Gavin Newsom names California’s first Latino U.S. senator to replace Kamala Harris

BY KIM BOJÓRQUEZ DECEMBER 22, 2020 10:00 AM, UPDATED 15 MINUTES AGO     California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ successor in the U.S. Senate, making him the first Latino from California to fill the role in the state’s 170-year history.

Newsom’s historic appointment comes after a coalition of Latino progressive groups pressed for Newsom to appoint Padilla, or another Latino, to represent California, where Latinos make up 40% of the population.

“Through his tenacity, integrity, smarts and grit, California is gaining a tested fighter in their corner who will be a fierce ally in D.C., lifting up our state’s values and making sure we secure the critical resources to emerge stronger from this pandemic,” Newsom said in a statement. “He will be a Senator for all Californians.”

TOP ARTICLES Soon after Harris was announced as Biden’s running mate in August, Padilla collected endorsements from BOLD PAC, the camgn arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; the D.C.-based political action committee Latino Victory; the UFW Foundation and the California Latino Legislative Caucus.

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein also backed Padilla’s appointment.

“I am honored and humbled by the trust placed in me by Governor Newsom, and I intend to work each and every day to honor that trust and deliver for all Californians,” Padilla said in a statement.

“From those struggling to make ends meet to the small businesses fighting to keep their doors open to the health care workers looking for relief, please know that I am going to the Senate to fight for you. We will get through this pandemic together and rebuild our economy in a way that doesn’t leave working families behind.”

Padilla’s front-runner status was elevated quickly after California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was tapped by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as his cabinet’s health and human services secretary, taking another top Latino politician out of the running for the Senate seat.

Other Latino candidates believed by political strategists to be considered for the role included Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and Kevin de Léon, who challenged Feinstein for her Senate seat in 2018.

Latino progressive groups weren’t the only organizations calling on Newsom to name a senator from an under-represented community. The Democratic governor also faced intense pressure from other groups to appoint a Black woman or LGBTQ leader to replace Harris. Mike Madrid, a California-based political strategist and co-founder of The Lincoln Project, said it would have been considered “malpractice’ for Newsom not to appoint a Latino as Harris’ successor.

“The Democratic Party also recognizes it has kind of a Latino problem right now,” Madrid said referring to Republican President Donald Trump’s support of Latino voters and the Democratic Party’s lack of Latino elected officials on a national level. “If you can’t have a Latino from California, I mean, where can you have one?”

Padilla’s appointment makes him the tenth Hispanic American to serve as a U.S. senator in the country’s history, joining current Sens. Marco Rubio, R-FL, Ted Cruz, R-TX, Catherine Cortez, D-NV, and Robert Menendez, D-NJ.

Raised in Pacoima, Calif., Padilla, 47, is the son of Mexican immigrants. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Before becoming The Golden State’s top elections officer, a position he’s held since 2015, he served on the Los Angeles City Council and in the California State Senate.

At age 26, Padilla was elected in 1999 as the city’s first Latino to serve on the Los Angeles City Council. Between 2006-14, Padilla served in the California State Senate. As a lawmaker, he chaired the committee on energy, utilities and communications.

Padilla was applauded for his efforts as California’s secretary of state for leading the state’s vote-by-mail elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article247706740.html?ac_cid=DM349272&ac_bid=-1073085803 4/10 POTENTIAL POLITICAL AGENDA

Sonja Diaz, founding director of UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, anticipates Padilla’s agenda will focus on ensuring immigrants are not left behind or excluded from COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts. Other potential issues include addressing climate change and environmental protections for vulnerable Californians and safeguarding the state’s upcoming redistricting cycle from gerrymandering.

“Padilla has been pretty clear about his support for immigrant families, recognizing the social, economic and political contributions of these communities,” Diaz said.

Manuel Pastor, director of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California, predicts Padilla will be a major proponent of voting rights and promoting issues important to undocumented immigrants, particularly recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

“He’s been a significant supporter on issues, services to undocumented immigrants, being involved in promoting The Dream Act,” Pastor said.

It would be natural for Padilla to focus on voter integrity issues, Madrid said. Padilla’s “deep understanding in local government” would be a plus when it comes to addressing issues related to homelessness and responding to COVID-19 at a federal level, he said.

He thinks Padilla has long wanted the Senate seat.

“It’s a position that he’s just kind of talked openly about,” Madrid said. “I think he’s always kind of (planned) to serve California that way.” Who’s in the running to be California’s next secretary of state?

BY LARA KORTE DECEMBER 22, 2020 10:19 AM, UPDATED 10 MINUTES AGO     After months of being jockeyed by every political interest group in California, Gov.Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday he had chosen Secretary of State Alex Padilla for the U.S. Senate seat held by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Padilla’s appointment means California will have its first-ever Latino senator, but it also means another important job for Newsom to fill.

In addition to the Harris seat, the governor now has the chance to hand-pick both California’s secretary of state and attorney general, assuming Xavier Becerra survives his confirmation hearings to health and human services secretary in the Biden administration.

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“It’s gotten more complicated, because there’s more boxes on the chessboard,” said California Democratic strategist Steven Maviglio. “Essentially, that job (secretary of state) is the referee of elections, so you want somebody who has actually shown some passion for voter registration for free and fair elections, or engaging young people in the electoral process.”

California law requires the secretary of state to be a registered voter and a member of their party for at least three months, and the job is limited to two four-year terms. Newsom’s appointee will have to be confirmed by a majority of state Senate and Assembly before finishing out the rest of Padilla’s term, which ends in 2022.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article247702755.html?ac_cid=DM349279&ac_bid=-1072941297 2/7 12/22/2020 Who could be California’s next secretary of state? | The Sacramento Bee Newsom has a host of Democrats who would be happy to take the job, but the secretary of state is also responsible for business registrations and making California more business-friendly, Maviglio said, which means he could pluck someone from the business world.

“It’s not as high profile, but it’s almost equally as important,” Maviglio said of the business operations.

It’s unclear how soon Newsom will have to make a decision, but people are already lined up for the job. Two members of the California Assembly, Lorena Gonzalez, D- San Diego and Evan Low, D-Silicon Valley, had announced their intentions to run for the office in 2022 prior to Padilla’s appointment.

Gonzalez, who represents San Diego, is considered “royalty among labor” after her work on (the ultimately unsuccessful) Proposition 22, which took on Uber and Lyft, Mavilgio said. She also has the support of Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and was recently endorsed by United Farm Workers, California’s leading agricultural worker organization.

According to state filings, her campaign for Secretary of State has raised more than $350,000. Earlier this month, Gonzalez told The Sacramento Bee she would be “delighted” if Newsom asked her to serve in any capacity at the state level.

“If he asked me to serve in any capacity I would have to highly look at that. It’s an honor to have my name thrown around,” she said.

“Since we’ve been in office, we’ve been focused on ensuring that as many people as possible have access to the ballot box,” she said. “We’ve had an eye toward ensuring the ballot box is open and accessible to every citizen in California.”

She pointed to various bills she has authored to reduce barriers to voting, especially for young people and low-income people, such as a bill that ensured ballots could be returned by mail for free.

“We’ve really looked at ways to reduce those barriers,” she said. “We think when everyone’s voice is at the table, better decisions are made.”

Assemblyman Low, a Bay-area Democrat, is known for a meteoric rise to the statehouse. In 2006 he won a seat on the Campbell City Council and then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation naming June 5, 2006, “Evan https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article247702755.html?ac_cid=DM349279&ac_bid=-1072941297 3/7 12/22/2020 Who could be California’s next secretary of state? | The Sacramento Bee Low Day”. Three year later, Low became the youngest openly gay, Asian American mayor in the nation.

Low launched his bid for Secretary of State earlier this year and state records show his campaign has about $4,700 cash on hand. When asked if he’d be interested in taking the job earlier than 2022, Low said in statement that he is “passionate about public service and will continue to serve in whatever capacity I can best contribute.”

Low has introduced Assembly Bill 53, which would make election day a state holiday.

Some have also pointed to California Senate Majority Leader Robert Hertzberg as a possible pick for Secretary of State. In a statement earlier this month, Cindy Baker, communications director for Hertzberg, said at this time, he has not expressed any interest in replacing Padilla.

“He’s focused on the upcoming legislative session and our collective recovery from COVID-19, and doesn’t see that changing any time soon,” Baker said. ÿ ÿÿÿ !

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NEWS • News Southern California likely to remain on stay-home orders, Gov. Newsom says Cases, hospitalizations and deaths have skyrocketed around the region recently.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom watches as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is prepared by Director of Inpatient Pharmacy David Cheng at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

By DAVID ROSENFELD || [email protected] || TheThe DailyDaily BreezeBreeze PUBLISHED: December 21, 2020 at 1:11 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: December 21, 2020 at 5:14 p.m.

https://www.sbsun.com/2020/12/21/southern-california-likely-to-remain-on-stay-home-orders-gov-newsom-says/ 1/5 12/22/2020 Southern California likely to remain on stay-home orders, Gov. Newsom says – San Bernardino Sun The regional stay-at-home order affecting Southern California until Monday Dec. 28 will likely be extended, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a midday briefing from his residence where he was quarantining.

Newsom was said to have entered a 10-day mandatory quarantine after a staffer testedtested positivepositive forfor thethe coronavirus.coronavirus.

Given the skyrocketing number of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths in recent weeks, Newsom said the stay-at-home orders for Southern California and San Joaquin would likely be extended, though he did not elaborate on how long a renewed order would last. The first was set to last three weeks and was triggered when a particular region fell below 15% ICU capacity, which in Southern California occurred Dec. 3.

“Based upon all the data and these current trend lines, itʼs very likely we will extend the stay at home order,” Newsom said.

Southern California, along with the San Joaquin region, both remained at 0% Intensive Care Unit capacity, based on a state metric that calculates the aggregate amount of available ICU beds. Each region has the ability to add about 20% ICU beds under surge planning, which was happening now in the form of alterations at individual hospitals as well as a small number of field hospitals in certain areas.

“Just because itʼs at zero doesnʼt mean there is no ICU available,” Newsom said. “It means we are now into surge plan.”

While it might be too early to tell, Newsom said the rate of new cases across the state might be plateauing, a hopeful sign after a month of grim updates.

The Southern California region includes in Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The stay-at-home order beginning Dec. 6 put in place tightertighter restrictionsrestrictions thatthat barredbarred anyany gatherings,gatherings, shutshut downdown outdooroutdoor diningdining andand shuttered a number of other indoor activities such as those at hair salons, barbershops, personal care services, museums, zoos, aquariums and movie theaters.theaters.

California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said Monday the state would make the final judgement in the coming days whether to keep the two regions under stay-at-home orders, though he did not anticipate them being lifted.lifted.

“We will be looking at ICU capacity projections four weeks after we have the first day when the regional stay at home order could be lifted,” Ghaly said. https://www.sbsun.com/2020/12/21/southern-california-likely-to-remain-on-stay-home-orders-gov-newsom-says/ 2/5 12/22/2020 Southern California likely to remain on stay-home orders, Gov. Newsom says – San Bernardino Sun State officials would use tools that consider transmission rates, average new cases, current ICU capacity and other factors, Ghaly said.

“Itʼs not just about what is the ICU number in that region today,” Ghaly said, “itʼs a lotlot aboutabout thethe variousvarious individualindividual behaviorsbehaviors andand decisionsdecisions thatthat havehave manifestmanifest inin thethe case numbers.”

Over the past 14 days, the state has reported a 51% increase in ICU usage, up to 3,644 as of Sunday. CVOID-related hospitalizations overall have risen 63% over twotwo weeksweeks upup toto 17,19017,190 people.people.

Deaths too have begun to climb, now averaging 233 lives lost to the virus per day over the two weeks. A total of 22,676 people have died in California from complications related to the coronavirus since the pandemic began.

State officials have activated a series of field hospitals throughout the region and requested at least 200 Department of Defense personnel from the federal government. Already deployed from the state were 607 staff members at 75 facilitiesfacilities inin 2424 countiescounties includingincluding 310310 contractcontract staffers,staffers, 2828 healthhealth corpscorps membersmembers and about four dozen National Guard troops.

This week, roughly 672,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine were expected to arrive inin CaliforniaCalifornia withwith 110,000110,000 alreadyalready atat variousvarious locationslocations withinwithin thethe state.state. ThoseThose vaccines add to the 327,600 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that has already arrived and another 233,025 doses expected this week.

Newsom said that while the Pfizer vaccine allocation was roughly 40% less than thethe federalfederal governmentgovernment firstfirst promised,promised, thethe statestate waswas nonethelessnonetheless grateful.grateful.

“This is an extraordinary achievement for our country,” Newsom said. “The administration deserves credit for workign hard over the corus of the pst several months to get these vaccines out.

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https://www.sbsun.com/2020/12/21/southern-california-likely-to-remain-on-stay-home-orders-gov-newsom-says/ 3/5 12/22/2020 San Bernardino County reports 6,542 new COVID-19 cases, 48 deaths

HEALTH San Bernardino County reports 6,290 new coronavirus cases, 48 deaths Monday Amaray D. Alvarez Palm Springs Desert Sun Published 1:34 p.m. PT Dec. 21, 2020

San Bernardino County reported 6,290 new coronavirus cases Monday and 48 additional virus-related deaths since Saturday.

The county has now reported 163,945 confirmed cases and 1,375 deaths since the start of the pandemic. A total of 134,337 cases have resolved, meaning 10 or more days have passed since the individual first experienced symptoms, or since they had a positive COVID-19 test.

San Bernardino County is the state's fifth-most populous county with 2.2 million people, but continues to record the second-highest number of cases in California. Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous county, has reported more than 623,000 cases.

San Bernardino County had 1,508 confirmed COVID-19 patients in its hospitals as of Monday, an increase of 16 from the previous day. Of those, 299 are being cared for in intensive care units, which is an increase of eight from Saturday. That total comprises 50.7% of the county's occupied ICU beds.

San Bernardino County, along with neighboring Riverside County, is included in a broader Southern California region, which is under state-mandated stay-at-home orders due to the region's alarmingly low number of available ICU beds.

As of Friday, the Southern California region's available ICU bed capacity dropped to 0%, meaning all of the licensed staffed ICU beds in the 11-county area were filled.

San Bernardino County: Monday numbers

Active cases: The county's total number of known, active coronavirus cases is 28,233. This total is derived by subtracting deaths (1,375) and recoveries (134,337) from the current confirmed case total of 163,945.

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Recoveries: According to the county, 134,337 people have recovered, which is an increase of 8,373 since Saturday. That total is about 82% of its overall cases.

Tests: County health officials on Monday reported that 1,494,409 coronavirus tests have been conducted — up 39,913 tests from the 1,454,496 reported Saturday. The county is urging people to get tested even if they don't have symptoms.

Who is contracting the virus?

About 55.4% of the cases in the county involve people under the age of 40. The cases, broken down by age bracket, are as follows:

13,899 (8.5%) cases are among people ages 0 to 14 10,756 (6.5%) cases are among people ages 15-19 35,938 (22%) cases are among people ages 20-29 30,249 (18.5%) cases are among people ages 30-39 26,296 (16%) cases are among people ages 40-49 23,507 (14.3%) cases are among people ages 50-59 13,892 (8.5%) cases are among people ages 60-69 9,300 (5.7%) cases are among people older than 70 The ages for 108 cases (0.1%) are unknown

About 78% of virus-related deaths in the county are people age 60 or older, even though people in that age bracket make up less than 15% of cases. The deaths, broken down by age, are as follows:

No (0%) deaths were among people ages 0 to 14 No (0%) deaths were among people ages 15-19 9 (0.7%) deaths were among people ages 20-29 46 (3.2%) deaths were among people ages 30-39 73 (5.3%) deaths were among people ages 40-49 171 (12.7%) deaths were among people ages 50-59 323 (23.4%) deaths were among people ages 60-69 753 (54.7%) deaths were among people older than 70

Where are the COVID-19 cases?

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As of Monday, here is a list of confirmed cases and deaths in the high desert, with increases from Saturday's tally in parentheses:

Adelanto: 3,214 cases (+113), 24 deaths (+1) Apple Valley: 5,360 cases (+186), 48 deaths (+2) Baker: 21 cases Baldy Mesa: 0 cases Barstow: 1,841 cases (+172), 17 deaths (+2) Daggett: 4 cases Helendale: 298 cases (+2), 1 death Hesperia: 8,119 cases (+318), 49 deaths (+4) Hinkley: 27 cases (+2), 1 death Joshua Tree: 171 cases (+7), 4 deaths Landers: 21 cases, 1 death Lucerne Valley: 180 cases (+7), 4 deaths (+2) Morongo Valley: 98 cases (+4), 1 death Needles: 157 cases (+3), 2 deaths Newberry Springs: 58 cases (+3) Oak Hills: 746 cases (+28), 1 death Oro Grande: 83 cases, 1 death Phelan: 853 cases (+33), 5 deaths Piñon Hills: 215 cases (+7), 2 deaths Pioneertown: 4 cases Trona: 22 cases (+1) Twentynine Palms: 413 cases (+17), 2 deaths Victorville: 12,135 cases (+459), 80 deaths (+12) Yermo: 42 cases (+1) Yucca Valley: 659 cases (+23), 23 deaths

Here is Monday's list of cases and deaths in the mountain communities, with increases from Saturday's tally in parentheses:

Angelus Oaks: 18 cases (+6) Big Bear City: 319 cases (+6) Big Bear Lake: 206 cases (+5) Blue Jay: 69 cases, 2 death Cedar Glen: 7 cases https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/health/2020/12/21/san-bernardino-county-reports-6-542-new-covid-19-cases-48-deaths/3998063001/ 3/4 12/22/2020 San Bernardino County reports 6,542 new COVID-19 cases, 48 deaths

Crestline: 261 cases (+12), 3 deaths Fawnskin: 7 cases Forest Falls: 22 (+1) Lake Arrowhead: 195 cases (+4) Rimforest: 18 cases Running Springs: 127 cases (+6) Sugarloaf: 55 cases (+1), 1 death Twin Peaks: 58 cases (+4), 1 death Wrightwood: 201 cases (+7), 1 death

Amaray Alvarez is an intern at The Desert Sun. You may reach her at [email protected].

