Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Sunday, July 6, 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: Did They Know They Would Be Birthing a Great Nation Waning American Pride Threatens the Republic SFC: Why S.F.’s ‘remarkable’ drop in fatal drug overdoses has proved to be short-lived CalCoast: Madre Fire at nearly 80,000 acres, no quick end in sight LAT $: Madre fire in rural San Luis Obispo County grows to nearly 80,000 acres Crews contain Sage fire in Moreno Valley, evacuation warnings canceled LAT $: $1 million in cash in a downtown L.A. bodega: Inside the crackdown on retail theft ‘fences’ OCReg: Will lower mortgage rates save California’s housing market? SacBee: Under California dense forest lurks hidden history. Fire helped reveal it SDUT: Teachers union demands Grossmont undo layoffs, citing messages reported by Union-Tribune SDUT: ‘Ghost’ candidates, pay-to-play accusations: Grossmont school board critics say messages suggest ‘wildly unethical’ campaign efforts LAT $: ‘Performative politics’ on the council floor? That’s an eye roll OCReg: Susan Shelley: SCOTUS restores needed balance to our government America the Exceptional OCReg: California’s trial lawyer racket, and how to end it CG: Making Physicians Care Again NR: An Epidemic of Media Doublespeak KCRA 3 rode along with Sacramento Fire officials for an inside look at illegal firework enforcement SJMN: San Pablo passes on implementing stronger renter protections SJMN: Why people boo Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone — and why he loves it FresBee: Millions in grants cut at Fresno State, CSU schools. ‘It’s a great loss to society’ OCReg: 10 pulled from ‘monster rip current’ as Newport Beach lifeguards make over 350 rescues on July 4th SDUT: Systemic issues, sewage crisis make lifeguarding in Imperial Beach rough. But change is underway. 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