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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...

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• FRBlog: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain, Texas, Florida and Temecula Are Evil, That’s What’s Important
• BreitbartCA: Hunter Demanded Payment from Chinese Partner "Sitting Here with My Father"
• The Whistle Blows on Hunter Biden's Plea Deal
• BreitbartCA: Joe Biden, Merrick Garland Implicated in IRS Whistleblower Testimony: 5 Key Questions
• BreitbartCA: Pictures: Hunter Biden Attends State Dinner in First Public Appearance Since Sweetheart Plea Deal
• What's Next In Biden Investigation?
• LAT $: Snctm sex club founder banned after naming Hunter Biden as former member
• LAT $: 4 in 10 California residents are considering packing up and leaving, new poll finds
• SFC: S.F. population exodus: Young adults made up city’s biggest losses
• NR: Brawls, Theft, Drugs: How Rampant Crime Turned Westfield Mall into a Symbol of San Francisco’s Decline
• SFC: After Westfield’s exit, here are the biggest S.F. properties facing mortgage deadlines
• SFC: $104K a year is ‘low-income’ for single people in 3 Bay Area counties, according to data
• FoxLA: At LA's largest RV encampment, cleanup is slow
• Sacramento homeless ballot measure is in effect, but it won’t mean more sweeps. Here’s why
• SJMN: How many of California’s homeless residents are from out of state?
• FoxLA: California homeless make up nearly one-third of US homeless population, new report shows
• FoxLA: Metro bus driver stabbed in Venice, suspect arrested
• Man dead after shooting near SF's Powell St. BART station: Police
• SFC: Man shot, killed near Powell Street BART Station in S.F.
• CG: California Lawmakers Gut Good Bill, Replace with Horrible Bill
• SDUT: A Carlsbad church has been mobilizing opposition against the school district’s diversity plan
• CG: CalPERS Announces Data Breach Of 769,000 Californians’ Personal Information
• OCReg: House Republicans push off Biden impeachment bid for now as hard-right clamors for action
• SDUT: Imperial Beach bans retail gun sales, imposes 45-day moratorium
• CalM: Child brides: A campaign starts to ban underage marriages in California
• CHP to settle lawsuit over Interstate 5 shooting of Sacramento man for $7 million
• LAT $: In major reform, California attorneys must report misconduct by their peers
• LAT $: Column: For Adam Schiff, censure is a gift from House Republicans
• CG: You’re No Fun Anymore
• Reason: Hunter Biden's Prison-Free Plea Should Be Available to Everybody
• OCReg: The surveillance state tramples our Fourth Amendment rights
• Sacramento terminates fire captain for working from Rocklin. He says it’s retaliation
• Former California assemblyman running for Sean Loloee’s Sacramento City Council seat
• SJMN: Every Bay Area county is aging faster than the U.S.
• SFC: S.F.'s effort to reduce city hiring delays still tied up in red tape
• SJMN: ‘Intentional concealment’: Prosecutors claim former Fremont city manager hid misdeeds to strike rich payday
• SJMN: Report on staffing vacancies in Bay Area cities reveals how turnover has left Berkeley in crisis
• FresBee: Fresno passes a record $1.87 billion budget for 2023-24. Why residents might be chipping in
• CalCoast: Paso Robles City Council rejects Bruce Gibson’s equity plan
• VCStar $: Ventura to ban bikes, other transport on Main Street
• LAT $: Metro looks to create its own police force. It won’t be easy.
• LAT $: L.A. City Council members, California assemblywoman arrested as hotel workers protest
• OCReg: Recession will cut Orange County home prices 11%, Chapman forecasts
• OCReg: Inmate charged with threatening Orange County judge
• School board politics are now putting Temecula on the map
• SBSun: San Bernardino leaders pump brakes on mayor’s pitch for State of the City address
• Lake Elsinore, Big Bear Lake see toxic algae, but it’s less severe than last year
• SDUT: San Diego callers are left hanging with lousy customer service. A fix is years away, report says
• SDUT: National City’s new city manager dies two days after being promoted
• SDUT: Column: Housing Commission chief unloads on ‘disingenuous. . . misinformation’ about homelessness

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