Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Tuesday, January 7, 2025 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 AP: After 2 years of shortfalls, California governor proposes $322B budget with no deficit Trump, taxes, Prop 36 and other takeaways from Gov. Newsom's budget preview AP: Strongest winds in over a decade could increase fire risk to dry Southern California OCReg: ‘Particularly dangerous situation’ red flag warnings issued for Santa Ana windstorm in Southern California OCReg: Cal Fire moves resources to Southern California as agencies brace for extreme winds OCReg: Legislators ask Biden and Senate for rail project funds before Trump assumes White House FresBee: California high-speed rail project: Here’s where Central Valley construction stands SFC: California’s new plan for its long-delayed high speed rail system: Connect it to Las Vegas CG: Why Incumbent Congressional Representatives Michelle Steel and John Duarte Should Have Won SJMN: ‘We get it’: Democrats aim to cut California’s cost of living in 2025 CalM: Californians: Here’s why your housing costs are so CG: ExxonMobil Sues AG Rob Bonta, Environmental Groups Over Defamation SacBee: California’s AG could receive $25 million to fight Trump. Attorney union has concerns CalM: Five things to watch as California’s Legislature returns to the Capitol in 2025 AP: Biden will announce the creation of two new national monuments to protect tribal lands in California SDUT: Will California’s power grid keep running smoothly? SFC: Holder of $1.27 billion lottery ticket, sold in Shasta County, still a secret OCReg: Local environmentalists applaud Biden’s offshore oil drilling restrictions LAT $: Catalytic converter thief shouted ‘No!’ before accomplice shot Johnny Wactor, police say OCReg: Part-time Huntington Beach actor who solicited investments for phony COVID cure gets 8 years LAT $: How legal immigration helped end the great California exodus LAT $: ‘I don’t feel safe anywhere.’ California moves to aid undocumented students as fears surge CalM: Will Newsom simply finish his governorship or mount a White House campaign? CG: SF Chronicle Calls Prop. 13 Property Tax Cuts ‘Subsidies’ NR: When Gender Theory Becomes State Education Policy SFC: Napa government says winery owes $8 million after contentious legal battle CG: Oakland Closing Two Fire Stations, Reducing Services at Four More SFC: What kind of mayor will Daniel Lurie be? San Francisco is about to find out New public safety czar accused of driving drunk in 2016 crash SJMN: Santa Clara’s Great America theme park lease could be terminated in three years: new docs Newsom visit to Turlock draws criticism from Republican leaders in Stanislaus County VOC: Will Huntington Beach’s Legal Argument of Limited Independence Hold up in Court? VOC: Cypress Doubles City Manager’s Spending Power Lake Elsinore’s new city hall is under construction next door SDUT: San Diego’s annual pension price tag soars past half a billion dollars SDUT: Re-elected San Diego County supervisors sworn in — except one SDUT: Widow of late Padres chairman Peter Seidler sues two of husband’s brothers over control of team 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