Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Saturday, February 10, 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 CalM: California’s fast food workers gain new, first-of-its-kind union to represent them CG: SEIU Launches New Fast Food Workers Union Weeks Before Start Of New $20 Minimum Wage Law CalM: Feds leave California on the hook for $300 million in COVID homeless spending SFC: S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider investigated by state after two overdose deaths CG: The Plastic Bag Ban Fraud is Back LAT $: ‘Wait, was that an earthquake?’ Magnitude 4.6 temblor strikes near Malibu, rattles Southern California OCReg: Walmart, Target push for new shoplifting crackdown in California SJMN: On second straight day, suspects arrested in Berkeley Apple store thefts Cal OES deputy director Ryan Buras to resign amid sexual harassment lawsuit LAT $: L.A. hotel’s homeless residents forced school to shut down, lawsuit says SDUT: Former employee of San Diego homeless center sentenced for stealing checks from unhoused people VOSD: Sacramento Report: San Diego’s Public Camping Ban Could go Statewide SJMN: San Jose to ban homeless camps along Guadalupe River Trail SFC: Woke Kindergarten critic put on leave by Bay Area school district amid national backlash SFC: California officials take a rare stance against YIMBYs, side with Bay Area city OCReg: You need a $73,000 pay raise to buy Southern California’s median-priced home AP: Nurse acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in 2019 death of a 24-year-old California jail inmate CG: Bill To Require a Driver in Driverless Trucks Reintroduced In Assembly LAT $: She hopes CARE Court will save her husband. Two months in, she’s waiting for answers SDUT: Sexually violent predator to be placed in Campo next month despite community outcry CG: A DEI Superintendent Gets Sacked: A Good Win from Southern California OCReg: The SEIU’s fake fast food union Biden Escapes Charges for Being Too Feeble-Minded? Sacramento City Unified reaches 2-year deal with its teachers union SFC: Moderates have been ascendant in S.F. politics. This new group is fighting back SJMN: Fired Oakland cop claims she didn’t author social media posts repeatedly disparaging Black people, Guatemalans SFC: Two people shot near West Oakland BART station Modesto mayor has two challengers. Here’s where they stand on issues, fundraising CalCoast: SLO Tribune cutting back print newspaper to 2 days a week VCStar $: County gears up for EV charging demand. Is it enough? LAT $: ‘I wish I had not looked away’: Grossman’s texts show she was distracted before crash OCReg: Tagger-ravaged LA skyscraper spurs City Council strategy LAT $: Locked gates in historic L.A. neighborhood spark debate in City Council election OCReg: Prime Healthcare pleads with state for return of CalOptima contracts with 4 OC hospitals VOC: OC Struggles To Track Taxpayer Dollars For Tourist Advertising OCReg: Landslide dumps dirt 150 feet in San Clemente, debris came down near tidepools in Dana Point Street-vendor advocate Edin Enomorado to remain jailed without bail in San Bernardino County, judge rules Riverside County could see a strike by its largest public employee union Ex-LAPD officer won’t be retried in Corona Costco shooting of disabled man, attorney says SDUT: Port commissioner’s lawyer sues agency, alleges violation of civil rights SDUT: SDSU breaks ground on a new lab in the Imperial Valley, and a new push in its research boom SDUT: Coastal Commission approves Oceanside corridor plan with roundabouts, crosswalks and more 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!