Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Monday, April 8, 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 LAT $: Democrats book $27 million in ads in California congressional races CG: SEIU and Wealthy Donors Trying to Kill California’s Retail Theft Reform Bills NR: End the Taxpayer-Fueled Stadium–Industrial Complex OCReg: Gov. Gavin Newsom, spend that $6.4 billion from Prop. 1 on treatment that works Saturday Headlines FRBlog: Sunday Headlines LAT $: A solar eclipse is happening today in California. How to get the best view SDUT: Monday’s partial solar eclipse will peak as skies are clearing over much of San Diego County SJMN: Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity LAT $: From film sets to farms, visa changes for foreign workers could burden some California businesses SacBee: California water projects killed an illegal number of fish this winter SFC: S.F. Car Break-In Tracker: See vehicle burglaries in near real-time OCReg: Oregon Powerball player wins a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending more than 3 months without grand prize LAT $: California moves to ban the use of paraquat, a powerful weedkiller SJMN: This Bay Area city is using AI to detect homeless camps. Will others follow suit? Rep. Jay Obernolte is driving the AI conversation in Congress — and he’s optimistic about it California lawmakers hold high hopes for new congressional AI task force LAT $: 20 Pomona College protesters arrested after storming, occupying president’s office CG: Is California a Failed State? LAT $: Why Californians are fleeing this once-Golden State OCReg: Proposition 28 funding, intended to supplement arts funding in schools, is being misused Judge Calls Out Biden DOJ's Blatant Double Standard OCReg: Rent control is ‘a ludicrous idea,’ and so is blocking housing Ban Zuckerbucks Nationally Will the Oakland A’s help the city of Sacramento’s looming budget deficit? SFC: Data shows what people are paying in S.F.’s rent-controlled apartments versus their neighbors CalCoast: Cuesta College staffers accused of illegal activity, retaliation VCStar $: Moorpark council approves raise for city manager VOC: What Are Santa Ana Officials Hiding in a Claim Alleging The Police Union Runs City Hall? LAT $: Scandal shadows Andrew Do’s final year on the O.C Board of Supervisors Federal authorities in Riverside investigating Olivet University SDUT: One union spent heavily to remake county Democratic leadership in elected officials’ image. Party activists aren’t thrilled. SDUT: No more Styrofoam takeout containers: After 1-year reprieve, city ban takes effect for small businesses 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!