Sunday, January 3, 2021
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*FR Exclusive*
Bruce Bialosky
FRBlog: The Truth About Polls
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COVID Crisis
SFC: Ambulances wait for hours outside Santa Clara County emergency rooms as hospital crisis worsens
- LADN: LA County tops 800,000 coronavirus cases as 1-month spread becomes worst period of pandemic
- LAT $: New, possibly more contagious coronavirus strain detected in Big Bear
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Law and Order
LAT $: In 2020 L.A. saw homicides surge, robberies and rapes drop
- SFC: S.F. sees record overdose deaths, even as police seize millions of fentanyl doses
- SFC: S.F. restaurant owners say rise in property crime is making dire situation worse
- FresBee: Man dies as bullets pierce door of his Fresno motel room in city’s third homicide of 2021
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The Most Dangerous D.A. in America
CG: DA Chesa Boudin’s Deadly ‘Criminals First’ Policies
- CG: San Francisco DA Blames ‘System’ for Parolee’s Hit-and-Run Killing 2 Pedestrians
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Small Biz Relief
SDUT: California small businesses to receive additional $500M in economic relief -
Recall Newsom
SDUT: Ex-San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer signs petition to oust Newsom - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Funeral Homes Maxed Out
AP: California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages -
Homeless Crisis
LAT $: L.A. homeless sites ‘overwhelmed’ by COVID-19 - SJMN: As Bay Area homeless camps grow, so does fire danger
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Mask Protest
FresBee: Trader Joe’s in north Fresno closes in wake of protests over mask mandate -
Kaiser Outbreak
PE: 43 employees at Kaiser medical center in San Jose test positive for COVID-19
- SFC: 43 infected at Kaiser ER in San Jose; inflatable Christmas costume could be to blame
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Kamala vs. Porn Stars
Why Porn Stars Like Me Are Terrified of VP Kamala Harris -
Ghost Kitchens
FresBee: What’s a ‘ghost kitchen’? Fresno restaurants quietly launching new delivery-only brands -
Westminster Voting Site
LAT $: Westminster voting site prompts concerns that other campaigns will follow suit -
MSM Bias: Uncritical Puff Piece of Gov't Regulator
For decades, she's been the unsung hero of California's coast
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New Citizenship Test
SFC: Trump’s new citizenship test more difficult, tilts in a conservative direction -
Risky L.A.
AP: Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US -
Struggling Schools
LAT $: Financial crisis has Catholic schools struggling to serve low-income students - How D.C. and its teachers, with shifting plans and demands, failed to reopen schools
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Doug McIntyre
OCReg: The joy of throwing 2020 away
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Things we’re optimistic and pessimistic about as we begin 2021 -
Nor. Cal.
SacBee: Time to hunker down: Northern California in for stormy days with winter storm watch looming -
East Bay
SJMN: SV Chat: Oakland activist pushes for educational equity during COVID-19 -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Where the Bay Area rent market stands at the outset of 2021
- SFC: S.F.’s Embarcadero seawall is surprise beneficiary of Trump-signed spending bill
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South Bay
SJMN: A power shift, a pandemic and San Jose’s two new councilmembers -
Central Valley
Coronavirus update, Jan. 3: High infection rate, 8 more deaths in Stanislaus County - Who will lead Modesto in pandemic and its aftermath? Voters have two choices
- FresBee: New year, new mayor. Two elected leaders to take office in Fresno
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Central Coast
CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County exceeds 11,000 confirmed coronavirus cases - CalCoast: SLO County set a record for deaths from drug overdoses in 2020
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Los Angeles County
LADN: LAPD urged to arrest possible ‘Karen’ in viral New York hotel lobby video - LAT $: It’s ‘World War III,’ says L.A. County doctor beset by intensely sick COVID-19 patients
- LAT $: Column One: ‘Justified’ or ‘despicable’? The twisted tale of an LAPD excessive force case
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Orange County
OCReg: Coronavirus: 4,406 new cases, 26 new deaths reported in Orange County on Jan. 2
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Riverside County
PE: Corona-Norco pulls back on reopening elementary schools in near future -
San Bernardino County
PE: More infectious coronavirus strain detected in San Bernardino County -
San Diego County
SDUT: Short-term rentals, rising home prices, COVID-19 tests: San Diego business stories to watch in 2021 - LAT $: San Diego’s hidden gambling problem: illicit casinos attract gangs, drugs, violence
- SDUT: From wildfire readiness to aging services, East County Supervisors Dianne Jacob retires after 28 years
- SDUT: San Diego protesters demanded racial justice and police reform in 2020. Did anything change?