Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, March 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 AP: Half of California freed from drought thanks to rain, snow SJMN: Drought is now over in more than half of California, including the Bay Area, feds say FoxLA: California snowfall is ‘once in a generation,’ meteorologists say CalM: Despite union opposition, many teachers support dyslexia screening for all students SacBee: Cash assistance proposed for California’s undocumented seniors. How much could they receive? LAT $: DeSantis makes California pilgrimage to woo influential Republicans SFC: San Francisco has no official animal, and we need your help to name one FoxLA: 'We need help': Stranded Lake Arrowhead residents plead for assistance amid food and medication shortages SBSun: ‘Plow the roads,’ mountain residents say, as San Bernardino County vows to do better AP: California’s snow-stranded residents need food, plows, help LAT $: Newsom, IRS give Californians until October to file tax returns SJMN: Forcing Californians into mental health treatment would get easier with proposed legislation CalM: After a pandemic pause, the state will restart checking Medi-Cal eligibility California Sen. Dianne Feinstein hospitalized with shingles SFC: As conservatives champion ‘parents’ rights,’ California focuses on kids’ autonomy AOL: California proposal calls for diversity in all K-12 textbooks, prevent Florida-style bans CalCoast: Diablo Canyon can continue operating past 2025 AP: California reactors win exemption in fight to keep running FoxLA: Homeless crisis: Residents voice concern over idea of fence around Echo Park coming down VOC: Does Orange County Need Another Homeless Survey? Report Shows Increase in Deaths SDUT: Settlement talks prompt judge to delay finalizing ruling that halted Rancho Peñasquitos housing development FoxLA: Southern California to Las Vegas bullet train one step closer to reality California state Sen. Scott Wiener considers congressional run if Nancy Pelosi steps down VOSD: South Bay Mobile Home Park Dispute Moves to Sacramento SFC: Could CA become first to require Tesla stations to open to all EVs? CalM: Worker safety laws don’t protect these California workers. A new bill would change that LAT $: Assemblyman submits bill to cut paper receipts. We have the receipts from his last attempt OCReg: Disneyland quietly removes controversial lyric from new parade soundtrack Devin Nunes can’t sue CNN and Jake Tapper over Paul Pelosi comments in Florida. Here’s why LAT $: Chabria: Mike Lindell is helping a California county dump voting machines. You should worry Reason: My Son Did His Taxes for the First Time. Rage Ensued. Parents and Children Are the GOP Future CG: Newsom for…Vice President? OCReg: As city-state housing war heats up, one rich California enclave gets a pass NR: The Media Won’t Stop Lying about Abortion OCReg: High speed rail update gets closer to reality, but major risks remain Reason: Decades of Subsidies Have Made the Essentials of Middle-Class Life Increasingly Difficult To Afford OCReg: John Stossel: The Jones Act is just another special interest scam Folsom Dam spillway damages to cost $16 million to repair SacBee: Sacramento councilman Sean Loloee keeps getting caught yelling at his detractors SacBee: Sacramento police officer faces vehicular manslaughter charge in motorcyclist’s death SFC: UC Berkeley students protest plans to shutter rare anthropology library SFC: COVID in California: As virus slows elsewhere, S.F. sees another uptick CalM: State rejects local plans for protecting San Joaquin Valley groundwater Modesto says personal data may have been accessed in ransomware attack Modesto landmark could house people with mental illness. Neighbors raise concerns AP: California winery never had license to sell alcohol CalCoast: Paso Robles mayor away from work due to serious health issue LAT $: Special counsel urges sheriff to ban the ‘cancer’ of deputy gangs VOC: Laguna Beach Bans Sale and Public Use of All Balloons Starting 2024 OCReg: Fannie Mae halts financing for 6,102 condos in Laguna Woods VOC: Should the OC Sheriff’s Department Write its Own Policies? 3 apparent gas explosions in San Bernardino mountain homes worry local residents SBSun: Laura Whitehurst, Redlands Unified hit with another sexual abuse lawsuit SDUT: San Diego’s aging cruise ship terminal on B Street getting first makeover in 40 years SDUT: Column: Former Imperial Beach mayor is optimistic — and upset — about border pollution progress SDUT: Tijuana sewage isn’t only in Imperial Beach waves. It’s in the air. And San Diegans are breathing it. 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