Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Thursday, April 24, 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 Gas Price Pain: Taxes, Regulations, and Futile Climate Gestures SF women’s department chief ousted amid financial probe SFC: Top S.F. official ousted after probe finds misconduct, ‘unlawful activities’ CalM: Abundance meets resistance: Are Democrats finally ready to go all in on building housing? OCReg: Public workers to get more pension benefits under new bill OCReg: Feds, family members angered by pending early release of man who killed teens in OC CalCoast: California is now the world’s fourth largest economy LAT $: California economy now the world’s fourth-largest, overtaking Japan OCReg: California fights U.S. threat to end school funding over diversity NR: California School Board Passes Motion Banning Male Athletes from Girls’ Sports CalM: Inside LA’s mental health court: Meth, homelessness and the judge who wants to help 'We were essentially guinea pigs': New California bar exam causes chaos after rollout of hybrid test SDUT: ‘Who’s our leader?’ In El Cajon, Sara Jacobs faces hundreds of residents eager to oppose Trump LAT $: California security firm CEO, workers charged after woman forcibly removed from Republican town hall Democrats eye 2026 as best chance to finally unseat Rep. Young Kim LAT $: Santa Ynez Reservoir in Palisades must be drained again after more leaks found CalM: These communities are unaware they’ve lived near toxic gas for decades. Why has no action been taken? LAT $: Arrests at Pomona Home Depot sparks fear about labor crackdown amid L.A. fire recovery CalM: How Trump tariffs could upend California farms, wine businesses and ports CG: Federal Lawsuit Filed Challenging Validity of Nor Cal Ione Band of Miwok Indians Parents' Rights Are Making a Comeback OCReg: Reading instruction must follow science over subjectiveness OCReg: Huntington Beach’s nonprofit power grab Thieves steal tens of thousands of dollars worth of landscaping equipment from Sacramento church SacBee: Placer court waits on mental health report in Roseville hostage killing case SFC: In bold move, San Mateo County sheriff gives her alleged boyfriend a new job SFC: Bay Area Whole Foods shut down after repeated health violations SFC: Union-backed Oakland school board majority ousts home-grown superintendent SFC: SJSU’s Blaire Fleming was suicidal after becoming beacon of national anti-trans movement Misty Her named next Fresno Unified superintendent $30M in renovations completed at 2 Modesto affordable senior housing communities Riverbank council declines more funds for homeless project. Backers address fears VCStar $: Fairgrounds mold repairs carry $600K price tag LAT $: Cuts to LADOT could hurt Olympics and safety goals, department warns LAT $: In Sacramento, Mayor Bass seeks state money to close nearly $1-billion budget gap LAT $: ‘Enough is enough’: Chainsawed trees spark anger over downtown L.A.’s decline VOC: Anaheim on Track to Require Tourism Bureau Show Convention, Hotel Bookings VOC: Orange County Supervisors Ask Prosecutors to Crack Down Harder on Disgraced Former Colleague LAT $: Feds to pursue immigration case against driver in O.C. crash that killed couple State clears Fontana police officer in fatal shooting of unarmed Hemet man In Riverside County jails, a rash of homicide and negligence SDUT: Mystery investors, pleading the 5th, illegal renovations: Former El Cajon council member’s wild trial SDUT: San Diego amends code to let auditor hire independent lawyer SDUT: San Diego is still failing to overhaul how it manages brush to prevent fires 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