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FEATURED UPDATE: Nine more Fontana residents have died from COVID-19, report says on Dec. 21

Dec 21, 2020

Fontana has 21,499 coronavirus cases and 150 deaths as of Dec. 21.

Nine more Fontana residents have died after being infected with COVID-19, according to a report by the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health on Dec. 21.

Since the pandemic began earlier this year, a total of 150 Fontana residents have died because of the coronavirus, the county said.

The number of coronavirus cases in Fontana has now reached 21,499.

In San Bernardino County overall, there have been 163,945 cases and 1,375 deaths as of Dec. 21.

Because of the recent spike in cases, there is presently no ICU bed availability at any hospitals in the county, health ofcials said.

https://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/news/update-nine-more-fontana-residents-have-died-from-covid-19-report-says-on-dec-21/article_825334b0-43d… 1/2 12/22/2020 UPDATE: Nine more Fontana residents have died from COVID-19, report says on Dec. 21 | News | fontanaheraldnews.com Ofcials are urging all residents to be tested for COVID-19.

There are two testing sites available on weekdays in Fontana:

• Jack Bulik Center, 16581 Filbert Street;

• Jessie Turner Center, 15556 Summit Avenue.

Testing is free and does not require insurance. Symptoms are not required to test.

Due to an increased demand in testing, walk-ins are no longer accepted at the testing sites at this time. Testing is available by appointment only by visiting sbcovid19.com.

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LOCAL NEWS • News San Bernardino County sees deadliest week of coronavirus with 134 deaths InIn thethe county,county, 5252 peoplepeople havehave dieddied sincesince Friday,Friday, Dec. 18

By NIKIE JOHNSON || [email protected] andand BEAU YARBROUGH || [email protected] || PUBLISHED: December 21, 2020 at 3:27 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: December 21, 2020 at 3:27 p.m.

It was the deadliest week for the coronavirus pandemic inin SanSan BernardinoBernardino County.County.

In the county, 134 residents have died in the past seven days, as of Monday, Dec. 21, breaking the record of 129 deaths set Aug. 9 and providing more evidence of thethe cold-weathercold-weather resurgenceresurgence ofof thethe virusvirus thatthat causescauses COVID-19.COVID-19.

There were 52 deaths recorded in San Bernardino County since Friday, Dec. 18. The county did not report coronavirus updates on Sunday, due to database system maintenance, so itʼs not clear how this weekendʼs deaths rank in terms of one-day records. The highest single-day for reported deaths in San Bernardino County occurred Wednesday, Dec. 16, when 63 people died..

As of Dec. 21, a total of 1,375 county residents have died of the disease. A total of 134,337 residents have recovered during the same period.

The county continues to set seven and 14-day records in new cases reported, with 36,154 and 56,017 cases, respectively.

Testing also set a 14-day record, with 274,003 residents tested. A total of 64,688 residents were tested since Friday. https://www.sbsun.com/2020/12/21/san-bernardino-county-sees-deadliest-week-of-coronavirus-with-134-deaths/ 1/4 12/22/2020 San Bernardino County sees deadliest week of coronavirus with 134 deaths – San Bernardino Sun Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the current stay-at-home order covering Southern California will likelylikely bebe extendedextended anotheranother fourfour weeksweeks,, givengiven currentcurrent trends.trends.

Here are the latest numbers, according to county and state public health officials.

San Bernardino County

Confirmed cases: 163,945163,945 total,total, upup 12,83212,832 fromfrom Friday,Friday, averagingaveraging 5,1655,165 reportedreported per day in the past week

Deaths: 1,3751,375 total,total, upup 5252 fromfrom Friday,Friday, averagingaveraging 19.119.1 reportedreported perper dayday inin thethe pastpast week

Hospital survey: 1,5451,545 confirmedconfirmed andand 125125 suspectedsuspected patientspatients hospitalizedhospitalized Sunday,Sunday, Dec. 20, including 329 confirmed and 8 suspected patients in the ICU, with 25 of 25 facilities reporting. The number of confirmed patients is up 21% from a week earlier.

People tested: 1,494,4091,494,409 total,total, upup 64,68864,688 fromfrom Friday,Friday, averagingaveraging 21,18621,186 reportedreported per day in the past week

Resolved cases (estimate): 134,337134,337 total,total, upup 12,53112,531 fromfrom Friday,Friday, averagingaveraging 3,2763,276 per day in the past week

Metrics tracked by the state:

ICU availability: 0.0% across Southern California New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 120.3 Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 60.3 Test positivity rate: 20.1% (24.3% in socioeconomically challenged neighborhoods) What that means: Southern California is under a stay-home order becausebecause ofof thethe lowlow ICUICU availability.availability. WhenWhen thatthat isis lifted,lifted, SanSan BernardinoBernardino CountyCounty willwill return to a color-coded tier withwith restrictionsrestrictions basedbased onon thethe otherother metrics.metrics.

To see a map and list of cases, deaths and per-capita rates by community, click here..

Here is a look at how the countyʼs numbers have changed each day:

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As of Saturday, Dec. 19, the cumulative total those testing positive in Big Bear Valley for COVID-19 hit 575. There have been 114 new cases reported in the past week.

https://bigbeargrizzly.net/news/4742/big-bear-covid-19-cases-inch-toward-600/ 1/9 San Bernardino County hit record numbers several days last week as ICU capacity in Southern California continued to decline. It is now at zero percent in the region. San Bernardino County saw its highest number of new cases on Dec. 17 with 9,383 new cases reported in one day. The next two days saw more than 6,500 cases each day.

Officials around the state are urging people to avoid travel this holiday season. This latest surge in COVID-19 cases was anticipated. The post Thanksgiving surge added to the increase in numbers and it is believed that holiday travel during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period could lead to another spike in January. It’s noted that 150 Americans test positive for COVID-19 every minute.

Travel to Big Bear is allowed. The slopes are open as are snow play areas. While not allowed under the Regional Stay Home order, hotels and vacation rentals are allowed to accept guests in Big Bear. The city of Big Bear Lake will not enforce the order except for egregious violations. San Bernardino County is taking the same approach and has filed legal action against the state of California to allow the county to handle the response to the pandemic locally.

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By DINA COLUNGA Reporter Redlands Community News Dec 17, 2020

Redlands residents line up for COVID-19 tests at University Hall at the University of Redlands. Appointments, available from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, can be made at sbcovid19.com. Redlands Community News photo by David J. Card

San Bernardino County received 15,600 doses of the Pzer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from the state on Wednesday, Dec. 16.

Five high-risk frontline health care workers were the rst in the county to get the vaccine at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.

The vaccine headed to medical facilities across the county by land and air, with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s aviation team ying the cargo to the county’s furthest corners.

San Bernardino County announced plans for distributing COVID-19 vaccines during a press conference on Friday, Dec. 11.

https://www.redlandscommunitynews.com/news/county-using-four-phase-plan-to-distribute-covid-19-vaccine/article_20d1154e-4096-11eb-abae-d3c80… 1/3 12/22/2020 County using four-phase plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccine | News | redlandscommunitynews.com According to county spokesman David Wert, the rst shipments of the vaccines created by Pzer- BioNTech were scheduled to arrive in California on Tuesday, Dec. 15, and Wednesday, Dec. 16. Wert said the county would set a date for the distribution of the rst vaccinations after they arrive. On Thursday, Dec. 17, the Food and Drug Administration was scheduled to consider a second vaccine from Moderna Inc.

Troy Pennington, an emergency room physician at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, explained how the vaccine works.

“The vaccine uses messenger RNA (mRNA) to create a memory of the spike protein found in COVID-19 so the body will recognize and neutralize the foreign invader,” said Pennington. “The vaccine does not contain an active part of the virus. Phizer went through three phases of testing, which enrolled more than 44,000 participants with representatives from all communities. The vaccine is given in two doses and is 95% effective seven days after the second dose. Patients receive the second shot on day 21. After 28 days, the vaccine is 98% effective.

“It is important to know that people can still contract the virus after receiving the vaccine,” continued Pennington. “However, the risk of serious disease and long-term side effects is almost 100% neutralized. Side effects can include pain at the injection site, fatigue and headaches. Allergic reactions can happen, but they can be taken care of with common medications. Only 2% of patients tested had side effects. Also, the rumor that mRNA vaccines can implant anything into someone’s DNA is false.”

According to Andrew Goldfrach, the county’s lead on the vaccination task force, California is receiving 327,000 doses of the vaccine, which will be split by health care providers.

Goldfrach said the county developed a four-phase system where high-risk health care workers would receive the vaccine rst.

“The rst doses will go to health care workers in ICUs and everyone involved in direct care for COVID-19 patients,” he said. “First responders are also in Phase 1A. Phase 1A includes people who are most at risk. Hospital workers, home and community health workers, dialysis center workers and primary care clinic employees.”

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Phase 2 includes K-12 school staff, child care workers, critical workers in essential industries in high-risk settings, moderate-risk people with comorbid and underlying conditions, homeless shelters or group homes for people with disabilities and older adults not included in Phase 1.

Phase 3 includes young adults, children and workers in essential industries. Phase 4 encompasses everyone who did not receive the vaccine in a previous phase.

San Bernardino County Public Health Director Corwin Porter said the county is excited to receive the rst doses after the recent surge in COVID-19 cases started dwindling ICU capacities.

“Unfortunately, the vaccine won’t immediately stop the pandemic or the surge in cases, but it is a great step forward,” said Porter.

“Stafng is one of the biggest challenges. There isn’t enough staff at our hospitals. It’s a problem throughout the state and the nation.”

Pennington said his biggest concern is the upcoming holidays.

“The ICU is full at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center,” said Pennington. “The vaccine won’t make a difference for a couple of months. In February, we should be able to take a breath.”

Goldfrach said the vaccine would be free to everyone.

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HEALTH California Has Lost Control e Golden State was in better shape than most of the country. Now the outbreak there is going from bad to worse.

WHET MOSER DECEMBER 21, 2020

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California is on the verge of breaking a pandemic record from the darkest days of the spring: With 17,750 COVID-19 patients hospitalized yesterday, the state is closing in on New York’s single-day high of 18,825, set on April 13. It’s a shocking turn of events for California, a huge state that, not long ago, had better control of —or luck with—the virus than much of the country.

In October, as the pandemic’s winter surge was beginning to take shape across the U.S., California’s public-health researchers and officials expressed measured optimism that the nation’s most populous state could avoid a disastrous rise in cases. During a press conference on October 19, Governor Gavin Newsom pointed to declining hospitalization rates as a sign of the state’s success, but also warned that the decline was slowing. “We’re beginning to atten out, plateau, as relates to hospitalizations,” he said.

For a moment, such a plateau seemed like the most likely outcome. A week after Newsom’s press conference, the state had 2,991 people hospitalized with COVID- 19, its lowest number since April 10. But the trend quickly reversed, and by November 23, the state’s hospitalizations had doubled to more than 6,000. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/covid-hospitalizations-california-will-break-records/617455/ 1/3 [ Read: e pandemic’s nal surge will be brutal ]

What’s happened since is a worst-case scenario. While California’s per capita hospitalization rate is nowhere near New York at its worst—with 39.5 million people, the Golden State is about twice as populous as New York—the sheer number of patients in the hospital is still a sign of how badly California is doing right now.

Worse yet is how quickly the state reached nearly 18,000 hospitalizations during its current surge. When New York reached its record, it represented a 12 percent increase over the week prior. In California, by contrast, hospitalizations are up 27 percent over last week. With cases in California continuing to rise, more hospitalizations will follow.

ings are much worse in some parts of the state than others. Southern and central California are driving the current surge: 34 percent of the state’s hospitalized patients are in Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous by far. Yesterday, 620 people per million were hospitalized with conrmed COVID-19 there, the fth-highest rate among California counties.

Plus, Los Angeles County contains only a portion of the sprawling metro area. San Bernardino County, Los Angeles County’s neighbor to the east, has an even higher rate of hospitalizations, with 766 per million. Orange County, just south of Los Angeles County, with 561 per million, and Riverside County, east of Orange County, with 540 per million, are also among the 10 California counties with the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rates. Together, these four counties account for more than 11,000 of the state’s 17,750 hospitalized patients.

[ Read: One day, 3,000 deaths ]

Just one other California county with more than 500,000 residents has a higher rate than Los Angeles County—Stanislaus, a food-production center in the Central Valley east of San Francisco with a large population of essential workers, many of whom live in cramped conditions and are unable to stop working during an economic downturn. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/covid-hospitalizations-california-will-break-records/617455/ 2/3 12/22/2020 COVID Hospitalizations in California Will Break Records - The Atlantic e Bay Area is doing better than Southern California, but this surge is still the region’s worst to date. Santa Clara, the Bay Area’s largest county, has the highest rate, with a concerning 323 people hospitalized per million—like Los Angeles County, that’s about three times higher than Santa Clara’s previous high this summer. San Francisco County, home to fewer than 900,000 people, has just 175 hospitalized right now, with a rate one-third that of Los Angeles County. A more expansive denition of the Bay Area might include San Joaquin County, which borders Stanislaus and has a hospitalization rate of 445 per million; the Central Valley region, including Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley, has been approaching its limited intensive-care-unit capacity in recent weeks.

Northern California, as dened by the state for its regional stay-at-home orders, is still better off: 28.7 percent of its ICU beds are available, so it’s not under the state stay-at-home orders that are triggered when ICU capacity falls below 15 percent in a particular area. For comparison, the Bay Area is at 13.7 percent. Greater Sacramento is at 16.2 percent. Meanwhile, the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California are essentially full. California has very little room for error; on December 3, e New York Times reported that only two states had fewer ICU beds in total per capita. By comparison, Poland has nearly the same population and three times as many hospital beds.

[ Read: e U.S. has passed the hospital breaking point ]

Why California—a state that had been an example of a reasonably effective response—and why now? Some officials have pointed to lockdown fatigue. anksgiving alone is not the culprit, as cases were clearly rising in early November. e state’s reversal of fortunes is so sharp and sudden that the reasons remain unclear, but its time as a big and relatively bright spot in a dark winter has denitively come to an end.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/covid-hospitalizations-california-will-break-records/617455/ 3/3 12/22/2020 Riverside County reports 9,360 new coronavirus cases, 9 new deaths

HEALTH Riverside County reports 9,360 new coronavirus cases, 9 additional deaths Monday Laine Henry Palm Springs Desert Sun Published 3:25 p.m. PT Dec. 21, 2020

Riverside County health officials on Monday reported an additional 9,360 coronavirus cases and nine new virus-related deaths since Friday, as the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to shatter records.

The county has confirmed 150,422 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, according to its COVID-19 dashboard. With the addition of nine virus-related fatalities, the county's death total increased to 1,753 on Monday.

The county only reports fatalities, for any cause, after death certificates have been submitted and recorded.

Home to about 2.5 million people, Riverside County is California's fourth most-populous county. It continues to record the third-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state, behind San Bernardino (the second-highest) and Los Angeles counties. Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, also leads counties across the U.S. with more than 623,000 cases reported within its borders.

Coronavirus hospitalizations continued to climb in Riverside County on Monday, with a record-breaking 1,239 COVID-19 patients reported in area hospitals, according to public health officials.

That's an increase of 147 patients from Friday. Of those hospitalized in Riverside County, a record 229 are being cared for in intensive care units — five more than Friday.

In comparison, there were 310 hospitalizations a month ago.

The entire Southern California region is currently under a stay-at-home order applied to regions facing alarmingly low levels of available hospital and intensive care unit https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2020/12/21/riverside-county-reports-9-360-new-coronavirus-cases-9-new-deaths/3999689001/ 1/3 12/22/2020 Riverside County reports 9,360 new coronavirus cases, 9 new deaths

beds. Riverside County dropped to 0% available ICU capacity last week and remained there as of Monday.

Officials are concerned that surging cases could overwhelm the state's health care system; as of Monday, the available ICU capacity in the larger Southern California region was also about 0%, according to the state.

Monday's numbers: Riverside County

Active cases: The number of known, active cases countywide was 76,661 on Monday. The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and recoveries from the current case total, according to the county's executive office.

Recoveries: According to the county, 72,008 people have recovered, which is about 47.9% of its overall cases.

Tests: A total of 1,474,206 coronavirus tests have been administered in Riverside County, according to officials. There were 70,964 additional tests administered since Friday.

Who is contracting the virus?

About 9.8% of COVID-19 cases countywide have been diagnosed among people ages 65 and older. But people over 65 account for about 70.5% of the county's virus-related deaths.

Here are the county's total cases, according to data from health officials, broken down by age:

3,077 cases (2%) were among people ages 0 to 4 14,415 cases (10%) were among people ages 5 to 17 61,520 cases (42.51%) were among people ages 18 to 39 51,724 cases (35.74%) were among people ages 40 to 64 10,606 cases (7.33%) were among people ages 65 to 79 3,380 cases (2.42%) were among people ages 80 years or older

Total deaths, according to data from health officials, are also broken down by age:

1 deaths (.06%) was among people ages 0 to 17 9 deaths (0.51%) were among people ages 18 to 24 76 deaths (4.34%) were among people ages 25 to 44 432 deaths (24.64%) were among people ages 45 to 64 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2020/12/21/riverside-county-reports-9-360-new-coronavirus-cases-9-new-deaths/3999689001/ 2/3 12/22/2020 Riverside County reports 9,360 new coronavirus cases, 9 new deaths

861 deaths (49.12%) were among people ages 65 to 84 374 deaths (21.33%) were among people 85 years or older

Coachella Valley: Cases so far

Officials on Monday reported 1,141 new cases and three additional virus-related deaths in the Coachella Valley. Here's the city and community breakdown, with the numbers in parentheses showing increases from Friday.

Cathedral City: 3,856 cases (+200), 47 deaths (+2) and 2,209 recoveries Coachella: 4,755 cases (+105), 39 deaths and 3,056 recoveries Desert Hot Springs: 2,197 cases (+95), 32 deaths and 1,297 recoveries Indian Wells: 118 cases (+7), 5 deaths and 57 recoveries Indio: 6,860 cases (+279), 105 deaths (+1) and 4,270 recoveries La Quinta: 1,679 cases (+87), 23 deaths and 991 recoveries Palm Desert: 2,056 cases (+85), 67 deaths and 1,178 recoveries Palm Springs: 2,026 cases (+106), 68 deaths and 1,243 recoveries Rancho Mirage: 512 cases (+25), 25 deaths and 274 recoveries Unincorporated communities: Bermuda Dunes: 315 cases (+13), 4 deaths and 164 recoveries; Desert Edge: 173 cases (+16), 5 deaths and 80 recoveries; Desert Palms: 126 cases (+12), 7 deaths and 58 recoveries; Garnet: 490 cases (+21), 5 deaths and 260 recoveries; Mecca: 713 cases (+16), 12 deaths (-1) and 510 recoveries; North Shore: 247 cases (+6), 1 death and 182 recoveries; Oasis: 546 cases (+16), 6 deaths and 387 recoveries; Sky Valley: 91 cases (+8), 2 deaths and 53 recoveries; Thermal: 300 cases (+12), 4 deaths and 205 recoveries; Thousand Palms: 530 cases (+27), 2 death and 282 recoveries; Vista Santa Rosa: 192 cases (+5), 1 death and 112 recoveries California: 1,892,348 cases (+37,892) and 22,676 deaths (+83)

Laine Henry is an intern at The Desert Sun. You may reach him at [email protected].

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NEWS California desperately searches for more nurses and doctors as COVID-19 cases surge Daisy Nguyen Associated Press Published 9:23 p.m. PT Dec. 21, 2020

Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the U.S., Sara Houze has been on the road — going from one hospital to another to care for COVID-19 patients on the brink of death.

A cardiac intensive care nurse from Washington, D.C., with expertise in heart rhythm, airway and pain management, her skills are in great demand as infections and hospitalizations skyrocket nationwide. Houze is among more than 500 nurses, doctors and other medical staff California has brought in and deployed to hospitals that are running out of capacity to treat the most severe COVID-19 cases.

Her six-week assignment started Monday in San Bernardino, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, and she anticipates working 14-hour shifts with a higher-than-usual caseload. San Bernardino County has 1,545 people in hospitals and more than 125 are in makeshift "surge" beds, which are being used because regular hospital space isn't available.

"I expect patients to die. That's been my experience: they die, I put them in body bags, the room gets cleaned and then another patient comes," Houze said.

Much of California has exhausted its usual ability to staff intensive care beds, and the nation's most populated state is desperately searching for 3,000 temporary medical workers to meet demand. State officials are reaching out to foreign partners in places like Australia and Taiwan amid a shortage of temporary medical workers in the U.S., particularly nurses trained in critical care.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state has relationships with countries that provide aid during crises such as wildfires.

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"We're now in a situation where we have surges all across the country, so nobody has many nurses to spare," said Dr. Janet Coffman, a professor of public policy at the University of California, San Francisco.

California hospitals typically turn to staffing agencies during flu season, when they rely on travel nurses to meet patient care needs. It is the only state in the nation with strict nurse-to- patient ratios requiring hospitals to provide one nurse for every two patients in intensive care and one nurse for every four patients in emergency rooms, for example.

However, those ratio requirements are being waived at many hospitals as virus cases surge.

But the pool of available travel nurses is drying up as demand for them jumped to 44% over the last month, with California, Texas, Florida, New York and Minnesota requesting the most extra staff, according to San Diego-based health care staffing firm Aya Healthcare. It is one of two companies contracted by California to fulfill hospitals' staffing requests.

"We are hiring like crazy and working insane hours," said Sophia Morris, vice president of account management at Aya Healthcare.

Dr. Mark Ghaly, California's Health and Human Services secretary, said the state is "lucky to get two-thirds" of its requests for travel nurses fulfilled right now.

It's a sharp contrast from the spring, when Newsom ordered the nation's first stay-at-home order. As infection rates slowed and hospitals voluntarily suspended elective surgeries for weeks, health care providers from California flew to New York to help their overworked colleagues.

This time, many hospitals are postponing procedures that are not emergencies, said Jan Emerson-Shea, a spokeswoman for the California Hospital Association. California also has opened alternative care facilities for people with less serious illnesses to save hospital beds for the sickest patients.

That also means hospitals have fewer nurses to deploy to ICUs from other units, Coffman said. And many health workers became infected or have had to quarantine because they were exposed to someone with COVID-19 during the surge, she said.

Another factor is the dip in the number of nurses 60 and older. In a survey of the state's 320,000 registered nurses, many older nurses told researchers at UCSF's Healthforce Center that they stopped working out of concern for their or their family's health, said Joanne Spetz, the center's associate director of research. https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2020/12/21/covid-19-california-desperately-searches-more-nurses-doctors/4004195001/ 2/4 12/22/2020 COVID-19: California desperately searches for more nurses, doctors

Houze, 50, said she's able to travel to work because her twin sons are in college but not without contracting a mild case of COVID-19 somewhere along the way.

On Monday, more than 17,000 people were hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infections — more than double the previous peak reached in July — and a state model that uses current data to forecast future trends shows the number could reach nearly 100,000 by January.

More than 3,600 COVID-19 patients were in intensive care units.

Dr. Marc Futernick, an emergency room physician in Los Angeles who is on the board of the California chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, helped set up a Los Angeles surge hospital last spring. Now, he's fielding texts and phone calls asking when it will reopen.

"The surge hospital is not going to open again. There would be no way to staff it," he said.

Ghaly, head of state Health and Human Services, said entire areas of California may run out of room even in surge capacity units "by the end of the month and early in January." It's trying to avoid that by opening makeshift hospitals in places like gymnasiums, tents and a vacant NBA arena, and sending patients to parts of the state with empty beds.

Newsom this spring sought to reinforce fatigued medical workers by creating a paid volunteer California Health Corps, and he touted the many thousands who signed up.

But with cases skyrocketing now, just 28 members are working at 13 facilities.

The number has dwindled even after Newsom made repeated appeals for more retired medical professionals to sign up.

The state is updating its planning guide for how hospitals would ration care if everyone can't get the treatment they need.

A document recently circulated among doctors at the four hospitals run by Los Angeles County calls for them to shift strategy: instead of trying everything to save a life, their goal during the crisis is to save as many patients as possible. That means those less likely to survive won't get the same kind of care offered in normal times.

Houze said her online community of nurses is offering webinars about moral distress because many of them have had to change the way they care for patients.

"The patients that aren't yet intubated, and even the ones intubated, aren't getting the kind of https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2020/12/21/covid-19-california-desperately-searches-more-nurses-doctors/4004195001/nursing care that I want to give them because our resources are so limited and time is taxed,"3/4 12/22/2020 COVID-19: California desperately searches for more nurses, doctors

she said. "It's really disheartening."

Associated Press writer Don Thompson in Sacramento contributed to this report.

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THINGS TO DORESTAURANTS FOOD AND DRINK • News These Inland Empire restaurants closed permanently in 2020

Taylor’s Bar & Grill is on Barton Road near Redlands. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

By FIELDING BUCK || [email protected]@scng.com || TheThe Press-EnterprisePress-Enterprise December 21, 2020 at 9:33 a.m.

Every year is a challenge for restaurant operators, but 2020 will likely see an even larger number of restaurants close for good, due to the novel coronavirus pandemicʼs devastatingdevastating impactimpact onon thethe diningdining industry.industry.

https://www.pe.com/2020/12/21/these-inland-empire-restaurants-closed-permanently-in-2020/ 1/5 12/22/2020 These Inland Empire restaurants closed permanently in 2020 – Press Enterprise The National Restaurant Association estimates that one in six restaurants havehave closed permanently or for a long term in the United States.

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The picture is murky, but here are some notable businesses that have gone away this year in the Inland Empire.

Chains

Augieʼs Coffee: ThisThis RedlandsRedlands roastingroasting companycompany waswas anan InlandInland successsuccess storystory forfor aa decade,decade, butbut abruptly closed its five coffee houses onon JulyJuly 44 asas manymany ofof itsits employees attempted to unionize. It had locations in Redlands, Riverside, and Claremont. It closed its online service in mid-December afterafter thethe NationalNational Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint against it. Augieʼs stated on its website that the closures were due to the pandemic, not labor issues.

Burgerim: ThisThis franchise-dependentfranchise-dependent chainchain waswas soso troubledtroubled inin 20202020 thatthat Sen.Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., called for an investigationinvestigation ofof itsits businessbusiness practicespractices.. Among the stores closed were the firstfirst U.S.U.S. Burgerim,Burgerim, inin MontclairMontclair,, andand aa locationlocation inin MorenoMoreno Valley.Valley.

Cucaʼs Mexican Food: ThisThis RedlandsRedlands chainchain closedclosed oneone ofof itsits restaurantsrestaurants nearnear Loma Linda. Huichoʼs Mexican Food, also in Redlands, quickly opened a second location in the space.

Hometown Buffet: ThisThis chainchain closedclosed allall ofof itsits locationslocations earlyearly inin thethe pandemic,pandemic, and it appears that most in Southern California wonʼt reopen. Permanent closure was announced for restaurants in Hemet andand Downey,, butbut liquidationliquidation auctions were held at seven other sites,, includingincluding LomaLoma Linda,Linda, withwith nono wordword toto date from the chainʼs parent company VitaNova Brands.

Outback Steakhouse:: TheThe franchisefranchise ownerowner ofof thisthis Australian-themedAustralian-themed restaurant closed its Moreno Valley location inin July,July, citingciting thethe endend ofof itsits lease.lease.

Pacific Fish Grill: ThisThis seafoodseafood chainchain shutshut remainingremaining locationslocations throughoutthroughout Southern California, including restaurants in Eastvale and Chino Hills..

Slaterʼs 50/50: ThisThis burgerburger chainʼschainʼs RanchoRancho CucamongaCucamonga locationlocation closed after suffering water damage inin latelate FebruaryFebruary andand nevernever reopened.reopened.

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Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery: ThisThis Celtic-themedCeltic-themed sportssports barbar chainchain closed its Moreno Valley location shortlyshortly beforebefore St.St. PatrickʼsPatrickʼs Day.Day. TheThe chainchain quietlyquietly departed Rancho Cucamonga as well and was replaced by a Mexican restaurant called Luxe Kitchen & Cantina inin October.October.

Riverside County

& Burgers: TheThe latestlatest burgerburger eateryeatery inin thethe foodfood courtcourt ofof RiversideʼsRiversideʼs CanyonCanyon Crest Towne Centre closed during the summer and was replaced by a business with an eclectic menu called Lenoirʼs Bistro & Bakery..

à la minute ice cream: TheThe RedlandsRedlands iceice creamcream shopshop onceonce hadhad outpostsoutposts inin threethree counties.counties. ButBut storesstores inin OrangeOrange andand ClaremontClaremont closedclosed inin 2019,2019, followedfollowed inin March by space shared with Augieʼs Coffee nextnext toto TemeculaʼsTemeculaʼs Cookhouse Food Hall at Vail Headquarters.. NowNow onlyonly thethe originaloriginal locationlocation remains.remains.

Riverside Food Lab: TheThe cityʼscityʼs firstfirst foodfood hallhall itsits firstfirst turnaroundturnaround sincesince itit opened in 2018. Masala Mischief, Sweet Combforts and Freely Raw left, to be replaced by Babaʼs Chicken ,, Dadʼs Icecream & Boba,, andand Maki Bomb.. MasalaMasala Mischief opened in a space at University Village at 1223 University Ave. in Riverside. Space vacated by Augieʼs Coffee at the Food Lab was taken over by Mi Cafecito Coffee, based in Pomona.

San Bernardino County

New York Grill: ThisThis finefine diningdining andand jazzjazz establishmentestablishment outsideoutside ofof OntarioOntario Mills shut its doors in late June and quietly disappeared amidamid thethe pandemic.pandemic.

Rogerʼs Burgers: TheThe SanSan BernardinoBernardino homehome ofof thethe “4×4“4×4 WildWild && RecklessReckless Burger” was boarded up and fenced off inin October,October, eveneven thoughthough itʼsitʼs stillstill listenedlistened asas openopen onon itsits website.website.

Rossaʼs Cucina Enoteca: ThisThis ItalianItalian restaurantrestaurant nearnear OntarioOntario InternationalInternational Airport opened as Rosaʼs Italian Restaurant in 1988. It said its goodbye on Facebook earlyearly inin November.November.

Taylorʼs Bar & Grill: ThisThis taverntavern betweenbetween RedlandsRedlands andand LomaLoma LindaLinda openedopened inin 1934 and weathered the Great Depression and everything else up until the pandemic. But having to shut down for COVID-19, plus other financial pressures, caused its current owners to close inin hopeshopes ofof reopeningreopening inin anotheranother location.location. https://www.pe.com/2020/12/21/these-inland-empire-restaurants-closed-permanently-in-2020/ 3/5 12/22/2020 These Inland Empire restaurants closed permanently in 2020 – Press Enterprise The Wall: SplashSplash KingdomKingdom waterparkwaterpark inin RedlandsRedlands attemptedattempted toto rebrandrebrand itselfitself as a gastropub latelate inin 2019.2019. TheThe entireentire 17-acre17-acre facilityfacility hashas beenbeen closed,closed, damaged by fires in May andand October.. SanSan BernardinoBernardino CountyʼsCountyʼs PublicPublic HealthHealth Department suspended the permit of its main kitchen afterafter thethe MayMay fire.fire.

Tole-House Cafe: ThisThis breakfastbreakfast placeplace inin RanchoRancho CucamongaCucamonga waswas originallyoriginally foundedfounded byby MikeMike andand JenniferJennifer Towles,Towles, whowho wentwent onon createcreate CorkyʼsCorkyʼs KitchenKitchen andand Bakery. It was bulldozed over the summer. San Bernardino County food inspectorsinspectors whowho attemptedattempted anan inspectioninspection atat thethe addressaddress inin OctoberOctober reportedreported “the facility could not be located.” ÿ ÿÿÿ !

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FEATURED County denies school district's request to reopen schools

Karen daSilva Dec 22, 2020

Rosilicie Bogh (back row, at left) and Cathy Bogh Coate (back row, fourth from left), anked by members of their family.

After being denied its waiver to reopen for some in-person learning by the county health department, the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unied School District considered the option of small cohorts at its Tuesday board meeting.

https://www.newsmirror.net/news/schools/county-denies-school-districts-request-to-reopen-schools/article_4881dfd8-43bb-11eb-97bf-c78544c602f4.html 1/3 12/22/2020 County denies school district's request to reopen schools | Schools | newsmirror.net Small cohorts are groups of no more than 14 students and two adults who meet for targeted supports and intervention services, under the direction of the local district, while the school is closed to in-person instruction, according to the state’s COVID-19 website.

Small cohorts are in addition to distance learning.

Waiver denied

Superintendent Cali Binks said she was not surprised the district’s waiver to reopen elementary schools for some in-person learning was denied by the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, given Yucaipa’s high rate of daily COVID-19 cases.

“We monitor the case rates, with the increase we were not surprised,” she said in an email. “We submitted when we were under the threshold of 14 percent (per 100,000 residents), and had the numbers not increased, we would have been able to open.”

The district submitted its waiver application on Friday, Nov. 13. It was denied Dec. 4, a day after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his new restrictions that are tied to low ICU capacity in regional hospitals.

The Southern California region, including San Bernardino and Riverside counties, is under a stay- home order, as of Dec. 15.

As of the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, Yucaipa had a daily case rate of 51.6 percent per 100,000 residents, according to a letter the district sent to parents and staff, explaining why the waiver was denied. It was a sharp increase from two to three weeks earlier when the district submitted its application.

The district will not need to resubmit its waiver application for transitional kindergarten through fth grade.

It will be automatic.

“When the case rate comes down,” Binks said, “the health department will send our waiver package for all elementary sites to the state for review and approval.”

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NEWS Christmas events in Hesperia and Victorville help the needy amid COVID-19 pandemic Rene Ray De La Cruz Victorville Daily Press Published 3:49 p.m. PT Dec. 21, 2020

'Twas the weekend before Christmas and all through the valley, Santa’s elves were busy handing out toys to children like Zoey, Joey and Allie.

Volunteers with the Desert Mountain Children’s Center and Victor Valley Rescue Mission distributed food boxes and toys to nearly 2,000 children and their families during the annual “Great Christmas Toy Giveaway” on Saturday at the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds in Victorville.

Later that evening, the nonprofit High Desert Second Chance also hosted a drive-through food and toy giveaway at its warehouse in Hesperia. The event was held in connection with the VVRM event earlier that day.

Another event on Saturday was the Christmas toy giveaway hosted by Victory Outreach and the Community Health Action Network at the VO church in downtown Victorville.

CHAN Executive Director C.J. Page said that nearly 2,000 children received gifts such as bicycles, dolls, tablets, game equipment and more.

CHAN Program Director Kisha Collier said that despite the COVID-19 pandemic and various shutdowns, CHAN and VO decided to spread holiday joy because “Love still conquers all.”

Victorville Mayor Debra Jones said that the local holiday events held on Saturday across the High Desert were important for children and their families during a “stressful year” that included shutdowns, quarantines and canceled events amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“There are many families across the Victor Valley that needed an infusion of hope and joy,” Jones said. “It’s good to know that our communities came together to make that happen.”

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“The look of joy on the faces of these children when they receive a bag of toys is worth all the months of preparation,” said VVRM Outreach Coordinator Mike Meyer. “We have a great group of volunteers who came together to play Santa’s elves for thousands of children across the High Desert.”

Members of the Tuba Force band played Christmas carols while Santa Claus, also wearing a mask, greeted a long line of cars entering the fairgrounds.

