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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
- OCReg: Hughes fire surpasses 10,000 acres near Castaic; evacuations ordered and 5 Freeway reopens
- FoxLA: Hughes Fire grows overnight
- LAT $: Hughes fire rages on as red flag warning continues into Thursday
- OCReg: Huntington Beach declares itself a ‘non-sanctuary city’
- SJMN: California’s 250,000 federal employees await fate as Trump roils civil service
- CalM: California is investigating OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit company
- CG: Senate Republicans Outline Decades of Democrats Killing Wildfire Prevention Bills
- SacBee: Los Angeles wildfire recovery package has strong bipartisan support ahead of lawmakers’ vote
- California lawmakers hold first special session hearings on LA disaster relief, President Trump
- SFC: She was homeless in S.F., hooked on cocaine and her body was failing. Then she got a heart transplant
- Homeless population count underway in Inland Empire
- VCStar $: County sizes up homeless population with annual count
- SDUT: Homelessness shrinks for the second straight month in San Diego County
- OCReg: Realtor says ‘there’s been a mistake’ after state charges him with price-gouging in wake of Eaton fire
- LAT $: Some price-gouging rules could be keeping high-end homes off L.A.’s rental market
- SFC: California bill promises big health care savings. Will insurance companies oppose it?
- CG: Recall Efforts Grow Against Governor Newsom, L.A. Mayor Bass
- CalM: ‘Devastating’ layoff notices hit California disabled prison contractors after union dispute
- SFC: Sonoma State eliminating dozens of degree programs, laying off faculty amid $24M deficit
- LAT $: Charges that a UC Davis professor threatened Zionists are unresolved. Regents want action
- OCReg: LAFD helicopter pilots describe water drops, challenges of battling Palisades fire in high winds
- LAT $: Fires and windstorms caused at least $350 million in damage to L.A. public facilities, report says
- SJMN: LA county wants probe into delayed evacuation alerts in Eaton fire area where 17 died
- Stanislaus farmers, home-builders could lose vital workers to Trump’s mass deportations
- SDUT: Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown
- Pharmacy deserts: Drugstore closures leave 65,000 stranded
- NR: A California Sailing Coach Tried to Protect Women from Male Competition. He Paid the Price
- OCReg: President Donald Trump has restored freedom of speech in the United States
- NR: Trump’s Magnificent Blow Against DEI
- OCReg: State’s plan to boost efficiency is pure Newsom
- CG: Greenberg: San Francisco Must Abandon DEI
- NR: How California’s Mismanagement of Fire and Water Makes Wildfires Worse
- CG: Ringside: Quantifying the Upside of More Lawns
- CalM: Trump jumps back into California’s water wars with a pro-farmer decree
- SacBee: With broken heaters, mold and fear of rats, these Sacramento County renters want laws to help
- Police, Natomas Unified School District investigate incident involving soccer players
- Lurie World: Tipping Point, corporate America, and campaign staff are remaking City Hall
- SFC: How Mayor Daniel Lurie plans to revive downtown S.F. amid retail exodus
- SJMN: Far-right activist refiles lawsuit against Los Gatos council members
- SFC: Stanford drops case against student journalist who followed protesters into president’s office
- FresBee: Fresno airport sets new record for passengers 2024. This destination is behind the growth
- Superintendent Noguchi announces retirement at the school board meeting. What’s next for MCS?
- CalCoast: Santa Barbara News-Press relaunching as a nonprofit
- LAT $: Fire in Bel-Air frays nerves as red flag weather is set to peak Thursday in Los Angeles
- OCReg: Fact check: Did an Orange County elections worker count a batch of ballots multiple times?
- VOC: Santa Ana Officials Back Off on Restricting Photojournalists After Backlash
- VOC: Stanton Cracks Down on Problematic Motels
- OCReg: Anaheim’s disappointing punt on ethics reform
- OCReg: Crews work to extinguish fire in waste management facility in Irvine
- SDUT: Should MTS delay or cancel plans to improve trolley service?
- SDUT: District 1 supervisor candidates have until Tuesday to file campaign papers, under condensed election timeline
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