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LOCAL NEWS •• News San Bernardino County coronavirus hospitalizations jump 48% in one week

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San Bernardino County recorded its fourth-highest single-day jump in the number of new coronavirus casescases —— 1,9421,942 —— andand itsits highest-everhighest-ever one-dayone-day increaseincrease inin testtest resultsresults —— 36,27436,274 —— Saturday,Saturday, Nov.Nov. 28,28, accordingaccording toto datadata releasedreleased over the weekend.

The county had 781 COVID-19 patients in hospitals Sunday, Nov. 29, up 48% fromfrom aa weekweek ago.ago. SinceSince Wednesday,Wednesday, Nov.Nov. 25,25, whenwhen SanSan BernardinoBernardino CountyCounty tiedtied itsits recordrecord forfor coronaviruscoronavirus hospitalizations,hospitalizations, thethe numbernumber ofof hospitalizedhospitalized patientspatients rose by 22%, from 638 to 781.

According to state reopening tier data, the countyʼs positivity rate — the rate at which COVID-19 tests come back positive — rose from 13.7% on Tuesday, Nov. 24, to 13.9% on Saturday, Nov. 28 — the sixth-worst rate in California. https://www.pe.com/2020/11/30/san-bernardino-county-coronavirus-hospitalizations-jump-48-in-one-week/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_co… 1/4 12/1/2020 San Bernardino County coronavirus hospitalizations jump 48% in one week – Press Enterprise Here are the latest numbers, according to county and state public health officials.

San Bernardino County

Confirmed cases: 93,67193,671 total,total, upup 3,4493,449 fromfrom Friday,Friday, Nov.Nov. 27,27, averagingaveraging 1,2141,214 reported per day in the past week

Deaths: 1,1291,129 total,total, nono changechange fromfrom Friday,Friday, averagingaveraging 00 reportedreported perper dayday inin thethe past week

Hospital survey: 781781 confirmedconfirmed andand 5858 suspectedsuspected patientspatients hospitalizedhospitalized Sunday,Sunday, includingincluding 171171 confirmedconfirmed andand 55 suspectedsuspected patientspatients inin thethe ICU,ICU, withwith 2424 ofof 2525 facilitiesfacilities reporting.reporting. TheThe numbernumber ofof confirmedconfirmed patientspatients isis upup 48%48% fromfrom aa weekweek earlier.

People tested: 1,116,5071,116,507 total,total, upup 48,83348,833 fromfrom Friday,Friday, averagingaveraging 11,92411,924 reportedreported per day in the past week

Resolved cases (estimate): 84,92284,922 total,total, upup 6,2496,249 fromfrom Friday,Friday, averagingaveraging 1,3951,395 per day in the past week

Reopening plan tier:tier: PurplePurple (widespread(widespread riskrisk level,level, manymany non-essentialnon-essential indoorindoor business operations are closed) based on these metrics as of Saturday:

New cases per day per 100,000 residents: 57.1 Case rate adjusted for testing volume: 28.5 Test positivity rate: 13.9% Whatʼs next: San Bernardino County is not meeting the criteria to move to a less-restrictive tier. When it has met them for two consecutive weeks, it can advance.

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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Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer was blunt about the region’s coronavirus conditions, calling this time — nearly nine months in — “the most difficult moment in the pandemic.”

Both cases and hospitalizations have hit unprecedented levels. And officials fully expect conditions to deteriorate rapidly in the coming weeks, following Thanksgiving gatherings and other holiday-related events.

“The increases we’re seeing now are not sustainable,” Ferrer said. “They’re not sustainable, because they’re gonna overwhelm not just our healthcare system, but the

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Such predictions have been echoed by state officials and public health experts.

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Where are we at with hospitalizations?

The county has surpassed its previous all-time high of 2,232 hospitalizations set on July 18. On Sunday, the county recorded 2,316 people in its hospitals with confirmed coronavirus infection, according to data released Monday. The rate of increasing hospitalizations in L.A. County has been breathtaking, tripling from 777 on Halloween.

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Of particular concern is intensive care unit capacity. Currently, about 75% of the state’s 7,733 ICU beds are occupied — with 1,812 of them filled by COVID-19 patients.

There were 7,787 coronavirus patients hospitalized statewide as of Sunday, according to the latest available data. That’s the highest number recorded during the pandemic — the second consecutive day the record for COVID-19 hospitalizations has been broken. That’s a near-tripling of hospitalizations since Nov. 2, when 2,602 people were in the hospital with coronavirus infection.

COVID-19 cases requiring intensive care have tripled since Oct. 14, when 600 people were in ICU beds. On Sunday, 1,812 ICU cases were reported.

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What are the forecasts?

The latest figures largely don’t include the most recent deluge of infections — as COVID- 19 hospitalizations reflect cases that were identified two to three weeks earlier, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-01/california-covid-19-surge-to-get-worse-experts-say 4/12 12/1/2020 California COVID-19 'disaster' will get worse, experts say - Los Angeles Times according to Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s Health and Human Services secretary.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday the state could exhaust its existing ICU capacity by mid-December.

The rural counties of Northern California could exceed ICU capacity by early December, Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley by mid-December, the Sacramento area by late December, and the Bay Area by early January.

“If these trends continue, we’re going to have to take much more dramatic — arguably drastic — actions,” Newsom said during a briefing.

Newsom said about 59% of California’s hospital beds were currently occupied by patients needing care for all sorts of reasons — but that could rise to 78% by Christmas Eve.

He emphasized that the alarming numbers would come to pass if “we just sit back and we are bystanders at this moment and we don’t subsequently improve upon our existing efforts.”

What are experts saying?

Hospitals are better equipped to handle a COVID surge than they were in the spring. Medical care has improved, and there is a great capacity to open additional facilities if needs arise. Still, with infections rising across the state, it could be harder for hard-hit counties to lean on other areas to take patients.

Experts say that, with advancements in medical treatments and knowledge of the disease gained over the last nine months, they are hopeful that a smaller proportion of

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But those improvements could be jeopardized by overcrowding at hospitals, as medical staff is stretched thin and unable to provide the healthcare desperately needed to save the lives of the sickest patients, experts told the Los Angeles Times.

Overall, public health professionals say this marks a dangerous moment.

“It’s brutal. It’s astoundingly bad. ... They’re seriously, seriously bad numbers,” said Dr. George Rutherford, an epidemiologist and infectious diseases control expert at UC San Francisco. “We don’t have anyplace to decompress patients because stuff that’s just as bad is going on in Oregon and Nevada and Arizona.

“We are here on our own, and this is a natural disaster. And we need to be able to avoid the worst parts of this as much as possible. And if there were ever a time for prevention and heeding advice, this is it.”

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What can be done?

Los Angeles County has imposed controversial restrictions, including suspending outdoor restaurant dining, banning gatherings and closing playgrounds. Officials hope

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Newsom on Monday raised “the potential for a stay-at-home order” for areas in the strictest, or purple, tier of California’s coronavirus reopening road map.

“We will be coming out with some additional information,” Newsom said, “some additional recommendations in the very, very near future.”

Ferrer added: “We don’t really have any choice but to use all the tools at hand to stop the surge. Until there is a vaccine, each of us needs to protect all of those around us — both those we know and those we don’t.

“The virus is running rampant through almost every part of our county.”

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Coronavirus cases are rising so rapidly that Gov. Gavin Newsom says if trends continue he may reimpose strict stay-at-home orders like he issued in March to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed.

Newsom made the announcement Monday while detailing grim new COVID-19 statistics. California’s average daily case rate over the last week has exceeded 14,000. That’s far higher than the previous peak in July, when the average daily case rate hit about 9,880.

That number foreshadows deep trouble for hospitals, as about 12% of people testing positive today are expected to be hospitalized. That could cause the number of COVID-19 patients in California hospitals to double or triple in a month, Newsom said. As many as 30% of hospitalized patients will need intensive care.

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NEWS •• News Associate pastor at Water of Life Community Church in Fontana dies from COVID-19 Pastor Bob Bryant died from severe coronavirus complications days after he was diagnosed

Water of Life Community Church founding pastor Dan Carroll speaks with parishioners inin aa SundaySunday morningmorning MayMay 31,31, 20202020 asas strictstrict socialsocial distancingdistancing measuresmeasures werewere inin efeffect.fect. The congregation switched to outdoor services and resumed indoor,, in-personin-person services on Oct. 31. The megachurch’s associate pastor Bob Bryant died Nov. 30 of https://www.pe.com/2020/12/01/associate-pastor-at-water-of-life-community-church-in-fontana-dies-from-covid-19/?utm_source=twitter.com… 1/4 12/1/2020 Associate pastor at Water of Life Community Church in Fontana dies from COVID-19 – Press Enterprise complications from the coronavirus. (Photo(Photo byby WillWill Lester,Lester, InlandInland ValleyValley DailyDaily Bulletin/SCNG)

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An associate pastor at Water of Life Community Church in Fontana died Monday, Nov. 30, of complications from COVID-19 days after he was diagnosed with the coronavirus, according to a statement issuedissued byby churchchurch leadersleaders onon Facebook.Facebook.

“It is with heavy hearts that we share Pastor Bob Bryant passed earlier today from thisthis lifelife andand foundfound himselfhimself fullyfully inin thethe presencepresence ofof Jesus,”Jesus,” thethe statementstatement issuedissued Monday evening said. “So many of you have prayed and contended for his well- being and miraculous healing over the last week and half. Itʼs been inspiring to watch our church family come together to contend for Pastor Bob and care for the Bryant family.”

Like most churches in the area, the Fontana megachurch shut its doors during the lockdownlockdown.. AfterAfter havinghaving sociallysocially distanceddistanced indoorindoor servicesservices atat thethe endend ofof MayMay andand laterlater switchingswitching toto outdooroutdoor servicesservices toto followfollow statestate healthhealth guidelines,guidelines, thethe churchchurch reopened for indoor, socially-distanced services on Oct. 31.

The non-denominational church, which is about 26,000-strong and typically welcomes 8,000 people during weekend services, led the call in May to reopen houses of worship.. ButBut thethe churchʼschurchʼs founderfounder andand leadlead pastor,pastor, DanDan Carroll,Carroll, hashas insistedinsisted thatthat thethe churchchurch followfollow socialsocial distancingdistancing andand healthhealth guidelines.guidelines.

Bryantʼs wife, Lori, posted on Facebook on Nov. 24, asking congregants to continue to pray for their family. The pastor, his wife and one of their children testedtested positivepositive forfor thethe virus,virus, accordingaccording toto thethe post,post, butbut BobBob BryantBryant sufferedsuffered thethe most serious complications.

“We were hoping he was turning for the good, but things went very bad very quickly today,” Lori Bryant said in her post. “He has bilateral aggressive COVID pneumonia, suffered a silent heart attack and is having some kidney issues. They had to put him on a ventilator immediately.”

She also talked about how traumatic it was not being able to see a loved one in the hospital. https://www.pe.com/2020/12/01/associate-pastor-at-water-of-life-community-church-in-fontana-dies-from-covid-19/?utm_source=twitter.com… 2/4 12/1/2020 Associate pastor at Water of Life Community Church in Fontana dies from COVID-19 – Press Enterprise “Even when he was having trouble breathing he said, ʻTell everyone I love them and Iʼll see them when I wake up,ʼ” Lori Bryant wrote, pleading for urgent prayer fromfrom thethe congregation.congregation.

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Longtime Yucaipa City Councilman Dick Riddell announcedannounced atat aa recentrecent meetingmeeting thatthat hehe hadhad beenbeen battlingbattling aa severesevere casecase ofof COVID-19 sincesince thethe endend ofof October.October.

