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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.

THE HEADLINES

• What’s Jon Reading This Week, And A Short Video on … Illegal Immigrants
• SDUT: MTS dismissed from ex-employee’s lawsuit accusing Nathan Fletcher of sexual harassment
• SFC: S.F. residents say sex work has ‘spiraled out of control’ in this neighborhood
• CalM: ‘Freedom week’: California gun owners raced to buy ammunition after court ruling
• LAT $: L.A. city leaders are in high-stakes negotiations on Olympics costs
• LAT $: Blue Bottle coffee workers at four California stores vote to join union
• CalM: What unionization could mean for California Uber and Lyft drivers — and riders
• CG: Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Hilton Shows Better than Expected Results First 100 Days of Campaign
• SJMN: With Kamala Harris out, race for California governor heats up
• SJMN: Trump administration releases $1 billion in California frozen education funds
• SacBee: Which Republican campaigns are raking in the most cash in California?
• SFC: The minimum wage is set to rise in California on Jan. 1
• OCReg: Appeals court upholds restraining order on ‘roving’ Southern California ICE raids, saying conducted without ‘reasonable suspicion’
• LAT $: 9th Circuit keeps freeze on Southern California ICE patrols
• CG: AG Bonta Files Lawsuit Against Trump Admin Over Mutilation and Child Chemical Castration Restrictions
• OCReg: Former Rep. Michelle Steel won’t run for Congress in 2026
• FresBee: Could $4B for high-speed rail blocked by Trump go for CA roads? It’s complicated
• SFC: California’s insurance commissioner is taking action against FAIR Plan. Wildfire survivors say it’s too late
• CalM: California affordable housing programs are on the chopping block after Supreme Court ruling
• Ending the Homeless Industrial Complex
• CG: Revoke the Teacher Union’s Charter
• SacBee: West Sacramento paid $300K for a landmark sculpture. Why did it scrap its plans?
• SFC: Mayor Lurie spends big money boosting S.F.’s public image — and his own
• SJMN: Feds link San Ramon’s Target bombing to multimillion-dollar ATM heist crew
• SJMN: Economic upswing sprouts on multiple fronts in downtown San Jose, report shows
• CalCoast: Latest in Paso Robles Groundwater Basin war: New tax rejected
• SFC: California city where tsunami waves hit hardest has $1 million in harbor damage
• Court orders Oxnard to increase treasurer's budget
• LAT $: Ivy League universities paid hundreds of millions to settle with Trump. Is UCLA next?
• OCReg: Video: Huge demolition derbies — with real RVs driven by public officials — rock OC Fair
• OCReg: Former Costa Mesa official accuses Mayor John Stephens of illegal behavior
• Chino Valley school board challenges injunction barring prayer at its meetings
• AG Bonta clears Riverside County deputy in shooting, makes recommendations for sheriff’s department
• Riverside County sheriff’s oversight debate continues despite supervisors’ inaction