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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

• Gavin Newsom’s Latest Overreach: Regulating Cigars Out of Existence
• Top 7 Reasons U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell Should Not Be Elected Governor of California
• California Patriot Profile: Katy Grimes, Editor-in-Chief of the California Globe
• Rob Bonta's campaign faces more questions after spending $500k on legal fees amid investigation
• CalM: Billionaire activist Tom Steyer joins race to succeed Newsom as California governor
• ‘They’re going to hate this’: Billionaire Tom Steyer jumps into crowded governor’s race
• CG: Governor Swalwell? Rep Eric Swalwell Eyes Gubernatorial Bid
• SJMN: Why a Bay Area politician is expected to jump into governor’s race this week
• CalM: Cal State wants to offer bigger raises to campus presidents while cutting elsewhere
• CG: DOJ Files Lawsuit Against California To Protect Federal Immigration Officers
• CG: Senator Scott Wiener’s Legislation Protects Sex Offenders Who Have Homosexual Sex with Minors
• SFC: Newsom has a diagnosis for critics: ‘California derangement syndrome’
• What happens to California's Prop 50 maps if Texas redistricting efforts are blocked?
• CG: Gag Rule Prevents California Public Employees from Knowing Their Constitutional Rights
• OCReg: Plants over people? Regulatory gridlock and the Palisades fire
• OCReg: Newsom postures in Brazil as Californians face higher energy prices
• CalM: Who’s running for California governor? It keeps changing
• Sacramento City Council hears proposal to annex 447 acres of land for industrial complex
• SJMN: Earthquake swarm rattles East Bay
• SFC: Source: Slain Oakland coach John Beam taught his suspected killer at Laney College in 2022
• City watchdog launches inquiry into Lurie’s controversial OpenGov deal
• SFC: Inside the implosion of S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie’s pick for Sunset supervisor
• SJMN: Civil liberties groups sue San Jose over warrantless access to license plate reader data
• FresBee: Fresno State pays $4M in Save Mart Center debt it had deferred. Why it matters
• FresBee: What is kratom? Fresno leaders move to ban supplement called ‘gas station heroin’
• FresBee: These ‘forever chemicals’ pollute Fresno more than any other county in California
• Stockton finds new city manager in a man the city once wrongfully fired
• CalCoast: Immigration enforcement raids cost Central Coast cannabis company $26 million
• LAT $: New LAFD chief slams media ‘smear’ of firefighters who battled Palisades fire
• OCReg: Border Patrol agent arrested in Long Beach was combative, asked police if they are ‘stupid’
• OCReg: Pressures of being an MLB player led to illicit drug use, former Angels pitcher testifies in Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial
• SDUT: ‘We have to be creative’: Supervisors OK partnership with philanthropists to free up $13M in county budget
• SDUT: Supervisors OK new panel to scrutinize San Diego’s $2.2B in contract spending
• SDUT: Divided San Diego council reluctantly OKs plan for paid parking passes in Balboa Park