Email from FlashReport Don't Miss Out! Click Here for the Latest in CA Politics. Tuesday, October 7, 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 California’s Payroll Tax Hike: Governor Gavin Newsom’s $23 Billion Betrayal of Businesses Los Angeles Is Crumbling — and Hollywood Is Leading the Fall CG: Gov. Newsom Acquiesces to Freshman Assemblyman Who Leads on Insurance Commish Lara Travel Grift CG: New Zogby Poll: Steve Hilton Leads Republicans, Nearly All Democrats in CA Governor’s Race SacBee: Top CA Republican vowed to cut waste, corruption. His spending says otherwise SFC: Newsom says he’ll pull California from governors group if it won’t condemn Trump deployments LAT $: South Lake Tahoe mayor confesses to stealing from church, attempting suicide in statement to local paper CG: California Democrats gain only 190 new voters in 200 days New California law makes sure streaming ads aren't louder than programs CG: Potential Impact of Retail Gas Prices of the Chevron El Segundo Fire LAT $: A huge $600-million casino — bigger than many Vegas rivals — is coming to California next month LAT $: California consumers get surprise sticker shock ordering imports online SJMN: Caltrans demolishes 50-year-old statue of Junipero Serra along Interstate 280 CalM: California braces for ‘devastating’ expected cuts to federal homeless housing funds LAT $: Burbank airport air traffic control tower unmanned, flights canceled amid government shutdown CG: The Map of Former Rep. Lois Capps ‘Ribbon of Shame’ Gerrymandered District CalM: Refinery fire spotlights California’s gas supply crunch and high prices at the pump OCReg: From hospitals to homelessness: America’s half-century mistake Helicopter crash critically injures 3, shuts down Highway 50 in Sacramento Alameda County boldly votes to take a moral stance sometime in the future SFC: Crime is down and scandals have faded, but can Barbara Lee turn Oakland around? SFC: The fight for sober homeless housing in S.F. isn’t over. Here’s the next step CalM: A Bay Area startup sold a plastic recycling dream. Neighbors call it just another incinerator SJMN: Environmental group buys three South Bay farms for $7.8 million CalCoast: Boil water notice for parts of Morro Bay LAT $: Fire after fire, L.A. County keeps promising to fix failures but doesn’t deliver LAT $: USC faculty members denounce Trump compact that would shift university to the right SDUT: San Diego County waives fees for Coches fire victims rebuilding homes SDUT: In Learn4Life charter school network, millions of taxpayer dollars get spent by one private corporation SDUT: San Diego’s contested Measure C hotel tax hike clears important legal hurdle 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
