Dear John,

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The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...

• FRBlog: California Takes on Federal Government PLUS the Other 49 States
• AP: California power shutdowns raise air pollution worries
• Pollock Pines Family Says Man Died When Oxygen Tank Lost Power during PG&E Shut-Off
• SJMN: How PG&E's power shutdown threatened a NASA mission
• CG: No Power And Little Patience: How The Power Shutoffs Are Testing The Elderly In Northern California
• SacBee: PG&E says all blackout customers have power again - 50 instances of damage found
• LADN: Saddleridge fire is 33% contained; evacuations lifted
• PE: Death toll rises to 2 from Sandalwood fire at Calimesa mobile home park
• OCReg: This map shows where the Saddleridge fire is burning and which areas are evacuated
• LAT $: Smoke from Saddleridge fire blankets L.A., bringing unhealthful air quality
• LAT $: Evacuation orders lifted in Saddleridge fire zone as firefighters make progress
• PE: Southern California faces risk of busy wildfire season
• LAT $: PG&E power outages pose political risks for Gov. Newsom
• AP: New California law bans most animals from circuses
• SJMN: California outlaws new fur sales as Gavin Newsom signs first-in-the-nation ban
• AP: California governor signs fur sale, circus animal bans
• AP: California Democrats pay $800,000 in sex-misconduct cases
• LADN: When it comes to disasters, Porter Ranch can't seem to catch a break. But few say they're in a rush to leave
• LAT $: Opinion: The Sylmar area has burned three times in recent years. What are we thinking?
• AP: California governor signs measure banning 'lunch shaming'
• CalM: Remakes and fresh takes: On these 2019 bills, it's now Newsom's call
• AP: California governor signs bill limiting oil, gas development
• CG: Gov. Newsom Has Until Sunday October 13 to Sign or Veto Bills
• OCReg: Electric or gas car - no one will get away from taxes and fees
• LAT $: City Beat: Why are these L.A. people sleeping in pods stacked on top of each other? It's not just the cost of housing
• SFC: 'Locusts next?' Wine Country wary after shut-offs, fires
• CG: Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Mandating Free Abortions at All Colleges and Universities
• SacBee: What is the best time for CA students to start classes? The answer is complicated
• OCReg: Why the power is going out in California
• OCReg: Dreaming of an America where solutions trump ideology
• LAT $: Column: What the heck has gone wrong here in California? From owning the future to blacked out
• SDUT: Editorial: Probe of treatment of California by EPA would show if agency still has integrity
• SFC: Hillary Clinton in 2020? You laughed. Donald Trump didn't
• CalM: Newsom's a mixed bag so far
• SacBee: Sacramento set to end free unlimited parking around McKinley Park. Here's why.
• SFC: Oakland A's get help from Newsom for work on proposed new stadium
• SFC: We did this to ourselves, San Francisco. Now we have to live with it
• SFC: Hearst Foundations announce grants for Bay Area education programs
• Make a joyful noise; interactive public music garden going into downtown Modesto
• VCStar $: T.O. wants residents' input Sunday on city's future
• OCReg: Report: Tyler Skaggs received drugs from Angels PR official
• LAT $: Attorney for implicated Angels employee: Tyler Skaggs 'an addict who overdosed'
• PE: Crews tackle new slow-moving brush fire in Moreno Valley
• SDUT: Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Del Mar close in on forming community choice energy group
• SDUT: 'We're serious:' Coronado goes to court over illegal short-term rentals
• SDUT: Commentary: How San Diego plans to address, prevent homelessness
• VOSD: Politics Report: Stephan Drops the GOP

Sincerely,