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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

• Interview Of The Week: Katy Grimes, Editor-In-Chief of the California Globe - We Talk Newsom, Capitol Corruption, Schiff
• CG: CA Globe Editor Katy Grimes Joins Jon Fleischman on Inaugural Podcast
• Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics This Week
• Complaint filed against Newsom for alleged campaign law violation, taxpayer dollars spent on rally
• OCReg: Gov. Gavin Newsom kicks off California’s redistricting efforts
• LAT $: Newsom calls for special November election to block Trump from ‘rigging’ 2026 midterms
• CG: Assemblyman DeMaio: Newsom’s Scheme to Redraw Maps is ‘Illegal, Unconstitutional, Unnecessary’
• SFC: Border Patrol chief crashes Newsom’s rollout of California redistricting campaign
• SacBee: Kevin Kiley rips Newsom’s redistricting plan, says governor’s out for personal gain
• SacBee: Gavin Newsom’s CA redistricting effort will target Reps. Kevin Kiley, Doug LaMalfa
• SJMN: Armed Border Patrol outside Newsom event as he reveals gerrymander gambit, while deep-pocketed foes take aim at plan
• CG: How is Gavin Newsom’s $50M Legal Slush Fund to ‘Trump-Proof’ the State Faring?
• SJMN: Ex-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s attorney considering request to move bribery trial
• FresBee: California prison guard sentenced to life for female inmate abuse. ‘He’s a monster’
• CalM: Covered California health insurance will cost more in 2026. Here’s what’s behind the double-digit increase
• LAT $: A bad bill to rein in insurance adjusters? Proposed state law draws fire
• LAT $: Home Depots across L.A. tense become battleground in new phase of ICE raids
• SJMN: Oakland leaders on high alert after ICE arrest of minor, Trump’s threat to send National Guard
• CG: Gavin Newsom’s DNC Rally for Abortion, Big Labor… Oh, and Redistricting
• CalM: California Legislature’s final weeks could decide fate of Delta water tunnel
• FRBlog: Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Gavin Newsom
• SacBee: Doris Matsui is ducking her district when it needs a public leader
• SFC: S.F.’s biggest mall loses additional half-dozen restaurants as retail exodus builds
• SFPD to replace pistols that allegedly fire without pulling trigger
• SFC: Can this ‘jaw dropping’ program fix low literacy rates in San Francisco schools?
• SJMN: Bay Area Air District files lawsuit against Martinez-based landfill for pollution
• FresBee: Fresno police will get new HQ after City Council approves $30M rent-to-own lease
• CalCoast: Gifford Fire scorches over 132,600 acres, another firefighter injured
• LAT $: A judge restricted LAPD’s use of force. Then journalists were beaten with batons
• OCReg: Irvine City Council delays vote to swap golf course for housing until 2026
• SDUT: Economic uncertainty stunts investments in San Diego startups
• SDUT: More than 1,000 new homes are coming to this South Bay transit stop