Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, June 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 California gas taxes are going up again. Here’s how much you’ll have to pay FoxLA: Amtrak train derailment: Crews work to clear tracks in Moorpark LAT $: 16 hurt as Amtrak train rams truck in Moorpark, derails; truck driver critically injured SFC: Violent robberies in San Francisco’s Noe Valley appear to target women with smartphones SFC: Exclusive: Gavin Newsom doubles state police in San Francisco fentanyl crackdown AP: California Black reparations task force concludes historic 2-year work LAT $: Smith: The craziest reparations idea you won’t find in the California task force’s report AP: Former Google executive enters 2024 US Senate race to succeed California’s Feinstein AP: California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is stepping down. He’s not happy about how it happened Anthony Rendon discusses what’s next for his life, career FoxLA: Suspects follow group into Irvine Spectrum Center bathroom, rob victims at gunpoint Possible explosives found in home of Richmond man killed by police SFC: Sonoma County murderer set to be released on parole over D.A.’s objections SDUT: Downtown San Diego businesses want $2.5 million from the city because of homeless problems CalM: A Texas city shelters nearly all homeless residents in one place. It’s turning heads in California VOC: Newport Beach Becomes Latest Orange County City to Limit Homeless Camps CG: AG Bonta Announces ‘Surge in Reported Hate Crimes’ 8 Weeks After Creation of ‘CA vs Hate’ Hotline CG: Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Passes Assembly Public Safety Committee CalM: Will California’s largest pensions, CalPERS and CalSTRS, divest from fossil fuels? CalM: Building California: How will the infrastructure deal affect development, wildlife? CG: Joshua Trees Receive Massive Protections Under Passage Of Budget Trailer Bill These new California laws go into effect July 1. Here’s what you need to know LAT $: Dianne Feinstein, still recovering, is skipping a California visit during Senate break WhatsApp Messages Make Bidens GOATs of Corruption LAT $: As a hotel workers’ strike looms, Anime Expo attendees sound off Reason: Trucking Company, Careening Toward Bankruptcy, Could Default on $700 Million Federal Bailout Loan LAT $: The pope’s ‘favorite nun’ defends migrants. So why did she agree Texas could bus them to L.A.? NR: Gen Z Is the ‘Surveillance Generation’ OCReg: Julie Su nomination for U.S. Labor Secretary should be pulled CG: And They Wonder Why… Media Run Cover for Political Allies OCReg: California shouldn’t get in the way of self-driving trucks. Reject Assembly Bill 316. OCReg: Gavin Newsom’s 28th Amendment stunt is dead on arrival LAT $: Column: Southpaw Newsom is shelled by lawmakers on plans for a delta tunnel Sacramento County reaches settlement over placing foster youth in unlicensed facilities Mayoral candidate now running for state Assembly seat Sac City Unified superintendent to step down CG: One Year Out Of San Francisco: How Leaving Has Affected Former Residents SJMN: Bay Area travelers will join 5 million Californians on the move for July 4 SFC: S.F. D.A. declines to file murder charge in shooting near BART station SFC: Yosemite finalizes controversial rules for climbing El Capitan, Half Dome Feds award $20 million to restore old Fresno train depot. How it ties in with high-speed rail LAT $: Tulare Lake floodwaters now receding, Newsom’s office says. ‘We’ve turned a corner.’ CalCoast: Did Pismo Beach wait too long to close the slide? FoxLA: 0% of Los Angeles homes cheaper to buy than rent: study OCReg: Buena Park OKs new housing development near Downtown Mall LAT $: Amid crumbling cliffs, Orange County considers moving its famously scenic rail line inland OCReg: Long Beach man accused of killing ex-girlfriend in Aliso Viejo spa bombing once again on trial VOC: M4 Carbines, Armored Vehicles: A Look at OC Sheriff’s $4 Million Military Arsenal VOC: Old Sears Building At Buena Park Mall to be Turned Into 1,300 Housing Units Temecula school board hires firm for $50,000 to find new superintendent SJMN: ‘This needs to get out of our library’: New policy on explicit books, materials proposed in Temecula schools SBSun: Complaint alleges Rialto councilmember violated California conflict-of-interest laws SDUT: Protesters ruin Rancho Peñasquitos library’s Pride exhibit by checking out nearly all the books SDUT: Encinitas declares local emergency on bike, e-bike safety after 15-year-old’s death VOSD: North County Report: Encinitas Pulls the Plug on Building Electrification 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!