Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Tuesday, February 25, 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 AP: 1,900 pairs of unreleased Nikes are stolen from freight trains in California and Arizona OCReg: Wildfire recovery costs raise questions about L.A.’s 2028 Olympics priorities LAT $: L.A. recovery czar vents at Harvard-Westlake over working for free: ‘I was lied to’ SFC: Can one man help wipe out S.F.’s drug markets? City officials want to find out SJMN: Ex-Stanford research coordinator convicted of tampering with cancer study database SJMN: Newsom again threatens to withhold homelessness money from cities failing to move people off street CG: California FAIR Plan Payouts So Far in Palisades and Eaton Fires SJMN: New Bay Area fire-hazard maps: Is your city among those seeing striking increases? CalM: ‘A volunteer jail:’ Inside the scandals and abuse pushing California’s homeless out of shelters CG: New Bill Introduced to Create Content Standards For Ethnic Studies Classes State bills would remove physician oversight from nurse anesthetists in Stanislaus County LAT $: How California schools, colleges are responding to Trump’s DEI crackdown CalM: Even in wet years, wells are still dry. Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow LAT $: California wildfires are burning deeper into urban areas like Altadena and finding new victims SFC: How an S.F. Pilates instructor became the face of the city’s anti-Trump, anti-Musk protests SDUT: San Diego’s top lawyer just got new powers to take on Trump Constituents protest outside McClintock’s Modesto office. Here’s what they want from him SJMN: U.S. Supreme Court denies review of San Jose police shooting, Mountain View cold case AP: Top Apple exec concedes he had doubts about app store fees imposed on alternative payment options Hundreds gather outside state Capitol in Sacramento as war in Ukraine reaches third year OCReg: Government can’t ban surfing lessons on public beaches NR: First, Fire All the Generals CityJrnl: How Left-Wing Activism Corrupted America's Schools CalM: Trump, Newsom play high-stakes game over billions in federal wildfire aid OCReg: A multi-billion-dollar rule targeting homeowners and renters makes no sense Sacramento County's jail expansion in question after critical peer review findings SacBee: Sacramento’s latest budget deficit is $62 million. Here’s how officials want to lower it SacBee: Federal judge blocks Trump administration immigration policy at West Sacramento temple SFC: Judge tosses sentence enhancement in murder case that lawyer called a revenge move by Pamela Price ‘Asian Muni mafia’: Workers allege campaign of antisemitism FresBee: Does this Fresno Council candidate have the upper hand? Political science expert weighs in CalCoast: Gag order placed on SLO County embezzlement case CalCoast: Could San Luis Obispo lose ownership of Canet Adobe? OCReg: State assemblymember raises questions over county’s decision to bench OC treasurer OCReg: Westminster Councilmember Amy Phan West pleads not guilty to misdemeanor bribery charge AP: California judge testifies that he accidentally shot and killed his wife SJMN: Poll: North Bay ‘less supportive’ of transportation tax in region SDUT: What should San Diego charge for trash pickup, and for what services? City seeks input at public forums SDUT: Two unions at UCSD set to strike Wednesday SDUT: For more than an hour, he called for help as he was tortured to death in jail. ‘No one came,’ his family says. 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