Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Tuesday, April 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 FRBlog: California’s Firearm List: A Liberal Assault on the Second Amendment CalM: Special interests poured more than half a billion into California lobbying last year Why is a new office building for California lawmakers costing as much as an NFL stadium? CalM: Steeply discounted overdose-reversal medicine now available to any Californian AP: Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs from the state online OCReg: Bill would allow cities to boost pensions for public workers despite unfunded liabilities CG: Steve Hilton Announces Run For Governor OCReg: Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host, is running for California governor AP: Lawsuits accuse insurers of colluding to drop coverage in fire-prone parts of California LAT $: Trump named Gibson, Stallone and Voight as ‘special ambassadors.’ Hollywood is still waiting for a call LAT $: Sea lions, dolphins, now a whale: Ocean giant is latest victim of SoCal’s toxic algal bloom SFC: Al Gore rallies S.F. climate conference crowd with fiery anti-Trump keynote CG: Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Parent’s Case Against Chico School District for Gender Transition CG: Democrat Reps Shun Constituents for Wife Beating, Human Trafficker, Illegal Alien, MS-13 Gang Member CalM: Trump is dismantling the education department. How that might harm special education SDUT: Trump administration replaces commissioner overseeing management of sewage crisis OCReg: Sales tax increases slam the middle class in California CG: Is California Governor Gavin Newsom an Economic Illiterate or Just Deceitful? CalM: California’s economy was already sluggish before Trump’s global tariffs Presenting the SF100 SFC: SFUSD is on the verge of closing budget chasm, but what will it cost? SFC: Goodwill to close 11 Bay Area locations and lay off staff after major merger SJMN: What a view! Famous Bay Area nude beach preserved in $10 million deal SFC: Here’s who will help Barbara Lee as she prepares to become Oakland’s mayor SFC: Zuckerberg-funded school for low-income families in Silicon Valley to shut down SJMN: Nonprofit ex-director, charged with pocketing $50,000 donation from Steph and Ayesha Curry, to plead guilty Community-led water system in historic Stanislaus town struggles to supply locals CG: Former LA Councilman Kevin de Leon Faces Major Ethics Violations Fines LAT $: Three months after Palisades fire, mayor proposes adding more than 200 jobs to LAFD LAT $: Bass proposes laying off about 1,650 city workers, a quarter of them civilians at LAPD LAT $: Reams of documents related to L.A. County sex abuse cases never turned over, lawyers say OCReg: Fate of OC Judge who shot and killed his wife once again in the hands of a jury Residents fight 49-home project eyed for Victoria Avenue in Riverside SDUT: ‘Grievous mistake’: Residents, council slam Gloria’s cuts to police, parks, arts, libraries SDUT: Encinitas may hire private security officers to combat downtown problems SDUT: Santee City Manager Marlene Best leaves position, but no reason stated 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