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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

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THE HEADLINES

  • Crews reach 5% containment on Pedro Fire burning in Mariposa County
  • LAT $: California wildfires have already charred 30 times as many acres as all of last year — and it’s still summer
  • AP: Firefighters make progress against massive blaze in California ahead of warming weather
  • SJMN: Containment of vast Park Fire in Northern California heads higher
  • SF SAFE former executive director charged with 34 felonies
  • SFC: Ex-leader of S.F. nonprofit arrested following allegations she spent public money on lavish parties
  • OCReg: California lawmakers debate sending local health inspectors inside immigration facilities
  • SacBee: How Kamala Harris helped a California man become the nation’s first undocumented lawyer
  • Kamala Harris BRAGS about funding trans surgeries for inmates
  • Kamala Harris expected to expand Biden’s child gender transition agenda if elected
  • SFC: Here’s how Republicans are using Kamala Harris’ San Francisco tenure against her
  • NR: The Kamala Harris Psyop
  • LAT $: Study details ‘transformative’ results from L.A. pilot that guaranteed families $1,000 a month
  • SJMN: 8 sentenced for roles in flash-mob robberies across California
  • LAT $: A music executive owns Joshua Tree’s most stunning home. Two local artists say, in police reports, he drugged them there
  • OCReg: Newsom vows new AI regulations after Musk retweets fake Harris video
  • OCReg: 2024 Rose Parade, Rose Bowl Game injected $245 Million into Greater LA economy, new report says
  • SFC: With Dem governors crowding the campaign spotlight, will Gavin Newsom take a back seat?
  • AP: San Francisco police and street cleaners take aggressive approach to clearing homeless encampments
  • San Francisco intensifies homeless encampment sweeps
  • OCReg: Disneyland unions agree to ‘historic’ 31% pay raise
  • SJMN: California’s COVID positivity rate is still growing, approaching record high for a summer surge
  • LAT $: ‘The virus wants to live.’ Why California’s COVID spike isn’t expected to ease anytime soon
  • LAT $: California’s largest police group says rural departments need more officers
  • NR: Here Come the Flip-Flops
  • CalM: California’s voters face competing ballot measures as interest groups clash
  • OCReg: California labor takes a rare “L” in 2024
  • OCReg: Stop offering subsidies for special groups
  • Mayor pushing for plans to change the Old Sacramento Waterfront
  • SFC: Aaron Peskin wants to make it easier for S.F. to host live events in downtown’s empty outdoor spaces
  • SJMN: Judge orders Bay Area car dealer to pay almost $300,000 for unlawful hazardous waste disposal
  • Nurses protest staffing policy at Modesto hospital. Patients deserve better, union says
  • CalCoast: Nearly 2,000 PG&E customers lose power in San Luis Obispo County
  • VCStar $: Ventura County to crack down on unpermitted food stands
  • LAT $: The trek from your plane to LAX’s ride-share lot can be a struggle. Will it get easier?
  • VOC: Irvine Gears Up to Leave County Library System, Ramp up City Efforts
  • OCReg: Anaheim will buy Lincoln Avenue motel for $3.9 million
  • Riverside County supervisors appoint committee to oversee animal welfare
  • SDUT: SANDAG fires its chief economist
  • SDUT: San Diego finalizes plans to transform Hillcrest, University City with high-rises, transit
  • AP: San Diego Wave president sues former employee for defamation for alleging abusive behavior
  • SDUT: Michael Smolens: When one huge San Diego project bucked the trend of cost overruns


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FlashReport Editors
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