Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Sunday, March 16, 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 FIGHT SOME MORE FRBlog: No DOGE Dividend CG: California Department of Insurance Provisionally Accepts State Farm’s Requested 22% Rate Hike 300 people rescued from climate conference amidst Big Bear snow storm SJMN: On 5th anniversary of COVID shutdown, Bay Area public health officers reflect on fray between life, liberty CG: Hopeful Republicans Descend on Sacramento CG: How Many Official State Holidays Does California Need? Delivery driver severely burned by hot tea at Starbucks awarded $50 million by LA jury SFC: Trump seeks to eliminate two California national monuments SJMN: Yosemite to reopen some campgrounds after Trump’s cuts and protests OCReg: Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later SDUT: Michael Smolens: Once-obscure ‘builder’s remedy’ law is now shaping local housing policy CG: Bill to Increase Pay Inmate Wildfire Crews To $19 per Hour Passes Asm. Public Safety Committee SDUT: ‘Code red for our universities’: San Diego students, faculty fear for campus free speech under Trump Covid Tyrants Were Perpetrators, Not Victims OCReg: Susan Shelley: Medi-Cal under strain after state extends aid to illegal immigrants SacBee: Modernized procedures at California’s Oroville Dam could improve flood safety, report finds SacBee: Hotel Marysville now entombed as ‘Mount Marysville.’ How long will the rubble remain? SJMN: VTA union strike to continue, officials tap Newsom for help FresBee: Co-founders behind Bitwise collapse in Fresno report to prison to serve fraud sentences Moorpark chooses next police chief Ojai's new police chief will start in April VCStar $: Oxnard project could have up to 950 housing units LAT $: An L.A. City Council member is launching a nonprofit. Ethics experts have questions OCReg: Capo Unified trustee apologizes for saying racial slur during board meeting discussing ‘James’ novel VOC: Why Did a South OC School Board Member Say the N-Word? Libel lawsuit against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco dropped by councilmember CG: Desert Sands Unified to Approve Agreement for Bargain Basement DEI(B) Teachers SDUT: San Diego grew last year – but only because of a surge in immigration SDUT: Encinitas social services agency needs to be a better neighbor, council members say 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