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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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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

  • FRBlog: California’s Elected Officials Trash Once-Strong Infrastructure, Economy in Avalanche of Regulatory Burden
  • LAT $: Mayor Karen Bass was at embassy cocktail party in Ghana as Palisades fire exploded
  • LAT $: L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
  • LAT $: ‘Particularly dangerous’ winds warning for L.A. fires returns Wednesday morning
  • CG: At The Evacuation Line: Talking With LA Residents Affected By the Eaton Fire
  • Eaton Fire updates: Crews worry wind could lead to flare-ups in Los Angeles
  • OCReg: Gusty winds spread toxic ash from LA wildfires, so take precautions
  • CG: New Report Finds Total Damage, Economic Losses From The L.A. Wildfires approximately $275 Billion
  • CalM: Breaking: California abandons diesel truck ban and other clean-air rules before Trump is sworn in
  • SJMN: California Democrats plan to tap new climate bond for LA wildfire recovery
  • LAT $: Can fire-torn L.A. handle the World Cup, Super Bowl and Summer Olympics?
  • OCReg: GOP Rep. Young Kim asks President-elect Trump to focus on wildfire aid first, politics second
  • SFC: Some L.A. residents displaced by fires allege rent gouging: ‘Utter anger and disgust’
  • CalM: Newsom committed California to making its own insulin. It’s at least a year behind his schedule
  • VOC: CA Attorney General Files Appeal in Huntington Beach Voter ID Lawsuit
  • LAT $: L.A.-based Farmers tops survey of big California home insurers that decline the most claims
  • OCReg: Rebecca Grossman, sentenced to life for running down two boys, has won a round in court
  • OCReg: U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada, who put LA councilman Jose Huizar in prison, resigns
  • SFC: Newsom wants to give California families with newborns a three-month diaper supply
  • OCReg: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass should resign in disgrace, but it’s not worth trying to recall her
  • WashTimes: California Desperately Needs New Leadership
  • CG: Will California’s Wildfire Failures Usher in a Common Sense Political Era?
  • Nolan: Out of Control LA Fires - It’s Not Just Incompetence, It’s Malfeasance - California Political Review
  • OCReg: Private firefighters deserve praise, not regulation
  • CalM: Disaster-prone California should adopt a preventive approach, rather than a reactive one
  • SacBee: Sacramento City Council unanimously approves interim city manager to oversee budget deficit
  • SacBee: One of Sacramento’s most dangerous roads moves a step closer to pedestrian improvements
  • SJMN: Ex-Antioch officer admits conspiring to ‘injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate’ the people of Antioch
  • SJMN: After Santa Clara County child welfare agency director resignation, social workers call for more changes
  • Central Valley organization steps up to aid immigrant families amid mass deportation fears
  • FresBee: Ex-state prison guard convicted of sexually assaulting nine female inmates in Chowchilla
  • CalCoast: Santa Barbara judge admonished for angry outburst
  • LAT $: L.A. City Council passes series of measures to aid recovery from catastrophic fires
  • OCReg: Amid law enforcement patrols in wildfire areas, LA and OC district attorneys want state prison sentences for looters
  • ‘Unique’ group of military aviators gathers at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside
  • SDUT: SDG&E to pay $2.6M for mistakenly booting customers from discounted bill programs
  • SDUT: El Cajon considers resolution to support feds with immigration arrests
  • SDUT: District 1 voters will choose new supervisor in special election this spring


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FlashReport Editors
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