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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
- Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao criminally indicted by feds: report
- LAT $: Former Oakland mayor reportedly indicted after FBI corruption probe
- SFC: Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao criminally indicted two months after recall
- LAT $: Crews improve containment on Palisades, Eaton fires as winds die down
- AP: Fire at one of the world’s largest battery plants in California forces evacuations
- SJMN: Huge fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures, sends out plumes of toxic smoke
- CalM: Gavin Newsom has grown California’s government to record size. Now he, too, is selling ‘efficiency’
- CalM: LA will need workers to clean up after fires. It can be a dangerous job
- SJMN: California legislation would speed up light-rail, bus lane conversions, exempting them from environment review
- OCReg: California legislators propose a series of bills to help LA’s wildfire victims
- LAT $: Stomach flu spreading among fire evacuees at Pasadena shelter
- AP: California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
- LAT $: State regulators approve Edison’s wildfire prevention plan despite concerns
- SDUT: Supervisor Jim Desmond announces run for Congress, challenging Levin
- SFC: State Farm’s finances were a worry even before L.A. fires. Here’s what we know about its ability to pay claims going forward
- Grainy photos of their roofs cost them their insurance. Now homeowners are fighting back.
- SacBee: California courts are underfunded, leading to delays in cases, chief justice says
- SacBee: Sheriff reveals new details in California school shooting: ‘Everything else stopped’
- CalM: ‘It all ended in a second’: Thousands of low-income and immigrant workers lost jobs in LA fires
- CalM: Private firefighters are increasingly popular with insurers. But do they pose a risk?
- CG: Why Was California State Guard Volunteer Firefighting Force Dismantled?
- WH-Directed Censorship on Facebook Worse Than on Twitter
- CalM: As LA fires destroy homes, California’s housing crisis is about to get worse
- CG: Ringside: The Fire Next Time
- SacBee: Sacramento State announces $45 million budget cut. What the California university faces
- SFC: S.F.’s public health chief steps down as new Mayor Daniel Lurie reshapes City Hall
- SFC: 49ers vow to cover Santa Clara’s ‘approved costs’ for World Cup; mayor sees ‘high-risk situation’
- Modesto police chief attributes apparent jump in traffic stops to software issues
- FresBee: Fresno State facing $4.2 million in permanent cuts in wake of proposed California budget
- CalCoast: SLO County Jail enters agreement with feds, monitor required
- CG: SLO DA Dow Proposes Urgency Legislation for Looting During a Disaster and in Evacuation Areas
- CalCoast: Contractor loses position for illegal practices, Cambria hires him
- VCStar $: County government to look at alternatives to SCE
- VCStar $: Pastor-politician Rob McCoy awaits 4 years of Trump
- AP: Fires scorched campuses across Los Angeles. Many schools are seeking places to hold classes
- CG: LAFD Comes Under Scrutiny Over Pre-Deployment Wildfire Plans
- LAT $: Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman hires new special prosecutor for police misconduct
- LAT $: 2 killed as Metrolink train strikes car in City of Industry
- VOC: La Palma City Hall Resists Residents Watching Official Deliberations From Home
- Moreno Valley mayor alleges ex-employer asked him to use influence to help company
- SDUT: Transit service cuts, fare hikes, or improvement delays? Facing $100M deficit, MTS mulls its options
- SDUT: UCSD’s enrollment soars by 1,880, dominating growth in the UC system
- SDUT: Michael Smolens: San Diego feels the pain to keep pension system stable
- SDUT: Imperial Beach OKs new renter protections. Advocates say they’re not strong enough
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