Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, September 9, 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 LAMag: Rep. Katie Porter's Sweet UC Irvine Housing Deal Raises Eyebrows BreitbartCA: Katie Porter Donor Helped Her Keep Sweetheart University Housing Deal OCReg: Rep. Katie Porter’s university housing deal draws scrutiny BreitbartCA: San Francisco Officials Unveil ‘Soft Touch’ Plan to End Open-Air Drug Crisis SFC: S.F. D.A. Brooke Jenkins announces new policy to crack down on public drug use CG: Resolution That Decriminalizes Psychedelic Drugs Passed By San Francisco Board of Supervisors PE: Fairview fire swells to nearly 24,000 acres; Newsom declares emergency SacBee: PG&E files report with state on Mosquito Fire, says power equipment tagged by investigators SacBee: California grid at stage 2 emergency as heat wave, Mosquito Fire add to power woes SJMN: Mosquito Fire explodes in size, threatens air quality FresBee: Firefighters make progress against Fork Fire. Here’s when it could be fully contained LAT $: Officials prepare to evacuate 22,000 people from Hemet wildfire’s path AP: California faces wildfires, heat and likely rain, flooding CG: After Denying Learning Loss, UTLA Opposes Teaching Days to Catch Kids Up SFC: California will pump $25M into local journalism initiative LADN: Los Angeles sees slight homeless rise to 41,980 – but also a glimmer of hope BreitbartCA: L.A. Homeless Population Grew During Pandemic SFC: Tension rises at homeless encampment as state tears down blockade SFC: End of California's heat wave brings other weather event to S.F. Bay Area: bad air quality SJMN: Triple-digit temperatures returned Thursday as Bay Area heat wave comes to close CG: Restaurants File for Referendum to Stop California’s New Fast Food Worker Law CG: AB 257 or Reversal: Fast Food Workers Weigh in on the New Fast Food Council Law SacBee: Newsom administration can close Northern California prison, judge rules in dismissing lawsuit AP: Oil company pleads guilty in Southern California spill VOC: Oil Spill Company to Pay Equivalent of 1.5% of Last Year’s Revenue to End State Charges OCReg: Companies responsible for Huntington Beach oil spill agree to pay an additional $4.9 million OCReg: Grid operator bumps up emergency energy request as hours extended for 9th straight Flex Alert LADN: LA mayoral candidate Karen Bass linked to USC bribery and fraud case Caruso claims Bass hacked campaign email in 'desperate attempt to change the discussion' LADN: Small theaters, lawmakers, call on Newsom to sign bill to help them ‘thrive’ CalM: California lawmakers approved CARE Court. What comes next? CalM: Free college 2.0: To lure students, community colleges add new perks SacBee: Squaw removed from place names in US. Here’s what CA names changed under federal order LAT $: Reality of legal weed in California: Illegal grows, deaths CalM: State may permanently shrink internet and cell phone discounts for low-income Californians SFC: COVID in California: U.S. dedicates $300 million to next-generation tests LAT $: Judge approves Boy Scouts’ $2.46-billion reorganization plan to keep operating The Midterm Power of Parents CA Is the National Poster Child for Crime and Chaos OCReg: COVID’s hidden victim: economic freedom CG: How the Teachers Union Can Save LA Unified Reason: Almost 40 Percent of College Students Feel Uncomfortable Sharing a Controversial Opinion in Class SFC: How an empty 1970s S.F. movie theater could scale back housing plans at Stonestown Man brutally beheaded young mother in middle of San Carlos street in front of witnesses, law enforcement says - ABC7 San Francisco SFC: Judge rejects challenges to A’s plan for $12 billion waterfront ballpark AP: Authorities ID couple allegedly killed by sheriff’s deputy SJMN: Dublin execution-style killings probed; Alameda County sheriff’s deputy held without bail SJMN: Former San Jose State baseball coach sexually and racially harassed players and staff, investigation found Update: Air advisory issued as wildfires send smoke to Modesto, Oakdale and other cities FresBee: Principal accused of striking Fresno student got another job. Now he’s been suspended CalCoast: Nearly $4 million awarded to SLO County water projects, San Simeon declined CalCoast: SLO County school districts faced with bus driver shortages LADN: Murder charges stand against Grossman Burn Foundation co-founder in boys’ crosswalk deaths LAT $: ‘Barbaric’ L.A. County jail conditions alleged as ACLU seeks federal intervention LAT $: A little more than two years after a devastating fire, the San Gabriel Mission is nearly restored PE: Overnight freeway closures canceled on 15, 215 in Murrieta, Temecula PE: Grand jury report is ‘defamatory, naive and ignorant,’ Riverside County auditor says LAT $: 2 workers killed in Union Pacific train crash near Salton Sea FOX 11 coverage may have helped open bathroom access in San Bernardino County schools SDUT: San Diego County’s suicide rate falls for third straight year 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!