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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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- CalM: Amid ominous signs, California releases first student test scores since the pandemic
- SDUT: ‘Appalling and unacceptable’: Students’ math test scores fell across the board nationwide after COVID-19
- AP: California test scores decline; racial disparities remain
- CalM: California student test scores plunge — but some achievement gaps narrow. See how your school compares.
- SDUT: Fewer San Diego students passed state exams this year than before the pandemic. Here’s how districts fared
- SBSun: Ontario-Montclair’s superintendent could make $1.2 million this year if he leaves for new job
- LAT $: City Council President Paul Krekorian will not excuse Kevin de León’s council absences
- CG: Beleaguered LA City Councilman Says Only a Recall Will Remove Him From Office
- Labor tries city-by-city push for $25 minimum wage at private medical facilities
- OCReg: Many reasons, one theme; parents running for Orange County school seats want to be involved – Orange County Register
- Second batch of CA inflation relief payments go out Monday: Here's who will get paid
- SacBee: California is about to become the world’s 4th largest economy. Here’s how and when
- SFC: Court rules against activists who used fake IDs to enter abortion providers’ meeting in S.F.
- SFC: Sen. Wiener, Jewish leaders pressure Adidas to drop Kanye West over antisemitic threats
- ‘No gray area.’ Jewish California lawmakers want Adidas to drop Kanye over antisemitism
- CalM: Though wage theft is a crime, few California DAs file charges for it
- CG: Sacramento’s 50th Murder of 2022: Dangerous Times in the Capitol City
- A dozen masked suspects break into Riverbank cannabis facility, prompting chase to Bay Area
- SFC: Oakland man fatally shot on International Boulevard
- SFC: Here’s S.F.’s plan to make streets safer downtown this holiday season
- SFC: Men accused of killing Jenkins relative seek to block her office from case
- 2 homeless men arrested after short police chase in Santa Monica
- Homicide Rates Surge in Cities Run by Soros-Backed DAs
- AP: California school district ordered to pay $45M in abuse case
- AP: New Saddleback pastor sees women clergy in church’s future
- LAT $: Thousands of apartments may come to Santa Monica, other wealthy cities under little-known law
- SJMN: Bay Area the only region in California where homes are selling for less than a year ago
- SacBee: Mosquito Fire, California’s largest blaze of 2022, contained after more than 6 weeks
- LAT $: Southern California braces for difficult flu season as cases rise after COVID lull
- AP: Scott Peterson finally moved off California’s death row
- AP: Prosecutor: Women’s stories show Weinstein’s predatory power
- IRS Employees Stole $418K Covid Funds
- CG: Gov. Newsom’s Blatant Dishonesty on California Public School Test Scores
- OCReg: Newsom prefers making grandiose promises more than actually fulfilling them
- OCReg: Should government be race neutral always or only sometimes?
- CalM: New tests underscore California’s educational crisis
- Here Comes the Democrat Rout
- Proposal for new Sacramento homeless shelter would put cabins in warehouse, allow parking
- New CEO named for Sacramento regional foundation that raises millions for nonprofits
- SFC: S.F. private schools didn’t land in top 50 of national ranking. What data doesn’t tell you
- LAT $: Owner of car buried at Bay Area mansion had reported it stolen, collected $87,000 insurance payout
- SJMN: Former owner of Atherton estate with buried Mercedes collected $87,000 in insurance for it, DA says
- SFC: Has Berkeley declared a ‘war on cars’? One bike lane symbolizes a larger battle
- SJMN: Millions are being spent on the race for San Jose mayor. See who is writing checks in a shadow campaign
- FresBee: Major cuts in the works at Fresno university ahead of projected multi-million dollar deficit
- MID board candidates discuss customer rates, water challenges and future of power
- CalCoast: Tarzan actor Ron Ely loses lawsuit against Santa Barbara County
- LAT $: Construction of L.A. Metro’s Westside Purple Line halted over safety issues
- LAT $: El Monte Police Chief Ben Lowry dies at 45 of unspecified ‘health issues’
- LADN: Program will give up to $5,000 to qualified renters in LA City Council’s 13th District
- OCReg: Should Santa Ana Unified School District members have term limits? That’s up to voters
- OCReg: Laguna Beach voters are deciding Measure R, which would trigger public votes on some hotel projects
- OCReg: San Clemente is losing beach sand so the city is hiring a consultant to find a solution
- Riverside County sees 575% increase in short-term rentals
- VOSD: Get Your Ballots Ready. The San Diego Election Hub Is Here
- VOSD: Vista City Manager Resigns After Council Limits Hiring Authority
- SDUT: Easy win or huge upset? Incumbent Democrat Campbell seen as heavy favorite for San Diego City Council re-election
- VOSD: Vista City Manager Resigns After Council Limits Hiring Authority
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