Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, May 2, 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 $: Crime is a ballot ‘vulnerability’ for California Democrats after Schiff, Bass break-ins SJMN: Evan Low heads to November election as Joe Simitian is knocked off the ballot SFC: ‘Everyone is getting squeezed’: California electricity prices now second-highest in U.S. SJMN: CPUC voting soon on $24 fixed monthly charge for California electricity bills CG: Save Us, You Bastards: Pro-Palestine Students Demand Cops Protect Them CG: 15 Injured, 1 Hospitalized Following More Gaza Protests At UCLA OCReg: Students say will hold ground at UC Irvine pro-Palestinian encampment AP: Police move in and begin dismantling pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment at UCLA Pro-Palestinian UC Riverside students’ sit-in enters its third day CG: LA City Council Approves Evaluation of Creating a Department Of Homelessness SacBee: CA bill taxes Big Tech to pay for tax credit for news orgs SJMN: As Californians mitigate wildfire threats, why is there still an insurance crisis? SFC: Thousands of homeowners in this wealthy Bay Area city are set to lose insurance: ‘No good options’ LAT $: As court overturns a lot-splitting law, SB 9, one early adopter asks why OCReg: 4.1-magnitude quake centered near Corona jolts Southern California AP: Captain faces 10 years in prison for fiery deaths of 34 people aboard California scuba dive boat SDUT: California’s oil watchdog calls out industry for high gas prices; refiners push back CalM: California politicians face rampant threats. Some want to use campaign cash for protection SacBee: Mom says she has new evidence in priest sex abuse case. But California’s AG’s office denied her request CalM: California officials won’t say why it would cost ‘billions’ to protect prison workers from heat OCReg: Laguna Beach survey setting the stage for higher taxes OCReg: Steve Garvey and other statewide GOP candidates have no shot until Top Two is repealed OCReg: New battlegrounds emerge in California’s endless housing conflict CalM: Lagging revenue continues to drive California budget deficit as deadline nears OCReg: Los Angeles zoning police know how to kill a party OCReg: University chaos is the direct consequence of prioritizing collectivism and identity politics SacBee: President Biden expands Berryessa Snow Mountain monument to protect Molok Luyuk ridge SacBee: DA’s lawsuit against Sacramento over homeless camps could be tossed. Here’s why How many people in encampments accepted mental health help in Sacramento County? SFC: Here’s how S.F.’s mayoral candidates want to tackle the city’s notorious housing crisis SFC: Data shows what state police have done in S.F. after yearlong drug crackdown SFC: Feds, state accuse S.F. of dumping sewage into bay, ocean for years Modesto’s delayed ACE rail service could get a jump start with temporary station Modesto settles lawsuit for $912,500 with woman who says her car was rear-ended by city driver VCStar $: GasWorks project in Ventura to revive historic buildings LAT $: Oversight inspectors accuse Sheriff’s Department of retaliation after reports on jail fires OCReg: After months of delays and decades of waiting, fluffy sand is being delivered in San Clemente LAT $: LGBTQ+ people in Huntington Beach fearful of what they say is a rise in hostility 6 million square feet of warehouses proposed for the Temescal Valley SDUT: Poway Unified superintendent fired amid harassment allegations by Del Norte softball players SDUT: Legislators ask Gov. Newsom for financial aid to repair fire-damaged Oceanside pier SDUT: Gloria’s proposed budget cuts would hit San Diego’s neediest especially hard, city analysis finds SDUT: County moves forward with plan for a long-term migrant center after securing federal funding. 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!