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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...

THE HEADLINES

• EXCLUSIVE: Thieves steal children's presents in SF car break-in
• SFC: S.F. says it could end street homelessness in 3 years. Another $1.4 billion just the start
• CalM: How new Title IX rules could affect California’s transgender and nonbinary students
• OCReg: ‘They shot an officer!’ Woman who aided slain deputy in Jurupa Valley describes ordeal
• Killer of Riverside County deputy had a history of violence, evading police
• LAT $: Pope Benedict XVI, first pontiff in 600 years to resign, dies at 95
• AP: Judge temporarily blocks California fast food wages law
• CalM: Looking back at California in 2022, in photos
• WashTimes: 2022: A Year To Forget
• OCReg: New laws on abortion, grieving loved ones and rap lyrics coming to California in 2023
• SDUT: Heaviest rain from incoming storm expected to hit San Diego around midnight on New Year’s Eve
• A wet, treacherous start to 2023 as flooding possible in Southern California
• AP: Storm brings flooding, landslides across California
• Thousands of public electric vehicle chargers are coming to a highway near you, eventually
• SFC: Judge halts attempt by descendants to reverse Hastings school name change
• How California’s chief justice changed the state — and why you might not have noticed
• LADN: Eastside LA residents say they, not activists, should decide Kevin de León’s fate
• AP: Woman sues Steven Tyler, alleging child sex assault in 1970s
• NR: Was Buttigieg Asleep at the Switch for Southwest Airlines’ Holiday Implosion?
• Reason: What the Southwest Meltdown Means for Airline Policy
• SJMN: Back to normal? Wary travelers return for Southwest flights at Bay Area airports. Here’s how it’s going
• FoxLA: Barbara Walters, iconic and pioneering broadcast journalist, has died
• The rise and fall of Dan Price, the CEO from Idaho who set a $70K minimum yearly salary
• LAT $: A dedicated cop and a career criminal’s lives collide on suburban street, leaving both dead
• Reason: 2022 Was the Year of Hubris
• OCReg: SCOTUS’ absurd defense of Title 42
• Are Eco-Terrorists Behind Attacks on Power Stations?
• NPR Coddles Harris, Forgets To Do Actual Journalism
• LAT $: Arellano: 2022 was the year Latino politicians became the ultimate villains
• When Will Academia Account for Its Covid Failures?
• OCReg: Working toward a freer world in 2023
• SFC: 15-year-old killed in East Bay shooting, 2nd boy arrested for manslaughter
• LAT $: Golden Gate Bridge, in ‘fair’ shape, gets $400 million to brace against earthquakes
• How to prosecute crimes in Stanislaus County; new DA Jeff Laurego, in his own words
• FresBee: ‘I just want the hospital to stay open.’ Residents have few options as Madera Community closes
• CalCoast: Santa Barbara bail bondsman charged with grand theft
• LAT $: Police Commission to delay vote on LAPD chief’s request for reappointment
• LAT $: Officials hastily moved kids out of L.A. juvenile hall to avoid inspection, report finds
• Riverside County taps Bloomington nonprofit to run treatment center
• VOSD: What We Learned This Year: North County Service Providers Can’t Keep Up With Growing Homelessness
• SDUT: State reverses course, awards Medi-Cal contract to San Diego’s largest operator

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