Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, July 4, 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 Breaking News: One Big Beautiful Bill Passes House, And Heads to President Trump For His Signature CG: One Big Beautiful Bill Passes House, Goes to Trump for July 4 Signature Declaration of Independence NR: Independence Day on the Eve of the Semiquincentennial CG: Another Poll Shows Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Popularity Shot Up Following L.A. Anti-ICE Riots – Temporarily Can California Democrats require ICE agents to unmask and show IDs? SacBee: Union presses Sacramento to reach conclusion on Railyards protest Esparto fireworks explosions: Crews begin search, recovery for 7 missing people Race to replace ex-Inland assemblymember Bill Essayli heads to runoff SFC: Politicized kids? Rogue teachers? A contentious education battle hasn’t calmed in S.F. FresBee: John Harris, titan of California agriculture, horse racing, dies. ‘Lost a legend’ CalCoast: Madre Fire in San Luis Obispo County grows to 35,530 acres Madre Fire: California's largest blaze explodes in size as dry, hot weather raises wildfire risk LAT $: Los Angeles to halt ‘disaster tourism’ buses through Palisades fire zone OCReg: How Orange County’s representatives voted on President Trump’s spending bill that the House passed SDUT: Michael Smolens: Will Trump continue to be an albatross for San Diego Republicans in 2026? NR: Americans Must Declare Independence from the Federal Retirement State CG: Blind Squirrels in Sacramento CalM: California’s politics drifts rightward while New York’s leans left OCReg: The Founders believed knowledge could bind us together. It still can. PBS, NPR and a Lethal Case of TDS CG: Sacramento Mayor McCarty Kicks Homeless Out of City Hall SacBee: 23 homeless people jailed for living outside in Sacramento County, recent records show SFC: This Marin County town is having a ‘freakout’ over a planned downtown apartment complex SJMN: Family buyout deal triggers purchase of San Jose casino property FresBee: $10.5M park in historic Fresno neighborhood opens soon. More development to follow CalCoast: Belsher’s San Luis Obispo home to be sold at sheriff’s auction Thousand Oaks pivots from new city hall to hotel for downtown OCReg: OC government agencies need to improve hate crime initiatives, grand jury says OCReg: Irvine voters likely to decide fate of 3,100-home Oak Creek proposal OCReg: Santa Ana council give Police Oversight Commission a director, but may change its role SDUT: Journalists and watchdog groups scramble to watch police after scanners go silent 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
