Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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Total Incompetence
Newsom's $11 Billion Scandal
AP: California paid $11 billion in bogus jobless claims last year, investigating possible fraud involving $20 billion more - LAT $: Two murderers in state prison and other inmates scammed state jobless benefits, DA says
- SacBee: California’s huge unemployment claim backlog is back
- SJMN: EDD fraud: Huge amount of jobless payments were fraudulent
- CG: California’s 2020 Unemployment Fraud Claims May Top $31 BILLION
- SFC: California officials: At least 10% of EDD payments during pandemic were fraudulent
- AP: California: Criminal rings loot billions in jobless funds
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Stay-at-Home Order Lifted
Reason: California Gov. Gavin Newsom Issues Surprise Retraction of Controversial Stay-at-Home Order - AP: California reveals data used to lift stay-at-home order
- CalM: As Newsom lifts stay-at-home order, new COVID-19 reopening questions emerge
- AP: California reverses stay-at-home order as conditions improve
- SFC: San Francisco keeps 10 p.m. curfew in effect while opening some businesses
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Eminent Domain Abuse
OCReg: Inglewood will use eminent domain to acquire land needed for Clippers’ arena -
Free Rent
Total Socialism
AP: California measure aims to pay off 80% of most unpaid rent - CalM: Lawmakers propose extending eviction moratorium until June 30
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Crime on the Rise
LAT $: L.A. officials say they’re working to make 2020 violence an ‘anomaly,’ but relief remains elusive - LADN: Overall crime is down in LA, but 2020 brought spikes in homicides and shootings
- SFC: SFPD took murder case to Sacramento, where teen could be tried as an adult
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Cutting the Line
South Bay hospital allowed teachers to skip the line for COVID-19 vaccines -
Vaccine Eligibility
CalM: In race to save most lives, California wrestles with COVID vaccine eligibility - LAT $: California will prioritize COVID-19 vaccine by age, not occupation, in next rounds
- AP: California to centralize vaccines, base eligibility on age
- FresBee: Fifty Mendota farmworkers first to receive vaccine for ag workers
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New COVID Treatment
SFC: ‘New weapon’ to kill COVID? UCSF-led team finds drug that could be far more effective than remdesivir -
L.A. Democrat Corruption
AP: Ex-LA councilman gets prison in City Hall corruption case -
Businesses Re-Open
OCReg: O.C. restaurateurs ready to offer patio dining again as restrictions lift - LAT $: L.A. County to resume outdoor dining after stay-at-home order is canceled
- LAT $: San Francisco to resume outdoor dining, but travel quarantine remains in effect
- OCReg: Sudden lifting of stay-at-home order surprises and relieves Orange County businesses
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Fleeing Bay Area
BreitbartCA: Tech Workers Flee San Francisco -
Indoor Worship Ban
SDUT: Federal court partially OKs California’s COVID-19 limits on indoor worship -
Trump Impeachment
BreitbartCA: McClintock: Biden Calls for Unity While Accepting ‘Vindictive’ Impeachment of Trump -
Under the Dome
CG: Bill That Would Stop Scholarship-Driven Financial Aid Reduction Introduced in Assembly - LAT $: Helicopter safety bill pushed on eve of Kobe Bryant crash anniversary
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Jail Break
AP: Inmate who escaped Northern California jail back in custody -
Utility Settlement
AP: Utility to pay $2B settlement in deadly 2018 California fire -
Winter Weather
AP: California storms shut down mountain highway passes -
Anti-Mask Protests
FresBee: Fresno may cite anti-mask protesters for trespassing after weekend confrontation -
Gov't Secrets
VOSD: Official: San Diego Unified Trained Employees to Delete Emails From Public Record -
MSM Criticism FOR Public Disclosure
SacBee: Northern California sheriff’s office defends posting death of COVID vaccine recipient -
MSM Journalism or Propaganda?
SFC: California’s Alex Padilla brings rare Senate perspective — an immigrant family’s struggle for dignity -
Beer Battle
CapWkly: Beer battle brewing over distribution -
Air Regulations
OCReg: Air quality agency allows for more cremations in Orange County -
Working from Home
SDUT: The price (in electricity) of working from home -
Cruise Canceled
AP: More cancellations for Carnival amid jumbled vaccine rollout
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The Golden Pen
Joel Kotkin
CityJrnl: Biden Touts California as Model for America -
Joe Concha
Hill: 5 Examples of Media Sycophancy for Biden in First Week -
Miranda Devine
Fauci Should Be Held Responsible for COVID-19 Mistakes -
Rich Lowry
NR: When Insurrection Was Okay -
Katy Grimes
CG: Now that Joe Biden is President, COVID is Over and California Will Re-Open -
Thomas L. Knapp
OCReg: Political ‘unity’ is neither necessary nor desirable -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: The $27 trillion elephant in the room -
Dan Walters
CalM: California employment takes a downturn -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento GOP reverses course, demands resignation of Proud Boy member - SacBee: Sacramento County considers new Main Jail addition to fix ‘dangerous, inhumane’ facility
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SF Bay Area
SFC: What comes next for Bay Area’s reopening? Here’s what you need to know - SJMN: Atmospheric River: 5,000 ordered to evacuate in Santa Cruz Mountains as Bay Area rainfall estimates rise
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South Bay
SFC: Minneapolis top cop during Floyd killing among finalists for San Jose job - SJMN: San Jose names finalists for SJPD chief, including Minneapolis top cop
- SJMN: San Jose police detail fatal shooting of unarmed man suspected in South County violence
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Central Valley
Stanislaus County to open a third COVID vaccination site Tuesday. Limit is 500 doses. - FresBee: Radio host returns to KMJ after weeks-long suspension. One of his first guests was Devin Nunes
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Coronavirus cases continue dropping in SLO County, businesses start to reopen - CalCoast: Paavo Ogren up for SLO County appointment, but where does he live?
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Ventura County
VCStar $: COVID-19 update: 2,509 new cases over weekend - VCStar $: DA candidates include Gorell, 4 county lawyers
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Los Angeles County
LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 6,642 new cases, 43 new deaths and 211 fewer hospitalizations -
Orange County
OCReg: Ballot now set for March 9 election to fill OC Supervisor District 2 seat - LAT $: Disneyland to update Jungle Cruise after racism complaints
- VOC: OC Supervisors Spent More Covid Response Money on Sheriff Staff Than Health Workers
- OCReg: Orange County supervisors relax public comment rules to settle ACLU lawsuit
- OCReg: Judge rejects former Angels employee’s defamation lawsuit against team
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County clears some of its coronavirus death, testing data backlog -
Riverside County
PE: Riverside County coronavirus numbers trend downward after holiday surge - PE: New Riverside mayor to give first State of the City talk
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San Diego County
SDUT: Supervisors to consider needle exchange program, cannabis businesses - SDUT: San Diego businesses prepare to reopen as Newsom lifts COVID-19 stay-at-home order
- SDUT: San Diego closer to switching ambulance providers after city rejects protest by AMR
- SDUT: Vista Unified was out front on school reopenings; new state rules may shut some campuses