Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Saturday, May 25, 2024     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 ONR: ‘Just a Prick’: Sununu Says Newsom among Few Governors That ‘Really Nobody Liked’ FoxLA: Metro buses being called LAs biggest homeless shelter by riders Why SF spending more on homeless services despite population decline SacBee: California big city mayors call for continued state homelessness funds. Here’s why FoxLA: Studio City residents alarmed by recent crime OCReg: Burglary gangs are literally planting cameras in Southern California yards to spy on residents, police say CG: Last Unapproved Segment Of California’s High-Speed Rail up for Environmental Approval In June CalCoast: Congressional Republicans urge Newsom to suspend California gas tax hike CG: CalTrans Launches Road Tax Pilot Program SFC: California home prices hit a new record. How much higher could they go? Sacramento Assemblyman signals changes likely coming to bill targeting child sex trafficking Advocates who help sex trafficking survivors closely watch California SB 1414 CG: Franchise Tax Board To Take Back $360 Million In Unclaimed Middle Class Tax Refund Money Next Week SacBee: California could bar landlords from banning pets at some buildings. Which renters are affected? CG: Bill to Make Wildfire Settlements Exempt From State Income Tax Approved By Senate LAT $: Early signs of rising COVID in California as new FLiRT subvariants dominate LAT $: Cleanup of polluted Southern California ‘brownfields’ gets a $3-million boost from feds LAT $: The fate of California newspapers could be sealed in coming months. Do ‘carnage’ and ‘catastrophe’ await? OCReg: Susan Shelley: Is this the state’s secret plan for the tent crisis? Feds Knew Biden Met With Sons Chinese Partners LAT $: South Lake Tahoe split over proposal to tax property owners who leave homes vacant SFC: Data shows what people are paying in S.F.’s rent-controlled apartments versus their neighbors SJMN: Santa Clara County officials to spray San Jose neighborhood to eradicate invasive mosquitoes SJMN: East San Jose neighbors call on attorney general to halt trauma center’s closure OCReg: UC Irvine leaders defend response to student protests in answers to Academic Senate OCReg: Standoff on 91 Freeway in Anaheim Hills ends after suspect kills himself inside vehicle, police say SDUT: San Diego Unified superintendent under internal investigation SDUT: San Diego’s unusual deal to settle asbestos violations? Planting thousands of trees SDUT: No more tolls on SR-125? SANDAG is considering it — but making the road free would take years and cost millions SDUT: Interim SANDAG chief executive to resign rather than return to position as deputy CEO 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 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice