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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...

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• FRBlog: We Must Not Be Enemies
• AP: California attorney general takes over LA corruption probe
• LADN: State attorney general takes over sheriff’s probe of Metro, county Supervisor Kuehl
• State takes over sheriff's probe of LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Metro
• LAT $: In nonpartisan race for superintendent of public instruction, it’s all politics
• SFC: S.F. had plan to cut chronic homelessness in half in 5 years. The numbers got worse
• LA Homeless Crisis: Man throws feces at Sherman Oaks business owner
• LA council members call for audit of homeless count after recent report showed only 4% increase
• SDUT: San Diego to open shelter for seniors in motel near Embarcadero
• VCStar $: Simi homeless shelter to receive $475,000 grant
• SDUT: El Cajon, motel operators to meet Friday to discuss homeless voucher dispute
• FresBee: Fresno City Council President Esparza in court facing extortion charge. Here’s the latest
• LAT $: Oakland rocked by 4 shooting deaths in less than 24 hours, with latest outside City Hall
• SFC: ‘State of emergency’: Oakland leaders ring the alarm after three homicides in one hour
• AP: Police search for suspect who stabbed nurse at LA hospital
• SBSun: Police probe string of burglaries in upscale neighborhoods in Redlands
• LAT $: Santa Monica mayor says it’s time to end L.A. County needle exchange program at park
• CG: San Francisco Superior Court Wipes Away $50 Million in Traffic Fines, 180,000 Civil Assessments
• LAT $: L.A. Unified cyberattackers demand ransom
• LAT $: Feds want drunk-driving detectors on all new cars after California crash that killed 9
• AP: Trial of corruption case against California sheriff to begin
• SJMN: Judge denies Santa Clara County sheriff’s bid to gut corruption trial using Supreme Court gun ruling
• AP: Bettor up! Record spending on California gambling question
• SFC: Prop. 27 — which would legalize online sports betting — is scaling back TV ads
• SFC: California bans seabed mining even though minerals could aid electric cars and clean energy
• OCReg: LA County to pay nearly $20 million to Chester family over photos of Kobe Bryant helicopter crash
• SDUT: San Diego paying out $600K to woman attacked by escaped police dog in her own yard
• SacBee: Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine to perform free Sacramento concert for UFW bill
• SFC: COVID in California: Adults should get regular anxiety checks, panel says
• SacBee: Lawsuit filed over inmate who died after cover-up at troubled California prison
• BreitbartCA: Jean-Pierre: Doesn’t Deny DHS Pitched Flying Migrants to L.A., Northern Border
• Reason: Expected Interest Rate Hike Will Add $2 Trillion to the Deficit
• OCReg: Licensing boards claim to help, but new report exposes the lie
• CG: California’s Unions Are Misusing Their Power
• Reason: If the Pandemic Is Over—And It Is—Then Biden's Emergency Powers Should End Too
• SacBee: Sacramento charged landlord $137K after his tenant grew pot. Now city to pay settlement
• SFC: SFPD can access live feeds from private security cameras under new policy
• SFC: Several fires alongside I-580 in Oakland were arson, fire officials say
• SFC: Oakland is securing over $320 million in public funds for A’s waterfront ballpark upgrades. Is it enough?
• SJMN: 49ers, real estate pour money into Santa Clara elections
• SJMN: Stanford gains control of big Palo Alto apartment complex
• Flyers left anonymously at homes decry Modesto’s effort to diversify city workforce
• Sidewalks for schoolkids, lighting and drainage: Stanislaus leaders could OK projects
• FresBee: ‘A beautiful day.’ Women’s conference returns to downtown Fresno after hiatus
• Time to go big. River Partners gets $40 million to replicate Modesto-area floodplain
• VCStar $: County flag begins waving but more displays expected
• VCStar $: Ventura supervisor to take on new duties, assist Ramirez's staffnews
• LADN: LA City Council approves contract to build 3,000 bus and transit shelters
• Karen Bass, Rick Caruso prepare to square off in latest LA Mayoral debate
• OCReg: Marilyn Manson sexual assault allegations submitted to LA County DA
• OCReg: Judge: 3 Mission Viejo council members to be removed unless appeals court delays
• VOC: Placentia Ponders Bringing Back Downtown Parking Spots
• PE: State of Riverside County event OK’d at $75,000 price tag
• SDUT: San Diego apologizes, formally rescinds its World War II-era support for incarceration of Japanese Americans
• SDUT: Settlement slashes number of homes in Oceanside’s North River Farms development

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