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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: Protect Our Republican Candidates by Closing this Crazy Loophole in the CRP Bylaws
• SJMN: Biden talks artificial intelligence, touts fight against deadly bacteria during Bay Area visit
• LAT $: Biden raises campaign cash in the Bay Area as GOP hopefuls gather in Simi Valley
• CG: SF Mayor London Breed Proposes New Policy Requiring Drug Testing for Welfare
• SFC: Is Breed’s plan to screen welfare recipients for drug use destined for failure?
• Unhoused communitys concern on SF mayors drug treatment proposal
• SFC: Oakland Target slated to close saw 105 calls to police this year
• Target closure could limit pharmacy access for many in Oakland
• Modesto gets $6M to combat organized retail theft rings. Here’s how it plans to use money
• Decay: Retailers Announce Closures Due to Mounting Crime
• SF to implement new CA program to treat mental health disorders
• OCReg: Minus Trump, Republican presidential candidates spar over education, economy, more at Reagan Library
• AP: Trump skipped the Republican debate again. This time, his rivals took him on directly
• AP: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states
• AP: Fiancée remembers slain California deputy’s goodbye kiss days after they got engaged
• AP: Wildfires can make your California red taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that
• LAT $: Can’t afford California housing? Try living in a tiny sleeping pod. All 4 feet of it
• SFC: Converting S.F.’s empty offices to housing could finally be starting
• CalM: California gunmakers fear their ‘expiration date’ in a state that doesn’t want them
• CG: Whamm, Zwap, Bam! Lawsuits Already Filed Over California’s Newest Gun Control Laws
• SDUT: Famed racehorse trainer Bob Baffert files San Diego lawsuit alleging plot by bettors to extort, defame him
• Thousands of Migrants Are Being Dropped Off on San Diego Streets
• OCReg: UPS hiring nearly 10,000 seasonal workers in Southern California
• CalM: Why California Republicans are facing a moment of truth
• CalM: She lost her financial aid while homeless. A bill on Newsom’s desk could help students like her
• OCReg: Gov. Newsom’s homeless advisor visits shelter in Santa Ana
• OCReg: Susan Shelley: Overregulation and California’s insurance crisis
• Why and How Did Fauci Try To Steer the CIA Covid Probe?
• GOP Must Unite Around a Candidate, Have Unity Party
• SacBee: Priest charged with rape evades prosecution | The Sacramento Bee
• Sacramento police release video of armed man shot, killed by officer on DOCO parking garage roof
• SJMN: MLB’s Manfred hopes owners will vote in November on A’s-to-Vegas
• CG: Will SF Bay Area Voters Make the Politicians They Elected Pay for Crime Explosion?
• SJMN: Big San Jose lands financial boost as occupancy rises
• LAT $: How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California’s heartland
• Fresno will demolish former grocery store to make way for a senior center. What will it cost?
• CG: Ojai, CA Becomes First U.S. City To Recognize Legal Rights Of Elephants
• LAT $: Prestigious Cleveland High program has a dark legacy. LAUSD settles fourth sex abuse suit
• CG: Nathan Hochman: Candidate for Los Angeles DA
• VOC: Orange County Cities Crack Down on E-Bikes With Stricter Regulations
• OCReg: Anaheim to restrict city employees, council from using personal devices, accounts
• VOC: Santa Ana Police Chief to Retire Amidst City Hall Tumult
• LAT $: Riverside County sought to pay off women before deputy was charged with sexual assault, extortion
• SDUT: San Diego Unified’s new $250 million joint campus aims to uplift City Heights community
• CG: San Diego Association of Governments Axes Politically Toxic Vehicle Miles Tax
• SDUT: UC San Diego, a ‘city-school’ in the making, opens with hope, hubbub and a record 42,300 students

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