Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, August 17, 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 Eight people detained during union protest at legislative offices in Sacramento Sacramento City Council members detained amid state worker protest OCReg: Former Anaheim Mayor Sidhu agrees to plea deal for federal corruption charges LAT $: Ex-Anaheim mayor to plead guilty to corruption charges tied to Angel Stadium sale VOC: Ex-Anaheim Mayor Sidhu Agrees to Plead Guilty to Corruption Charges LAT $: Flash mobs invade luxury L.A. retailers with brute force, overwhelming numbers FoxLA: Woman beaten in front of Wildomar home while daughter screamed for help FoxLA: California man caught sniffing women at Barnes & Noble free despite rap sheet of child peeping, 40 arrests Sacramento barred from clearing homeless camps until at least Sept. 1 due to heat, judge rules LAT $: An L.A. hotel became homeless housing. The city paid $11.5 million to cover the damage LAT $: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass scores a U.S. policy shift to expedite homeless housing LAT $: Orange Unified may mandate telling parents if their child is transgender, as policy spreads SFC: Northern California fires: Smith River Complex fire grows to nearly 1,000 acres Environmental groups sue SoCal air regulator over ozone pollution CalM: 8 months after storms, California disaster relief slowly flows to undocumented workers who lost homes, income SDUT: San Diego man previously charged for bilking investors faces new $4M COVID loan fraud indictment SJ officer shot while on duty in critical condition: Officials OCReg: Off-duty LA County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot by Fontana police SDUT: Judge lifts restraining order against Lemon Grove Councilmember Liana LeBaron SFC: State court broadens domestic abuse protections to include economic harm AP: California town of Paradise deploys warning sirens as 5-year anniversary of deadly fire approaches OCReg: John Stossel: College has become a government-subsidized rip-off Trump Is Not Guilty Of Racketeering; The Deep State Is OCReg: Assembly Bill 12 is yet another attack on rental housing providers. The Legislature must reject it. NR: Are the Trump Election-Interference Indictments a ‘Criminalization’ of Speech and Politics? Folsom Cordova Unified board approves study that looks into splitting districts SFC: Will a long-delayed Whole Foods reenergize this S.F. neighborhood? SJMN: San Jose mayor blasts Pink Poodle strip club firefighter probe Will Modesto Airport bring back commercial flights? Why they stopped, and future plans Riverbank panel balks at biofuels project at old ammo plant. Here’s the reason why Assistant chief and two-time cancer survivor appointed Modesto Fire Dept. interim chief CalCoast: Parents accuse SLO High officials of enabling sexual misconduct, video CalCoast: SLO High School coach Jeff Brandow fired amid sexual misconduct allegations LAT $: L.A. City Council backs effort to block Bulgari development in Benedict Canyon OCReg: Long Beach’s JetZero lands $235M Air Force contract to build next-gen plane OCReg: Chief: Santa Ana PD has begun arresting people who are publicly intoxicated FoxLA: San Bernardino tenants forced to leave home due to safety hazards SDUT: As ballots are counted, Montgomery Steppe holds early lead for supervisor SDUT: SANDAG signs 87K-square-foot lease at West for new downtown headquarters SDUT: Michael Smolens: San Diego hotel tax case may bring clarity to what is a ‘citizens’ initiative’ SDUT: Campus housing shortage leaves more than 2,000 UC San Diego students on waiting list for beds 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!