Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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100k Hospitalizations
AP: California could see 100,000 hospitalizations within a month
- SFC: California opens field hospitals to cope with crush of coronavirus cases
- SJMN: California tops 60,000 new coronavirus cases as Newsom says stay-home order likely to be extended
- OCReg: OC hospitals stretch capacity as daily COVID-19 cases keep rising
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Struggling Restaurants
To comply or not comply? How Modesto restaurants vary in handling of COVID shutdown
- LAT $: L.A. restaurateur sues Newsom over outdoor dining ban
- SDUT: Larry Himmel Foundation to aid eateries hurt by COVID-19, even paying fines
- Reason: Has Restaurants' Role in Spreading COVID-19 Been Exaggerated?
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Stay-at-Home Orders
FresBee: Newsom ‘likely’ to extend stay-at-home order in Fresno, Merced and Valley counties
- SDUT: Coronavirus stay-home orders likely to be extended in Southern California
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Challenging Newsom
CG: New Federal Lawsuit Accuses Gov. Newsom of ‘Gross Abuse of Power’ and Violation of Due Process Clause
- LAT $: L.A. County allows churches to meet indoors after recent court rulings
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Federal COVID-19 Pork
Reason: New COVID-19 Relief Bill Also Creates 2 New Museums and a Library, References Dalai Lama Controversy - SFC: How the new federal stimulus bill will help unemployed Californians
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Now Streaming
CG: Streaming: California’s Big Growth Industry of 2020
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Vaccine Priority List
CalM: Who’s next? Counties lobbied over vaccine priority list - SDUT: COVID vaccine reaches San Diegans in nursing homes; county gets 20K doses from Moderna
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Unemployment Fraud
LAT $: California dropped its guard before it was hit with $2 billion in unemployment fraud -
Newsom's Travel Ban
SacBee: Gavin Newsom ‘concerned’ about new COVID-19 strain, urges UK travel ban -
Eviction Ban
LADN: Renters receive eviction notices as LA County, state bans are set to expire
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Doctor, Doctor
AP: California desperately searches for more nurses and doctors - SacBee: California needs more medical help as ICUs fill. Gavin Newsom asks for volunteers, federal aid
- SacBee: California is short on Spanish-speaking physicians. Why that’s a big problem in a pandemic
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COVID-19 State Secrets
SacBee: Departments told to be less specific about COVID case numbers among state workers -
COVID-19 Outbreaks
FresBee: CSU campuses with most COVID-19 cases have one thing in common — they like to party - LADN: L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies arrest dozens at weekend parties said to violate coronavirus health orders
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Under the Dome
CapWkly: A Christmas wish-list for politicos
- AP: Newsom announces new leadership for his office in new year
- LAT $: Newsom’s chief of staff leaves as new top advisor joins his team
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Santa Ana Winds
SDUT: 12th Santa Ana wind event of the season headed toward San Diego County -
Hero's Bonus
OCReg: Kaiser workers getting ‘hero’s bonus,’ extended paid-leave benefits -
Lead Cleanup
AP: California sues to recover costs for lead pollution cleanup -
Inyo Voter Investigation
LAT $: Investigation launched as Inyo County voters say they didn’t sign tobacco referendum
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The Golden Pen
Victor Davis Hanson
NR: Target: America -
Katy Grimes
CG: Wealth Tax California Style: Tax ‘Avoidance’ Will Not Be Allowed
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Dave Puglia
OCReg: California farmers are looking for regulatory sanity -
Tom Campbell
OCReg: Bonds could be used to ease state budget crunch -
Dan Walters
CalM: No federal bailout for California budget
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento police release video of officers shooting man with knife in Natomas store - SacBee: ‘Display a conscience.’ Sacramento hotel evicting tenants as temperature drops, COVID surges
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South Bay
SJMN: Waymo expands to big Mountain View office building where 1,000 could work - SJMN: Nearly 200 tombstones cover San Jose plaza: Each one a homeless life lost
- SJMN: Santa Clara County investigates SJSU’s travel plans ahead of Arizona Bowl
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Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno County adds 89 COVID-19 deaths, making December the pandemic’s deadliest month -
FresBee: Fresno council to consider a retail shutdown order if hospitals are overrun
- FresBee: Fresno County ranked No. 1 among U.S. metro areas for COVID-19 spread, says NYT analysis
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Katie Lichtig hired as Morro Bay’s interim finance director -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Rising COVID hospitalizations spark ICU concerns - VCStar $: County to pay man $2.1M over wrongful murder convictions
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: More than 10% of L.A. County Sheriff’s personnel in coronavirus quarantine - LADN: LADWP lawsuit plaintiff sues city of LA over massive billing case
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Orange County
OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 3,753 new cases, 2 new deaths as of Dec. 21
- VOC: Failure to Communicate: Orange County Wildfires Highlight Long Standing Emergency Communication Problems
- VOC: Coronavirus Spikes Force OC Emergency Services To Continue Making Hospitals Take Ambulance Patients
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino dedicates $1 million to curbing public nuisances - SBSun: San Bernardino County sees deadliest week of coronavirus with 134 deaths
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases pass 150,000 as testing records set - PE: Riverside County sheriff releases videos of encounter at Stater Bros. that left Jurupa Valley man dead
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San Diego County
VOSD: Lessons From San Diego’s Approach to Wildfires - SDUT: COVID-19 outbreak in office at Chula Vista courthouse, court officials say
- SDUT: Addresses of outbreaks across San Diego County revealed
- VOSD: The Port of San Diego Had Its Own Smart Streetlight Program