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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

• Reason: California Wants Everybody To Buy an Electric Car, but Its Own Energy Grid Can't Support It
• Death Valley braces for 124-degree temperatures as heat wave broils California
• SacBee: Flex Alert added for Friday: CA power supply ‘not out of the woods’ amid heat wave
• Holiday weekend likely to be disgustingly — and dangerously — hot, dry in Modesto area
• SDUT: California’s grid manager extends Flex Alert for a third straight day
• Looking for a deal on a car? California may offer $1,000 tax break for not buying one
• CG: CA Legislature is Adjourned: What Bills Passed? What Failed?
• SFC: These are the biggest bills California lawmakers passed in 2022
• AP: After fall of Roe, California expands abortion protections
• AP: California Democrats cap legislative year with climate wins
• Elderly woman robbed outside Modesto’s Costco store. Two Stockton men arrested
• LAT $: Two charged with murder in killing of man in wheelchair outside McDonalds
• CG: Sacramento Starbucks Closes Over Crime and Safety Issues
• SJMN: As extreme temperatures soar, San Jose starts sweeping its largest homeless encampment
• FresBee: Update: Officer ran over homeless man on Fresno sidewalk, advocates say. Police investigating
• SFC: Judge: S.F. activists who bungled Amazon tax measure can likely pull it
• LAT $: Brush fire prompts evacuations in Tuolumne County
• AP: Crews face heat wave along with California wildfires
• LAT $: Record temps, raging fires, a strained power grid: California heat wave in full effect
• SDUT: Firefighters battling 4,400-acre East County blaze make progress in blistering heat; containment reaches 14%
• LAT $: California investigates racial bias in healthcare algorithms
• California’s water year is nearly over. Here’s where our reservoirs stand amid drought
• LADN: Captain of dive boat that burned near Santa Cruz Island, killing 34, pleads not guilty
• AP: California gun bill fails on tactical error in Legislature
• SDUT: SDSU president defends decision to defer rape allegation to San Diego police
• AP: California county bans some crowd control munitions
• LAT $: Would Rick Caruso’s proposed blind trust go far enough if he’s elected L.A. mayor?
• NYT: In California’s Housing Fight, It’s Newsom vs. NIMBY
• LAT $: A judge’s affair with Tom Girardi, a beachfront condo and a $300,000 wire from his firm
• FresBee: Fresno is ‘pro-choice,’ city council says after overriding mayor’s Planned Parenthood veto
• LAT $: From O.C. church shooting to Pelosi’s visit — what it’s like to be Taiwanese American right now
• OCReg: Taking from the working class and giving to the laptop class
• Reason: These Emails Show How the Biden Administration's Crusade Against 'Misinformation' Imposes Censorship by Proxy
• VOC: Santana: Beware, Holidays Like Labor Day Can Trigger Taxpayer Hangovers
• The FBI Whistleblowers and Biden's Tainted Election
• SFC: 'Napa was a ghost town': Why Wine Country is having an unusually quiet summer
• SacBee: Sacramento County will get millions in the state budget, but we can’t trust them with it
• SFC: OPD releases photo of couple who appeared to engage in sex act at A’s game
• SFC: The case for ‘Frisco’: History weighs in on S.F.’s controversial nickname
• SJMN: Downtown San Jose tower pauses after unexpected archaeological find
• FresBee: Fresno County elections chief under fire for decision over Measure C voter guide argument
• VCStar $: Ventura County moves into CDC's 'low' tier for COVID-19
• VCStar $: Before she died, Ramirez looked into removing convicted director
• LAT $: A man wasn’t given a bed in L.A. County jails for 2 nights. A judge just declared a mistrial
• LAT $: Judge dismisses case against deputies accused of covering up assault in East L.A.
• LADN: LA County commission blasts Sheriff’s Department over misinformation about deputy charged with sex crimes
• OCReg: Plan to bury contaminated sediment in Newport Harbor goes to Coastal Commission
• LAT $: How did two bullets end up inside an O.C. middle school? Authorities are trying to find out
• OCReg: Doctor accused of sending ‘sexually motivated’ messages to Newport Harbor High cheerleaders is convicted
• OCReg: Decision delayed on whether man accused of killing Blaze Bernstein is competent to stand trial
• PE: Citrus expert traveled Riverside County and beyond to help farmers
• SDUT: San Diego mayor and local activist host dueling press conferences on homeless outreach
• VOSD: Memorial Prep’s Trouble with Student Enrollment
• SDUT: San Marcos Unified earns ‘stable’ outlook after budget cuts
• SDUT: 4th and B, downtown’s long-shuttered concert venue, is being razed to make room for a hotel and office tower
• SDUT: San Diego sued again over ballot measure to lift Midway District height limit
• VOSD: Chula Vista’s Limits on Campaign Debt Spending

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