Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, March 1, 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 AP: Final state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic CG: Gov. Newsom Ends Statewide COVID-19 State Of Emergency LADN: LA County will end COVID emergency declarations on March 31 SacBee: Sacramento and Yolo counties ended their COVID-19 emergencies. Here’s what that means AP: Biden to nominate Julie Su as next US labor secretary LAT $: Biden taps California's Julie Su as Labor secretary SFC: Hotels say homeless residents caused damage. Here's how much S.F. could owe SDUT: San Diego’s Golden Hall shelter to close, hundreds of homeless people to be relocated SJMN: Grappling with homelessness, California weighs extending foster care for 5 years LAT $: Long Beach residents stymie plan for shelter; they say it wasn’t about the homeless people LAT $: UTLA reelects leader amid push for 20% teacher raise Riverside County DA implores state lawmakers in war on fentanyl: ‘We need your help!’ California lawmaker blasts 'open sore' at BART, resigns from Senate committee SFC: BART’s second Transbay Tube could get quashed as planners scale back megaproject SDUT: Consumer group appeals court loss in dispute over state insurance records SFC: Unclaimed property? California joins program to help people recover cash CalM: California keeps sending toxic soil to out-of-state landfills — Newsom and legislators are slow to change course AP: California, beleaguered by earlier storms, gets fresh snow SFC: The epic California snowpack is inching toward record levels OCReg: LA County reaches $28.85 million settlement with Kobe Bryant’s family CalM: Undoing the past: Lawmakers seek to mend California neighborhoods sliced by highways SJMN: State to consider if dismantling Interstate 980 would repair damage to Black neighborhoods FresBee: Fresno gets federal money to right ‘historic wrongs’ with pedestrian bridge over Highway 99 LADN: Southern California home sales fall to all-time low OCReg: San Clemente Mayor Chris Duncan is running for State Assembly in AD-74 LAT $: Garcetti's stalled ambassador nomination sees slight progress SDUT: Chula Vista’s renter protection laws kick in Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know LAT $: Democrats and Republicans are greatly split on gun control FresBee: Employee, student sue Fresno State and CSU over handling of harassment claims Reason: 40 Percent of Liberal Professors Are Afraid They'll Lose Their Jobs Over a Misunderstanding LAT $: Linda Kasabian, Charles Manson follower who helped send him to prison, dies at 73 AP: RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan returns to 16th parole hearing CG: You Would Think Losing $40 Billion Would Be a Resume Killer CG: Gov. Newsom Browbeating Huntington Beach Again for Housing Requirements, While Marin Remains Exempted The Case for the Lab-Leak Theory Grows Stronger by the Day CalM: California bullet train project still lacks needed financing Scandal: Air Force Leaked Military Records to Dem Firms SacBee: As cold weather sweeps Sacramento, inmates complain about ‘frigid conditions’ in jail SJMN: Tech, restaurant, logistics layoffs trigger hundreds more Bay Area job cuts What's in store for SF Bay Area's economy post-pandemic? SFC: Landlord accuses S.F. nonprofit of abandoning tenants in Mission building SFC: S.F. supervisors to block mayor’s nominee who improperly billed taxpayers FresBee: Great Wolf Lodge backs out of agreement to build waterpark near Fresno. Here’s what they said FresBee: Fresno County initiates legal action against two Fresno politicians. Here’s why CalCoast: Atascadero city manager announces retirement CalCoast: Is the Five Cities Fire Authority’s future in jeopardy? OCReg: Thousand Oaks healthcare workers to protest short-staffing, low wages OCReg: To honor P-22, LA County supervisors back wildlife crossings, seek rat poison ban LAT $: L.A. County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000 LADN: City Council OKs plan from Mayor Bass to cut red tape for homeless services VOC: State Auditor Lambasts OC’s Green Energy Agency Over Transparency and Contracting OCReg: State audit says OCPA circumvented policies in issuing $1.8 million in contracts VOC: Anaheim Officials Reverse Course and Fully Fund an Independent City Corruption Probe OCReg: Final bones of 50-year-old Laguna Hills mall are coming down OCReg: Irvine announces plan to buy, close asphalt plant and make a preserve Inland Empire home sales crash 45%, 3rd-biggest drop on record SBSun: Students pepper-sprayed following race-related protest in San Bernardino VOSD: SDPD Expected to Surpass Overtime Budget SDUT: SDGE natural gas customers will see lower bills in March as prices drop 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!