Saturday, April 11, 2020
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Warning from SLO County DA Dan Dow
DA Dow Objects to Jail Inmates Release on "Emergency" Zero Bail
New inmate release policy violates the rights of victims of crime
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Virus in Retreat?
Reason: Good News: Coronavirus Death Estimates Keep Shrinking
- LAT $: California’s coronavirus death toll is way below New York’s. Here’s why
- CalM: Wary optimism: Small uptick of COVID-19 Californians in hospital and intensive care
- SJMN: Governor Newsom: California’s COVID-19 peak ‘may not end up being as high as we planned’
- Coronavirus Update: 1,710,148 Cases and 103,506 Deaths
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COVID-19 Bill
LAT $: California’s early coronavirus efforts will cost $7 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom says
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Economic Damage
SJMN: Bay Area layoff plans swell to huge levels
- LAT $: California faces two years of high unemployment from coronavirus, UCLA predicts
- SacBee: Lose your job due to the coronavirus? Here are your health care options in California
- LAT $: California unemployment agency to increase hotline hours for claims amid coronavirus
- SacBee: Furloughed or unemployed? Experts offer advice to Californians considering a career change
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Navy Ship Senior Hospital
SacBee: California to move seniors to Navy ship to cope with nursing home infections - AP: California offers ship, support to nursing homes amid virus
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MSM Demands Bailout
AP: California newspapers seek state help as virus hits revenue
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Free Food
Sign of the times: Mile-long line of cars outside California food giveaway -
Easter Services
CG: Big Legal Win for Religious Liberty: Easter Services Now Permitted in San Bernardino County - AP: Restrictions tighten during California’s virus-hit Easter
- CalM: Open for Easter? Legal spat brews over lockdown restrictions on Sunday service
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Medical Stockpile
SacBee: Here’s how much equipment California hospitals had stockpiled before COVID-19 hit state -
You Shall Comply!
LAT $: L.A. County stay-at-home order could last into summer; more social distancing essential, officials say
- California cities – and some stores – now requiring face masks during the coronavirus crisis
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Medical Worker Safety
SJMN: Whistleblower alleges Valley Med nurses sickened with coronavirus while management stayed quiet -
Survey Says
LAT $: 95% support L.A.'s coronavirus stay-at-home orders, poll finds - Los Angeles Times -
Homeless Giveaways
LADN: L.A. city, county submit plans to service Skid Row sanitation facilities amid coronavirus outbreak
- FH: The Real Story Behind Homelessness
- AP: Advocates furious after outbreak at San Francisco shelter
- OCReg: Plan to house seniors with coronavirus at Laguna Hills Inn draws protest from the city
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Fishing Ban
SacBee: State telemeeting about California fishing ban erupts into chaos. ‘Make fishing great again!’ -
Worker Safety
OCReg: LA-area card casinos, cities seek assistance as coronavirus shutdown threatens jobs - OCReg: Orange County employee tests positive for coronavirus, makes other workers nervous
- LADN: Business, labor, government agencies team up to collect protective gear for frontline workers battling coronavirus
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All Mail Elections
CG: New Bill Will Automatically Mail Absentee Ballots to All Registered Voters for 2020 General Election
- VOC: Governor Orders Santa Ana’s Recall Election To Be Mail-in Ballot Only, Westminster Majority Survives Recall
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Virus in Lock Up
OCReg: Southern California jail inmates decry living in ‘breeding ground’ for coronavirus - SDUT: Detainees at Otay Mesa Detention Center were offered masks, but only if they signed contracts
- LAT $: Judge suggests California use private prisons to give inmates space amid coronavirus crisis
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UFC Event Halted
CG: Gov. Newsom Shuts Down UFC Event With Help of Disney, ESPN
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The Golden Pen
Marc Joffe
OCReg: COVID-19 is wrecking the state budget and it’s time for the high-speed rail project to go
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Steven Greenhut
Reason: California's Eviction Ban Will Worsen Current Economic Woes -
Joe Mathews
OCReg: Jack London saw this coming. Why didn’t we? - FH: The Legislature Makes Itself Non-Essential
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Edward Ring
FH: Suggested Executive Orders for Gavin Newsom -
Joel Kotkin
FH: After Coronavirus We Need to Rethink Densely Populated Cities
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Matt Fleming
OCReg: The shaky case for ordering gun stores closed during the coronavirus outbreak -
East Bay
SFC: 5 Oakland police officers set to be fired after report - AP: Taking it to the streets: Oakland closes roads to curb virus
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SF Bay Area
SJMN: Coronavirus: Why SF tests at nearly double the rate of LA - SFC: Overcrowding on Tenderloin streets getting worse in the coronavirus crisis
- SFC: San Francisco mayor caps Uber, Postmates, DoorDash delivery commissions
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South Bay
LAT $: One by one, nurses got coronavirus at a Silicon Valley hospital while management kept quiet - SJMN: Milpitas City Council denies controversial hotel proposal over “visual prominence”
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Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno mayor extends shelter-in-place to May, adds penalties for violators - Stanislaus County reports its first death from coronavirus, well into the pandemic
- FresBee: Coronavirus cases almost at 500 in central San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County deaths highest
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Ventura County
LAT $: Ventura County sheriff’s deputy arrested on suspicion of destroying evidence - VCStar $: Oxnard School District cuts budget by $10.5 million1:01 PM EDT Apr 10, 2020
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Los Angeles County
LADN: Two LA city employees have died from coronavirus, says Mayor Eric Garcetti
- LAT $: L.A.'s mask order is now the law. 5 things you need to know
- LAT $: Construction problems delay Metro’s $2-billion Crenshaw Line opening until 2021
- LADN: LA County extends coronavirus ‘stay home’ orders after reviewing growth projections
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Orange County
OCReg: Coronavirus in Orange County: 62 new cases reported Friday, April 10 - VOC: Orange County and State Officials Say Coronavirus Impact May Not as Bad as Initial Estimates [April 10 update]
- OCReg: Orange County juvenile facility worker tests positive for coronavirus
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County sets 5 more coronavirus drive-thru testing events - PE: San Bernardino County sees another coronavirus death, 81 more cases
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside County now at 1,350 coronavirus cases; deaths rise to 39 - PE: 2 people who were found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Menifee are identified
- PE: Inland Empire looks eerily empty because of coronavirus
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San Diego County
SDUT: Canceled conventions due to coronavirus costing San Diego $203M — so far - SDUT: Live coronavirus updates in San Diego: Residents encouraged to celebrate Easter at home; 4 more die of COVID-19