Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, February 7, 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 FRBlog: My Fourth Rule of Politics CG: Special Envoy Ric Grenell Says No DEI in LA Fire Cleanup: ‘That Bullsh*t Can’t Happen’ CG: Newsom’s New Executive Order to Harden Homes Against Wildfires ‘Too Little, Too Late?’ AP: Newsom wants to speed up a delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant California Republican state lawmakers barred from Latino Caucus, leader confirms LAT $: FCC investigating San Francisco radio station that shared location of undercover ICE agents SJMN: Oakland federal cases against Sheng Thao, Duong family to involve reams of evidence, prosecutors say LAT $: Protesters call for Children’s Hospital L.A. to reverse restrictions on transgender care OCReg: Santa Ana reaffirms city’s sanctuary promises CG: Bill to Limit Youth Chatbot Usage Gains Support In The Senate LAT $: A month after L.A. firestorms, vital questions still haunt Southern California As wildfire cleanup crews surge to nearly 1,200 workers, concerns about safety grow LAT $: Residents sue energy companies after massive toxic battery fire at Moss Landing AP: Utility says its equipment may have started a small blaze that erupted during January’s LA firestorm Attorney for arsonist of Esperanza fire, which killed 5 firefighters in 2006: He’s not the ‘actual killer’ CalM: Will new bond funds be enough to rebuild LA schools — and all of California’s other crumbling schools? NorCal reservoirs continue to fill as water releases create anticipated surge in river levels LAT $: How Trump tamed the ‘9th Circus’: Legal challenges to White House are moving east LAT $: Head Start child-care centers face pay delays after Trump’s federal funding freeze CalM: Colorado River poses another California water conflict that Trump will affect OCReg: Effort to recall Newsom again is a waste of time and energy OCReg: Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams deserve the Presidential Medal of Freedom SFC: ‘The house was moving’: Mother and daughter trapped by Sonoma County landslide after storms SF Chronicle owner eyes purchase of rival Bay Area newspaper SFC: Here are the wealthy donors who gave to Daniel Lurie’s inauguration as S.F. mayor SFC: S.F. Mayor Lurie launching police task force to counter crime in core downtown areas Layoffs are possible as SF government faces fiscal crisis SJMN: Valley Medical Center dedicates building in honor of iconic Santa Clara County supervisor FresBee: Did conflict of interest cost Fresno State in football stadium deal with Valley Children’s? CalCoast: SLO County battles order to release Lopez Lake water for fish CalCoast: What you need to know about Ty Lewis’ settlement with Paso Robles OCReg: Internal audit of American Rescue Plan Act-funded contracts sample find Orange County in compliance LAT $: Mysterious land purchases within Joshua Tree National Park worry locals, environmentalists Suit alleges sexual violence by Chino prison gynecologist, says state failed to prevent it SDUT: Pressure builds from Coastal Commission to trim San Diego’s Big Bay Boom fireworks SDUT: Worsening San Diego budget crisis prompts efforts to boost revenue, bickering over spending cuts 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