Wednesday, February 3, 2021 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- AP: Political storms swirl around California’s Newsom amid virus
- CG: Governor Newsom’s Approval Rating Tanks in New Poll
- CalM: Two job performance polls give Gavin Newsom bad news…and worse news
- CapWkly: Poll: A third of respondents favor Newsom recall
- AP: GOP’s Faulconer: Gov. Newsom failed California, needs to go
- AP: 2 California supermarkets closing after city orders pay hike
- SFC: Oakland approves hazard pay for supermarket workers
- CG: Several Long Beach Supermarkets Close Due To City-Ordered ‘Hero Pay’ Pay Bumps
- LAT $: ‘$4 isn’t much’: Closure of Ralphs over COVID-19 ‘hero pay’ angers shoppers, workers
- SJMN: San Jose backs $3-an-hour ‘hazard pay’ raise for grocery workers – but it could take a while
- AP: California has few specifics on new state vaccination system
- LAT $: California needs more COVID-19 vaccine, but areas like L.A. are actually getting less
- LAT $: California’s early vaccine rollout was riddled with problems. Here’s what went wrong
- OCReg: Coronavirus tracker: Hospitalizations in California drop below 15,000, with 21,451 new cases reported
- AP: California COVID-19 infections, hospital cases are plunging
- CalM: Despite months to prep, why California lags on COVID vaccination
- SFC: S.F. leaders seek to reassure a city rattled by recent killings
- SFC: 'Investigated his own murder’: Famed detective Jack Palladino dies
- BreitbartCA: Report: Adam Schiff Lobbies to Be Ca Attorney General, Possible Senate Run
- CG: EDD Unemployment Fraud Leaving Californians Facing a Looming Tax Tsunami
- Republicans are emerging to run for governor should Newsom recall qualify
- CG: Following California’s Recall, Who Will Be Candidate for Governor?
- SFC: To recall Gavin Newsom, GOP needs another Arnold Schwarzenegger
- LADN: San Diego mayor stops in San Pedro for 1st public showing since announcing bid for governor
- OCReg: Report: Most big cities were in bad fiscal shape before the pandemic. Expect it to get worse
- SFC: Acclaimed chef Traci Des Jardins' two Presidio restaurants are closed
- SFC: California faces ‘real’ chance of another surge as variants spread
- Lincoln High School and the Latest Fact-Checking Pitfalls
- CapWkly: Newsom seeks higher fees on pesticides
- BreitbartCA: Fact Check: Democrats Launch Ads Falsely Accusing Republicans of Backing QAnon
- LAT $: McCarthy faces choices as GOP divides over Reps. Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene
- The Q-Word: Weapon of Choice for Smearing Opponents
- LADN: Anti-vaccine protesters at Dodger Stadium could face arrest if they interrupt lines again, LAPD chief says
- Trump lawyers to argue his speech before Capitol riot is protected by First Amendment
- CalM: When elephants fly: A minor California Republican exodus after U.S. Capitol riot
- OCReg: Beverly Hills salon owner accused of obstructing Congress during Capitol riot could face decades in prison
- SacBee: California parents would get big tax breaks under Biden’s COVID economic relief plan
- SacBee: California’s pot of unclaimed property tops $10 billion. Check if the state has your money
- SacBee: California state workers earned $1.6 billion in overtime last year amid virus, wildfires
- SacBee: California Treasurer Fiona Ma got the COVID vaccine in December. Did she cut the line?
- OCReg: Tito Ortiz gets to keep his ‘mayor pro tem’ title, as no-confidence vote falls flat
- LAT $: Anti-mask Councilman Tito Ortiz keeps Huntington Beach mayor pro tem title
- SacBee: With Trump gone, auto industry now backing California tailpipe emission standards
- Reason: Newsmax Censors My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell During Segment About Twitter's Censorship of Mike Lindell
- NR: Biden Raises the Stakes on the Becerra Nomination
- BreitbartCA: Joe Biden Seeks to Surge Foreign-Born Voting Population Ahead of Elections
- FresBee: Fresno City Council member outraged after colleague compared Trump supporters to Nazis
- Reason: The Ugly Reality of Socialism
- The Five-Second Cancellation of Abraham Lincoln
- Reason: California's Regional Stay-At-Home Order Was a Costly Failure
- OCReg: California faces a huge task as it charts post-pandemic future
- CalM: Two polls differ sharply on Newsom
- OCReg: Don’t fear educational freedom, fear force
- CG: How Legislators Can Reopen California
- SJMN: Sierra snow grows, but Bay Area has 3rd biggest rainfall deficit since 1849
- SacBee: Sacramento City Council support for city manager grows. Homeless activists want him fired
- SacBee: After criticism over sheriff funding, Sacramento County holding first budget ‘workshop’
- SFC: After years of delay, S.F.’s big Shipyard development gets moving
- SFC: S.F. considers turning three Slow Streets into permanent closures to through traffic
- Reason: San Francisco Schools Renamed the Arts Department Because Acronyms Are a Symptom of White Supremacy
- SFC: S.F. school board leans toward stripping Lowell High of merit-based admissions rules
- SJMN: Dramatic downtown San Jose revamp comes into focus — new plans are just the start
- Update: Sue Zwahlen set to be Modesto’s next mayor as opponent Doug Ridenour concedes
- Modesto considers helping restaurants by capping fees from delivery apps like Grubhub
- What does the state’s new plan for COVID vaccinations mean for Stanislaus County?
- FresBee: California isn’t fully tracking serious workplace COVID-19 cases in Fresno. Here’s why
- VCStar $: Ventura seat on planning body filled in 2nd pick
- VCStar $: Seniors with health issues may get vaccines soon
- LADN: LA police union agrees to delay raises, to head off proposed layoff of 355 officers
- LAT $: LAPD union leaders cut deal to avoid layoffs
- LADN: 3 men critically burned in explosion at Santa Clarita industrial park
- OCReg: OC sheriff won’t reconsider practice that delayed helicopter rescue of fatally injured Fontana boy
- OCReg: Why Disneyland killed its annual pass program
- OCReg: Orange County has cut its coronavirus case rate in half since mid-January
- SBSun: Traffic piles up as 3,500 vaccinated against coronavirus at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana
- PE: Coronavirus vaccination efforts ramp up in Riverside County as key numbers improve
- SDUT: Daily new COVID-19 cases dip below 1,000 in San Diego; vaccination station opens in La Mesa
- SDUT: Coronado reopens middle and high schools with San Diego County in purple tier
- SDUT: Black sailor finds noose on San Diego-based warship, sparking investigation
- SDUT: Recall campaign against San Diego City Council president is officially on
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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