Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, June 15, 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’s Democratic leaders clash with businesses over curbing retail theft. Here’s what to know CG: Less Than Half of Californians Approve of Gov. Newsom, and the Legislature, a New PPIC Poll Finds OCReg: Biden touches down in LA with star-studded Downtown event on itinerary SJMN: Jill Biden collects Bay Area cash in fundraising stop in Los Gatos LAT $: Traffic alert: Biden, Obama will appear at downtown L.A. fundraiser Saturday evening LAT $: Why Biden’s protest problem has reached deep-blue California and why it matters OCReg: Is your city manager one of 14 in California to make $500,000? Find out CG: Small Business ‘Uncertainty’ Reaches Highest Level Since Pandemic Forced Business Closures CalM: Gavin Newsom and top Democrats are deciding California’s budget behind closed doors SDUT: Border crossings and migrant street releases remain steady despite Biden’s executive order OCReg: Southern California housing is preposterously expensive, no matter the measurement OCReg: Orange County’s homebuying pace tumbles to all-time low SFC: What happens if California Forever can’t build its new Bay Area city? The group has a ‘plan B’ SFC: CVS security guard fatally shot at Bay Area store, police say SJMN: Video: 20-person smash-and-grab robbery at Sunnyvale jewelry store OCReg: COVID cases rising again in California after record-low deaths in spring LAT $: L.A. County COVID cases, hospitalizations rise amid summer uptick SDUT: Rancho Santa Fe HOA pays more than $2 million to settle COVID loan fraud allegations SFC: Exclusive: S.F.'s biggest mall might bring movies back to its big screens LAT $: Judge halts ban on syringe programs as El Dorado County legal battle continues CG: Why High School Graduates Turn Out to Be College Illiterates 'Media Reporting' Is Now Just More Censorship CG: Crime, Campus Chaos, and the Verdict OCReg: Susan Shelley: Democrats vs. democracy CG: The Greenberg Brief: San Francisco Mayoral Race – Thirteen Official Candidates Fight For Attention SFC: Why do S.F.’s furthest left and farthest right mayoral candidates sound so alike on key issues? SJMN: Santa Clara County approves $12.5 billion budget SJMN: Construction begins on BART’s extension to the South Bay OCReg: Proposed pay raises, benefits for police would cost Santa Ana $27 million over 3.5 years Riverside County home sales at 25-year low, 16% below average SDUT: San Diego County settles legal claim for $700K with family of teen who went unidentified in morgue for months SDUT: San Diego airport is getting a new parking operator — and it’s not Ace SDUT: New San Diego police chief unveils sweeping changes to department structure SDUT: In latest setback, San Diego’s utility office wrongly debits hundreds of auto-pay water customers 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 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice