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- He sued the Trump administration over 100 times. Now Biden wants Xavier Becerra in his Cabinet
- AP: Biden picks Calif. AG Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response
- SFC: Biden picks Xavier Becerra, California attorney general, to head health and human services
- LAT $: Biden picks California Atty. Gen. Becerra for Health and Human Services secretary
- 33 million Californians face COVID-19 stay-at-home order that will restrict movements and business
- PE: California’s new regional coronavirus stay-at-home order: What you need to know
- SFC: The new lockdown: What you need to know
- LAT $: California COVID-19 crisis likely to get worse before it gets better
- AP: California imposes new virus rules as hospitals struggle
- LAT $: In an alarming new record, daily coronavirus cases surpass 10,500 in L.A. County
- SFC: Nearly 1 in 10 coronavirus tests in Calif. is positive: highest rate yet
- SacBee: ‘A roller coaster ride.’ Inside a small town California hospital’s fight against COVID
- SJMN: Three Bay Area counties record most coronavirus cases ever, passing records set in past week
- YouTube: California Shutdown Double Standard; Looming Economic Backfire
- Saturday Headlines
- Sunday Headlines
- CG: Tesla’s Elon Musk Leaving the Golden State for the No Income Tax State
- AP: Black leaders urge Newsom to pick Black woman for US Senate
- 60 Minutes: Inside the chaotic PPE market where shortages of critical supplies persist
- LADN: Lancaster man jailed, suspected of decapitating son and daughter
- LADN: LAPD patrol car’s windshield shattered in Pacoima shooting; suspect sought
- CG: Can Assemblymen Kiley and Gallagher Take Down Gov. Newsom’s ‘Legal House of Cards?’
- Los Angeles bar owner rips Garcetti, Newsom over double standard on outdoor dining
- OCReg: Some Southern California business owners will defy governor’s coronavirus shutdown order
- AP: As virus slams rural California, many still pan restrictions
- SFC: ‘My heart breaks’: Reeling Bay Area parents question playground closures
- FresBee: Closed for now and unemployed: Fresno businesses, workers feel pain of new COVID lockdown
- OCReg: Plans to help salvage Capistrano Beach are before the Coastal Commission this week
- SDUT: Carlsbad beach commission seeks larger role in protecting coastline
- LADN: Police clash with demonstrators outside Mayor Garcetti’s home
- LAT $: L.A. police converge on peaceful Black Lives Matter protest at mayor’s house
- As The Pandemic Rages, California Lawmakers Will Gather To Take The Oath Of Office
- SFC: California Democrats look to put squabbles behind them as Legislature returns
- VOC: As OC Bond Fire Evacuations End, Residents Call Out Failures in Wildfire Emergency Communications
- SJMN: Fire danger in December? Bay Area forecasters predict high winds, dry conditions with no rain in sight
- OCReg: Mandatory evacuations lifted for Bond fire as containment grows
- PE: Santa Ana winds return to Southern California Monday, along with heightened fire risk
- SJMN: As climate changes, California’s butterfly populations continue to plummet
- OCReg: SeaWorld San Diego closes again due to stay-at-home order
- SacBee: California is set to ban menthol cigarettes on Jan. 1. The industry is out to stop it
- Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully
- OCReg: The rise of questionably ‘nonpartisan’ spending
- CG: Transitional versus Savings Provisions: What Is the Difference?
- OCReg: Will Trump’s election fraud claims cost the GOP control of the Senate?
- NR: Indiscriminate Stimulus in a Pandemic Is Absurd
- CalM: Who will have priority for COVID-19 vaccine?
- NR: There Will Be No ‘Return to Normalcy’
- Reason: Many Epidemiologists Want Social Distancing and Masks Forever—Even After the Vaccine
- LAT $: Skelton: A GOP governor in California? This year proved anything is possible
- SFC: Red flag alert in Bay Area; but outages for Napa, Sonoma counties canceled
- SacBee: PG&E’s planned power shutoff reduced. Some Sacramento-area counties no longer affected
- SacBee: Thousands rally from multiple California cities to Oakland to protest India’s farming laws
- SFC: Former S.F. Mayor Ed Lee — code name ‘35’ — turns up in City Hall corruption probe
- SFC: Some Bay Area grocery stores see large crowds ahead of stay-at-home order
- SFC: Levi Strauss heir’s plans for historic Petaluma home have foes digging in
- SJMN: COVID-19: Bay Area residents, business owners get in last-minute tasks before new shutdowns
- FresBee: Fresno officials expected to name Oklahoma City deputy chief as next police chief
- FresBee: Power shutoff threat still looms in Fresno County, elsewhere in Valley amid fire risk
- FresBee: Coronavirus update: Fresno heads into new lockdown as cases climb, ICU beds dwindle
- Modesto-area residents discuss need, impacts of COVID lockdown in Stanislaus County
- VCStar $: Ventura County police misconduct records: what they say
- VCStar $: Area schools report 188 COVID-19 cases in November
- LADN: LA County posts stunning 10,000-plus coronavirus infections on Sunday
- LAT $: L.A. began 2020 with a clean-air streak but ended with its worst smog in decades
- LADN: Holly Mitchell sworn in to all-female LA County Board of Supervisors, representing District 2
- OCReg: Coronavirus: 2,025 new cases, 15 new deaths reported in Orange County on Dec. 6
- NR: Orange County Sheriff Won’t Enforce New California Stay-at-Home Order
- LAT $: Orange County merchants and officials say COVID order shouldn’t lump them in with L.A.
- SDUT: Just how much do San Diegans owe in back rent?
- SDUT: Chula Vista gives immigration officials, others access to license plate reader data
- SDUT: San Diego DA investigating at least $5 million in suspected unemployment fraud by local inmates
- SDUT: Von Wilpert brings to council hands-on experience that fits with San Diego’s challenges
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