Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, January 24, 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 OCReg: President Trump’s first week of presidency includes a visit to Southern California AP: Trump targets California water policy as he prepares to tour LA fire damage OCReg: President Trump again threatens to withhold disaster aid from California OCReg: California’s home insurance prices set to soar Homeowners face hefty insurance costs amid SoCal wildfires OCReg: Gov. Newsom signs $2.5 billion wildfire disaster aid package SacBee: California disbanded state wildfire-fighting team last year. Would it have helped in LA? LAT $: L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. Why California has strugglee to do better SFC: ‘A perfect storm’: California’s housing crisis could worsen as construction slows FresBee: It isn’t just Congress. Republicans in the Assembly want to kill high-speed rail, too LAT $: Weekend storm expected to bring some relief as fires continue to burn AP: Reality TV couple sues the city of Los Angeles after losing home in fires CalM: Trump’s order won’t halt California’s offshore wind leases. But will it derail the industry? CG: ‘Saving California’ Begins Recall Effort Against Gov. Gavin Newsom CalM: How much did the youth vote shift to the right in California? CG: California Education Leaders React To New ICE Guidelines Allowing Them to Enter Schools, Churches 500 Marines and sailors from Camp Pendleton are headed to the southern border SJMN: Police arrest three suspects who allegedly stole $1 million in jewelry, cash from Asian families in South Bay NR: Be Careful What Strings We Put on Gavin Newsom CalM: If California split from the US and became a nation, it would be comparable to Canada LAT $: Skelton: Natural disasters can destroy a politician’s carefully crafted career — or burnish it SacBee: Darrin Bell, cartoonist facing child porn charges, released from Sacramento jail until February SJMN: Is the FBI raid in San Leandro tied to the charges of bribery and conspiracy in Oakland? Lurie says $1 billion in government ‘overspending’ will end Muni and BART are on life support. Here are the taxes you might pay to save them SFC: S.F.’s Presidio singled out for massive cut under Republican budget plans SJMN: After record surge in homelessness, Bay Area counties tackle new count of unhoused populations Chief of staff for newly elected San Joaquin supervisor arrested on felony charges FresBee: Fresno Unified board to next superintendent: Deliver big changes or ‘we don’t want you here’ Manteca councilman shoots stepson after being attacked, police say LAT $: Mayor Bass says her brother lost his home in the Palisades fire OCReg: Westminster Councilmember Amy Phan West charged with trying to bribe a city parking officer VOC: Westminster City Councilwoman Charged With Attempting to Bribe Parking Officer CG: Capistrano School District Accused of Trampling First Amendment Rights of Student District to reinvestigate alleged rape of 11-year-old girl at San Bernardino middle school Fallen Riverside County sheriff’s deputy honored as a ‘hero’ Hold the salt — Inland Empire agency gets $100 million for groundwater desalination SDUT: Oceanside council majority rejects proposed changes to Planning Commission SDUT: Michael Smolens: Gloria blast at supervisors is the latest chapter in city-county tension SDUT: Evacuation orders, warnings issued as Otay Mountain area fire reaches 1,000 acres 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