Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Thursday, January 28, 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: CG: Billionaire VC Chamath Palihapitiya Announces Gubernatorial Run Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya eyes run for California governor - Axios SacBee: Gavin Newsom recall closes in on signature count with 7 weeks to go. Is it enough? CalM: Recalling a California governor, explained Reason: Hypocritical Politicians Violate Their Own Coronavirus Restrictions SFC: Calif. Supreme Court allows high-ranking justice to be removed from office AP: California appeals court judge to be removed for misconduct LAT $: Former Baldwin Park councilman to plead guilty in bribery case, helps FBI with probe AP: Blue Shield of California tapped to speed up state vaccines SFC: Poll: 71% of Californians want vaccine. That may not be enough SJMN: Good Samaritan Hospital says disciplinary action not taken in vaccine scandal, contradicting hospital spokeswoman LADN: LA City Council focuses on equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines SacBee: Closing 5 California prisons would free up money to house former inmates, Democrat says LAT $: Man arrested with explosives may have been targeting Gov. Newsom, authorities say SFC: Protesters close down Santa Clara Co. courthouse in protest over evictions FresBee: Why some California renters are being forced from their homes despite ‘eviction moratorium’ SJMN: Flash floods remain a threat with more rain coming PE: Residents near El Dorado, Apple fire burn areas warned to evacuate as storm approaches Storm doesn’t stop COVID vaccinations in Stanislaus County; Patterson site opens Friday SDUT: Greater San Diego could get 1.5 inches of rain from ‘atmospheric river’ SacBee: Sacramento cleans up after California storm’s winds pull down trees and cut power AP: California remains under flood, blizzard watches from storm SFC: S.F. tech companies reducing presence in the city: New surveys support trend SacBee: Union-backed bill would give more job security to seasonal Cal Fire firefighters OCReg: Orange County man who became face of GOP ballot drop box controversy says it ‘destroyed’ his life Bus Ins.: Sen. Dianne Feinstein is willing to pay a fine for botched stock disclosure AP: San Francisco to strip Washington, Lincoln from school names SFC: Next challenge for S.F. school district: Choosing names for a third of its schools NR: San Francisco Mayor Criticizes Renaming of Schools While Students Continue Remote Learning CG: San Francisco School Board Votes To Change Names of 44 Schools Over ‘Racist’ Namesakes SacBee: GOP activist, one of three from Sacramento area charged in Capitol riot, to stay in jail LAT $: Victorville gym owner charged in Capitol attack OCReg: Orange County woman sues former employer for firing her after riots at U.S Capitol KQED: After Trump, California GOP Seeks to Reset and Rebrand FresBee: This Democrat is challenging Devin Nunes again in 2022. Why he says he can win next time SFC: Biden halts new oil drilling on federal lands. Here’s what move means for California SJMN: 40,000+ excess deaths in 2020, and other things we learned from California death data LAT $: Skelton: He fought Trump’s attacks on Obamacare. Now Xavier Becerra hopes to vanquish COVID-19 OCReg: Energy poverty in the name of environmental justice OCReg: Challenging California’s pandemic mandates on businesses OCReg: School choice more important than ever OCReg: Newsom, Legislature must urgently prioritize kids and reopen schools SacBee: Sacramento supervisors delay vote on expanding troubled Main Jail downtown SacBee: Sacramento to open warming center for homeless. Will it stay open through the winter? SFC: Breed appoints new S.F. assessor-recorder SFC: Are San Francisco rents showing first sign of return to ‘normal’? SFC: Second S.F.-to-East Bay Transbay Tube coming? BART and regional rail unveil new plan SFC: BART, Muni get millions in first round of federal relief funds The rebellion against Silicon Valley (the place) SJMN: Santa Clara County public defenders ask to be vaccinated alongside incarcerated clients SJMN: Santa Clara County reverses prep sports rules to fall in line with rest of California Turlock City Council delays decision on public pool. What’s holding it up? FresBee: Grocery store gets restraining order against Fresno anti-mask protester after confrontation FresBee: Fresno County reports 38 more COVID-19 deaths. Masks are still a hot-button issue CalCoast: Thousands of SLO County residents lose power amid storm VCStar $: Data shows county owns state's highest COVID rate OCReg: LA, Long Beach ports weather storms, record cargo and COVID-19 surges LAT $: L.A. Mayor Garcetti receives his first dose of the COVID vaccine, aide says LADN: LA County’s K-6 schools could reopen in weeks, if coronavirus stats comply LADN: $18 million raised for 101 Freeway wildlife crossing intended to save Southern California mountain lions OCReg: Orange County working out bugs with vaccine app, officials say VOC: Orange County Coronavirus Vaccination Effort to Add Language Options as Software Questions Mount VOC: Special Supervisor Election Heats Up as GOP Condemns Two Republican Challengers OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 1,038 new cases, 71 new deaths as of Jan. 27 SBSun: San Bernardino County breaks record for deaths reported in 7-day period as backlog clears PE: Riverside County sees progress on coronavirus vaccinations PE: Homeless people flee burning abandoned restaurant in Riverside; city wants to tear it down PE: Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco tests positive for coronavirus, says symptoms are mild SDUT: January now the deadliest COVID-19 month in San Diego VOSD: San Diegans Are Drowning in Water Debt During COVID-19 SDUT: Former deputy ordered to trial on murder charge in death of fleeing detainee SDUT: San Diego County jail records its first death of 2021 Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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