for 2021 school year AP: Cal State won’t hike tuition amid pandemic hardships CG: School Choice Initiative Quietly Gathers Support AP: California discloses math behind easing stay-at-home order CalM: California public schools suffer record enrollment drop CNN's Tapper: Cruz And Hawley Should Be "Co-Defendants" At Trump Trial SFC: California reopens, looking to Biden’s promise of more vaccines OCReg: Biden’s action to address racial equity welcomed by Southern California groups CityJrnl: The New Censors Reason: Another Reminder Teachers Unions Are Putting Kids Last The War on Free Speech Takes a Sinister Shape NR: The Teachers' Unions' Ransom Demand OCReg: California must change course to avoid water shortages CalM: California’s unemployment insurance mess laid bare SacBee: Sacramento Mayor Steinberg wants council to reject city manager’s plan to add cops SacBee: ‘I’m sick of it’: Sacramento mayor upset over warming centers being closed during storm SacBee: Yolo courts push February jury trials deeper into year on continued COVID-19 concerns SFC: S.F. officials: regional housing plan may hurt working-class neighborhoods SFC: Firefighter sues SFFD, claiming racist, homophobic treatment SFC: Marin conservatives stage protest to support My Pillow CEO SJMN: South Bay hospital chief operating officer disciplined amid COVID vaccine scandal SFC: Minn. police chief, San Jose cop job finalist, withdraws application FresBee: Anti-masker says he’s pro-police. Fresno chief says he’s wasting officers’ time Advocates for fish, and canoeing, win a round in debate over Tuolumne River flows FresBee: Fresno, Valley counties remain in purple COVID-19 business tier. What’s open, closed? Stanislaus County still hard-pressed by COVID pandemic. We’re ‘not out in the clear.’ FresBee: Fresno Police Chief details stance on recent anti-mask protests during pandemic VCStar $: Board picks Erik Nasarenko as new DA VCStar $: COVID variant discovered through Oxnard sewage study LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 5,927 new cases, 291 new deaths and 179 fewer hospitalizations as of Jan. 26 LADN: LA County formally outlines ways supervisors could remove sheriff LADN: San Fernando Valley restaurants prepare for their ‘lifeline,’ outdoor dining, to return Friday LADN: LA moves closer to possibly providing hazard pay to grocery store workers amid coronavirus OCReg: OC officials ask for fixes to $1.2 million vaccine app they say is ‘a mess’ VOC: OC’s Coronavirus Vaccination Woes Continue, Some County Supervisors Lambast Rollout OCReg: Orange County’s coronavirus case rate dives after new year highs SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus rates improving, but far from target for reopening more businesses SDUT: San Diego extends Convention Center shelter program through March SDUT: Supervisors approve needle exchange for drug users SDUT: San Diego extends eviction ban for renters and businesses SDUT: Surveillance video shows deadly shooting of fleeing escapee near San Diego jail Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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