Monday, December 28, 2020
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*FR Exclusive*
Richard Rider
		FRBlog:  How we geezers (my wife and I) lessen the risks when we have home visitors
		
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Stay-at-Home Order Forever
		AP:  Parts of California likely to have lockdown orders extended
		
 - LAT $: Southern California will likely face extended stay-at-home order after holiday surge
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War on Businesses
		CG:  Stockton Hair Salon Raided by Consumer Agency Cops
		
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Storm Watch
		AP:  1st winter storm to bring rain, snow to Southern California
		
 - SacBee: Another storm heads for Northern California. Expect rain in the Valley, snow in the Sierra
 - OCReg: Winter storm warnings in place for Southern California mountains
 
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FR Weekend in Review
		Saturday Headlines
		
 - Sunday Headlines
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Busy Travel Week
LAT $: Tens of thousands expected to travel, pass through LAX in coming week - 
	
	
Weak CA Recovery
LADN: California economic rebound ranks 7th weakest in US - 
	
	
EDD Fraud
PE: Local prosecutors plead for more state help probing massive fraud by prisoners - 
	
	
COVID-19 Cases
		KQED:  California Hospitals Delay Surgeries Amid Virus Surge
		
 - SFC: Several hospitals delay nonemergency surgeries amid fears surge will continue
 - FresBee: Coronavirus update: Infection rate up in Fresno for holiday weekend; hospitalizations dip
 - SJMN: Santa Clara County records most cases ever since start of pandemic, officials say
 - SJMN: For 26 days in a row, more than 100,000 people have been hospitalized fighting coronavirus
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Virtual Harm
SFC: Court allows lawsuits for distress when events are seen virtually - 
	
	
Flavored Tobacco Ban
AP: Effective date delayed for California’s flavored tobacco ban - 
	
	
Santa Anita Safety
		AP:  2-year-old colt fatally injured in race at Santa Anita
		
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Speaker Pelosi?
Hill: COVID-19 could complicate Pelosi's path to Speaker next year - 
	
	
New Women's Museum
AP: Collins, Feinstein women’s history museum bill passes - 
	
	
MSM Agenda Driven Journalism
LAT $: For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too 
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The Golden Pen
Jon Coupal
		OCReg:  The fate of California hangs on Georgia
		
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George Skelton
LAT $: Skelton: Newsom shouldn’t ignore an effort to recall him. Here’s how he can fight it - 
	
	
Richard Brookhiser
NR: The Anti-American Iconoclasm of the Statue-Topplers - 
	
	
Katy Grimes
		CG:  California: Where the Public Health ‘Science’ Is Destroying the State
		
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SF Bay Area
SFC: Both SFPD officers charged in shootings were rookies. Did inexperience play a role? - 
	
	
East Bay
SFC: After Breonna sculpture smashed in Oakland, artist denounces intimidation - 
	
	
Central Valley
FresBee: Inundated with smoke: Central Valley air quality was uniquely bad this wildfire season - Coronavirus update, Dec. 27: December could become Stanislaus County’s deadliest month
 - Modesto voters get two chances to hear from candidates in mayoral runoff election
 - How a $2.97M grant for Tuolumne Riverwalk will bring activity, access to west Modesto
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Ventura Water's refinancing to curb rate hikes - VCStar $: 10,000-plus COVID vaccine shots given in county
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: L.A. County reports nearly 30,000 coronavirus cases over a two-day period - LADN: 13,580 new coronavirus cases logged in LA County; hospitalizations keep climbing
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Orange County
		OCReg:  OC Sheriff’s Department pays nearly $1 million a year in salary for problem deputies to stay home
		
 - OCReg: Coronavirus: 3,200 new cases, 443 patients in ICUs in Orange County on Dec. 27
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Inland Empire
PE: Banning fire displaces 38 people, destroys 19 prefab structures for the homeless - SBSun: Fire burning near Cajon Pass now 80% contained
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San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego police chief Nisleit joined the city’s retirement program limiting his time as top cop - SDUT: San Diego Unified reports mixed grade results during pandemic
 
