Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, March 22, 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 SacBee: Are Gov. Newsom’s burner phones to tech execs a violation of transparency laws? SFC: Here’s how Gavin Newsom’s podcast arrangement works. The details raise questions CG: What Gov. Newsom Is Thinking With ‘This Is Gavin Newsom’ Podcast SDUT: ICE just visited a San Diego homeless shelter. New rules say how that’s supposed to go. SDUT: East County nonprofit allegedly used as a front for drug trafficking SacBee: Software company lost out on big California payroll project. Now it’s suing the state CG: Dissension and Chaos: Behind the Curtain of the California School Board Land Acknowledgement Craze LAT $: California banned polystyrene. So why is it still on store shelves? CA looks to eliminate gas tax, replace with road charge program CG: RFK Jr. Running Mate Nicole Shanahan Announces She Will Not Run For Governor OCReg: Proposed gutting of Department of Education worries Southern California educators, activists SDUT: Tesla sales in San Diego decline amid anti-Musk protests and vandalism SFC: Tiny, swampy, ‘not really drivable’: The hamlet where California Forever envisions a shipbuilding powerhouse SJMN: Charles Schwab accused of firing Los Altos investment consultant because he ran for Congress as Democrat LAT $: Trump-appointed judge dissents in California ammo case with gun-filled YouTube video OCReg: State insurance crisis: Ricardo Lara emerges as an unsung hero CG: Gavin Newsom is ‘All In’ on Undermining Trump EPA OCReg: OUSD teachers present an affair to remember OCReg: Reimagining legal reform in the wake of California wildfires AP: Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness SJMN: Oakland airport expansion will move forward after settlement over noise, traffic and air-quality concerns CG: Greenberg: SF’s Speed Fines are a Wealth Grab SFC: Trump admin says it is not complying with S.F. judge’s order to return workers to their jobs SJMN: VTA union to vote on new contract proposal Saturday after nearly two weeks of striking Entertainment district proposal could bring big businesses to Tulare LAT $: L.A. City Council seeks crackdown on the N-word and C-word at meetings OCReg: OC district attorney ordered to turn over documents to ACLU in racial bias case LAT $: Arellano: Jeff Pearlman goes from sportswriting to throwing fastballs at O.C. politicians Alvord Unified Superintendent Resma Byrne steps down SDUT: San Diego to start collecting Measure C’s hotel tax hike but will it be enough to expand convention center? SDUT: Coastal Commission finds ‘issue’ with repairs proposed for Carlsbad beach stairway 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