About a week before the Nov. 3 election, his son took him to the Redlands Community Hospital emergency department where he was confirmed to have COVID-19, Riddell said at the Nov. 23 Yucaipa City Council meeting.

Though he was sent home after several tests, he said he was severely sick for weeks.

“For two weeks I didnʼt think I was going to make it,” the 95-year-old said over the phone at the meeting.

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“For two weeks I was very, very sick, about as sick as Iʼve ever been in my life,” Riddell said.

He said he was thankful to his son, Mike, who took care of him night and day.

After a few weeks, Riddell said, he started to snap out of it. He said he is now recovering and no longer contagious, but is still weak.

“Iʼm glad that youʼre on the mend, and that youʼre going to get well,” Mayor David Avila told him at the meeting.

Riddell is a World War II veteran,, andand hashas servedserved onon thethe CityCity CouncilCouncil forfor moremore thanthan aa quarterquarter century.century. HeHe hashas spentspent halfhalf ofof thethe yearsyears sincesince thethe cityʼscityʼs 19891989 incorporationincorporation asas itsits mayor.mayor.

Over the phone Monday, Nov. 30, Riddell said it wasnʼt often that he missed a meeting, but he was too sick to call in on Nov. 9. He was able to call in to two meetings last week.

He said he wanted to mention his illness so people would know where he has been for the past month, and why he missed the Nov. 9 meeting.

“Iʼve been taking (coronavirus) seriously, and the people should be taking it seriously, too,” he said Monday. “I was lucky to pull through, Iʼm very grateful for that.”that.”

The latest data from San Bernardino County shows the city of 54,490 has had 1,641 residents test positive for the virus, or about 3% of the population. Thirty-nine residents have died from the disease caused by the virus. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals has gone up 48% in the past week,, according to state data.

Riddell is in a very tight race for the District 5 seat,, whichwhich electionelection nightnight hadhad himhim leading,leading, thoughthough asas ofof MondayMonday afternoonafternoon hehe waswas downdown byby aboutabout 260260 votes.votes. FinalFinal results are expected to be posted Tuesday, Dec. 1.

Perhaps itʼs just as well if he isnʼt the top vote getter, Riddell said Monday. Though heʼd love to stay on the council, he said he didnʼt know if he was physically able to meet the demands.

“Whatever it is, Iʼm happy. Iʼm happy with the outcome, Iʼm happy with the results,” he said. “I was very sick, and Iʼm happy Iʼm getting well.”

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LOCAL NEWS •• News Sam’s Club in San Bernardino closes for 2 days to sanitize for coronavirus ItIt isis unclearunclear whetherwhether anan associateassociate oror shoppershopper tested positive at the store, which is set to reopen Wednesday, Dec. 2

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The Samʼs Club on Harriman Place in San Bernardino will close at 4 p.m. Monday afternoon, Nov. 30, and stay shut through 8 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, as a specialist sanitizes the building.

It is unclear if an associate or a shopper tested positive for the coronavirus.

Samʼs Club spokesman JD Byrum said Monday he could not disclose whether a positive test prompted the temporary closure.

The move closure comes amid surging coronavirus cases and hospitalizations locallylocally andand nationally..

“As health officials work to curb the impact of this pandemic, we want to be a part of the solution to help keep our Clubs safe for associates and members,” Byrum said in an email. “Everything weʼre doing is for the well-being of our associates and members, and in consideration of guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and health experts.”

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“These protocols,” Byrum wrote, “are in addition to the extensive measures weʼve put in place to protect associates and members, including requiring everyone (to) wear a mask in the Club, enhanced cleaning measures, installing social distancing signage, installing plexiglass sneeze guards at registers, providing no-touch payment methods and other support.”

Samʼs Club representatives announced the temporary closure about six weeks after a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Rialto closed for the same reason inin October.

Samʼs Club is a subsidiary of Walmart.

“We will continue working closely with health officials and adjusting how we serve the community while also keeping the health and safety of our members and associates in mind,” Byrum said.

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After months of rallies, protests and pleas by healthcare workers for better coronavirus protection, California has unveiled some of the nation’s strongest COVID-19 testing guidelines for hospital personnel, many of whom are bracing for a post-Thanksgiving virus surge.

The guidelines, announced in an all-facilities letter from the California Department of Public Health, stipulate that all workers at general acute-care hospitals — the kind most people go to for short-term care — be tested weekly for the coronavirus. Tests must also be administered to all newly admitted patients.

“It’s a huge victory that will save lives,” said Sal Rosselli, president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents more than 15,000 healthcare workers in California and helped lobby for the change.

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“Sports players and their teams are tested every day to keep them safe,” Rosselli said, “and elite colleges are testing their entire student bodies and faculties every week to minimize COVID infection. But hospital workers who take care of people with COVID couldn’t get tested.”

Under the guidelines outlined in the letter, dated Nov. 25, hospitals will have until Dec. 7 to submit a formal, facility-wide testing plan to their local licensing authority. Weekly test procedures for all healthcare workers must be in place by Dec. 14.

Hospitals must also outline policies and procedures for explaining and tracking results, and for using those results to implement greater infection control measures.

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The guidelines are similar to those authorized for California nursing homes earlier this year, which contributed to a decrease in coronavirus cases and deaths at those facilities, Rosselli said.

They arrive as California is experiencing a record number of hospitalizations: There were 7,415 COVID-19 patients in the state’s hospitals on Saturday, surpassing the previous high of 7,170 set in July.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-30/california-hospital-workers-weekly-covid-19-tests 3/10 12/1/2020 California urges weekly COVID testing for hospital workers - Los Angeles Times In a media briefing Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said projections for hospitalization numbers are grim.

“Without any additional interventions, change of behavior or fundamental shifts in the way we are conducting ourselves as individuals in this state, we could see an increase in hospitalizations two to three times greater than the current census in just one calendar month,” he said.

Fifty-nine percent of California’s hospital beds are in use, Newsom said, and projections indicate that number could climb to 78% by Christmas Eve.

