Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, August 17, 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 EdS: Stefan Bean’s remarkable journey: Q&A with Orange County’s new superintendent AP: New California laws aim to reduce smash-and-grab robberies, car thefts and shoplifting SF small business owners respond to CA's new retail theft laws Car insurance rates in California are set to skyrocket. Here's why LAT $: Some California cities will allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote for school board this year SJMN: Bay Area students going back to school amid ongoing COVID wave CG: Bill to Support Children Of Military Parents Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee SJMN: California bill to regulate AI advances over tech opposition with some tweaks SJMN: Bay Area loses thousands of jobs in July as tech layoffs jolt economy CG: Appeals Court Blocks Part Of California Child Safety Law SacBee: California social media law likely violates the First Amendment, Ninth Circuit panel rules LAT $: Matthew Perry’s shocking last month on ketamine: ‘I wonder how much this moron will pay’ NR: UCLA Ruling Seen as Watershed Moment in Fight against Campus Antisemitism: ‘It’s a Big Deal’ OCReg: Regulations are making California daycare more expensive SacBee: DA drops charges against defendant in 2022 downtown Sacramento shooting who died in jail SFC: Mark Farrell says you can trust his campaign finances. A surprise trip to his office left me wondering New tax documents show decrease in Valley Children's CEO pay CalCoast: Unemployment rate continues growing in San Luis Obispo County CalCoast: Big-rig overturns just south of Paso Robles, causing Highway 101 closure LAT $: Los Angeles County voters are lukewarm on tax hike for homeless services, poll says LAT $: Top leadership in flux at troubled L.A. Animal Services department as general manager takes unexplained leave LAT $: LA officials direct traffic officers to enforce parking laws, tow RVs that people live in LAT $: This Orange County city has the hottest housing market in the country OCReg: Weapons startup Anduril in Costa Mesa bets big on mega-facility LAT $: Nonprofit and supervisor’s daughter ‘brazenly plundered’ tax dollars, Orange County says in lawsuit OCReg: Laguna Beach starts stewardship committee to ‘surge plan’ for next summer visitor impacts What’s it like inside Amazon’s San Bernardino air hub? Video shows lengthy struggle between deputy and man in Corona leading to fatal shooting of woman SDUT: Sheriff details new enhanced jail screening to curb drug deaths. Will it be enough? SDUT: Solar company bankruptcy results in more layoffs in its Santee office 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