Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, January 13, 2023     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 CG: AG Rob Bonta Lets Gascon Minion Slide AP: California latest to sue drug companies over insulin prices FresBee: 2-time candidate charged with elections, voter fraud after running for office in Fresno County NR: Robert Hur, Special Counsel in Biden Document Probe, was DOJ Point Person in Russia Investigation LAT $: Special counsel to review Biden classified documents BreitbartCA: Special Counsel to Investigate Biden Classified Docs… The Stunning New Twist in the Biden Documents Saga AmerSpec: The Classified Story of the Pot-Kettle-Black President NR: The Biden Documents Mess Hunter Biden Accessed Dad's Garage With Classified Material LAT $: IRS gives drenched Californians an extra month to file tax returns CalM: Is California’s drought over? Here’s what you need to know about rain, snow, reservoirs and drought AP: Series of drenching California storms put dent in drought LAT $: Nearly all of California exits the worst drought categories LAT $: New storms set to hit a rain-battered California, with Monterey Peninsula at serious risk LADN: Chatsworth sinkhole made national news, wrecked two vehicles, and is growing CalCoast: Road closed, hundreds cutoff near Lake Nacimiento AP: Missing boy’s mom: ‘I could feel his fingers slipping’ away Fight for Feinstein's Senate Seat Is Already Wild SacBee: I thought Rep. Katie Porter was different. Her disrespect for California says otherwise NR: ‘In It for Herself’: Former Katie Porter Staffer Says California Dem’s Senate Run Motivated by ‘Fame’ and ‘Power’ CG: Early 2024 Senate, House Candidates, Endorsements Flood California 22 Months Ahead of 2024 Election SacBee: Drugs continue to get smuggled into California prisons. Are state employees to blame? FresBee: It’s not called Squaw Valley anymore. Here’s the new name of this Fresno County town CalM: Will California join TikTok ban? LADN: LA Mayor Bass ties fixing homelessness to supporting local businesses LAT $: L.A. Mayor Karen Bass: ‘The city is demanding the tents go away’ CalM: Gimme Shelter: Mayor Karen Bass on homelessness and the California housing crisis LADN: Bass to Palmdale: There is no plan to dump LA homeless people in Antelope Valley OCReg: Southern California family budgets still smacked by cooling inflation SDUT: California looks at ways to curb soaring natural gas bills for SDG&E and other consumers More Fallout for Schiff Following Twitter Files Reveal Twitter Files 14: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots FresBee: Man, 78, robbed in Clovis dies 2 weeks after attack. Suspect may face charges, police say LAT $: Long Beach police arrest man who allegedly threatened to shoot co-workers SFC: Man arrested after attacking MUNI bus driver with fire extinguisher in S.F. SFC: S.F. police arrest two men in a triple shooting in the Mission District FoxLA: Lisa Marie Presley dies after suffering apparent cardiac arrest CG: The Tangled Government Web Behind the Push to Ban Gas Stoves OCReg: Newsom budget plan underscores missed opportunities in the surplus years OCReg: An unlikely threat to popular democracy in California OCReg: Losing Proposition 22 would hurt workers and the economy, especially as a recession looms SFC: UC Davis investigating prominent professor accused of raping high school student Veteran Sacramento police officer sues city, alleges ‘anti-Black culture’ in department LAT $: Berkeley’s People’s Park is again in a fight for the ages, now over UC student housing SFC: Oakland board overturns vote to shutter schools, but decision can be undone SJMN: Exclusive: As FBI degree fraud investigation of Pittsburg cops ramped up, officers paid back tens of thousands to city SFC: S.F.’s largest landlord defaults on loan. Will it affect local real estate? SFC: S.F. reverses course on its rejection of housing on a parking lot in SoMa SJMN: Silicon Valley Community Foundation launches Bay Area emergency fund for storm damage FresBee: Record-breaking rainfall possible this weekend as Fresno braces for another storm Planned state park for Stanislaus County survives major cuts in Newsom’s budget CalCoast: Scheme to keep Diablo Canyon open is illegal, groups say CalCoast: 300,000 gallons of sewage spill into the Salinas River VCStar $: New slide seen at La Conchita from this week's storm CG: LA City Council Votes 12-2 To Increase Punishments For Members Who Are Censured LAT $: City National Bank agrees to settle U.S. complaint of racial bias in L.A. home loans VOC: OC Looks Elsewhere for Green Power After Pulling Out of Controversial Local Agency OCReg: Irvine may change how city officials are elected VOC: OC Power Authority Rates Fall Below Edison for the First Time OCReg: Rep. Young Kim to open a new office in Mission Viejo City Hall VOC: Santana: Orange County’s Era of Astroturf Elected Officials is Over Ex-school board member with troubled past joins staff of new Riverside County supervisor VOSD: San Diegans Are About to Get a New Dumpster. SDUT: Gloria says San Diego is rising above challenges, unveils plan to speed home-building SDUT: Proposal to allow more high-rise housing in San Diego clears key hurdle SDUT: Oceanside denies appeal of transit-oriented development project. ‘We can’t say no’ 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!