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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

• FRBlog: The Coming Radical Political Shift
• AP: 1 slain, 3 wounded in Berkeley, California, shooting
• LAT $: Liquor store clerk killed trying to stop teen shoplifting suspects
• FresBee: Update: Merced police arrest 3 in a deadly shooting that happened among group of youths
• LAT $: Two fatal shootings are under investigation, and authorities say it is unclear if they were related
• LAT $: One killed, one injured in Sacramento stabbing attack
• BreitbartCA: Report: Democrats Use Fake Local News Sites Targeting Midterm Swing States
• Another Humiliating Correction at the New York Times
• CG: California ‘Windfall Gas Tax Profits:’ Gas Now $2.55 Above the National Average
• LAT $: California repeatedly warned about spiking gas prices, fragile supply. But fixes never came
• SDUT: For Bill Walton, the homeless crisis has become personal
• SFC: Knight: For an alleged stalker of women, S.F. is proving to be a consequence-free zone
• SFC: With merit-based admission back at Lowell, prospective students tour campus
• LAT $: Plans for a permanent campus for Latino-serving charter school opposed by preservationists
• LAT $: Water damage, mold closed a Santa Monica elementary school. Parents say it follows years of neglect
• SacBee: New California law to protect students in foster care. Here’s how it’ll keep them in class
• SJMN: Vomiting, sweating and blue tongues: Latest social media challenge triggers school warnings
• NR: PayPal Pulls Back, Says It Won’t Fine Customers $2,500 for ‘Misinformation’ after Backlash
• AP: California updates tsunami hazard maps for 7 counties
• LAT $: Lopez: Bass or Caruso? Look at recent mayors for clues about the kind of leader L.A. needs now
• SacBee: 4 years ago California ‘integrated’ prison yards. A judge paused the policy, citing violence
• SacBee: Donald Trump uses California as a punchline in Nevada rally for GOP candidates
• BreitbartCA: Trump: Potential Tax and Gun Charges Against Hunter Are a ‘Charade’
• Reason: Millions of PPP Loans Were Flagged as Potentially Fraudulent. Many Were Never Investigated.
• LADN: Home prices decelerating by record amount, new report says
• LADN: Abortion rights supporters rally in LA, Long Beach
• LAT $: Mountain lions are munching on California donkeys. Why scientists say this a good thing
• SFC: Shark bites man at Northern California beach
• Reason: Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic
• WashTimes: Sanctimonious Democrats Get Wake-Up Call on the Border
• Reason: The Political Class Has Consistently Ignored Warnings of Fiscal Doom. Now Americans Are Paying the Price.
• CalM: High costs thwart California’s housing push
• SacBee: New California law will save Sacramento breweries up to $50,000. Here’s why
• SFC: S.F. workers sue the ‘not your daddy’s steakhouse’ restaurant over wage theft
• SFC: This campaign has received the most donations from San Franciscans. It’s not a S.F. race
• SJMN: Stanford investigating alleged rape at campus building
• Amazon starts hiring for 3,000 seasonal jobs in Modesto area ahead of retail holiday rush
• FresBee: Plan for bike lanes on Palm Avenue in Fresno still on. Why it’s behind schedule
• FresBee: Loved ones of slain family set up GoFundMe account in wake of Merced County tragedy
• FresBee: Deadly shooting at market in Merced County is under investigation by Sheriff’s Office
• CalCoast: Former Cal Poly president Warren Baker dead at 84
• VCStar $: Brush fire in Rose Valley brings night-flying helicopters
• LAT $: Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 5 race: Katy Young Yaroslavsky vs. Sam Yebri
• LAT $: L.A. on the Record: Asian Americans’ rising political power in L.A.
• LAT $: More dogs walks, mediation for volunteers: Koretz calls for overhaul of L.A. Animal Services
• OCReg: Man arrested for alleged criminal threats at Seal Beach school
• SBSun: San Bernardino moves Spring Trails project forward
• SBSun: Third-alarm fire at San Bernardino commercial building stopped, no injuries reported
• SDUT: 10,000 homes, more high-rises, fewer rules: County, city commit to new housing goals at rare joint meeting
• VOSD: Politics Report: South Bay Rumbles
• SDUT: ‘This is basically about justice:’ Imperial Beach approves renter protections for trailer park tenants

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