Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Saturday, April 29, 2023     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 FoxLA: Homeless person allegedly bites off LA police officers finger on Santa Monica Blvd. LADN: Man bites off part of LAPD officer’s finger during Metro station altercation LADN: Metro responds to rising crime with more drug arrests and ‘transit ambassadors’ CG: Senate Democrats Praise Budget Raising Taxes on California Businesses CalM: Newsom slaps down Senate Democrats’ tax hike FoxLA: VIDEO: Suspects armed with AK-47 rob three people in West Hollywood LADN: West Hollywood robbery ­— possibly with assault rifle — caught on video 1 injured after shooting at SF Walgreens, police say SFC: In S.F., rooms for homeless people sit empty — another sign of failure to address crisis VOC: Garden Grove to Build 85-Bed Homeless Shelter for Three Central OC Cities SJ mayor: City has long way to go to end homelessness VCStar $: Camarillo scraps plan for homeless housing at hotel SDUT: El Cajon moves to increase oversight over homeless voucher programs, sidestepping lawsuit threat AP: California passes 1st-in-nation emission rules for trains SDUT: New landslide closes railroad tracks at San Clemente, again halting link to San Diego SacBee: Newsom’s proposed cuts to foster program angers advocates. ‘You’re hurting our youth’ CG: 2024 Election $10 Billion K-12 Community College Bond Act AP: Lawsuit: California prisons target ‘foreign-born’ inmates OCReg: Legislative effort to curtail trafficking fentanyl through social media stalls Bill seeking 1,000 feet between new Inland warehouses, homes stalls LAT $: This 4.0 student needed $4,000 to attend his dream UC school. Then Times readers stepped in LAT $: L.A.’s water lifeline faces unprecedented flood threat. The battle to prevent calamity After a California refinery closed, laid-off fossil fuel workers got hit with a ‘gut punch’ How Fauci Helped Teacher Unions Ruin Kids' Lives OCReg: School choice rejected by California Legislature OCReg: Turf war between federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and California’s Civil Rights Department SFC: UC Berkeley to embark on $700M plan to supply its campus with clean energy CG: Newest Mass Layoffs Strike San Francisco: Over 2,000 Jobs Lost At Gap, Dropbox SJMN: San Mateo elderly care facility fined, at risk of losing license after poisoning deaths of two residents Lowering downtown SF real estate values' impact on city budget SFC: Downtown S.F. outages: Power could be out until Saturday after ‘extensive’ damage SJMN: Google moves into two big San Jose buildings in expansion FresBee: ‘Unring this bell.’ Lawsuit threatened to overturn Fresno’s Cesar Chavez street renaming Rent control rally slams Fresno politicians as landlords who can’t police themselves This vacant Turlock field soon will help turn food waste into renewable energy for homes CalCoast: Board of Supervisors appoints interim SLO County administrator LADN: LA city budget: more police, firefighters, paramedics and … pickleball? LAT $: Santa Monica P.D. knew of Eric Uller’s molestation arrest but still let him be youth volunteer VOC: Will The Cypress City Council Limit Public Debates? SBSun: Cal State San Bernardino cohort demands university end gender-based pay inequity, retaliation Pride Week at Riverside’s La Sierra High condemned by pastor VOSD: SDPD Promised Racial Disparities in Enforcement Would Go Down. Instead, They’ve Crept Up. SDUT: National City hires former Del Mar city manager and his wife as interim deputy city managers SDUT: Judge unseals sexually graphic videos in SDSU gang rape case, but with two-week delay SDUT: ‘A potential death trap’: San Diego sues California Theatre owner for control over decaying building Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site!     Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!