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Saturday, February 22, 2025

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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

  • FoxLA: Mayor Bass removes Kristin Crowley as LAFD Chief
  • CG: LA Mayor Karen Bass Fires LAFD Chief Kristen Crowley, Blaming Her For Mishandling Palisades Fire
  • LAT $: Lopez: Bass fires the L.A. fire chief, but her own smoldering political crisis is far from over
  • SDUT: State senator introduces bill to narrow California’s ‘sanctuary law’
  • SDUT: Nearly three years in, state closes probe of top insurance regulator due to insufficient evidence
  • Gov. Newsom requests $39 billion in federal aid from Congress following Los Angeles area wildfires
  • OCReg: Gov. Gavin Newsom asks Congress for $40 billion in wildfire aid
  • OCReg: California wildfire aid will come with strings, President Trump’s aide says
  • New California bills aimed at protecting patients from sexual assault
  • OCReg: Southern California home prices begin to drop
  • OCReg: Why California’s gas prices increased 41 cents a gallon in February
  • OCReg: Trump reverses previous decision and reinstates legal aid for migrant children
  • Chair of immigration subcommittee addresses Central California raids
  • SDUT: California policymakers say they’re undeterred by Trump opposition to offshore wind
  • AP: Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA fires
  • SDUT: San Diego County education leaders warn of ‘critical threat’ if they lose federal funding
  • LAT $: Fresh off meetings with foreign allies, Schiff echoes alarm over Trump-style diplomacy
  • OCReg: Who really pays for trips by lawmakers?
  • SFC: Napa winery must shut down tasting room after 6-year legal battle
  • SacBee: Sacramento-area homeless shelter, where 17 were evicted, to become permanent housing
  • SacBee: Judge sentences ‘Clover Leaf Rapist’ to prison for violent Sacramento attacks
  • SJMN: Former Rep. Barbara Lee wants to be Oakland’s next mayor. What’s her platform?
  • SFC: Hundreds of S.F. teachers could lose jobs as district readies for worst-case scenario
  • SJMN: San Francisco police union bars San Mateo Sheriff Christina Corpus from women’s event
  • SFC: Top SFPD official was in crash during NBA All-Star Weekend, admits he used lights in apparent violation
  • Modesto unveils options for dreaded Briggsmore interchange. How to view them and comment
  • Stanislaus law enforcement leaders, NAACP sit with Black community to discuss use of force
  • VCStar $: Hueneme Beach dredge nears end
  • OCReg: LA DA Hochman opposes new trial for Menendez brothers
  • LAT $: Trump administration funding cuts could hamper L.A. River parks projects, lawmaker warns
  • LAT $: At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictment, sources say
  • LAT $: L.A. County had a new emergency alert system. Did that hurt west Altadena?
  • LAT $: ‘Convict me’: Heart-wrenching opening in trial of O.C. judge who fatally shot his wife
  • San Bernardino County reverses course in handling of wild burros
  • SDUT: San Diego council member proposing $25 minimum wage just for tourism workers
  • SDUT: Teen fatally shot by San Diego Police was running from shooting, footage shows


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