Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Monday, May 12, 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 California’s Refinery Crisis: A Self-Made Disaster CG: How Many California Cities are Running Huge Budget Deficits? SFC: Crime is down everywhere in S.F. — except in these two neighborhoods Mystery in the Mission: Crime remains low as public drug use spikes LAT $: Looking good for Kamala Harris, not so much for Karen Bass, poll shows Saturday Headlines Sunday Headlines SFC: A ‘silent threat’: California officials announce hearing into wildfire victim underinsurance following Chronicle investigation CalM: Why a contentious project to raise California’s Shasta Dam could move forward under Trump SJMN: Why do Bay Area homeless people turn down shelter beds? LAT $: Trump’s attacks on transgender Americans are a test in California’s governor’s race SacBee: Immigrant children face legal cases without lawyers. A CA bill could change that SacBee: Millions of Californians experienced ‘act of hate,’ many at businesses, survey says LAT $: Few among hundreds of campus protesters in L.A. facing charges, reigniting debate SJMN: Harry Edwards continues his life’s work of social activism with another major recognition coming OCReg: Jon Coupal: The lamest excuse for perpetuating the high-speed rail project America Shedding Pillars of Civilization - By Choice CG: The Great Language Change of DEI Tenants: A DSUSD Case Study SJMN: San Mateo County sets aside $2 million for farmworker housing loans SJMN: San Jose BART extension: Why hasn’t VTA released the report that could offer millions in savings? VCStar $: County effort to use first responders in overdose fight LAT $: Report on false alerts sent during L.A. fires calls for more regulation, scrutiny VOC: Santa Ana Bans Whippets SDUT: San Diego Sheriff confronting a new federal lawsuit over 2024 jail death SDUT: San Diego leaders join nationwide lobbying push to save Medicaid 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