Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, February 7, 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 CG: The Illegal Immigrant Industrial Complex SDUT: Appeals court temporarily reinstates ammunition background check law that San Diego judge struck down SacBee: California ammunition background checks to resume after 9th Circuit pauses court order LAT $: L.A.’s monster storm was even worse in some areas than the alarming forecasts SBSun: 2 dead as relentless storm hits Southern California SDUT: Violent thunderstorms saturate San Diego County, with more rain to come Reason: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Says Civil Asset Forfeiture 'Isn't Fair' and Calls for Reforms SacBee: Data breach at California state worker union targeted social security numbers, home addresses LAT $: L.A. County legal spending skyrocketed to $1 billion last year, as Sheriff’s Department settlements balloon SBSun: The good news, bad news on California’s water supplies, drought after record rainfall CG: The Second California U.S. Senate Debate: Three Candidates Face a Make-It-or-Break-It Point SBSun: California makes a mess of utility billing structure SFC: Las Vegas mayor: A’s should ‘stay in Oakland,’ Fisher’s plan ‘doesn’t make sense’ SJMN: AT&T seeks to shut down landline service for most of the Bay Area, much of California Media literacy is now required in California schools. Why the rollout may be slow-paced SDUT: Some lawmakers want to take San Diego’s homeless camping ban statewide LAT $: California’s air pollution fight just got tougher: New EPA standards raise the bar on soot OCReg: Gut check: Newsom’s state budget proposal is already showing its shortcomings SBSun: Is AI really coming for your job? SBSun: Biden’s latest salvo against independent contracting derives from California’s disastrous AB 5 SacBee: Who’s funding campaigns of Sacramento councilman Eric Guerra and his challenger? SFC: Exclusive: San Francisco school district to make monumental changes in face of legal threat SFC: San Francisco’s mayoral race may pit London Breed against other moderates attacking her record Reason: San Francisco Police Spent 193 Hours Over 3 Months Watching Private Surveillance Footage SJMN: Tech companies slash more than 3,900 Bay Area jobs in 2024 as layoffs widen SFC: Housing project at S.F. parking lot stalled for a decade. Now the developer plans to supersize it SFC: Ex-Oakland police chief files blistering lawsuit against city, Mayor Thao SJMN: “Mind-boggling”: Santa Clara County supervisor blasts secrecy of state report in baby Phoenix’s death SLTrib: Heather Moreno, Susan Funk face off in debate for SLO County supervisor seat FresBee: Measure A in Fresno County would change sheriff, district attorney elections. What to know LAT $: Ill-fitting gear endangers female L.A. County firefighters, supervisors say LAT $: Pounding rains force millions of gallons of raw sewage to spill from L.A. County sewers LAT $: L.A. City Council seeks to rein in street takeovers at multiple intersections Three battle for 3rd District seat on Riverside County Board of Supervisors SDUT: Huge batch of proposed San Diego policy changes would make it easier to open behavioral-health clinics, turn malls into homes and more SDUT: Should sheriff’s deputies get subsidized child care? County supervisors green-light a study 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!