“We’re not just looking at positivity rates, we’re not just looking at case rates,” he said. “We are now looking in real time at hospitalizations and ICU capacity.”

In its guidelines, the Department of Public Health said healthcare personnel in areas with elevated community transmission — a list that now includes almost every county in California — are at a higher risk because they are exposed to COVID-19 both at work and at home.

Per the new guidelines, healthcare personnel include all paid and unpaid workers who have “the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients,” and account for doctors and nurses as well as students, volunteers, pharmacists, laundry and facilities workers, administrative employees and others.

Routine screening can aid in early identification of infected personnel, reduce the risk of transmission to other healthcare workers and patients, and prevent hospital outbreaks, the department said.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-30/california-hospital-workers-weekly-covid-19-tests 4/10 12/1/2020 California urges weekly COVID testing for hospital workers - Los Angeles Times “Every day, we hear how respected the nursing workforce is, and how they’re the heartbeat of the hospital,” said Stephanie Roberson, director of government relations at the California Nurses Assn.

“But all that pomp and circumstance doesn’t amount to anything when a nurse goes into a facility and is willing to take care of their patients, and is willing to take every measure and precaution available to continue to work in these dire circumstances,” she said. “They just want to be protected.”

The California Nurses Assn. represents more than 100,000 nurses statewide and has been outspoken about the need for better safety protections for nurses, healthcare workers and patients on the front lines of the pandemic.

In August, they organized a rally about the issue in Orange County.

“We applaud California for being a leader in requiring this type of testing program because it is desperately needed to fight this virus,” association president and Bay Area nurse Zenei Triunfo-Cortez said in a statement Monday about the new guidelines.

“There are simply too many asymptomatic people with COVID,” Triunfo-Cortez said, “and without robust testing, our hospitals will remain centers for spreading the disease instead of centers of healing as they should be.”

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NOV. 28, 2020 | 11:28 AM UPDATED NOV. 30, 2020 | 1:23 AM

Los Angeles County has issued a new COVID-19 pandemic order that prohibits most gatherings and discourages most crowds, the latest in a series of desperate moves aimed at slowing an unprecedented surge of coronavirus infections.

How does it work?

It’s certainly not as severe as the stay-at-home order issued in March. But it does mean that most gatherings — apart from outdoor church services and outdoor political protests — were banned starting Monday morning, with the order set to last for the next three weeks, until Dec. 20. Still, it is the strictest currently in California, a sign of how serious conditions are in L.A. County.

Retail stores will remain open, albeit at a more limited capacity.

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The new order comes as L.A. County faces its worst crisis of the pandemic. In recent weeks, the number of new daily coronavirus cases has quadrupled, while hospitalizations and daily deaths have tripled. Officials have warned that unless

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The latest surge began to be detected in late October, and began accelerating in November.

Here’s a summary of the changes:

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Ban on gatherings, except for worship and political protests

For the first time since early October, most gatherings among people from different households in L.A. County are again officially prohibited, with the exception of outdoor religious gatherings and outdoor political protests.

This supersedes the previous rule that allowed for only small, outdoor gatherings of 15 or fewer people from up to three different households, for a duration of no more than two hours.

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Retail limits on capacity

Essential retail stores are limited to 35% of capacity; for grocery stores, that was a reduction from the current cap of 50% capacity.

Nonessential retail stores, malls, libraries and personal care establishments such as hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, piercing shops, tanning services and massage therapy are limited to 20% of capacity; previously, they operated at 25% of capacity.

Outdoor museums and zoos at half capacity

A 50% capacity limit applies to outdoor museums, galleries, zoos and aquariums. Previous rules allowed as many patrons as could be accommodated while maintaining six feet of distance from people from other households.

Outdoor gym and mini-golf, batting cages, and go-kart racing establishment capacity remained unchanged at 50% of maximum capacity.

Playgrounds must shut except those at schools and child-care centers

Playgrounds that are not part of a school or child-care center must close under the new order.

Outdoor cardrooms, which under existing rules have been able to operate, were ordered to close.

Outdoor recreation spaces remain open

Beaches, trails and parks remain open, as do golf courses, tennis courts, pickleball courts, archery ranges, skate parks, bike parks and community gardens. Visitors must wear masks and stay at least six feet away from people from other households.

Outdoor swimming pools that serve more than one household are restricted to regulated lap swimming with one person per lane.

Schools and child care rules largely left unchanged

Child care centers, schools and day camps that have remained open under current protocols can continue operating with one new requirement: mandatory closure for 14 days should an outbreak occur, which is defined as three or more cases over a two-week period.

Orders that haven’t changed

Restaurants in most of L.A. County can now offer only takeout and pickup service; outdoor dining areas were ordered shut Wednesday night, except within the city of Pasadena, which has its own independent public health department. The state has issued a limited overnight stay-at-home order, which forbids nonessential activities outside the home with members of other households between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Pasadena has stepped up enforcement of coronavirus rules and may consider new restrictions. Compliance has been mixed: Health inspectors conducted about 60 site visits Wednesday and Thursday, and the majority of restaurants — more than 40 — were violating the rules, a city spokeswoman, Lisa Derderian, said.

“The most common violations included no face shields, tables not properly distanced and enclosed dining areas,” she said.

Virus now more widespread

The virus is now far more widespread in Los Angeles County than at any point since the surge of the early summer, with one out of every 145 people now currently infectious, according to county estimates. “If people do participate in gatherings, it can be quite dangerous,” warned Dr. Christina Ghaly, the county director of health services, last week. “Much of the COVID-19 transmission occurs before any symptoms occur” among the infected persons.

County Supervisor Hilda Solis said in a statement that she supported the new health order. Previous orders issued in the spring and summer have been successful in reducing transmission.

“When the case rate reaches a certain point, it takes drastic measures to slow down the spread of this tremendously deadly virus,” said Solis, whose district includes East L.A., southeast L.A. County and the San Gabriel Valley. “We must keep ourselves and our families safe so that we can avoid getting sick and adding even more burden to our already overwhelmed healthcare system.”

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“If this doesn’t work, and two to three weeks from now we find ourselves in a worse place than we are, we’re going to have to go back and look at what else do we have as options, because we cannot continue to risk overwhelming the healthcare system,” said the county director of public health, Barbara Ferrer, on Saturday. “I don’t think there’s any disagreement about that — that’s a disaster that we have to avoid at all costs.”

Strict rules imposed in Santa Clara County

Northern California’s most populous county, Santa Clara County in the Bay Area, on Saturday issued its own set of health orders, effective Monday to last until Dec. 21 unless extended. Santa Clara County is on track to run out of staff hospital bed capacity within weeks if current trends continue; several hospitals already have few, if any, intensive care unit beds available. The new orders include:

Mandatory quarantine for travelers: Requires anyone coming into Santa Clara County after traveling more than 150 miles to quarantine for 14 days. Those under quarantine should stay home as much as possible and have food delivered to them. Healthcare workers traveling into the county to provide care for patients, or patients traveling into the county to obtain treatment, are exempted. Stricter capacity limits for stores: Nonessential retail indoor capacity were limited to 10% of capacity in Santa Clara County; essential stores like supermarkets and pharmacies were capped at 25%. Facilities open to the public must have a “metering system,” like an employee stationed at the entrance, to ensure that stores don’t get crowded beyond the capacity in the new health order. Restrictions on sports involving close contact: All contact sports, including all recreational activities that involve close physical contact or close proximity to people outside of your household, were prohibited in Santa Clara County. Outdoor https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-28/l-a-s-new-stay-at-home-order-is-the-strictest-in-california-but-is-it-enough-to-slow-covid-19-surge 7/16 12/1/2020 Here's how L.A. County's new strict stay-home order works - Los Angeles Times recreation where social distancing can be practiced can continue. The restrictions mean the San Francisco 49ers cannot play host to home games scheduled for Dec. 7 and 13; they play at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Hotels closed to leisure travel: Hotels and other lodging facilities in Santa Clara County are open to only essential travel and people who need to isolate or quarantine themselves due to the coronavirus. Leisure and nonessential travel are strongly discouraged. Small outdoor gatherings still allowed: Outdoor gatherings of no more than three households remain allowed. Outdoor gatherings of up to 100 people are allowed for 1st Amendment-protected activities, such as religious services and protests.

Other health officers in the Bay Area expressed support for the stricter rules and said in a statement they “may also have to take similar actions soon in order to preserve remaining regional hospital capacity.”

Here’s a summary of how the state and other counties are faring in Southern California. Some counties have not reported cases or deaths daily due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Statewide

California has seen daily coronavirus cases quadruple and hospitalizations triple in recent weeks. Daily deaths are up more than 50% in less than a month.

California is now averaging roughly 13,000 cases a day over a seven-day period, and roughly 60 Californians a day are dying on average over the same period.

Los Angeles County

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Hospitalizations have risen at an increasingly faster pace for more than two weeks. As of Friday, there were more than 2,000 people in L.A. County’s hospitals with COVID-19 — close to its previous high of more than 2,200 recorded in the summer.

COVID-19 deaths have also started to rise. L.A. County is recording roughly 30 deaths a day over the past seven days, triple the number from early November.

San Diego County

San Diego County’s average new case count has increased more than fivefold and hospitalizations have tripled in recent weeks. California’s second most populous county is now averaging more than 1,300 new cases a day; in early October, that figure was just above 250.

There were nearly 600 with coronavirus infections in San Diego County hospitals on Friday, about triple the number from the end of October.

Orange County

Orange County’s average of new daily coronavirus cases has quadrupled and hospitalizations have doubled in recent weeks.

Orange County is averaging more than 1,000 coronavirus cases a day over a seven-day period; on Nov. 1, just 220 people with positive virus diagnoses were in the hospital.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-28/l-a-s-new-stay-at-home-order-is-the-strictest-in-california-but-is-it-enough-to-slow-covid-19-surge 9/16 12/1/2020 Here's how L.A. County's new strict stay-home order works - Los Angeles Times More than 500 people were in the hospital on Friday; there were fewer than 250 on Nov. 14.

Riverside County

Hospitalizations have quadrupled in Riverside County since the start of October. More than 500 people with coronavirus infections were in the hospital on Friday; on Oct. 1, 130 people were in the hospital.

San Bernardino County

Average new daily coronavirus cases have quadrupled since mid-October in San Bernardino County. More than 1,100 new cases a day were reported on average over a seven-day period as of Saturday; on Oct. 18, the rate was 250 cases a day.

Hospitalizations tripled in the past month; there were 661 people in the hospital with COVID-19 on Friday; on Oct. 26, 217 people were in the hospital. Hospitalizations have now exceeded the summertime peak of 638, recorded in late July.

Ventura County

Hospitalizations have quadrupled since late October. There were 84 people in hospitals with coronavirus infections on Friday; that’s up from 21 on Oct. 25.

Kern County

Hospitalizations have tripled since early November. There were 165 people in hospitals with coronavirus infections on Friday; that’s up from 51 on Nov. 4.

Santa Barbara County https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-28/l-a-s-new-stay-at-home-order-is-the-strictest-in-california-but-is-it-enough-to-slow-covid-19-surge 10/16 12/1/2020 Here's how L.A. County's new strict stay-home order works - Los Angeles Times Hospitalizations have tripled since early November. On Friday, there were 33 people in hospitals with coronavirus infections; that’s up from nine people on Nov. 7.

Imperial County

Hospitalizations have more than tripled since late September. On Friday, there were 70 people in hospitals with coronavirus infections; that’s up from 20 on Sept. 27.

Times staff writer Sam Farmer contributed to this report.

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Above: A nurse administers a COVID-19 nasal swab test to Simon Law at the Tubman Chavez Community Center, Nov. 30, 2020.

Local health officials expect a surge in COVID-19 testing after Thanksgiving, as travelers return from holiday gatherings. https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/nov/30/thanksgiving-travel-expected-cause-long-testing-li/ 1/4 12/1/2020 Long Testing Lines, Increase In COVID-19 Cases Expected After Thanksgiving | KPBS Health officials are urging anyone who traveled or gathered over the Thanksgiving holiday to get tested and quarantine for 14 days to avoid an even more significant surge in cases.

Andrea LaCroix, professor and chief of epidemiology at UC San Diego, said testing is imperative for those who did not abide by CDC guidelines and recommendations for the holiday.

“If you’re out and about and you went to a holiday gathering, you were in the airports, you were in the restaurants or restrooms and you got infected, it is important to get tested,” she said. “If you are positive you can get yourself out of the community and back into your house where you won't be spreading it around more widely.”

The amount of recent travel and rise in cases may also lead to long lines at testing sites, like seen on Monday at the Tubman Chavez Community Center.

Leslee Buluran was waiting in line there because one of her coworkers tested positive for the virus.

“I have people under my household that have a lot of underlying health issues and I want to make sure that I am always cautious. This is one of the steps that I do to protect myself and my household,” Buluran said.

She believes people can abide by health guidelines and still enjoy the holiday season.

“I feel like we still have time, as long as everybody wears their masks and stays inside as much as possible and hopefully we can enjoy the holidays,” Buluran said.

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Lacroix says the rest of the holiday season will likely bring even higher case counts and COVID-19 deaths unless further measures are taken to abide by CDC guidelines.

“It just makes me want to cry for our population because I just think it's going to be an enormous amount of pain these next two months,” she said.

San Diego County has over 35 testing locations throughout the region. To book an appointment or find a non- appointment test site go to sandiegocounty.gov or call 2-1-1.

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Who Will Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First? A C.D.C. advisory panel will decide on its recommendations on Tuesday afternoon. Hereʼs what we expect, along with answers to other questions about the new shot.

By Abby Goodnough

Dec. 1, 2020 Updated 11:59 a.m. ET

After months of deliberation and debate, a panel of independent experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to decide on Tuesday which Americans it will recommend to get the coronavirus vaccine ﬁrst, while supply is still short.

The panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, will vote in a public meeting on Tuesday afternoon, and it is expected to advise that health care workers be first in line, along with residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. If the C.D.C. director, Dr. Robert R. Redfield, approves the recommendations, they will be shared with states, which are preparing to receive their first vaccine shipments as soon as mid-December, if the Food and Drug Administration approves an application for emergency use of a vaccine developed by Pfizer.

States don’t have to follow the C.D.C.’s recommendations, but most probably will, said Dr. Marcus Plescia, the chief medical ofﬁcer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Ofﬁcials, which represents state health agencies. The committee will meet again soon to vote on which groups should be next to receive priority.

Here are answers to some common questions about the vaccine and its distribution.

Who will get the vaccine ﬁrst? Based on its recent discussions, the C.D.C. committee will almost certainly recommend that the nation’s 21 million health care workers be eligible before anyone else, along with three million mostly elderly people living in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

A staggering 39 percent of deaths from the coronavirus have occurred in long-term care facilities, according to the committee. But there won’t be enough doses at first to vaccinate everyone in these groups; Pfizer and Moderna, the two companies closest to gaining approval for their vaccines, have estimated that they will have enough to vaccinate no more than 22.5 million Americans by January. So each state will have to decide which health care workers go first.

They may choose to prioritize critical care doctors and nurses, respiratory therapists and other hospital employees, including cleaning staff, who are most likely to be exposed to the coronavirus. Or they may offer the vaccine to older health care workers ﬁrst, or those working in nursing homes, who are at higher risk of contracting the virus. Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said on Monday that most of his state’s initial allocation would go to residents and employees of long-term care facilities, with a smaller amount going to hospital workers.

It’s important to remember that everyone who gets a vaccine made by Pﬁzer or Moderna will need a second shot — three weeks later for Pﬁzer’s, four weeks for Moderna’s.

Who gets it next? The C.D.C. committee hinted last week that it would recommend essential workers be next in line. About 87 million Americans work in food and agriculture, manufacturing, law enforcement, education, transportation, corrections, emergency response and other sectors. They are at increased risk of exposure to the virus because their jobs preclude them from working from home. And these workers are disproportionately Black and Hispanic, populations that have been hit especially hard by the virus.

Individual states may decide to include in this group employees of industries that have been particularly affected by the virus. Arkansas, for example, has proposed including workers in its large poultry industry, while Colorado wants to include ski industry workers who live in congregate housing.

After essential workers, the priority groups likely to be recommended by the C.D.C. committee are adults with medical conditions that put them at high risk of coronavirus infection, and people over 65. But again, some states might diverge to an extent, choosing, for example, to vaccinate residents over 75 before some types of essential workers. All other adults would follow. The vaccine has not yet been thoroughly studied in children, so they would not be eligible yet.

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If the C.D.C. director, Dr. Robert R. Redﬁeld, approves the panel’s recommendations, they will be shared with states. Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times

Who will make state-level decisions about priority groups? Each state has a working group, composed largely of public health officials, that has been planning for months and making decisions about vaccination campaigns. Each state’s top health official and governor will probably sign off on final plans.

How long will states focus on one priority group before moving to the next in line? States don’t need to reach everyone in one priority group before moving on to the next, according to the C.D.C. advisory committee. But more federal guidance is expected on the subject.

When will the first doses of a vaccine be shipped, and where will they go? Federal officials have said they plan to ship the first 6.4 million doses within 24 hours after the F.D.A. authorizes a vaccine, and the number each state receives will be based on a formula that considers its adult population. Pfizer will ship special coolers, each containing at least 1,000 doses, directly to locations determined by each state’s governor. At first, almost all of those sites will probably be hospitals that have confirmed they can store shipments at minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit, as the Pfizer vaccine requires, or use them quickly.

When will a vaccine be available to the general public, and where will people receive it? Federal ofﬁcials have repeatedly suggested that people who are not in the priority groups — healthy adults under 65 who don’t work in health care or otherwise qualify as essential workers — should have access to the vaccine by May or June, because there will be enough supply by then. But a lot will have to go right for that to happen. One factor is whether, or when, other vaccines besides Pﬁzer’s and Moderna’s are approved.

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Are there any side effects from the shot? Some participants in both Pﬁzer’s and Moderna’s trials have said they experienced symptoms including fever, muscle aches, bad headaches and fatigue after receiving the shots, but the side effects generally did not last more than a day. Still, preliminary data suggests that, compared with most ﬂu vaccines, the coronavirus shots have a somewhat higher rate of such reactions, which are almost always normal signs that the body’s immune response is kicking in. At the meeting of the C.D.C. advisory committee last week, some members said it would be important for doctors to warn their patients about possible side effects and assure them of the vaccines’ safety.

How do I know itʼs safe? Each company’s application to the F.D.A. includes two months of follow-up safety data from Phase 3 of clinical trials conducted by universities and other independent bodies. In that phase, tens of thousands of volunteers get a vaccine and wait to see if they become infected, compared with others who receive a placebo. By September, Pﬁzer’s trial had 44,000 participants; no serious safety concerns have been reported.

The F.D.A. will also review the data for each vaccine seeking authorization and share it with its advisory committee, which will meet publicly — in the case of the Pﬁzer vaccine, on Dec. 10 — to ask questions and make a recommendation to the agency. The F.D.A. will then decide whether to approve the vaccine for emergency use.

I had Covid-19 already. Do I need the vaccine? Probably. Although people who have contracted the virus do have immunity, it is too soon to know how long it lasts. So for now, it makes sense for them to get the shot. The question is when.

Some members of the C.D.C. advisory committee have suggested Covid survivors should be toward the back of the line.

“At the beginning, when it’s a resource-limited vaccine, my opinion is that we need to try and target as best we can to those that we know are susceptible,” Dr. Robert Atmar, an infectious disease specialist at Baylor College of Medicine who serves on the committee, said during a meeting of the panel last week.

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Deputies chased a parolee outside a Twentynine Palms casino last month before allegedly shooting him several times. San Bernardino County now faces a potential lawsuit. (Los Angeles Times)

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NOV. 30, 2020 | 7:03 PM UPDATED 7:12 PM

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Attorneys Jim Terrell and Sharon Brunner, who are representing 31-year-old Joseph McLaughlin, filed the $10-million claim against the county, a step that precedes a lawsuit, on Nov. 23, according to the Associated Press. The county has 45 days to respond.

According to reporting by the San Bernardino Sun, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputies Kyle Smit and Adan Ochoa were chasing McLaughlin after they saw him leave the Tortoise Rock Casino in Twentynine Palms. They attempted to detain him on an arrest warrant for parole violation, the Sun reported.

Video and audio footage from the Oct. 23 incident shows McLaughlin running away and at one point stopping to pick up a rock. He makes a throwing motion toward one of the deputies before continuing to run.

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“Drop the rock,” the deputy tells him just before firing several shots. McLaughlin is seen stumbling to the ground.

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“Why’d you pick up a rock?” the deputy responds.

“Sorry,” McLaughlin apologizes.

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The audio recording captures McLaughlin repeatedly asking why he was shot and saying the rock wasn’t a weapon.

“Yeah it is, it could f—ing kill me,” one deputy responds.

“I wasn’t going to throw it at you; you didn’t have to shoot me,” McLaughlin says.

One of the deputies asks him where he was shot and if he can walk, to which he responds “Yes.”

McLaughlin was charged with assault on a peace officer after the incident. He has burglary convictions in San Bernardino and Kern counties.

Brunner and Terrell are arguing that McLaughlin didn’t throw the rock and said the deputies did not provide him with medical aid in a timely manner and moved him from where he was shot, potentially causing more injuries, according to the Sun.

“Mr. McLaughlin has been overcharged in an effort to cause distraction to the real failings of the deputies,” Brunner told the Sun. “Mr. McLaughlin, by all accounts, could

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Representatives for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. David Wert, a spokesman for San Bernardino County said “the county will examine the claim and act in the public’s best interests.”

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LOCAL NEWS •• News $14 million tax-cutting measure could go before San Bernardino voters in 2022 The city's 7.75% utility user tax rate is among the highest in the state

General views San Bernardino City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

By BRIAN WHITEHEAD || [email protected] || TheThe SunSun PUBLISHED: November 30, 2020 at 1:57 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: November 30, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

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City staffers already have said a 3% charge would sap $14 million in revenue from thethe generalgeneral fundfund eacheach year.year.

While certain California cities do not impose such a levy on necessary and essential services such as electricity, gas and telecommunications services, San Bernardinoʼs 7.75% rate is among the highest in the state.

As the cityʼs second-largest revenue source, the utility user tax is projected to account for $23.3 million, or 19%, of all estimated revenue this fiscal year, according to the 2020-21 budget.

Only sales tax brings in more revenue.

City leaders on Wednesday could place the measure on the November 2022 ballot a day after the county Registrar of Voters certifies that most in San Bernardino favoredfavored increasingincreasing thethe salessales taxtax raterate 0.75%0.75% thisthis pastpast electionelection toto generategenerate moremore money for general purposes going forward.

Should Measure S indeed pass Tuesday, Dec. 1, the cityʼs charge would increase to 8.75% and begin generating an additional $27 million each year.

The City Council meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday via web conference.

