Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, August 19, 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 Red State: Recall Gascon Committee Knowingly Turned in Invalid Petition Signatures, Misled Donors and Volunteers LADN: Finger-pointing erupts among backers of George Gascón recall LADN: Teachers union considers boycotting LAUSD’s voluntary learning day for students Safe injection sites could be signed into law by Gov. Newsom VIDEO: Flash mob vandalizes, loots 7-Eleven store following street takeover in Harbor Gateway LADN: ‘Flash mob of looters’ ransacks LA 7-Eleven — and everybody’s caught on video SFC: Passenger groped, punched on BART train. San Francisco man arrested SJMN: San Jose: Arrests made in shooting of Safeway worker at Willow Glen store LAT $: L.A.’s Eastside Playboys gang target of massive sweep by FBI, LAPD PE: 54 guns, over 2,000 rounds of ammunition seized from Menifee home SFC: Man charged with double murder live-streamed crime, prosecutors say SacBee: Roseville police arrest employee who allegedly attacked boss with a knife SFC: Vote to close SFUSD schools for Muslim holidays spurs threat FresBee: High-speed rail route from San Francisco to San Jose wins approval. What happens next? AP: California advances broadest US law sealing criminal records CA City News: Lawsuit Targets Oakland’s Noncitizen Voting Measure LAT $: Federal officials announce $310 million in funding to combat ‘megadrought’ OCReg: New federal funds will help Southern California weather megadrought SFC: Newsom’s office threatens to pull funds for Oakland homeless encampment SFC: Could S.F. State parking lot house homeless families living in RVs? SFC: Homelessness among Latinos in S.F. skyrocketed. Here’s why SDUT: MAAC and union reach deal on new contract that boosts wages, awards $1,300 bonus FresBee: Gov. Newsom announces plan to fund mental health services for California youth AP: California heat persists, but no call for power cutbacks AP: Judge throws out $85M award over California custody death SDUT: Judge throws out record $85 million civil rights verdict against San Diego County OCReg: Franchisees fear AB 257 could hike their fast-food prices CalM: Frustration spurs California parents to run for school boards CG: San Diego School District Ends Mandatory School Masking Plans SDUT: California hotel sales reach record price per room — but not in San Diego PE: Will drop in community college transfers to UC Riverside slow its growth? SJMN: The Bay Area is giving unlimited transit to nearly 50,000 students. Do you qualify? NR: Bye-Bye, Brian OCReg: More homes (not more government) needed to make housing affordable Parents Are Waking Up to Dems' Betrayal on Schools Hill: Biden's Anti-Business White House Will Push Us Into Recession CG: By-Right Housing by Might Politics NR: CDC Admission of Dysfunction Misses the Big Problems CG: Sacramento Mayor and City Council Finally Hold Public Meeting – 866 Days After Lockdown Order SacBee: Police called to Sacramento councilman’s house twice for issues regarding vehicle sales SacBee: New unhealthy air quality alert issued during Sacramento heat. Here’s the latest forecast Reason: San Francisco Spent Over $20,000 on a Trash Can SFC: Algal bloom fills San Francisco Bay with swirls of brown water SJMN: Bay Area sees nation’s largest monthly drop in home values FresBee: Fresno approves $1 million for local Planned Parenthood despite anti-abortion outcry Stanislaus candidate list has some tweaks after final deadline for Nov. 8 election FresBee: Ten candidates make ballot for three Clovis City Council seats. Who’s on the list Racism charges kept Ceres man from council appointment. Now he’s running for the seat CalCoast: Former SLO police chief to retire from policing after cancer diagnosis CalCoast: Paso Robles sex offender convicted of attempted bank robbery VCStar $: Santa Paula preparing to split up city into districts VCStar $: Area health systems to pay $70.7 million in settlement LAT $: Police followed protocol when detaining head custodian at Pasadena school, review finds OCReg: OC Board of Education unusually divided over new trustee pick VOC: California Regulators Probe County Land Deal Next to Santa Ana College OCReg: More empty promises at the ‘Great’ Park OCReg: Long awaited construction begins on the marina at Dana Point Harbor PE: How 5 Inland Empire elections were won — or lost — in June 2022 primary SBSun: Cal Fire/Riverside County battalion chief with 3 convictions is still employed PE: ‘He saved Norco’: retiring city manager Andy Okoro praised at tribute SBSun: Grace Vargas, first female and first Latina mayor of Rialto, dies PE: Federal agency investigating Perris railcar chemical leak VOSD: The Election for Sub-District C on San Diego Unified’s Board Is a Tale of Opposites VOSD: New Homeowners Pay Considerably More in Taxes Than Longtime Homeowners 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!