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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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• Shocking New Study Reveals Terrible Math Competency at UCSD And The Truth About Grade Inflation In CA Schools
• ICYMI - 6 Stories And One Video on California Politics From Last Week - Our best plus State of Gold Interviews GOP Secretary of State…
• CG: Stick a Fork in California: Gov. Newsom’s Proposed Retroactive Billionaire Tax
• SacBee: How drugs have claimed the lives of homeless while in Sacramento-run shelters
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• Attorney General Rob Bonta says he was a witness in federal bribery investigation | CA Politics 360
• SFC: Report: DOJ lawyers visited 3 Bay Area schools looking for evidence to justify targeting UCs
• SFC: California was poised to make a historic governor pick in 2026. What happened?
• CA spent over $450 million on a new 911 system. It’s now scrapping the flawed design
• LAT $: UC registered nurses ratify contract that guarantees a minimum 18.5% increase in pay
• SJMN: How Alameda County’s stonewalling legal approach has cost taxpayers millions
• These are the most unsafe hospitals in CA, report says. Is yours on the list?
• SJMN: New rules could push millions of Californians off SNAP
• CalM: How fear of Trump’s immigration blitz is changing life in California farm towns
• SDUT: Postponed parties, smaller gatherings: Immigration enforcement is changing how San Diego families celebrate
• OCReg: What good is a high-school diploma if the kids can’t read or do math?
• OCReg: California’s state and local pension plans have over $265 billion in debt
• ‘Clouded title’ prompts eminent domain push for I Street Bridge build
• A record number of drivers are crashing into the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza this year
• FresBee: Fresno Unified felt pressure from Trump to tamp down DEI references, emails show
• CalCoast: SLO County moves forward with housing development near Pismo Beach
• LAT $: Can you survive a wildfire sheltering at home? For one community, L.A. County Fire says it may be the only option
• LAT $: Why an unproven air taxi company is spending $126 million to take over an L.A. airport
• LAT $: Giant landlord settles with California for colluding on rents in L.A. and elsewhere
• OCReg: Veterans frustrated with slowness getting OC’s first cemetery for those who served
• OCReg: Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries
• SDUT: The San Diego Zoo has $1 billion, and millions pour in each year. It’s about to get another income stream.
• OCReg: All 5 Freeway lanes reopened after police standoff, shooting shut both sides near Camp Pendleton for hours
• SDUT: Legal payouts by San Diego County sheriff soared fivefold in just 10 years, data show