Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, December 13, 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 LAT $: Nonprofit leader and L.A. political fundraiser sentenced to prison in embezzlement case FoxLA: Palmdale Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Alarcón arrested for suspected DUI in Glendale SFC: Supervisor Dean Preston blames capitalism for San Francisco’s homeless and drug crisis CalM: Hundreds of formerly homeless people get evicted after L.A. nonprofit fails to pay rent on time SDUT: The homeless population downtown just hit a two-year low. The result is a mixed bag. SJMN: San Jose considering sanctioned encampments as interim options face long wait lines, timelines FresBee: Former CSU chancellor dismissed from harassment lawsuit FoxLA: Family-run LA fruit vendor robbed at gunpoint; Nearby taco stand also targeted FoxLA: Man dies after being stabbed on LA Metro train Sen. Laphonza Butler faces cease-fire protesters at forum LAT $: Campus Palestinian allies demand UC board chair resign, citing ‘one-sided’ social media actions SFC: Oakland coffee shop staff: Viral anti-Israel graffiti was there for months FoxLA: Suspect charged in alleged antisemitic attack on elderly Jewish couple in Beverly Hills CA Assemblyman Vince Fong endorsed by Kevin McCarthy to fill his seat McCarthys succession is getting messy Kevin McCarthy endorses Vince Fong for Congress in Bakersfield, but can he legally run? California new retail theft committee announces first Assembly hearing. Here’s when Sen. Alex Padilla speaks out against President Joe Biden’s ‘Trump-era’ immigration proposal CG: The Extended Newsom-DeSantis Debate: How Jennifer Siebel Newsom Ended It PG&E asking for another rate hike LAT $: 5 hospitalized after Amtrak train car derails in Ventura County crash OCReg: Biden impeachment vote, for Reps. Michelle Steel and Young Kim, is complicated SFC: NIMBYs beware: California’s builder’s remedy just got a powerful legal ally OCReg: Southern California kids sue EPA for not protecting them from climate change First Devin Nunes, now Kevin McCarthy. Why do Valley congressmen keep quitting? FOX: The whole world is on fire under Biden: Shawn Steel OCReg: Steve Garvey: Time to restore moral integrity to Congress, Supreme Court College Presidents Are Lying About Free Speech How To Really Fix American Higher Education CalM: Progressives frustrated by failure to enact their agenda in deep blue California SFC: State OKs S.F. housing ordinance, avoiding potential penalties for the city SFC: Richmond council probes foul odor releases by local wastewater plant SJMN: Santa Clara County supervisors back direct access to non-police mental health team SJMN: Stanford launches emerging-tech project co-led by Hoover Institution’s Condoleezza Rice FresBee: Madera County’s first Latino supervisor dies at 94. His impact was ‘more than people realize’ Fresno County Board of Supervisors pass illegal medical lab ordinance CalCoast: Protest fails, Grover Beach to raise water rates 112% VCStar $: Council expected to finalize Camarillo Springs decisionlocal LAT $: Chief Moore cites ‘serious concerns’ about LAPD officer who killed pedestrian while driving police cruiser LAT $: Julio Urías police investigation complete, L.A. County D.A.’s office reviewing for charges VOC: Orange County Assessor: Tustin Fire Could Tank Property Values OCReg: Here’s who’s running for the OC Board of Supervisors in 2024 VOC: OC Judge Rules Cypress Did Not Violate State Open Meeting Law Could toll lanes be ‘discriminatory’? Riverside County Transportation Commission weighs in In leaked memo, Amazon fumed over piece by Riverside artist OCReg: Man who shot 2 teens to death inside Corona theater ruled sane; will be sentenced to prison SDUT: San Diego OKs sweeping package of new incentives to build housing, and a controversial change to a current one 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!