Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Saturday, January 18, 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 LAT $: Crews improve containment on Palisades, Eaton fires; some residents allowed to return Former Cal OES director Mark Ghilarducci weighs in on LA wildfires and political discourse LAT $: California’s FAIR Plan, the home insurer of last resort, may need a bailout after the L.A. fires LAT $: The death toll continues to rise in the Los Angeles firestorm. Here are some victims’ stories OCReg: Jon Coupal: Information and resources for taxpayers impacted by the LA wildfires SFC: ‘Money buys everything’: Here’s how the feds say the Sheng Thao bribery scheme went down SFC: Bribery charges against Oakland recycling kingpins put Bay Area contracts in question SJMN: Indictment of Oakland ex-mayor alleges bribery network SJMN: Moss Landing battery fire: A ‘Three Mile Island’ for key renewable energy industry? LAT $: They live in L.A. County’s riskiest areas. Should they rebuild on their burned out lots? LAT $: California warns more than 200 hotels and landlords of price gouging complaints in wake of fires CG: Calls Grow For LAFD Chief Crowley To Resign Over Wildfire Mismanagement LAT $: L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned LAT $: Prop. 36 drug and theft felonies to force millions in state cuts, projection shows OCReg: Trump seems open to increasing SALT cap, local GOP House member says after meeting Feds sue SVB leaders for ‘gross negligence’ over massive collapse SJMN: Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans AP: Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing pushed to March because of Los Angeles-area wildfires SJMN: Cain Velasquez shooting sentencing pushed back over Racial Justice Act motion SJMN: Immigration raid in Bakersfield has ‘chilling effect’ on community, United Farm Workers says AP: On LA fire lines, inmates tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day OCReg: Wildfires incinerate Newsom’s already flimsy budget proposal OCReg: Fires spark a larger conversation: One-party rule has failed Californians OCReg: Matt Fleming: Wildfires unleash an endless stream of very bad takes CG: Gavinomics: California’s High Cost of Living is Exploding SacBee: Sacramento is working on a new bridge across the American River. Should it ban cars? SacBee: Sacramento County affordable housing pilot program for low-income residents begins soon SJMN: Las Lomitas superintendent steps down following credit card use investigation SFC: Silicon Valley school district abandons ethnic studies. Will other districts follow? Stanislaus County residents raise concerns about sex offender possibly moving next door New accusations arise against deposed Modesto youth soccer employee, including coup attempt CalCoast: Contractor loses position for illegal practices, Cambria hires him VCStar $: Ventura's Main Street to stay closed in tentative decision OCReg: OC county department heads warned to tighten spending, freeze hiring amid possible budget shortfall OCReg: Former Stanton councilmember accused of not living in district she represented, lying on election paperwork Riverside revisiting regulations on cannabis retailers Riverside school board won’t seek change in transgender athletics law SDUT: San Diego County to get feds’ help improving cybersecurity SDUT: Palomar Health enters turnaround pact with lenders as losses mount SDUT: San Diego economic roundtable points to ‘uncertainty’ with Trump, local housing woes 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