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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

• SDUT: Longtime San Diego official collecting three pensions while advising mayor
• SDUT: Number of homeless in downtown San Diego reaches record high for fifth straight month
• SDUT: ‘Our hands are tied.’ Incidents of homeless violence raise concerns
• CG: What the Media Chooses To Ignore On The Nation’s Fentanyl Crisis
• OCReg: Drug and alcohol abuse among older Americans: What you should know
• SFC: Expert on drug abuse says conditions in Tenderloin are tragically familiar
• SacBee: Report says California plan to reach ambitious emissions reduction goals lacks ‘clear strategy’
• Reason: Public Health Researchers Float Idea of Climate-Change Warnings on Menu Items
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• LAT $: Newsom’s inauguration was picture perfect, and that’s a shame
• OCReg: Man armed with knife fatally shot by police in Tustin
• SDUT: Five arrested on suspicion of vehicle thefts, fraud in East County
• SFC: S.F. police seek public’s help in finding Mission shooting suspect
• FoxLA: This is considered 'middle class' income in California
• AP: California hit by more storms, braces for potential floods
• FresBee: Prepare to get soaked. Atmospheric river headed for Fresno area packs rainy, windy punch
• OCReg: Southern California braces for powerful storm, with heavy rain, snow, wind
• Storm live updates: Biden approves Emergency Declaration for CA
• FoxLA: California's Newsom blames climate change, to seek federal assistance as more storms line up to batter state
• SFC: Bay Area braces for more as new drenching starts, Newsom seeks federal aid
• LAT $: $7 a dozen? Why California eggs are so expensive — and increasingly hard to find
• Meet Marie Alvarado-Gil, Stanislaus’ new state senator; her surprising political ascent
• SDUT: California’s child care aid misses hundreds of thousands of families who need it
• LAT $: Column: Bruce’s Beach was a win for reparations. Why it matters that Black people lost it
• SFC: Musk says he can't get fair trial in California, wants Texas
• OCReg: Beef up security at nuclear waste storage sites like San Onofre, scientist says
• LAT $: On this flooded island of homeless people, climate change has never been more real
• OCReg: Southwest Airlines, flaws and all, is still superior to the high-speed rail project
• CG: Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax Gets a Killer Boost
• OCReg: The myth of the ‘moderate,’ ‘pro-business,’ ‘centrist’ Gavin Newsom
• Where DEI Tribalism Is Leading Us
• BreitbartCA: Pinkerton: The Twitter Files Remind Us the Deep State Lives
• SFC: Why people like me left California to pursue the American Dream in Montana
• OCReg: American patients must enforce their right to medical price transparency
• CalM: California’s carbon neutrality plan lacks vital detail
• Sacramento power outages a concern with another storm looming
• SacBee: Mandatory evacuations now in place for south Sacramento County; warnings in El Dorado County
• SacBee: Sacramento sees slight drop in homicides in 2022, a year of brazen deadly shootings
• SJMN: ‘I’m bringing a CEO mindset’: Q&A with San Jose’s new mayor
• FresBee: California’s higher education institutions are falling apart. Fresno State can be helped
• FresBee: School superintendent banks job on Fresno students: Fire me if test scores don’t improve
• SJMN: Santa Cruz, Monterey County officials urge residents to be ready to evacuate
• LAT $: Challenges loom for gondola to Dodger Stadium planned for the 2028 Olympics
• LAT $: L.A. County shifts lawyer program for the poor from Bar Assn. to already busy public defender
• LAT $: De León's district boundaries in question amid recall drive - Los Angeles Times
• LAT $: ‘Catfish’ cop Austin Lee Edwards groomed other teen years before Riverside slayings
• SDUT: Can a termed-out official continue serving? In Chula Vista, an unforeseen vacancy allows it, experts say

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