Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, February 28, 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 OCG: Fast Food Council Approves Motion To Possibly Raise State Fast Food Minimum Wage By Another 70 Cents NR: California Advances Fast-Food Wage Hike Proposal as Restaurant Owners Struggle to Hold On CalCoast: Santa Barbara County supervisors raise own pay 48% OCReg: Huntington Park City Hall, home of mayor among 11 locations raided in public corruption probe LAT $: Former L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley appeals her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass OCReg: Former LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley appeals her firing by Mayor Bass CalM: Californians approved $1.5 billion for wildfire prevention. How will the state spend it? CalM: A California sheriff is planning to break the state’s sanctuary law. Here’s how FresBee: Farm workers group sues Border Patrol over Central California immigration raids. What we know OCReg: Fire aid bedfellows: Newsom leans on GOP’s Calvert to push $40 billion for state The unexpected pair working together in fight for reparations in California SFC: State Farm’s CEO and California’s top insurance official just met. Here’s exactly what they said LAT $: Changing tastes, cheap imports and a looming Canadian boycott. A ‘perfect storm’ for California’s wine industry LAT $: Trump, congressional Republicans seek to block California’s 2035 ban on gas-powered vehicles OCReg: Edison says it acted prudently even if found liable in Eaton fire LAT $: ‘Utterly botched’: Glitchy rollout of new California bar exam prompts lawsuit SJMN: Is it time to step away from the California high-speed rail project? CG: Legislation Charges World Cup, Olympic Ticket Holders Extra $5 for a Metro Day Pass SJMN: NTSB cites air traffic controller distraction in 2023 California near miss as feds target staffing shortages CalM: California has a lot to lose if Trump slashes Medicaid. Seniors, kids and more could face coverage cuts Who Caused the Counter-Revolution? CG: Fixing California’s Broken Insurance System OCReg: Eminent domain abuse not the way to address California’s housing crisis OCReg: City Hall fiddles while L.A. burns CG: Gov. Gavin Newsom Trying to Distance Himself from Himself with Latest Vanity Podcast CalM: Erratic wildfire performance puts LA Mayor Karen Bass in a political hole CG: Ringside: The Easy Impossible Path to Water Abundance Sacramento city department leaders look for ways to cut budgets by 15% Say less: Lurie admin tightens grip on talking to press SFC: San Francisco drug markets: More than 80 people arrested in large-scale overnight raid ‘Infuriating’: Restaurants rage at illegal food trucks, city inaction SFC: Free rent. A city grant. This celebrity chef’s downtown S.F. cafe still lost $300K SFC: Image of hijacker in Marin County school video prompts apology from superintendent SFC: S.F. gun violence activist is Daniel Lurie’s choice to replace ousted police commissioner, sources say SJMN: Court docs detail alleged gang-fueled attack that killed teen at Santana Row, earlier assault at Valley Fair FresBee: Group targeting ‘woke culture’ sues Fresno Unified over programs helping Black students Simi Valley couple faces federal charges for forced labor, other crimes LAT $: USC scrubs DEI from some webpages as Trump cracks down on campus diversity programs OCReg: Laguna Beach leaders ask for research on making its last 1.5 miles of coastal waters a no-take zone OCReg: Huntington Beach teenagers sue city over children’s book review board, restricted access to books OCReg: Chris Kluwe says he was fired from Edison High School football coaching job following MAGA protest Riverside signs developer for 126-acre sports complex and housing project SDUT: Proposal to create $25 minimum wage for San Diego’s tourism workers is moving forward SDUT: Grocery coupons that aren’t app-dependent? San Diego council committee backs discounts for all 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