Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Sunday, April 20, 2025     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 FRBlog: Living in a Post Racial World LAT $: Banked vacation leads to a $1.2-million payday: How state workers cash in on days off LAT $: Former L.A. Councilmember Kevin de León faces ethics fine for voting on issues in which he had a financial stake SacBee: Gavin Newsom grants clemency to 25, including Yuba County shooting convict Faithful celebrating Easter, Passover find connection in stories and traditions SJMN: CEQA has a history of derailing California’s high-speed rail SDUT: Michael Smolens: Criticism of CEQA, Coastal Commission on housing goes national SJMN: The CEQA graveyard: Projects delayed by California’s powerful environmental law SJMN: A California environmental law makes it ‘too damn hard’ to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it? AP: Progressive icon and ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee wins race for mayor of struggling Oakland, California VCStar $: Anti-Trump rallies draw thousands in Ventura County SJMN: Bay Area protesters rally against Trump Administration CG: CA Republican Congressional Members Show Strong Q1 Donation Earnings LAT $: As heavy as 100 Eiffel Towers: Monumental L.A. County fire debris removal could finish by June SJMN: How Trump’s transgender athlete order affects California high schools LAT $: Lancaster mayor’s remedy for homelessness: ‘Free fentanyl’ and ‘a purge’ CG: ALEC’s ‘Rich States, Poor States’ Ranks California 47th in the Nation – Again OCReg: California can’t afford free health care for undocumented immigrants SacBee: Nonprofit scrambles to help Sacramento farmworkers after abrupt loss of food aid SFC: Fans of controversial S.F. fountain fear Embarcadero Plaza makeover puts it ‘in danger’ Frank Carson case ends with a $22.5 million legal settlement with Stanislaus County Police Chief Mindy Casto journey within the Fresno Police Department Public speaks out on use of force, accountability after viral video in Patterson CalCoast: Prosecutors find convicted murderer Paul Flores’ appeal meritless Gorell's former chief of staff sues County of Ventura LAT $: Mayor Karen Bass weighs deep cuts, including layoffs, as L.A.’s challenges mount OCReg: ‘Little Saigon Freeway’ on the 405 pays homage to the Vietnamese American community SDUT: San Diego County has hundreds of millions in reserve. Federal cuts are renewing a push to spend more of it. SDUT: Gutting Head Start would end services to thousands of San Diego families, cut hundreds of jobs 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