Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, April 30, 2022 Dear John, 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: SJMN: Santa Clara city workers narrowly avoid strike over pay raise SJMN: Striking Stanford, Packard nurses will lose healthcare benefits May 1st, fueling fear and frustration SFC: Oakland schools empty amid teacher strike CG: ‘Pay to Play’ Governor Behest Payment Contracting Bill Killed by Senate Democrats SFC: Urban Alchemy street ambassador reportedly shot in S.F.’s Tenderloin SFC: ‘Ringleaders’ of organized retail crime ring convicted after investigation AP: Headcounts are down at public schools. Now budgets are too. SDUT: San Diego home prices accelerating at a pace not seen since housing boom of 2004 SJMN: Newsom: Desalination project should be approved — “We need more damn tools in the toolkit” AP: A longer life for Diablo Canyon? Newsom touts nuke extension CalM: Another gas rebate plan — but little action SacBee: Democrats are feeling gas-price pressure. How Nancy Pelosi’s solution would affect California CalM: California’s youngest children need more mental health support, advocates say in request for funding OCReg: Ghosted by the PUC: Folks await new plan for rooftop solar, but get silence SDUT: East County cities weigh closer cooperation on homelessness as residents decry tent camps SacBee: What goes into building tiny homes? What to know as Sacramento County considers shelters SFC: California OKs bullet train from Central Valley to Bay Area. What it means SFC: Wealthy S.F. neighborhood accused of trying to skirt housing laws with historic status LAT $: A speeding Mercedes. Two kids killed. Should a Hidden Hills socialite face a murder trial? SFC: Wildfires are destroying California's giant sequoias. Scientists are trying to save them LAT $: To survive drought, parts of SoCal must cut water use by 35%. The new limit: 80 gallons a day LAT $: USC education school omitted key data for U.S. News & World Report rankings, report says SJMN: Big labor, developer money rolling into state Senate District 10 race CalM: Who’s missing from California’s community colleges? Make Colleges Pay For Student Debt Crisis OCReg: State’s latest tobacco ‘protections’ are trying to kill us Reason: Don't Wait! The National Debt Is Only Getting Worse Cogan & Warsh: U.S. Needs a Return to First Principles CG: BART Board Votes to Reinstate Mask Mandate on All Trains Following Dismissal of Federal Mandate SFC: These 11 maps show exactly how S.F. supervisor districts will be redrawn SFC: San Franciscans may soon be able to hail a paid ride from a driverless taxi SJMN: What fundraising and endorsements tell us about San Jose’s mayoral election ‘Another shot’: Turlock High students prep for showings of once-canceled musical FresBee: Sanger school dropping charter status. Do parents know what it means for students? CalCoast: SLO County Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s latest tirade VCStar $: Goats return to Reagan library to help reduce fire risk VCStar $: Incumbent district attorney faces challenge from within OCReg: Port of Long Beach estimates $345 million loss if it takes control of Queen Mary LAT $: Critics of plan to relocate youths from L.A. juvenile hall increasingly vocal before May 1 move LAT $: A long-forgotten toxic dump site is raising new worries for this Los Angeles neighborhood OCReg: Judge temporarily bars Tim Shaw from his Orange County Board of Education seat OCReg: Attorney General asked to weigh in on timing of redistricting of OC Board of Supervisors PE: Meet the four candidates for the Riverside County Supervisor 5th District seat SBSun: Shannon Dicus, Clifton Lee Harris vie for San Bernardino County sheriff SDUT: Amazon doubles down on San Diego office space with lease at The Collection at UTC SDUT: Superior Court judge orders San Diego city officials to turn over Ash Street-related records SDUT: In civil rights case, county seeks to shed $85 million verdict or get a new trial 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 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!