Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, June 18, 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: The Disingenuous Actions of Senator Padilla Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Ban on Gas Water Heaters and Furnaces Ripe For Repeal CG: Ninth Circuit Court Panel Hears Arguments Over Trump’s Control Of California National Guard CalM: Trump lawyers call his decision to send troops to LA ‘unreviewable’ by U.S. courts OCReg: US Justice Department lends support for Huntington Beach’s lawsuit challenging California sanctuary law CalM: California prison union strikes $600 million contract with Newsom that includes furloughs CG: GOP Lawmakers Demand Audit of Gov. Newsom’s 65 Cent Gas Tax Hike Coming July 1st OCReg: Man who allegedly bragged about hurling rocks at CHP cars and setting fire in LA faces charges SacBee: California’s economy expected to slow as unemployment rate rises Why are so many Democrats running against Inland Rep. Ken Calvert? CalM: A California county may lose its only hospital. How a dispute over roads is endangering it LAT $: Former California and Los Angeles Democratic Party chair Eric Bauman dies at 66 SJMN: New bill would ban cancerous chemicals from California firefighters’ gear LAT $: ‘Largest jewelry heist in U.S. history’: 7 indicted in massive Brink’s job OCReg: Santa Ana council drops idea of ICE notification policy after federal warning LAT $: California’s 2025 wildfire season was already going to be dangerous. Trump has made it worse CalM: California Republicans hate government ‘overreach.’ Most are quiet on Trump’s military in LA LAT $: Can undocumented immigrants vote? Fact-checking Trump’s false accusations of voting fraud in L.A. SJMN: Bay Area food banks warn millions of children and seniors in California will go hungry under Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ CalM: Bay Area transit systems want more money. But their payrolls soared as ridership declined CG: Charter-friendly bill preserves educational freedom OCReg: Senator Padilla deserves an Oscar nomination CG: The Lethal Fog of Clean-Air Hypocrisy CG: Sanctuary State California is About to Get a Comeuppance WashTimes: LA Shows What the Radicalized Dem Party Wants SacBee: LA found she bullied Black staff. Now she manages Sacramento’s animal shelter SacBee: As California cuts funding, can churches support Sacramento’s homeless? Sacramento City Leaders pass ordinance cracking down on illegal fireworks SFC: S.F. union members arrested after halting City Hall meeting with rowdy protest SFC: “Failed vision:” S.F. citizen body slams city, police for lack of progress on Vision Zero FresBee: City of Fresno takes on $100M in debt to repave dilapidated roads. Here’s where CalCoast: Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing children in San Luis Obispo County CalCoast: San Miguel faces public safety power shutoff over fire risk Caruso gets more time to buy The Lakes mall in TO LAT $: Metro scrambles to find funding for massive bus fleet that is the heart of its Olympics plans LAT $: L.A. County supervisor worries it’s ‘bad players’ — not ICE — terrorizing residents OCReg: OC health care official calls for full audit of county’s dealings with 360 Clinic Ex-Riverside County deputies, tow company owner sentenced in tows-for-bribes scheme SDUT: Evacuations ordered in Lakeside as fire chars hundreds of acres SDUT: Were people counted twice in El Cajon’s homelessness census? Maybe, officials say. 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