Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, April 12, 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 AP: California lawmakers vote to reduce deficit by $17 billion, but harder choices lie ahead California’s firefighters can’t get fire insurance CalM: California insurance chief, Farmers CEO ‘look outside’ for answers to insurance crisis CalM: Backers of California homeless camp ban cite ‘successful’ San Diego law. But is it? SacBee: Sacramento orders tight-knit homeless community, Camp Resolution, to close next month EXCLUSIVE: 8 armed suspects clear out Oakland Chinatown jewelry store FoxLA: LA man uses cell phone GPS to hunt down thieves who allegedly stole his car LAT $: Copper thieves strike again, mutilating a 100-year-old monument in MacArthur Park OJ Simpson dies at age 76 after battle with cancer, family says SDUT: An all-Republican local Assembly race was already contentious. Now it’s prompted a GOP leadership shake-up. LAT $: No transcript, no appeal: California courts face ‘crisis’ over lack of records CG: HHS Secretary Xavier Baccaria for California Governor? OCReg: What’s next for Rep. Katie Porter after she leaves Congress? OCReg: Southern California faces another storm, bringing rain and cold temperatures CG: Bill to Prohibit Public Libraries From Banning Books Passes Assembly Committee AP: Making cement is very damaging for the climate. One solution is opening in California After pandemic pause, Caltech restores standardized testing requirement for incoming undergrads CalM: Californians get hacked all the time. The state’s top cybersecurity job is vacant SFC: The first high-speed rail trains are closer to coming to California. Here’s when and how much they could cost CG: The 2024 California U.S. Senate Race Schiff v. Garvey: Where It Currently Stands LAT $: ‘I cant focus on anything but rage.’ Pro-Palestinian protests roil elite Pomona College FoxLA: Shohei Ohtanis ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara charged with federal bank fraud OCReg: Sacramento’s budget tricks might buy time, but won’t fix the state’s budget problem CalM: ‘Digital Democracy’ project penetrates California’s opaque political processes CG: A Time When America United to Discourage Kids From Taking Drugs SJMN: Editorial: Recount of tied congressional race a victory for election integrity CG: Port Of Oakland Votes Unanimously to Change Name Of Oakland’s Airport To San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport SJMN: State green lights Cupertino’s housing plan for more than 4,500 new homes SFC: Bay Area tech layoffs: Silicon Valley company, once valued at $5 billion, cuts 32% of workforce CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County developer accused of bribery, denied bail again LAT $: ‘It’s environmental racism’: Ag officials sued over farm chemicals near Latino schools Kristin Smarts killer attacked for second time at Coalinga prison LAT $: In nick of time, L.A. County adds staff to keep juvenile halls open. Many are skeptical it’ll last FoxLA: LAPD captain witnesses, arrests homeless person accused of attacking elderly woman in Koreatown LAT $: $2 million grant saves Catalina’s only hospital from closure — for now OCReg: OCDA clears Santa Ana officers of wrongdoing in 2022 death of 73-year-old man bitten by K-9 dog OCReg: Hoag receives $25 million gift for its expansion in Irvine Gil Navarro, longtime Inland Empire activist, dies at 81 Riverside’s new city council looks different. Will it matter? Murrieta schools ordered to stop enforcing transgender policy SDUT: Anonymous FPPC complaint targets Palomar Health management agreement 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!