Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, January 3, 2024     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 Data shows certain violent crimes are rising in Oakland CG: Gascon’s Parole Policies Putting Felons on the Street SFC: New data shows a surprising demographic has joined California’s exodus AP: California begins 2024 with below-normal snowpack a year after one of the best starts in decades AP: Questions on artificial intelligence and a budget deficit await returning California lawmakers New California law restricts how, when law enforcement can post suspect mugshots on social media CG: ‘Outdated Terminology’ Bills Come Into Effect LAT $: Who would lend millions to Hunter Biden? Meet the Hollywood lawyer who has SFC: Real estate giant poised to become S.F.’s largest residential landlord after massive deal SJMN: Empty office space hits all-time highs in Bay Area: report SFC: Ninth Circuit won’t let Berkeley enforce first-in-nation natural gas ban CG: The Number Of Victims is Growing of New $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Law Minimum wage, fast food worker pay increase impacts Fresno businesses NR: Gender-Neutral Toy Aisles Now Required in California SFC: California’s largest home insurer to hike rates this year CalM: A ‘pocket of hope’: This California school district made a difference on Black students’ scores LAT $: On the ropes: A Times investigation of how California has failed retired boxers SDUT: Behavioral health worker training program among proposals for share of $80 million ‘evergreen’ fund OCReg: ‘I was afraid he’d yell at me for going in his room. What I heard was him dying.’ LAT $: Tom Girardi declared competent to stand trial Politicized, Progressive Big Philanthropy CG: California New Laws 2024: You Shall Comply OCReg: What do OC Board of Education candidates think about the power of teachers unions? CalM: How will California respond to the home insurance market meltdown? OCReg: Carl DeMaio: Proposition 1 will make California’s homelessness crisis even worse AP: Train derails and catches fire near San Francisco, causing minor injuries and service disruptions SFC: S.F. rapper who criticized Mayor Breed over crime says civil rights leader threatened him SJMN: San Jose councilmember granted restraining order against owner of popular Instagram page VCStar $: Year after storms, enclave near Ventura up for reprieve VCStar $: Will Moorpark's High Street Depot spur a sleepy downtown? LAT $: Woman killed after Amtrak train strikes vehicle in Camarillo VOC: What’s On the Horizon For Huntington Beach? OCReg: County to add services, housing to help with transition for OC’s juvenile detainees OCReg: Former columnist David Whiting sues OC Sheriff’s Department over son’s jail suicide Riverside County sheriff slapped with another lawsuit over inmate death CG: Tunneling to Nowhere: Del Mar Train Proposals Raise Eyebrows SDUT: Lemon Grove City Council member was absent or late to half of meetings in 2023. 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!