Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, May 4, 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 CG: State Senator Dave Min Arrested For Drunk Driving In Sacramento County CG: More Details Emerge From Senator Dave Min’s DUI Arrest FoxLA: California lawmaker Dave Min cited for misdemeanor DUI California state senator arrested for driving under the influence LAT $: California lawmaker Dave Min arrested, cited with drunk driving OCReg: State Sen. Dave Min arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence FoxLA: Innocent LA father killed after DA Gascón gives violent career criminal multiple diversions OCReg: Man, woman shot in Anaheim; 4 boys arrested SBSun: Yucaipa shooting leaves one teen dead, another critically injured SFC: Westfield mall blamed ‘rampant criminal activity’ for Nordstrom closure. What data says SJMN: Nordstrom is the latest retailer to leave San Francisco SFC: Richer people left San Francisco. Here’s how many billions they’ve taken with them AP: California companies pay higher taxes for unemployment debt More than 3,000 Oakland teachers to go on strike Thursday SFC: OUSD strike: Oakland teachers to leave 34,000 students without instruction in walkout SF voters weigh in on sanctuary policy in light of fentanyl crisis FoxLA: Xylazine, or 'tranq,' becoming more pervasive in SoCal CalM: Facing California deadlines, automakers race to produce electric cars CalM: Newsom breaks deal to lower price of health insurance. Lawmakers move to hold him to it CG: ‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Legislation Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee 9-0 LAT $: L.A. adopts strategies for bringing 135,000 new homes to downtown and Hollywood LAT $: ‘I hurt Native people’: UC Berkeley scholar faces uproar after claiming Indigenous heritage AP: Waymo robotaxis make more inroads in Phoenix, San Francisco FoxLA: WGA strike day 2: Hollywood writers concerned AI will take their jobs CalM: Undocumented students qualify for financial aid in California. Why aren’t more of them using it? LAT $: At the LAFD, pay for sex on duty, batter a cop, lie on medical records — and keep your job SFC: Satellite images show dramatic swings of California’s snowpack AP: Snow-laden California gets more snow halfway through spring LAT $: Why is it taking so long for Dianne Feinstein to recover from shingles? OCReg: Drunk Dave Min arrested for driving under the influence. He should stop running for Congress and sober up. LAT $: Column: Want to stop California desertion: Lower housing costs — and taxes. Bailouts Won't Prevent a Financial Crisis Biden's Web of Lies OCReg: Orange takes cynical ploy to stop housing CG: Former Sonoma Developmental Center Site Plan Riddled With Nepotism SFC: S.F. layoffs: Three more companies are cutting employees SFC: ‘Foreign objects’ flushed down S.F. library toilet caused $550K in damages SJMN: Antioch officer fired, under criminal investigation over 2022 in-custody beating SJMN: Santa Clara Councilmember Anthony Becker pleads not guilty to 49ers report leak SFC: Santa Clara official backed by 49ers pleads not guilty to perjury SJMN: Stanford provost Persis Drell steps down after six years Former Turlock Irrigation District employee swindled elderly customer. How he did it Turlock OKs homeless day center. But what of Gospel Mission’s shuttered facility? FresBee: Saint Agnes CEO will retire amid management ‘regionalization.’ New CEO will be in Idaho FresBee: Impasse declared in contract talks between Clovis Unified and school psychologists union CalCoast: Housing growth surges in SLO and Santa Barbara counties CalCoast: Central Coast populations decline: Which cities lost the most people? VCStar $: Christian school, Ventura Unified settle eviction case VCStar $: 250k gallons of sewage spilling daily in Moorpark area LAT $: Judge rules sprawling lawsuit claiming abuses by East L.A. deputy gang can move forward OCReg: San Clemente will take applications to fill council seat vacated by Gene James OCReg: Full results of independent Anaheim corruption report won’t be publicly released FoxLA: OC access drivers stage around-the-clock strike to demand fair contract SBSun: Woman awarded $2.28 billion in Riverside County sexual-abuse case hopes verdict dissuades abusers Pride flag, other commemorative flags, OK’d to fly at Riverside City Hall SDUT: Questions about Maienschein’s eligibility for city attorney prompt independent legal analysis VOSD: North County Report: She Was Horrified by the State of Park Restrooms. So, She Did Something About it SDUT: FPPC opens investigation into Chula Vista official over public disclosure laws SDUT: San Diego MTS pulls in $60M for trolley upgrades, electric buses 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!