Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, September 20, 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 LAT $: UC chancellors get big raises, putting them between $785,000 and nearly $1.2 million VOC: Governor Vows New Penalties for Huntington Beach Amidst Housing Fight AP: California governor signs package of bills giving state more power to enforce housing laws OCReg: Gov. Newsom calls out Huntington Beach while signing homeless, housing bills OCReg: Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has MLB’s first 50-50 season after 3-homer day FresBee: Gas rebates for California drivers? Bill would pull $3B from high-speed rail to do it SJMN: Gov. Newsom’s gas price proposal debated at special session legislative hearings CG: 35 California House Democrats Voted Against Deporting Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Sex Crimes LAT $: AI? New jobs? California’s local news deal with Google leaves lots of unanswered questions LAT $: Newsom appears unlikely to campaign heavily against Proposition 36 but cautions voters LAT $: Rite Aid’s answer to retail theft at Compton store: Lock up all its products LAT $: Carson woman faces up to six years in prison in alleged pepper-spray attack on teens at Taco Bell LAT $: Multiple firefighters suffer major injuries in Irvine crash returning from Airport fire CalM: What happens to homeless people after encampment sweeps? That’s on cities, Gavin Newsom says FresBee: Tulare touts a ‘progressive’ approach to homelessness. How its legal encampment works SFC: Another Bay Area city weighs aggressive action against homeless encampments and parked RVs SFC: S.F. Mayor Breed wants to double goal for homeless shelter as she pushes to get people off the streets CG: UC Board Of Regents Approve UC Police Requests For Non-Lethal Rounds, Weapons CalM: UC approves new less-lethal arms for its police force amid protest SJMN: 3 charts that explain the rising risk of Valley fever in California CalM: California drivers can get mobile licenses on their iPhones — but they need physical ones too LAT $: California Bible college students claim they were confined, surveilled and made to do unpaid labor LAT $: California secretary of state among officials in 16 states receiving suspicious packages OCReg: Fewer ‘ghost guns’ linked to crime in California, but problem persists CG: Gavin Newsom’s Ongoing Tyranny of California Includes Special Legislative Session The Unprecedented Biden-Harris Migrant Invasion Harris Cynical, Run-Out-The-Clock Campaign OCReg: Endorsement: Michelle Steel for the 45th Congressional District CalM: In California’s one-party system, political family feuds fill competitive vacuum SacBee: Mayor Steinberg: Leading City of Sacramento was ‘tougher’ than leading California Senate SacBee: St. Hope schools charter renewed by Sacramento school board, with unspecified conditions SacBee: A Rocklin man stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Now he’s teaching art in Placer County SFC: Controversial S.F. restaurant was accused of celebrating colonialism. Now it’s closed for good SFC: Mayor London Breed pushes back at fierce attacks during S.F. mayoral debate hosted by the Chronicle and KQED SJMN: Flag-raising dispute at San Jose’s Viet Heritage Garden continues to divide community SJMN: Massive layoffs for Cisco and IBM erase hundreds of Bay Area tech jobs LAT $: Public or private? A battle roils over who can access beaches along the bucolic Russian River FresBee: Fresno Unified’s Roosevelt trustee, seeking third term, questions district’s spending amid budget woes LAT $: Newport-Mesa Unified officials approve employee contracts, offering 7% raises VOC: Who is the OC Judge Married to the County Supervisor in the Middle of an FBI Probe? OCReg: Huntington Beach council approves Magnolia Tank Farm housing project VOC: Santana: Are Reforms and Transparency Coming to Orange County? OCReg: Former Orange County election official tells story of protecting the vote in 2020 LAT $: Another Riverside teen girl arrested as school threats spread ‘like wildfire’ Foster parents who abused Turpin children plead guilty to felony charges SDUT: In unusual rebuke of sheriff, medical examiner rules diabetic man’s jail death a homicide by neglect VOSD: The Close Ties Between a Councilmember’s Staff and His Campaign SDUT: Long before legal claims, San Diego Unified fielded at least 3 other complaints about its now-fired chief SDUT: Lawson-Remer, Faulconer clash on homelessness, housing and more in race for District 3 supervisor 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