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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.

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• Friday Two-Fer: Newsom's Uphill Redistricting Gambit (Video) and Newsom’s Fossil Fuel Flip Flop
• *Breaking News* California’s Ammo Restrictions Shot Down: A Victory for Gun Owners
• California law requiring background checks for ammunition is unconstitutional, appeals court says
• CalM: Court blocks ammunition background checks in new blow to California’s gun control framework
• California legislature violates open records laws, keeps costs secret on Capitol Annex Project
• CG: What it Costs to Buy a House in America: California’s Median Price is $790,000!
• SFC: Was a dog sent a ballot? Inside the DOJ’s strange lawsuit seeking California voter data
• SDUT: Gloria order seeks to strengthen San Diego’s polices on immigration enforcement
• Planned Parenthood affiliate closes 5 health centers in California after loss of funding
• SFC: Planned Parenthood closes 5 Northern California clinics, citing Trump budget bill
• CalM: California’s NPR and PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed
• LAT $: California Democrats may target GOP congressional districts to counter Texas
• CG: $100 Million in FireAid Relief Funds Went to Non-Profits Instead of Fire Victims
• CalM: Southern California Edison says it will create an Eaton Fire ‘compensation program.’ Survivors are skeptical
• LAT $: They are still discovering bodies in Altadena 6 months after fire. Are there other victims?
• CalM: Key player in California’s water wars embraces controversial pact
• OCReg: Trump’s homelessness crackdown direction draws pushback and some nods in Orange County
• SJMN: How Democrats overcame special interests that long blocked CEQA reform
• OCReg: Rep. Robert Garcia, of Long Beach, demands full transparency of Epstein files
• OCReg: Kaiser Permanente to stop gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19
• CG: Gov. Newsom ‘Set California on a Crash Course With Reality’
• CG: The Fifth Amendment and Late Night Pardons
• Dignity Delayed: Full timeline for KCRA's investigation of body backlog at Sacramento-area hospitals
• SFC: Shuttered Oakland school was slated for affordable housing. Then squatters moved in
• SFC: San Francisco rent prices surge in ‘landlord’s market.’ Here’s what’s going on
• SFC: Bid by S.F.’s largest nursing home to restore 120 beds rejected by federal regulators
• SJMN: Why did Cupertino spend more than $20,000 to investigate ex-city manager?
• FresBee: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill places Fresno County hospital under financial stress
• Public has 3 more chances to weigh in on pro soccer stadium for Modesto
• LAT $: EPA OKs ‘unprecedented’ cleanup plan for battery plant months after toxic Monterey County fire
• SFC: This California city relies on a highway that's sliding into the ocean. Fixing it will cost $2 billion
• VCStar $: Feds may repeal protections for 200K acres in Los Padres
• LAT $: Access denied: L.A. County sheriff, watchdog clash over deputy killing investigations
• LAT $: Big win for charter schools as court strikes down L.A. Unified policy
• OCReg: Lake Forest Councilmember Yu accused of domestic violence can enter into military diversion program
• OCReg: Orange City Council shelves resolution calling on ICE to be unmasked
• SDUT: EPA director announces ‘permanent 100% solution’ on Tijuana River sewage crisis
• SDUT: State schools chief visits Chula Vista schools to celebrate achievements, even as funding loss looms