Dec. 10, 2020

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Coronavirus in California

The state is on the cusp of its rollout of millions of immunizations, a much-anticipated turning point after thousands of deaths from the coronavirus.

Southern California and the Central Valley are by far the state’s biggest contributors of total COVID-19 deaths in the last week.

More Californians died of COVID-19 on Tuesday than any other day on record, the latest milestone reached amid an accelerating pandemic.

Experts have yet to unlock the connection between the coronavirus and MIS-C, but doctors say COVID infections spike is tied to uptick in MIS-C cases.

Facing backlash from parents, the state of California reverses its COVID-19 rules and says playgrounds can remain open.

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White and higher-income Californians are most likely to believe today’s children will be worse off than their parents, a new statewide survey finds.

The disclosure of the investigation comes at an awkward moment for the incoming president.

Graduates of high-poverty, low-income and urban schools have been the most severely affected in terms of going on to college, a study shows.

Although President-Elect Joe Biden didn’t make tech regulation a focus of his campaign, antitrust experts say he’s likely to continue the Trump administration’s push to curb Facebook’s market power.

Former basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reveals he had prostate cancer in a magazine article he wrote about health risks faced by Black people.

The NFL’s history of confronting crisis is a crisis unto itself. Is there reason to believe the league has the courage to make the hardest decisions about the coronavirus?

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Outdoor Dining Ban

An L.A. Superior Court judge has limited L.A. County’s outdoor dining ban to three weeks. But a state order will keep restrictions in place past Christmas. The judge is asking health officials to conduct a risk-benefit analysis. Many restaurant owners and employees worry about the economic hardship ahead. Some wonder if officials went too far. Others have defied the state’s lockdown rules.

A judge has ruled that once the L.A. County ban expires Dec. 16, public health officials must conduct a risk-benefit analysis to extend any closures.

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