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LOCAL NEWS •• News Final approval sought for massive travel center planned for San Bernardino Planning commissioners unanimously signed off on the project three weeks ago

This rendering shows the massive travel center proposed for Palm Avenue and Kendall Drive along the west side of the 215 Freeway in San Bernardino. (Rendering(Rendering courtesycourtesy ofof thethe citycity ofof SanSan Bernardino)Bernardino)

By BRIAN WHITEHEAD || [email protected] || TheThe SunSun PUBLISHED: November 30, 2020 at 2:03 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: December 1, 2020 at 12:0012:00 a.m.a.m.

A massive travel center planned for a blighted lot at Palm Avenue and Kendall Drive in northern San Bernardino could receive the City Councilʼs blessing Wednesday, Dec. 2.

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The Irvine-based developer expects the San Bernardino Travel Center to do about $15 million in annual sales, generating millions of dollars in sales tax revenue.

There will be gas stations for cars and diesel trucks, a 14,000-square-foot convenience store, a drive-thru restaurant and overnight parking areas for semitrucks.

A new traffic signal is planned for Palm and West Industrial Way, as are designated paths of travel to ensure pedestrian safety.

More than 100 people would work at the center.

“At Greens, we truly will do our best to work with staff, work with the community, work with everyone,” Atman Kadakia, managing principal at Greens, told planning commissions Nov. 10. “We want a positive development. We want residents of Verdemont to eat, shop and dine at our facility, fuel at our facility.facility. ThatʼsThatʼs aa bigbig partpart ofof ourour opportunity.opportunity. WeWe understandunderstand thatthat withwith anyany newnew project in someoneʼs community, there will be concerns, unknowns, and I respect and appreciate that.

“That said,” he added, “we sincerely will do our part within the community, as weʼve always done in every community weʼve had the opportunity to develop in.”in.”

The City Council meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday via web conference.

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NEWSCRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY •• News Man arrested in fatal stabbing in San Bernardino

By QUINN WILSON || [email protected] || PUBLISHED: November 30, 2020 at 8:16 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: December 1, 2020 at 12:34 a.m.

A suspect was arrested Monday after a San Bernardino man was fatally stabbed on Sunday during a reported fight.

Alex Ochoa, 23, was arrested on suspicion of murder by the San Bernardino Police Department in the 2900 block of N. Wall Avenue. The arrest is related to the investigationinvestigation ofof thethe stabbingstabbing deathdeath ofof 34-year-old34-year-old AmadorAmador GironGiron inin thethe 39003900 blockblock of N. Genevieve Street, the Police Department said.

On Sunday, the San Bernardino Police Department responded to reports of a fight on North Genevieve Street and found Giron down in the complex suffering from a stab wound. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by paramedics and additional officers arrived and conducted their investigation.

Officers were able to identify the suspect as Ochoa, and learned he resided in the 2900 block of N. Wall Avenue. On Monday, officers went to that address and took him into custody without incident, San Bernardino PD reported.

Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Campos at 909-384-5619 or at [email protected].

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NEWSCRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY •• News Man suspected of tunneling into Redlands office is shot by business owner

By QUINN WILSON || [email protected] || PUBLISHED: November 30, 2020 at 9:08 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: November 30, 2020 at 9:34 p.m.

A Redlands business owner shot a man suspected of tunneling into his property management office on Monday morning, the Redlands Police Department reported.

Redlands Police and Fire Department paramedics responded to the shooting at 101 E. Redlands Blvd. shortly after 5 a.m. 37-year-old Clemente Wilson Valenzuela was foundfound shotshot inin thethe chestchest andand treatedtreated onon scenescene beforebefore beingbeing transportedtransported toto LomaLoma LindaLinda University Medical Center in critical condition.

The business owner reported to police that he had gone to the office to investigate an ongoing alarm. Police had responded to an earlier alarm call at the address and foundfound nono signssigns ofof forcedforced entryentry toto thethe office,office, thethe RedlandsRedlands PolicePolice DepartmentDepartment said.said.

When the owner opened the office door, he said he confronted the intruder who rushed at him, the Police Department said. The business owner fired his handgun at the intruder, hitting the man in the chest.

InvestigatorsInvestigators determineddetermined thatthat ValenzuelaValenzuela hadhad brokenbroken intointo aa neighboringneighboring businessbusiness and tunneled through an adjacent wall into the office where he was discovered, the Redlands PD said. Police are investigating several burglaries reported at the business complex in the past week.

No charges have been filed against the business owner, the Police Department said.

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NEWSCRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY •• News Motorcyclist dies after colliding with semi-truck in San Bernardino

By QUINN WILSON || [email protected] || PUBLISHED: November 30, 2020 at 5:08 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: November 30, 2020 at 5:15 p.m.

A San Bernardino motorcyclist was killed Monday morning, Nov. 30, following a collision with a semi-truck on Mountain View Avenue.

Victor Navarette, 48, was traveling south at about 5:38 a.m. at a high rate of speed when he crashed into the rear of the tractor-trailer, the San Bernardino Police Department reported. Navarette was ejected, suffered critical injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is unknown if Navarette was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the Police Department said. The driver of the semi-truck was not speeding and was not driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the police reported.

The crash is under investigation and anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective Dan Acosta or Sergeant Jeff Harvey at 909-384-5792.

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By QUINN WILSON || [email protected] || PUBLISHED: November 30, 2020 at 9:29 p.m. || UPDATED:UPDATED: December 1, 2020 at 9:18 a.m.

The Redlands Police Department is investigating a shooting at a skate park that leftleft aa 38-year-old38-year-old manman hospitalized.hospitalized.

Police responded to the reported shooting at 1043 E. Park Ave. about 11 p.m. on Sunday and located the victim in the parking lot and provided medical aid until Redlands Fire Department paramedics arrived. The victim was treated and transported to the hospital with wounds that were determined to be non-life- threatening.

Witnesses reported that the victim was confronted by two men, armed with handguns, who both fired at him before fleeing to a waiting vehicle on High Avenue, the Police Department said.

Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to contact Redlands Police dispatch at 909-798-7681, ext. 1.

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