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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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THE HEADLINES

  • CalM: As California closes prisons, the cost of locking someone up hits new record at $132,860
  • SDUT: ‘We lost everything’: Residents across southeastern San Diego wonder what comes next after devastating floods
  • SDUT: Massive cleanup begins after torrential rains flood region and overwhelm aging drainage systems
  • AP: Las Vegas-to-California high-speed electric rail project gets OK for $2.5B more in bonds
  • Riverside Councilmember Clarissa Cervantes won’t face ethics violation for DUI
  • Trump Cruises in NH, Haley Says She's Staying In
  • LAT $: A California congressman (and former Bernie booster) tries to get New Hampshire voters to write in Biden
  • Schiff, Garvey Bat Away Attacks in Feisty Calif. Senate Debate
  • FresBee: Former administrator at center of Fresno State harassment scandal suing CSU trustees
  • CalCoast: Cal Poly protestors attempt to break into building, start riot – video
  • California Faculty Association reaches tentative agreement with CSU, calls off strike
  • OCReg: CSU faculty seem split on merits of tentative labor deal announced Monday
  • CalM: Californians want to use Zoom for court appearances. Will lawmakers let them?
  • CalM: 350,000 Californians are now on the FAIR Plan, the last resort for fire insurance. Now what?
  • Bay Area-based eBay plans to lay off about 1,000 employees: company
  • LAT $: Appeals court finds FBI did violate rights of some Beverly Hills safe-deposit box holders
  • Video shows armed robberies at Sacramento Chevron station
  • EXCLUSIVE: Mom, child reunite after suspected Oakland carjacking
  • FoxLA: 13-year-old driver accused in Compton bakery robbery arrested again hours after release
  • CG: Los Angeles Times Eliminates 20% of Staff – 115 Employees Let Go
  • FoxLA: LA Times to layoff more than 20% of newsroom staff
  • OCReg: Volunteers start canvass of who is homeless in Orange County
  • SDUT: Two homeless shelters were evacuated amid San Diego’s historic storm. Only one may fill back up.
  • LAT $: After worker sprays water near unhoused person, L.A. city controller launches investigation
  • Pomona council OKs call for Gaza ceasefire, says ‘we’re doing what we can’
  • OCReg: Skyrocketing prison spending in California is no mystery. CCPOA pulls strings in Sacramento.
  • CG: When Will Democrats Admit California’s Prop. 47 Has Been Cataclysmic?
  • How Civics Can Counter Antisemitism on Campus
  • OCReg: California’s Senate debate only confirms that our next senator will further erode liberty
  • OCReg: The biggest threat to the Constitution in 2024 is the ‘lawfare’ being waged against Donald Trump
  • CalM: U.S. Senate debate raises key question: Will Republican Steve Garvey advance to November?
  • SacBee: Can every Sacramento County school offer professional mental health help? Here’s the plan
  • SFC: Why S.F.’s biggest mall continues to see an exodus even as others recover
  • SFC: S.F. supervisor calls on City College trustees to explain threat to accreditation
  • Lesbian tech conference exits SF following neighborhood controversyUpdated 3 hours ago
  • SJMN: Mayor: BART San Jose plans should remain, but revision “should be on the table”
  • Reedley, Fresno Co. to receive $260K for illegal lab cleanup
  • Workers allege union busting, file labor complaint against Modesto-area insulation plant
  • FresBee: Fresno has almost $2 billion in taxpayer money to spend. More transparency is needed
  • VCStar $: 9 students cited after fight at Moorpark High School
  • LAT $: L.A. County D.A. to pay $5 million in civil rights case over bungled election conspiracy prosecution
  • LAT $: 2nd former L.A. deputy sentenced to federal prison for abducting Compton skateboarder
  • LAT $: L.A. County looks to require rental units to stay cool in summer
  • OCReg: OC Board of Supervisors deadlock on conflict of interest, discretionary spending policy updates
  • VOC: OC Supervisors Decide Against Disclosing Family Contracts
  • OCReg: Disneyland commits $2.5 billion for theme park expansion
  • FoxLA: 5 found dead near Highway 395 in San Bernardino County
  • Hemet-area park renamed for fallen Riverside County sheriff’s deputy
  • LAT $: Palm Springs capped Airbnb rentals. Now some home prices are in free-fall
  • Why the Temecula City Council will be short one member for most of 2024
  • SDUT: San Diego signs off on sweeping changes to hard-fought surveillance law
  • SDUT: Majority of county supervisors support March ballot measure giving state larger share of mental health funds


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FlashReport Editors
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