Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, August 1, 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 CalM: Park Fire jeopardizing one of California’s most iconic species: ‘This species could blink out’ SJMN: Most severe start to California wildfire season in 16 years Crews keep battling the nearly 5,000-acre Nixon fire in Aguanga CG: Sen. Scott Wiener Calls Elon Musk ‘Bigot’ and ‘Conspiracy Theorist’ LAT $: How much does your city know about you? This Southern California city opens up CG: ‘Politickin’ – Gavin Newsom’s New Podcast is Quite Political LAT $: The hidden role of public pensions in raising rents in California AP: University of California president to step down after 5 years marked by pandemic, campus protests SDUT: UCSD workers demonstrate for new contract LAT $: UC healthcare and service workers demand wage hike and housing aid OCReg: Tony Thurmond seeks to build millions of affordable housing units for teachers Trump running mate JD Vance in Fresno County for fundraising event Sacramento County will offer homes, hope for homeless people with new large safe stay campus SFC: Breed promised ‘aggressive’ sweeps of S.F. homeless encampments. Here’s what’s changed SacBee: Property owner sues Sacramento after homeless people broke into vacant commercial building VOC: What Does The Future of Homeless Camping Enforcement In Orange County Look Like? Stanislaus County hires contractor to manage interim housing complex for Modesto’s homeless CG: Some L.A. County Officials Oppose Gov. Newsom’s Homeless Encampment Order SF homeless encampment sweeps continue; 82% declining shelter AP: San Francisco police and street cleaners take aggressive approach to clearing homeless encampments CG: NewsGuard Strikes Again, Threatening Free Speech SFC: California reservoir levels could drop much more than expected in the future, state report finds AP: Captain in 2019 scuba boat fire ordered to pay about $32K to families of 3 of 34 people killed CalM: Toilet paper and flat tires — the strange ways that Californians ignite wildfires LAT $: ‘What are the odds?’ California family lost one home to wildfire in 2018 — and a second in 2024 CalM: Newsom denounces Trump’s authoritarian tendencies, but displays some himself CG: Ringside: How Many People Will Water From the Delta Tunnel Support? OCReg: Sorry Gavin, the First Amendment protects AI ads mocking Kamala Harris OCReg: Orange County cities act like Karens over Airbnbs SacBee: Sacramento DA’s lawsuit against city in homelessness crisis paused for six months Investigation underway after mailbox explodes in north Sacramento County neighborhood SFC: Anxiety builds over S.F. school closures. Here’s when SFUSD will release the list Runners infuriated after SF Marathon miscalculates course length SFC: Bay Area companies hit with hundreds of layoffs, including biotech firm’s 75% reduction of U.S. workers SFC: Alameda County DA Price charges leader of nonprofit youth swimming group with embezzlement SFC: It was the epicenter of Oakland’s surging crime. Is this corridor any better now? Aerial spraying set for Modesto to control mosquitoes that spread West Nile, other diseases Fresno City Council lays out proposed changes for future Arthop events $20 million settlement reached in lawsuit for former Bitwise employees VCStar $: Work to start on Simi long-delayed Lost Canyons homes LAT $: Los Angeles County agrees to buy downtown skyscraper VOC: Orange County Cities Grapple With Drug Treatment Facilities OCReg: Rent relief applications open for select OC residents on the verge of homelessness SDUT: San Diego County only has a few dozen detox beds for homeless residents. That total is about to get a boost. SDUT: Carlsbad could be first in county to ban smoking in apartment buildings, condos SDUT: San Diego again declares a crisis over a lack of shelter. It’s still not clear where beds might be found. 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