Email from FlashReport Don't Miss Out! Click Here for the Latest in CA Politics.   Thursday, December 04, 2025   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 The Pardon: We Abolished the King — But Kept His Power Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Ballot Language Manipulation Exposes a Serious Constitutional Flaw LAT $: International travel. Fancy meals. Missing receipts. Who paid the tab for this top official? Dead whistleblower’s mom files ballot measure to reverse OpenAI’s for-profit status Halle Berry bashes Newsom at NYT summit just before he takes stage: ‘Should not be our next president either’ CG: California US Attorney Bill Essayli Shares FBI Link To Report ‘California State Officials Engaged in Illegal Activity’ LAT $: The L.A. wildfires exposed a broken insurance market. Why wasn’t it fixed? CG: Trump Administration to Withhold SNAP Funds From Democrat States CG: FDA Admits Children Died from Covid Shots that CA Mandated LAT $: Support for school vouchers sets Republican apart at gubernatorial forum on schools 'The governor should have gone down to Stockton: CA governor candidates react to mass shooting SDUT: After Prop. 50, Rep. Darrell Issa said he’s ‘not going anywhere.’ Now he says he might run for Congress in Texas. FresBee: Fresno healthcare CEO claimed to help deceased vets in VA fraud scheme, feds say LAT $: Expected loss of federal funds could push thousands of L.A. County households into homelessness NR: Josh Shapiro Finally Unloads on Kamala Harris CG: Ringside: EVs and California’s Future Demand for Electricity OCReg: What’s really fueling Californians’ pain at the pump SacBee: Sacramento council OKs plan for better pedestrian safety — will it get funded? Sheer luck: Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper spots murder suspect on I-5 freeway SFC: Mayor Lurie taps department veteran Derrick Lew as S.F.’s new police chief SFC: Oakland needs 200-plus police officers it can’t afford but pays millions to officers on leave SJMN: South Bay city approves massive Amazon warehouse amid labor disputes FresBee: Was Fresno cop distracted in fatal crash that killed father of 2? City pays $3.25M CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County animal activist sentenced to 90 days in jail LAT $: The Belmont Shore problem: Violence, noise leave residents angry and Long Beach seeking answers OCReg: Casey McKeon appointed Huntington Beach mayor; Butch Twining to serve as mayor pro tem CG: Huntington Beach Loses Legal Challenge to California’s Sanctuary Law VOC: Backpay for Disney Workers Starts Rolling in After Settled Wage Theft Lawsuit OCReg: Surgeon testifies he didn’t know of Tyler Skaggs’ opioid issues when he performed surgery on the Angels pitcher Fixes on 15 Freeway in San Bernardino County can’t wait, a new coalition says SDUT: UC Health to invest $200 million in JPA with Palomar, with option to buy all its assets   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