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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.

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• Sacramento’s Rideshare Ruse: Power Grab Disguised as Progress
• SFC: Should businesses pay to keep cities safe? One East Bay mayor is pitching just that
• SJMN: In the age of deadly street drugs, an East Bay nonprofit is analyzing drugs for users
• LAT $: Garnet fire threatens vulnerable grove of giant sequoias
• LAT $: Pyrite fire erupts in Inland Empire, forcing evacuations near Jurupa Valley
• SDUT: Evacuation warnings lifted after brush fire breaks out in Spring Valley
• LAT $: A ‘Roomba for the forest’ could be SoCal’s next wildfire weapon
• CalM: California changed the way it teaches science. But test scores remain low
• SFC: Kaiser workers in Northern California to strike over staffing and burnout
• SFC: Newsom accuses California FAIR Plan of ‘unscrupulous’ handling of wildfire smoke damage claims
• CalM: CalMatters created a tool to help you get your money back from the DMV. Now the agency’s copied it
• LAT $: L.A. judge who threatened to shoot people in his courtroom admonished by state panel
• SacBee: Sheriff sued for campaigning for governor in uniform. He alleges ‘lawfare’
• SFC: S.F. judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for Venezuelans and Haitians
• SacBee: Rep. Matsui tours Sacramento ICE facility on third attempt. ‘Almost too clean.’
• CalM: Breakthrough on California housing could put taller buildings in single-family neighborhoods
• CG: Gila River Indian Community Considers Tribe Banishment and Disenrollment for Violent Criminal Offenders
• CalM: A California city tried to ban homeless shelters. It’s giving up after Newsom’s lawsuit
• ACLU filing: Sacramento Home Depot raid violated court order, high schooler among those arrested
• California State Sen. Sabrina Cervantes to announce legal action against city of Sacramento, police
• SFC: S.F.’s ‘boom loop’ may be underway — but not in one critical industry
• SFC: BART outage: Internal memo details how transit agency’s latest meltdown happened
• SFC: S.F.’s Asian American community has hailed interim Police Chief Paul Yep’s rise. Will progress continue?
• SJMN: Judge orders partial release of spending records in Sheriff Corpus corruption probe
• SJMN: Valley Medical Center treated more trauma patients than other California hospitals in 2024
• CG: LAPD ‘Pulled from Working Cases’ to Provide Security for Kamala Harris
• OCReg: Orange moves to ease alcohol rules for restaurants amid looming budget crisis
• OCReg: Proposed wave pool in Newport Beach clears first approval hurdle, heads to City Council vote
• OCReg: Judge says in tentative ruling Huntington Beach can’t restrict children’s book access
• SDUT: Did San Diego go too far with $10-an-hour parking for downtown special events?