Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, February 3, 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 Newsom, Fresno County DA trade jabs after Selma officer killed CalCoast: California governor takes aim at concealed carry, Fresno DA FresBee: Gavin Newsom is ‘arrogant and defensive.’ Fresno DA doubles down against California governor FresBee: ‘Forever a hero’: Grieving community honors fallen Selma Police officer FresBee: Murder among charges filed in killing of Selma police officer. Arraignment on Friday SFC: In endorsing Schiff for Senate, Pelosi rewarded her most valued trait: loyalty CG: Pelosi Announces 2024 Senate Endorsement Of Rep. Adam Schiff, If Feinstein Doesn’t Run AP: Pelosi backs Trump impeachment leader Schiff in Senate race NR: Bye, Bye, DiFi? Pelosi Issues Qualified Endorsement of Schiff for Feinstein Seat California union demands 43% raises, rejects Gavin Newsom’s ‘pitiful’ contract offer California union alleges state withheld work-from-home stipends for hundreds of employees Reason: COVID Stimulus Spending Played 'Sizable Role' in Inflation CG: Gov. Newsom, Democrats Targeting Legal Gun Owners Rather than Felons in New Bill LAT $: CHP asks for help after motorist found fatally shot at 405 Freeway offramp near LAX AP: Prosecutors: 2 moved into ailing man’s home, stole millions OCReg: 368 arrested in Southern California task force’s human trafficking sweep SFC: Police: Man fired blanks inside S.F. synagogue, brandished gun at theater CalCoast: Repeat offender attempts to rob Sam Blakeslee, lands in jail AP: California bicyclist struck by car and then stabbed to death CapWkly: Stem cell agency chooses new board chair amidst funding uncertainty LAT $: Inside the fast-food industry’s push to dismantle a new California labor law FoxLA: Los Angeles receives $60M in federal funds to address homelessness FresBee: Violence. Mental health crises. Fresno shelters’ private security say they were unprepared FresBee: ‘It’s like ping-pong, except with people.’ Scenes from a Fresno homeless camp cleanup OCReg: Relief for California’s natural gas price pain is coming California regulator acts to lower utility bills now by speeding up Climate Credit LADN: Leaving California: What state is the best bargain? FoxLA: Chinese spy balloon spotted over Western US, Pentagon says BreitbartCA: U.S. Military Monitoring Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon CalM: ‘It’s a big removal of a barrier’: What housing at California’s community colleges looks like CG: California Reparations Task Force Votes For Extension Through 2024 LAT $: COVID emergency declarations are ending. What does that mean for California? CalM: Will the state’s big Medi-Cal plan really fix mental health care for low-income Californians? LAT $: 911 calls from Monterey Park shooting reveal voices of terror: ‘He’s trying to reload the gun’ OCReg: Monterey Park leaders weigh permanent memorial, with future of Star Ballroom Dance Studio uncertain VOSD: California Isn’t Playing Nice on the Colorado River NR: What’s Wrong with Hunter Biden’s Legal Team? OCReg: Remembering the great Ayn Rand, a champion of capitalism and liberty CalM: Why California’s well-intentioned PAGA labor law needs reform OCReg: SBF may go to prison, but his tax hike measure is still destined for the ballot in California LAT $: Skelton: Newsom is pushing for more gun restrictions. Polling shows Californians support them OCReg: Santa Ana’s police union tries to bully the Santa Ana City Council Partisan 'Fact Checks' Spread Climate-Change Misinformation SacBee: ‘This is not a war zone’: Sacramento City Council approves Rook police vehicle over objections SJMN: Before and after: Lake Oroville, California’s second-largest reservoir, has risen 182 feet SFC: Layoffs hit two multibillion-dollar S.F. tech companies SJMN: PayPal reveals plans for hundreds of Bay Area job cuts SFC: Men accused of killing S.F. private eye Jack Palladino have charges dropped Black-led group strikes deal to revitalize Oakland Coliseum complex Video shows alleged sex workers soliciting outside Oakland school SFC: State rejected Berkeley’s housing plan. Here are the potential consequences FresBee: Medical group Clinica Sierra Vista to pay $26M settlement over false claims in California LADN: New report reignites debate over police on LAUSD campuses OCReg: Long Beach Hyatt Regency workers sue over wage theft, working conditions FoxLA: LAPD: No evidence that man busted with cache of weapons, ammo in Hollywood was plotting mass shooting VOC: OC’s Top Public Health Official is Resigning; No Permanent Replacement Yet OCReg: 2 people detained after suspicious hazmat incident at apartment complex in Irvine OCReg: Irvine Councilmember Tammy Kim announces mayoral run OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 1,400 more cases and 57 more deaths in the past week VOC: Santa Ana Faces Lawsuit For Barring a Religious Charity From Feeding Homeless People VOC: Mission Viejo Scraps Term Limits And Anti-Nepotism Proposal for City Commissions Super bloom might hit Southern California; prime wildflower viewing seems certain SBSun: Fontana Unified detective accused of violence against students back on the job Jobs boom in Riverside, San Bernardino counties: 75,100 hires in 2022, unemployment at 3.6% SDUT: A stranger left the San Diego Foundation $100 million, with no strings attached. 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