Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, May 23, 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 Congress Kills California's 2035 Ban On Gas Powered Cars CalM: US Senate blocks California’s electric car mandate in historic vote CG: U.S. Senate Votes To Repeal CA’s Ban on Gas Vehicles and 2035 EV Mandate CG: Top 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. – California Not Even in Top 100 SFC: Mayor Lurie to halt funding for S.F. parks nonprofit that misused millions SDUT: Six presumed dead when small plane crashes into military homes in Murphy Canyon neighborhood CalM: Sen. Sabrina Cervantes cited for DUI while allegedly under the influence of a drug LAT $: SoCal man ignited Line fire that scorched 44,000 acres, hurt 6 firefighters. He faces life term CalM: 5 creative ways California colleges are feeding students beyond food pantries OCReg: Santa Ana City Council is weighing public alerts on ICE activity SFC: Federal prison officials visited Alcatraz last week and plan to return SFC: Drugs are being smuggled into Bay Area jails in a bizarre new way SJMN: Here’s where the money Meta spent on its $1 billion pledge for affordable housing has gone Democrat Abel Chavez plans to challenge Inland Rep. Ken Calvert in 2026 SFC: Feds arrest embattled Sonoma developer suspected of ‘Ponzi scheme’ that cost investors millions SDUT: Michael Smolens: Issa votes for Trump agenda bill, but mum on Medicaid cuts CG: California Has Egg on Its Face CalM: California’s high living costs and high poverty sharpen its economic divide CG: Greenberg: No, Mayor Lurie, Twitter Didn’t Cause San Francisco’s Woes CG: Ringside: How to Save California’s Oil and Gas Industry OCReg: Gov. Newsom spews misinformation about California’s literacy efforts SacBee: How reports of Sacramento High coach partying with kids led to teacher’s firing SacBee: Sacramento school withheld records on coach allegations. How The Bee got them CG: SF Supervisor Joel Engardio Recall Growing Following Controversial Support Of Sunset Dunes SJMN: Investigator clears San Mateo County executive of misconduct in sheriff’s complaint SFC: ‘Inexcusable’: Two meltdowns in two weeks prompt soul-searching at BART SFC: Exclusive: City College of San Francisco poised to select outsider as chancellor over interim chief SJMN: San Jose Airport passenger trips lose more altitude years after COVID SJMN: AI-boosted smoke-sniffing wildfire sensors approved for Santa Clara County FresBee: Homeless population in Fresno and Madera up 3%. Why that number will likely grow Stanislaus County CEO foresees unsteady fiscal outlook. Medi-Cal and shelter cuts LAT $: L.A. City Council approves $14-billion budget, scaling back Bass’ public safety plans LAT $: Some of the poorest students get the newest, fanciest public school around: Compton High OCReg: DA files election-related charges against former Irvine councilmember Tammy Kim OCReg: Capistrano Unified school board majority votes for resolution opposing trans athletes in girls’ sports SDUT: San Diego Unified doesn’t give voters enough information on bond measures, report finds SDUT: Coming water rate hikes could be less painful than feared. Just how painful depends on where you live. SDUT: After years of litigation, Chula Vista is ordered to turn over police drone videos 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
