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Thursday, March 13, 2025

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THE HEADLINES

  • BreitbartCA: Shawn Steel: Congress Must Prioritize National Voter ID Law
  • CG: California Voter ID Ballot Initiative Announced for 2026 Ballot
  • SacBee: California state workers protest return-to-office order. ‘Four days? Come on’
  • California needs $3.4B loan to fund healthcare, including undocumented residents
  • CalM: ‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: The long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals
  • CG: Poll Finds Only 19% Of L.A. Residents Think Mayor Bass Did A Good Job Responding to Palisades Fire
  • LAT $: Southern California pounded by rain, wind as storm threatens flooding and mudslides
  • SFC: Gavin Newsom wants to replicate conservatives’ podcast success. He’s forgetting one crucial thing
  • CalM: California has 30 new proposals to rein in AI. Trump could complicate them
  • OCReg: 405 Freeway Express Lanes bringing faster travel times, $19 tolls at peak
  • LAT $: Fear and loathing grip L.A. hotels as Trump deportation threats loom
  • SDUT: First-of-its-kind lawsuit alleges human trafficking by San Diego’s Bumble Bee Seafoods
  • FresBee: Federal funding cut for California farms program, impacting farmers, food banks, schools
  • LAT $: Federal buildings in California potentially on chopping block as Trump looks to cut costs
  • SFC: A principal’s conviction shook this California town. Now it could bankrupt the school district
  • OCReg: Los Angeles spends billions on homelessness with little accountability
  • OCReg: COVID likely came from a lab, and it matters enormously to prevent another pandemic
  • CG: Ringside: Desalination at Scale is Cost Competitive
  • CalM: California’s cities and schools face big budget gaps, few options
  • SFC: S.F. plans to open a new sober living project. Is more drug-free housing on the way?
  • SJMN: Bay Area counties grew in 2024, countering exodus concerns
  • SJMN: In 2014, 70% of Bay Area homes sold for under $1 million. Now, just 26% do
  • SJMN: Transit union caught off guard by lawsuit, as VTA seeks legal avenue to end strike
  • FresBee: Wife of Fresno Council candidate speaks out against attack ad. ‘This is not right’
  • Stanislaus leaders consider a 911 center compromise: two dispatch systems under one roof
  • Feds may end National Park lease at the Ventura Harbor
  • LAT $: Despite the stress of the fires, most L.A. County residents don’t plan to leave, poll finds
  • OCReg: ‘We were just bickering like Lucy and Desi,’ says OC judge who shot wife to death
  • OCReg: Supervisors approve operational changes at OC Animal Care, including expanded public hours
  • Report of gunman at Loma Linda Hospital believed to be swatting call that prompted 100+ officer response
  • SDUT: For decades, homes couldn’t be built in this area of Chula Vista. The solution? Cede it to San Diego.
  • SDUT: Voting begins in South Bay’s crowded special election for county supervisor
  • SDUT: County OKs new protections from price-gouging and evictions following a disaster

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FlashReport Editors
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