Sunday, December 13, 2020
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*FR Exclusive*
Bruce Bialosky
FRBlog: School Teachers vs. Restaurant Workers -
Homeless Spending Spree
LAT $: $130,000 for an 8-foot-by-8-foot shed? That’s what L.A. is paying in a bid to house the homeless -
Should Inmates Run CA?
LAT $: Lopez: Maybe we should ask prison inmates who scammed state benefits agency to take it over -
ICU Capacity
OCReg: Southern California ICU bed capacity falls to 5.3% - LAT $: After hitting L.A., COVID-19 wave now battering Southern California’s suburban counties
- SJMN: Coronavirus: New single-day death records for California, Bay Area
- AP: In central California, all ICU beds filled amid COVID surge
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Emergency Alert System
CG: Credibility Alert: Gov. Newsom’s Abuse of the Emergency Alert System -
Defiance!
OCReg: More Orange County restaurants decide to stay open, declaring their views on Instagram - SacBee: ‘God-given right.’ Sacramento clergy wrestle with conflicting orders on COVID shutdown
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COVID-19 Testing
CalM: COVID tests lagging: Slower turnaround times creeping back for Californians - SFC: Is it feasible for Calif. hospitals to test every worker starting Monday?
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Lockdown Restrictions
AP: California attorney general tells clubs to follow order - SFC: Can you date under S.F.’s lockdown? Here’s what one supervisor thinks the rules mean
- SJMN: Fleeing restrictions in the rest of the region, Bay Area residents swarm to San Mateo County
- AP: Virus rages as new rules challenge California city’s mettle
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Progressive Academia Pushes Tuition Hikes
AP: Top officials at most UC schools call for tuition increase - LAT $: Several UC chancellors call for tuition increase amid pandemic-fueled budget crisis
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Vaccinations Begin
LAT $: California vaccinations could start Monday, but it won’t slow COVID-19 crisis imperiling hospitals -
Protests!
LADN: Marchers in Hollywood, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills seek relief from coronavirus restrictions on businesses - SacBee: Unlawful assembly declared on pro-Trump groups, counter-protesters by California state Capitol
- FresBee: Fresno GOP hosts Clovis Trump rally, calls election stolen despite Supreme Court rejection
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Restaurant Devastation
SDUT: After latest shutdown order, many restaurants go into hibernation -
SF Democrat Corruption
SFC: S.F.’s building department is a mess. It's no wonder pay-to-play rules the day -
Disneyland Closed
OCReg: Disneyland resort will close on Christmas Day for first time in decades -
School Reopening
LAT $: The push-and-pull drama over school reopenings reaches fever pitch in L.A. and Orange counties -
Crab Season
AP: After some delay, California to open Dungeness crab season
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The Golden Pen
Willie Brown
SFC: California’s COVID shutdown orders are losing credibility -
Dan Walters
CalM: High school ethnic studies – the third version -
Kevin Williamson
NR: The College-Debt Debate Is a Culture-War Battle -
Doug McIntyre
OCReg: Going out on a limb this Christmas: -
John Moorlach
OCReg: No tolerance for sexual predators -
SF Bay Area
SFC: How 2 completely different S.F. institutions are making out in this terrible year - SFC: Life and death inside a Bay Area ICU grueling, ‘but we’ve got this’
- SJMN: Santa Clara County reports coronavirus outbreak of 77 cases at illegal youth basketball event
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Central Valley
FresBee: Who gets it first? Here’s how Fresno County plans to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine - COVID-19 keeps spreading at Stanislaus nursing facilities. Where are the outbreaks?
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Central Coast
CalCoast: District Attorney Dan Dow rebukes Judge Matt Guerrero’s ruling -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Ventura County to skip 2021 homeless count - VCStar $: Oil rules stalled as referendum drive ends
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: L.A. County grapples with surging COVID-19 caseload as deaths continue to rise - LADN: More grim L.A. County numbers arrive as officials race to ship first wave of coronavirus vaccines Sunday
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Orange County
OCReg: Coronavirus: 2,091 new cases, 18 new deaths in Orange County on Dec. 12 - OCReg: OC DA criticizes judge’s order to cut jail population in half
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County breaks daily record with 5,254 new cases of coronavirus -
San Diego County
SDUT: Election shake-up in San Diego bodes well for envisioned $177 billion rail expansion