Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, May 12, 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: San Francisco Collapse: More Store Closures, Lawlessness, Drugs, Homeless SFC: How should San Francisco repurpose the downtown Nordstrom space? SFC: Gasoline thieves incinerate six cars at BART station CG: BART Survey Finds Only 17% Of Users Feel Safe While Riding FoxLA: What does the expiration of Title 42 mean? Judge blocks Border Patrol from paroling migrants to ease backups CalM: What Title 42’s end means for California 5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Plumas County in NorCal, USGS says SJMN: 5.5 magnitude earthquake in Northern California knocks out CHP 911 dispatch CG: Crystal Meth Pipe Distribution To Addicts, Homeless Draws Increased Criticism In LA LAT $: Roster of babies killed by fentanyl grows by one; toddler’s mother is charged SBSun: Developer of Redlands motel converted to homeless housing hit with $2 million in liens SFC: UC Berkeley loses developer for homeless housing at People’s Park SFC: Feinstein breaks stalemate over three judges in return to Judiciary Committee LAT $: Feinstein is back at work — with a lot of helping hands SJMN: El Niño is coming: What it means for California weather CalM: Newsom restores floodplain funds, adds $290 million to flood control budget FresBee: California will provide levee funds to protect Corcoran from floods. How much money is coming? SFC: California’s revived Tulare Lake threatens to flood this city. Will help arrive too late? FoxLA: 2 dead in shooting in Palmdale; Gunman on the run LAT $: 17-year-old dies after being shot and struck by a car in Canoga Park CalCoast: U.S. Supreme Court upholds California pig law OCReg: In a Santa Ana tavern, OC residents watch US Senate candidates pitch their ideas SBSun: California’s FAIR Plan may save condo associations blacklisted by Fannie Mae SJMN: Study to trace California cannabis lineage, preserve oral history of legacy cultivators CG: Special to the Globe: Turkey’s Crucial Election Sunday NR: Biden Capitulates to China OCReg: Whoever replaces Sen. Feinstein will be beholden to California’s labor unions OCReg: Why the debt ceiling fight matters CG: Latest Claim by Gov. Newsom: Highbrow Hubris or Desultory Delusion? Media Circles the Wagons Around Biden's Corruption CG: Doubt the Drought? Rules For Thee but Not for Me SacBee: Sacramento City Unified failed to protect girl from teacher accused of abuse, lawsuit says SFC: D.A. moves to dismiss charges against S.F. officer in 2019 shooting LAT $: A victim of unprovoked street violence or a vigilante who ‘terrorized’ homeless San Franciscans? SJMN: Hundreds more tech layoffs jolt Bay Area workers CalCoast: Central Coast YouTuber pleads guilty to crashing plane for views VCStar $: Ojai school district approves cuts to about 40 jobs LAT $: UCLA’s Bruin Woods camp closed for summer amid sexual assault and hazing allegations OCReg: Huntington Beach settles lawsuit with Pacific Airshow over day canceled because of oil spill LAT $: Orange County’s big shift: Older cities lose population as Irvine, south county boom OCReg: Huntington Beach ordered to pay affordable housing group $3.5 million in legal fees VOC: New Agenda Setting Rules in Cypress Could Limit Policy Discussions VOC: Orange County Continues Grappling With Rehab Centers as Opioid Crisis Worsens OCReg: Another Laguna Niguel councilmember steps down; appointment made to fill vacancy OCReg: OC’s animal shelter still a killing zone John Bender, former editor at The Press-Enterprise, dies at 64 New parking program — and price changes — on way to downtown Riverside VOSD: San Diego’s Police Oversight Commission Is Barely Functioning 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!