Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Saturday, February 4, 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 FoxLA: Hugo Soto-Martinez's staffer called LAPD asking for extra patrol on Lexus; Public points out hypocrisy SJMN: BART oversaw $350,000 Salvation Army program that treated one person, audit finds SFC: Did S.F's pilot program to mandate treatment for unhoused mentally ill people work? AP: California won’t require COVID vaccine to attend schools FresBee: DA blames Selma officer’s slaying on California’s ‘get out of jail’ cards for criminals FresBee: Gunman ‘essentially executed’ Selma police officer on duty, investigators say CG: Union Representation Dips In California in 2022 SFC: 4 arrested after authorities seize 20 pounds of fentanyl in S.F., Oakland OCReg: Man charged with murder after fatal attack on doctor bicycling in Dana Point SBSun: 15-year-old killed, 17-year-old stabbed in fight at Montclair Place mall SDUT: Column: Issa seeks to block road use charges, a possible alternative to fading gas tax revenue AP: New California oil well ban put on hold for voters to decide CG: Oakland Election Officials Defy Judge’s Order in Manual Recount in Mayor’s Race AP: Half Moon Bay farmworkers processing shooting as jobs resume AP: Authorities: 2 arrested in California shooting that killed 6 CalM: California lawmakers try again to cap insulin costs KQED: New Bill Could Bring Amsterdam-Style Cannabis Cafes to California OCReg: To tax or not to tax? IRS working on 1099 guidance for Middle Class Tax Refund LAT $: At the heart of Colorado River crisis, the mighty ‘Law of the River’ holds sway SDUT: Supreme Court decision allows early release of former Mongols biker in pipe bomb case NR: Chinese Spy Balloon Should Be a Wake-Up Call SDUT: ‘Cancer touches all of us’: In San Diego, first lady highlights cancer screening, military families AP: Famed LA mountain lion’s death shines light on tribal talks OCReg: Rep. Adam Schiff, others in Congress, want stamp to honor ‘Hollywood Cat’ P-22 Reason: Children Lost One-Third of a Year of Learning During the Pandemic, Analysis Finds NR: Debt-Ceiling Crusaders Are Ignoring the Entitlement in the Room OCReg: California kicks the poor when they’re down OCReg: Press conferences and symbolic laws like Senate Bill 2 won’t make us safer CG: California Per Capita Spending Doubles – Where Is It Going? SFC: These Bay Area communities are in economic crisis after storms SFC: The Bay Area’s largest planned housing development is stalled again. Will it ever be completed? Authorities take action to assess trafficking concerns in Oakland SFC: Oakland allowed to remove last residents from Wood Street encampment Judge allows Oakland to clear encampment for affordable housing CG: What It’s Like to Run for Assembly as a Republican in San José SJMN: San Jose shopping center that could be revamped lands local buyer We sat down with MJC’s “out of the box” interim president. Can he be ‘Felix the Fixer”? Modesto can’t recruit enough police officers. The chief has a proposal to fix that CalCoast: Two candidates running for seat on the Paso Robles school board LAT $: He was a bystander in a police chase. Deputies beat him when he got out of his car, lawsuit claims LADN: LA City Council approves one month grace period for tenants behind on rent LADN: LA County to offer telehealth therapy to all 1.3 million public school students LADN: LAUSD launches mentorships for homeless, absent and struggling students VOC: Top Official Resigns From OC’s Health Plan for the Poor Following Revelations of State Probe OCReg: Emergency receiving center designation revoked for Chapman Global hospital in Orange OCReg: Orange Unified restores digital library, suspended over parents’ book complaints OCReg: Biden’s Small Business Administration chief tours Anaheim Riverside County Superior Court takes steps to halt case dismissals Probation for Riverside Poly High basketball disappointing but fair, principal says Perris dad arrested for throwing punches, brandishing gun at basketball game, police say SDUT: San Diego plans to create pact with labor unions for construction projects that would apply citywide 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!