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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

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THE HEADLINES

  • SDUT: As San Diego homelessness spending tops $230M, budget experts call for comprehensive plan, transparency
  • FoxLA: Homeless encampments grow on Playa del Rey beaches; locals say theres little to no enforcement
  • SDUT: Michael Smolens: Gloria wants homeless sleeping sites to count
  • CG: Gov. Newsom’s Office Continues to Fib About Fast Food Job Losses – Claims Job Gains
  • FoxLA: Woman dragged off train track, thrown into California traffic on 210 Freeway
  • FoxLA: Man pumping gas at SoCal station shot in head in unprovoked attack
  • SacBee: Sacramento State quietly uploads ‘corrected’ version of CapRadio audit. Here are the changes
  • Kevin Riggs recalls the 2010 UC Davis debate seen as pivotal for Kamala Harris’ political career
  • CG: Biden and Harris Have Been Using Their Homes as ATMs, Refinancing, Taking out 35 Mortgages?
  • California bill prohibits grocery stores from having self-checkout if worker standards aren't met
  • CG: Education Leaders Fire Back Following Rejection of Mandatory Kindergarten Bill
  • CG: Senate Republicans Blast School Law Enforcement Limitation Bill
  • CalM: California law helps tribes keep kids out of foster care. A new court ruling strengthens their hand
  • SFC: California’s ‘lemon law’ could get an update that would speed refunds under new deal
  • CalM: Plan to regulate access to online porn in California dies quietly in Legislature
  • OCReg: Push to build more homes on California coast stifled after lawmakers derail housing bills
  • OCReg: $44 million Powerball lottery winning ticket sold at Ralphs in Dana Point
  • SFC: Newsom went all in for Biden. His brief DNC speech shows how much things have changed
  • CalM: The future happens in California, Gavin Newsom says in praise of Kamala Harris. But what’s his?
  • LAT $: California legislators say new laws must protect farmworkers from extreme heat
  • CalM: How California channeled money to for-profit schools — while they were under investigation
  • OCReg: Two pretty bad bills in Sacramento
  • CalM: California sued twice after enacting a corporate tax law with billions at stake
  • OCReg: State’s inaction costing California drivers at the pump
  • SacBee: Sacramento County pays $78 million settlement to two gravel mining families. Here’s why
  • Sacramento County’s criminal attorneys set to go on strike this month
  • SFC: Is S.F.’s government structure in need of reform? Here’s Mayor Breed’s road map to change
  • SFC: Mark Farrell’s venture capital success questioned in mayoral bid. These firms are struggling
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez poised to take job in New Mexico
  • 3 facing drug charges following death of Atwater prison employee
  • CalCoast: SLO County supervisor blocks plan to take property by eminent domain
  • CalCoast: Do San Luis Obispo County family court judges know the law?
  • LAT $: L.A. County got $88 million to rehabilitate young people. Most of it hasn’t been spent
  • CG: Defense of Accused Felon and Top LA DA Aide Could be Paid by Taxpayers
  • FoxLA: LA to pay $20.8M for discharging 12M gallons of sewage into Santa Monica Bay
  • LAT $: L.A. arson investigator says she was sidelined, shamed because she’s a woman. She’s suing
  • OCReg: Video shows police finding Irvine Spectrum shoplifting suspect hiding in a Tesla trunk
  • VOC: Orange County Officials Approve Irvine’s Exit from Library System
  • OCReg: Orange County sues nonprofit Hand to Hand Relief Organization for alleged misuse of public funds
  • Inmate shot at, quickly captured after brief escape attempt in Moreno Valley


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FlashReport Editors
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