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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.

THE HEADLINES

• Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week
• *Breaking News: Hot Takes* US DOJ Sues To Block California House Map Over Racial Districting - Plus More!
• CG: DOJ Sues California Over Prop 50’s ‘Power Grab’
• OCReg: Trump administration sues California to invalidate Prop 50 maps ahead of 2026 midterms
• CalCoast: Justice Department sues Newsom over alleged race-based redistricting
• CG: Alexis Podesta Confirmed as Co-Conspirator 2 in Newsom’s Former Chief of Staff Public Corruption Probe
• Who are the people involved in the California political corruption case?
• LAT $: A bombshell federal fraud case exploded inside Gov. Newsom’s powerful political orbit
• Why is Gov. Newsom's former chief of staff facing federal charges?
• CG: U.S. Transportation Secretary: California DMV Admitted to Illegally Issuing 17,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses to ‘Dangerous Foreign Drivers’
• SJMN: California celebrates modest progress in student achievement, but advocates warn it’s not enough
• SJMN: Trump’s defense of H-1B visa reverberates, while Bay Area business group lauds recognition of immigrants’ value
• LAT $: Sorrow, outrage mark hearing on deadly firestorm as senators come to the Palisades
• FresBee: High-Speed Rail wants change to law that requires priority on Merced-Bakersfield line
• LAT $: Southern California is in for a weekend of severe weather, forecasters say: What we know
• NR: Calif. Democrat Scott Wiener’s Appalling Response to a Woman Harassed by a Trans-Identifying Man
• OCReg: John Seiler: Trump’s economy of distraction
• CityJrnl: San Francisco's (Partial) Comeback
• Sunset Supervisor Isabella Alcaraz to resign after scandals over pet store, finances
• CG: CA Public Defenders use Alinsky Tactics in Attack on DA Dan Dow for X Posts
• CalCoast: Paso Robles principal removed from campus for public intoxication
• LAT $: Ex-cop testifies in own defense about shooting that left unarmed Whittier man paralyzed
• OCReg: Westminster will rename street in honor of Charlie Kirk
• SDUT: It’s the No. 1 reason San Diego orders cars towed. Now the city wants to stop.
• SDUT: Facing public outrage, San Diego scales back plan to charge for parking in Balboa Park