Email from FlashReport Sunday, October 5, 2025 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: Why Are Democrats Allowing Their Party to Be Eaten Whole? ICYMI - 6 Stories And One Video From Last Week Jon’s Weekend Reading Recommendations! OCReg: Editorial: Lara’s lavish travel tarnishes insurance gains LAT $: Upstairs neighbor launches bid to unseat Hugo Soto-Martínez from the L.A. City Council LAT $: California’s home insurer of last resort seeks 36% rate hike following January fires SFC: With gold prices at record highs, ‘gold fever’ returns to California LAT $: Tariffs and birthright citizenship will test whether Trump’s power has limits SJMN: ‘A crisis’: Sutter Health workers authorize strike over staffing shortages OCReg: Jon Coupal: Is California really a ‘donor state’? SFPD fired her for sleeping with an informant. Why is she still allowed to be a cop? FresBee: Fresno State challenged by free speech group after lecturer’s suspension over Kirk CalCoast: Wildfire burns 150 acres in eastern San Luis Obispo County LAT $: Chevron’s El Segundo refinery has a history of safety and environmental violations OCReg: UC Irvine raises more than $2.4 billion in fundraising campaign, considered largest in Orange County history Magnitude 3.5 earthquake recorded in San Bernardino Mountains SDUT: San Diego has ticketed thousands of cars for parking too close to intersections. Here’s where. SDUT: Michael Smolens: Water chief keeps focused on long game amid rate-hike heat 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