Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, May 15, 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 Six Reasons Biological Males Should Not Be Competing In Women’s Sports VOC: Fleischman: Time to Rethink Taxpayer-Funded Bus Services in Orange County CG: Gavin Newsom’s Reputation Facelift CG: Gov. Newsom Announces Halt on Expansion of Illegal Immigrants in Medi-Cal CG: May Budget Revise 2025-2026 Grows to $322 Billion, with $12 Billion Deficit CalM: California budget is $12 billion in the red amid Trump tariffs and rising costs CalM: Is the secret to housing affordability in California buried in the building code? SJMN: Two Southern California residents arrested on suspicion of impeding federal immigration enforcement agents SacBee: State worker payroll freezes in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised California budget LAT $: Newsom proposes $20-million funding cut for California newsrooms, citing budget issues AP: Here is how California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to address a $12 billion budget shortfall High-speed rail, abortion, and the will of the voters: takeaways from Gov. Newsom's budget CalM: Medi-Cal coverage of weight loss drugs on chopping block under governor’s proposal SFC: ‘Ghost student’ fraud has quadrupled at California colleges CG: Loyola Marymount University Discriminated on Basis of Race, Sex, New Federal Civil Rights Complaint Alleges LAT $: Staring down harsh Trump funding cuts, UC and CSU get some relief in Newsom budget plan ‘Very dangerous’: New report shines light on presence of CCP spies at top universities SJMN: Peninsula cops fatally shoot man carrying replica gun SacBee: Video shows moments unfold as man with fake gun shot by Sacramento police CalCoast: California approves State Farm’s 17% home insurance rate hike California bill aims to ease licensing requirements for muralists OCReg: Newsom still doesn’t have the guts or ideas to get vagrants off our streets OCReg: Newsom forced to roll back unwise Medi-Cal expansions CG: Ringside: Green Hydrogen in California OCReg: Supes right to be angry at Do wrist slap Woman arrested after homeless woman intentionally set on fire in Sacramento County SFC: Billionaire California winery owner sued for allegedly sexually harassing former employee SFC: Oakland school board faces backlash over budget cuts that gut aftercare SJMN: San Jose is back up to 12th biggest city in the U.S., displacing Austin SJMN: San Jose officials push city to find alternative site for Berryessa Flea Market FresBee: Fresno’s largest hospital group fined $31.5 million in federal kickback probe CalCoast: SLO County political consultant claims critic is racist, again VCStar $: New fire hazard maps to double Ventura County real estate inspections LAT $: Teachers tend to plan pregnancies with summer due dates. Could a LAUSD policy change that? LAT $: Rancho Palos Verdes is home to a Trump golf course. But his cuts are imperiling the city’s landslide response LAT $: Santa Monica approves public drinking proposal to turn Third Street Promenade into entertainment zone OCReg: Santa Ana City Council looked at more frequent inspections of supportive housing units, has questions OCReg: Student found with gun, ammo on campus at Vista View Middle School in Fountain Valley VOC: Anaheim Institutes New Oversight on Tourism Bureau After Searing State Audit VOC: Westminster Grapples With Potentially Losing Tet Parade OCReg: Victorville foster children kept journals of strangulation, other abuse, DA says LAT $: Riverside wants to become ‘the new Detroit.’ Can this self-driving electric bus get it there? SDUT: In May budget revision, Gloria pulls back on police cuts but sticks with cuts to parks, libraries 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