Posted signs on the property directed drivers to tune into an FM station that played a pre- recorded segment that included holiday music, VVRM information and a message of hope from Jones and Impact Church Pastor Dane Davis.

As a sign of appreciation to the volunteers, Zoey Rome, 9, sat in the front seat of her family’s car and held out a large sign that read “Happy Holidays From The Rome Fam.”

“Thank you for everything,” said Rome, as volunteers filled her vehicle with bags of toys and food boxes packed with fresh produce and dairy products.

On Saturday evening, HDSC transformed its warehouse property in Hesperia, where volunteers handed out food and toys to more than 800 children and their families.

An army of inflatable Santas flanked the entrance to the HDSC property that was decorated with Christmas trees, holiday lights and oversized gift boxes. Holiday music filled the air as volunteers danced and Santa Claus strolled the venue.

Peering out a passenger side window, 8-year-old Allie Strunk smiled as Santa Claus approached her car and asked her what she wanted for Christmas.

“A new bike and some Hot Wheels for my brother, Joey," said the girl, as she wiggled excitedly in her seat, her brother fast asleep in the back seat.

Allie’s mother, Susan Strunk, said the HDSC drive-through event was a “godsend” that came “just in the nick of time” for her family.

“Things are tight at home, so getting a box of food and some toys tonight really helps,” said Strunk, whose family lives in Hesperia. “Someone even offered us a free Christmas tree.”

Strunk said she and her husband, Joseph, began struggling financially after they were both laid off from full-time restaurant jobs after the state shut down in-restaurant dining earlier this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rockabilly Mafia Dolls Director Sylvia Romo stood next to several classic cars illuminated with holiday lights as she and her team handed out toys and candy.

“This is such a beautiful event for our community,” Romo said. “There’s a lot of volunteers here from several groups and they all did an amazing job putting this Christmas event together.”

Earlier this month, the Victor Valley Transit Authority collaborated with the Walmart Supercenter in Victorville during its inaugural “Fill the Bus Toy Drive” to help the VVRM with its giveaway event.

Residents filled the VVTA bus with over 2,000 toys as the bus was parked in front of the Walmart on Amargosa Road, said VVRM Director Bill Edwards, who thanked High Desert residents, VVTA and store personnel for their support.

“Everyone at Victor Valley Transit was thrilled to partner up with the Rescue Mission,” said VVTA spokesman Chris Ackerman in a statement. “During such a difficult year on many levels, it was heartwarming to see our community come together and fill up our bus with toys that will be donated to High Desert children that may not otherwise have something to open this Christmas.”

Edwards said the outreaches in Hesperia and Victorville were a success, mainly due to “the Lord’s intervention” and the support of several individuals, businesses and nonprofits, including:

Apple Valley Women’s Club Archibald’s Restaurant Beaver Family Cemex Community Action Partnership San Bernardino David Dupree and Friends Desert Valley Hospital Happy Feet Sole to Soul Raiders Booster Club Santa Claus Inc. Sparks of Love Valley Food Bank

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“This year has offered unique challenges and needs within our community,” Edwards said. “But at the same time, it has shown the compassion and generosity of our High Desert community.”

Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at 760-951-6227 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @DP_ReneDeLaCruz.

https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/2020/12/21/christmas-outreaches-help-needy-amid-covid-19-pandemic/3988374001/ 4/4 COVID-19 American Ambulance will only transport Fresno County 911 callers who have life- threatening or emergency conditions

Instead of transferring patients to a local hospital, paramedics will evaluate them first.

By Gilbert Magallon

Monday, December 21, 2020 7:54PM

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The way American Ambulance responds to your 911 calls in Fresno County is changing.

As of Monday, only patients with life-threatening and emergency conditions will be transferred to the hospital. https://abc30.com/american-ambulance-fresno-county-911-emergency-call/8962755/ 2/8 12/22/2020 American Ambulance will only transport Fresno County 911 callers who have life-threatening or emergency conditions - ABC30 Fresno

"If you feel like you need to call 911, if your family member is sick and you need to call 911, call 911," said Edgar Escobedo, American Ambulance operations manager. "We are going to be there, we are going to assess that patient and if necessary we are going to transfer that patient."

The new Assess and Refer Policy was implemented Monday to relieve overwhelmed emergency rooms.

Escobedo said instead of transferring patients to a local hospital, paramedics will evaluate them first.

Their condition will then determine if they go to the hospital or if they're referred to an urgent care facility, their primary care doctor, or telemedicine.

But there are exceptions.

"If that patient wants to go to the emergency department or if there is a loved one that wants that patient to go to the emergency department then by all means we are going to take that patient to the emergency department," he said.

Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig said ERs within the county are experiencing a surge of patients with and without COVID.

He said at the moment there simply isn't enough space for patients in emergency rooms.

"We want to make sure that those individuals that are going to the emergency rooms truly need that emergency service there," he said.

But Fresno County isn't the first to implement this kind of policy.

San Bernardino County in southern California adopted the change last month.

Health officials say this could improve capacity at ERs by nearly 25%.

"There are a number of patients in the emergency department waiting for beds to actually be transferred into the hospital waiting for ICU beds because those beds are taken up," said https://abc30.com/american-ambulance-fresno-county-911-emergency-call/8962755/ 3/8 12/22/2020 American Ambulance will only transport Fresno County 911 callers who have life-threatening or emergency conditions - ABC30 Fresno Escobedo.

Magsig said other counties are also looking at implementing the policy. This could include, Madera, Tulare, and Kings Counties.

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NEWSCRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY • Opinion Columnist San Bernardino is California’s most dangerous city, by this math MoneyGeek: Thousand Oaks, California's safest place to live

By JONATHAN LANSNER || [email protected]@scng.com || OrangeOrange CountyCounty Register PUBLISHED: December 22, 2020 at 8:13 a.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: December 22, 2020 at 9:10 a.m.

When you look at one financial measure of crime, San Bernardino is the stateʼs most dangerous city and Thousand Oaks, the safest.

An intriguing safety scorecard with an economic twist was created by MoneyGeek, a financial website, and analyzes the cost of crime per resident in 300 large U.S. cities, including 73 in California.

The analysts combined traditional per-capita FBI crime statistics with a measurement of the societal cost of crime. MoneyGeek used academic research fromfrom professorsprofessors atat thethe UniversityUniversity ofof MiamiMiami andand thethe UniversityUniversity ofof Colorado,Colorado, DenverDenver who looked at the economic losses suffered by victims plus what government spends on police, the legal system and jails.

The cost of crime in the city of San Bernardino was estimated by MoneyGeek at $3,959 per resident. My trusty spreadsheet tells me thatʼs the highest per-capita cost among the 73 large cities in the state and 10th highest among the overall 300 nationwide. MoneyGeek found the city had the second-highest violent crime rate among these California cities and the fourth-highest property crime rate.

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This same study scored Thousand Oaks as the safest big city in the state (No. 2 nationally) with a $163 crime cost per resident. It had the third-lowest rates for violent crime and property crime in California.

Irvine was graded as the stateʼs No. 2 safest city (No. 5 nationally) with its $194 crime cost. It had the lowest violent crime rate and the fifth-lowest property crime level.

To be honest, rankings are typically part science and part art and should be viewed with some skepticism — and for their entertainment value.

So many of us love such scorecards comparing where we live with other places. Well, we hate them when the results are disappointing. But at a minimum, they can be great discussion starters.

Look at what this MoneyGeek study broadly suggests: California has relatively safe big cities. My trusty spreadsheet reveals the 73 Golden State cities in the report averaged a $1,253 crime cost per resident vs. $2,007 for the 227 other U.S. cities ranked by MoneyGeek.

Hereʼs how other cities in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group fared in Money Geekʼs rankings, ranked from safest to most dangerous …

Los Angeles County

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Santa Clarita: No. 4 safest in the state (No. 13 of 300 nationally) on $315 crime cost president. Violent crime? No. 6 of California cities studied. Property crime? No. 2 of the 73. Burbank: No. 13 in state (No. 34 U.S.) on $440 cost. Violent crime? No. 13. Property? No. 50. Glendale: No. 16 in state (No. 40 U.S.) on $467 cost. Violent crime? No. 4. Property? No. 16. El Monte: No. 19 in state (No. 57 U.S.) on $579 cost. Violent crime? No. 23. Property? No. 12. Downey: No. 34 in state (No. 108 U.S.) on $853 cost. Violent crime? No. 29. Property? No. 36. Pasadena: No. 38 in state (No. 114 U.S.) on $926 cost. Violent crime? No. 47. Property? No. 27. Inglewood: No. 40 in state (No. 117 U.S.) on $939 cost. Violent crime? No. 61. Property? No. 34. West Covina: No. 43 in state (No. 121 U.S.) on $971 cost. Violent crime? No. 21. Property? No. 38. Norwalk: No. 46 in state (No. 131 U.S.) on $1,047 cost. Violent crime? No. 44. Property? No. 11. Palmdale: No. 51 in the state (No. 143 U.S.) on $1,113 cost. Violent crime? No. 46. Property? No. 8. Long Beach: No. 59 in the state (No. 181 U.S.) on $1,487 cost. Violent crime? No. 56. Property? No. 47. Lancaster: No. 61 in the state (No. 195 U.S.) on $1,609 cost. Violent crime? No. 69. Property? No. 32. Los Angeles: No. 62 in the state (No. 197 U.S.) on $1,647 cost. Violent crime? No. 65. Property? No. 46. Pomona: No. 65 in the state (No. 203 U.S.) on $1,714 cost. Violent crime? No. 62. Property? No. 53.

