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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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• Top 6 Reasons Rick Caruso Is More Likely to Run for L.A. Mayor Than California Governor
• CG: Newsom and Team Go Lower than Squid Poop on the Bottom of the Ocean
• California EDD wasted over $4.6 million in state funds on unused mobile devices, audit finds
• CalM: California unemployment agency paid $4.6 million in monthly fees for unused cellphones
• LAT $: L.A. City Councilman John Lee violated gift laws on lavish Vegas jaunt, judge says
• Judge orders Montclair councilmember to pay $176,000 more in sexual harassment case
• NR: Black Lives Matter Director Spent Millions in Donations on Homes, Shopping, Vacations, Indictment Alleges
• SJMN: ‘Like a post-apocalyptic movie’: Neighborhood stunned after Hayward-area explosion
• CalM: California schools that need foreign workers for teacher jobs can’t afford Trump’s new visa fee
• SJMN: As California delays ‘zone zero’ wildfire protection rules, study finds clearing vegetation prevented home damage in LA fires
• LAT $: Leaders of secretive California religious group accused of murder after member and ex-member vanish
• SacBee: Can unions get California to retire mandatory overtime for state nurses?
• SFC: California braces for disaster as Congress fails to come to a deal on health care plans
• Prop. 50: Court Just Orders Mapmaker to Testify on Racial Bias
• SFC: Alameda lined up $400 million in federal funds to build a veterans clinic. Then Trump stepped in
• SFC: S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie seeks $400 million in cuts as he confronts growing budget deficit
• SFC: After brutal S.F. courtroom assault, interpreters urge sheriff’s office to tighten safety measures
• SJMN: South Bay city swaps vice mayor and mayor in ‘unorthodox’ move
• FresBee: Clovis Unified elects a new board president. She says she’ll ‘be a listener’
• CalCoast: SLO County Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s hiring of spouse violated state law
• CalCoast: 3.5 magnitude earthquake rattles Templeton
• LAT $: L.A. County court system launches mobile effort to expunge records, educate public
• LAT $: Divided council gives modest boost to LAPD hiring, amid tensions with mayor
• OCReg: Top Angels executives deny team knew of Tyler Skaggs’ or Eric Kay’s drug use or ties
• OCReg: Irvine to join local efforts to address radioactive waste in San Onofre
• Could these Inland Empire Republicans lose their seats in 2026?
• SDUT: SANDAG has a new transportation plan. Now it must convince voters to pay for it.
• SDUT: SDSU committee considering student athletic fee hike holds closed-door meeting