Orange County

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Orange: No. 14 safest in state (No. 36 of 300 nationally) on $456 crime cost per resident. Violent crime? No. 7 of California cities studied. Property crime? No. 14 of the 73. Huntington Beach: No. 15 in state (No. 38 U.S.) on $464 crime cost. Violent crime? No. 15. Property? No. 30. Costa Mesa: No. 17 in state (No. 50 U.S.) on $524 crime cost. Violent crime? No. 25. Property? No. 61. Fullerton: No. 23 in state (No. 70 U.S.) on $640 crime cost. Violent crime? No. 24. Property? No. 41. Anaheim: No. 28 in state (No. 93 U.S.) on $752 crime cost. Violent crime? No. 30. Property? No. 44. Garden Grove: No. 33 in state (No. 103 U.S.) on $832 crime cost. Violent crime? No. 28. Property? No. 42. Santa Ana: No. 50 in state (No. 138 nationally) on $1,076 crime cost. Violent crime? No. 49. Property? No. 29.

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Riverside County

Temecula: No. 8 safest in the state (No. 20 of 300 nationally) on $358 crime cost per resident. Violent crime? No. 8 of California cities studied. Property crime? No. 40 of the 73. Murrieta: No. 12 in state (No. 32 nationally) on $439 cost. Violent crime? No. 2. Property? No. 4. Corona: No. 21 in state (No. 59 nationally) on $581 cost. Violent crime? No. 12. Property? No. 28. Jurupa Valley: No. 47 in state (No. 132 nationally) on $1,049 cost. Violent crime? No. 27. Property? No. 43. Riverside: No. 55 in state (No. 165 nationally) on $1,304 cost. Violent crime? No. 55. Property? No. 56. Moreno Valley: No. 56 in state (No. 168 nationally) on $1,329 cost. Violent crime? No. 41. Property? No. 51.

San Bernardino County

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Rancho Cucamonga: No. 26 safest in the state (No. 81 of 300 nationally) on $680 crime cost per resident. Violent crime? No. 26 of California cities studied. Property crime? No. 22 of the 73. Fontana: No. 31 in state (No. 99 nationally) on $809 cost. Violent crime? No. 34. Property? No. 9. Ontario: No. 53 in state (No. 147 nationally) on $1,159 cost. Violent crime? No. 38. Property? No. 45. Victorville: No. 58 in state (No. 180 nationally) on $1,475 cost. Violent crime? No. 66. Property? No. 19. Rialto: No. 64 in state (No. 201 nationally) on $1,677 cost. Violent crime? No. 59. Property? No. 58. 12/22/2020 Which California county voted the most? The least? | CalMatters

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Which California county voted the most? The least? Let’s compare

BY MICHAEL LOZANO DECEMBER 21, 2020

Poll workers use tongs to collect ballots and hand out stickers at a curbside voting location at Alameda County courthouse on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California voters are as diverse as its geography, from mountain ranges to valley farmland to forests and beaches. So a look at official voting results released this month shows notable differences in who turned out, how we voted, and where we voted.

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More than half of California’s record 17.8 million ballots cast came from just five counties: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Santa Clara. That’s partly because most of our counties are small and reported fewer than 100,000 voters this election.

The larger, urban areas typically rolled out new gadgets and relied more on polling places or vote centers. In mountainous counties like Siskiyou, voters preferred to vote by mail. Along the southern border, many Imperial County residents faced language barriers.

The diverse state makes for varied voter outcomes in turnout and registration rates. Who knew Alpine County would cast the fewest ballots? Or San Bernardino would have the lowest registration rate among the largest counties? Or that the counties with the lowest turnout would have the highest in-person voting? We dug into the Secretary of State’s data from the recent election and from the 2016 general election to show the numbers behind this fall’s vote.

For purposes of this data dive, percents are rounded off. In addition, we considered small counties to be those with up to 99,999 voters this election, medium-sized counties between 100,000 and 499,999, and large counties above 500,000. That made for 31 small counties, 18 medium-sized, and nine large ones.

Follow along for a fast look at our state’s election results.

Where were the most — and least — ballots cast?

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Los Angeles County didn’t just cast the most ballots in California, it cast the most of any local jurisdiction in the nation, according to the county’s registrar. Tiny Alpine County, which borders Nevada just east of Sacramento and south of Lake Tahoe, didn’t even crack 1,000 ballots.

Los Angeles County: 4.34 million ballots cast

Alpine County: 749 ballots cast

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Counties with the highest registered voter turnout

Statewide, about 81% of registered voters turned out to vote, a rate not seen since Led Zeppelin’s heyday and Jimmy Carter’s presidential win in 1976. The counties below helped California boost its civic engagement.

Small counties Medium-sized counties Large counties

Nevada County 89% Sonoma County 90% Orange County 87%

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Counties with the lowest registered voter turnout

But not all is golden in California election turnout — and some counties were below average. In some cases, such as with Los Angeles, tallying record numbers of ballots didn’t translate to voters turning out at high

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levels. Low turnout areas tend to be lower income, less educated, and more ethnically diverse, a Votebeat analysis showed.

Small counties Medium-sized counties Large counties

Imperial County 68% Kern County 73% Los Angeles County 75%

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Counties with highest vote-by-mail ballot use

When Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, about a fifth of California voters had used their vote-by-mail (or absentee) ballot to vote. That number has been increasing since then. The pandemic this year prompted California to mail all registered voters their ballot, driving the number to 87%. Here’s a caveat about where more voters used mailed ballots: counties are allowed to count mailed ballots that are dropped off at vote centers or drop boxes in this category. Our analysis here excludes three small counties that already exclusively voted by mail — Alpine, Sierra, and Plumas — as well as six counties that counted every ballot as vote by mail even if cast in person. Those counties include Lassen, Sutter, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Trinity, and Merced.

Small counties Medium-sized counties Large counties

Mendocino County 99% Butte County 96% Santa Clara County 93%

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Counties with most voters voting in-person

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Despite the pandemic and social distancing concerns, some voters did not trust their ballot would be counted if they cast it through the mail. Or, they needed help voting or just like to vote in person. While it is not conclusive, some studies have linked vote-by-mail to higher turnout. So it makes sense that Imperial County and Los Angeles County — both with lower turnout — would head the list of in-person voting.

Small counties Medium-sized counties Large counties

Los Angeles County 21% Imperial County 38% Tulare County 15% (top third statewide)

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Counties with largest turnout increase and decrease from 2016

This is a category where it didn’t matter if a county was urban or rural — almost all saw a bump in registered voter turnout compared to the 2016 general election. But three counties (Imperial, Tulare, and Plumas) actually reported decreases in turnout, even as they saw higher than average registration growth. An Imperial County spokesperson said, “there were also many of our voters that were not accustomed to receiving mail-in ballots.” In Plumas, a BallotTrax program confused voters by sending canned messages about polling places, despite having none.

San Joaquin County: largest increase Imperial County: biggest decrease

From 69% in 2016 to 80% in 2020 From 70% in 2016 to 68% in 2020

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Who’s doing the best job of registering voters?

About 88% of eligible Californians are now registered to vote. The last time California topped that figure was in 1940 when it surpassed 96%, an analysis of historic data shows. A large and growing population might make it difficult to keep registration levels high, but some counties show it can be done.

Highest Voter Registration Rate: Marin County 97%

Lowest Registration Rate: Merced County 72%

Highest Voter Registration Rate by County size:

Small counties Medium-sized counties Large counties

Nevada County 96% Marin County 97% Los Angeles County 95%

Lowest Voter Registration Rate by County Size:

Small counties Medium-sized counties Large counties

Merced County 72% Tulare County 75% San Bernardino County 83%

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Where registration rates have improved — and gone south

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The good news for almost all counties is that they increased their voter registration rate since the 2016 general election — with one notable exception. San Francisco’s registration rate decreased by 1 percentage point to 78% this election cycle. Tiny Alpine County, however, outdid the rest of the state when it reported the biggest increase, jumping 18 percentage points from 76% to 94%. Among large counties, San Bernardino shifted the most, jumping 15 percentage points from 68% to 83%.

Small counties Medium-sized counties Large counties

Alpine County Tulare County San Bernardino County 18 percentage points 16 percentage points 15 percentage points From 76% in 2016 to 94% From 59% in 2016 to 75% From 68% in 2016 to 83% in 2020 in 2020 in 2020

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This is why every vote matters

In Orange County, one voter wrongly marked the choice for a school board candidate outside the designated box. The result was a literal tie, leaving the seat’s fate up to the school district.

Five—yes, just five— votes made the difference in the Santee City Council race, giving the nod to Republican Dustin Trotter. Thirty-six ballots were excluded from the original count for reasons including missing or mismatched signatures and a postmark after election day.

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