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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ARRIVAL A ‘GAME CHANGER FOR FRESNO,’ DYER SAYS » CALIFORNIA’S GROWTH RATE AT RECORD LOW AS MORE PEOPLE LEAVE » BIDEN INTRODUCES EX-RIVAL BUTTIGIEG AS TRANSPORTATION PICK » Shutterstock ing Mayor-electJerryDyer for leisuretravel.”–Incom- flexibility andconvenience ic development,aswell Fresno intermsofeconom- lines isagamechangerfor “Landing SouthwestAir- Karbassi shared thenews onhisFacebook statement. Fresno City Council Member Mike Central Valley,” said Mayor Lee Brand ina talked-about andrequested amenity inthe Southwest service hasbeen,by far, themost quite sometime for thisannouncement and cal travelers have been waiting patiently for ent that Fresno could have imagined.Lo- Fresno airport.“This isthebestholiday pres- Bessinger alsoserves aspolice chief at the we canmake this work.” if they didn’t andsay crunchthenumbers ‘yes’ Bessinger said.“They certainly wouldn’t doit that we serve the5thlargest city inthestate,” between San Francisco andLA,thefact with 1-millionpeopleandthelargest airport leaders inNovember. “They looked at aregion tatives met withhimand other community Bessinger saidSouthwest Airlines represen- tion airportsare finalized.” Clovis Mayor Drew with Southwest Airlines officials asdestina “I lookforward to continuing our discussion a news release issued Wednesday morning. leisure travel,” saidMayor-elect Jerry Dyer in ment, as well asflexibility and convenience for start service outof Fresno Yosemite Inter ter Southwest Airlines announced they would The news quickly spread onsocialmediaaf December 16,2020| Jim Jakobs READ MORE » LOCAL ARRIVAL A‘GAMECHANGER FOR FRESNO,’DYERSAYS economic develop- Fresno interms of game changer for west Airlines isa “Landing South the springof 2021. national Airport in SOUTHWEST AIRLINES - - - - ship with Southwest will energize the... Cathy Murillo. “For our residents, our partner enced architecture,” saidSanta Barbara Mayor iterranean climate anddistinctive Spanish-influ sweeping coastline to experience our mildMed- ful regions inCalifornia, bringing visitors to our to enter oneof themost vibrant andbeauti Airport. “We salute Southwest’s bold decision out of Santa Barbara it will alsofly inand of Fresno, butsaid nounced service out airline not only an- day morning,the Wednespandemic. - tinations duringthe nouncing new des- adding new markets to itsnetwork after an- airline’s future. The company plansto continue when hespoke with Reuters recently abouthis Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly wasn’t shy ready to “take off”.” that Fresno County isopen for businessand “This isexciting news that lets the world know County Economic Development Corporation. ously,” saidLee Ann Eager, CEO of theFresno portunities that were unavailable to usprevi- Southwest’s network will openupbusinessop ria. “Access to allareas of thecountry through tweeted City Council Member Esmeralda So- ward to taking@SouthwestAir flight in2021,” “Great news to endthe2020! Looking for airport staff including Director Kevin Meikle!” come to Fresno, Southwest Airlines. Great job page. “Terrific news for our city and region. Wel - at theairport. the otherairlinesalready reverberations through fare schedulewillsend west arriveswiththeirlow happen iswhenSouth- believes what’sgoingto ber discussion.Meikle not apartoftheNovem- The costofticketswas GV WireWeekly Digest3 - - - - - SONOGRAPHY HELPED SAVE HER LIFE. YEARS LATER, IT SAVED HER BABY. NOW SHE DOES THE SAME. December 10, 2020 | Sponsored by Community Medical Centers Robyn Nachtigall-Hill has known she wanted to be a sonographer since she was 12 and undergoing cancer treatment. In a unique twist of fate, the woman who helped save her life as a preteen is the same...

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IS A MARIJUANA SHOP COMING COPS ON CAMPUS? SCHOOL TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? DISTRICT DECISION COULD FRESNO IS REVIEWING

Shutterstock PROPOSALS. TAKE MONTHS. December 16, 2020 | David Taub December 16, 2020 | Nancy Price More than 110 companies are vying to become the first legal retail marijuana dealers in the city of Fres- Should police officers be employed to provide secu- some trustees have argued that the district should no. But navigating the process and regulations can be rity on school campuses? Criticism of policing that consider not renewing those contracts, which contin- “very complicated” one applicant said. “It does make grew after the death of George Floyd at the hands of ued even while schools were closed because of the it more costly and difficult to operate than if you like Minneapolis police on Memorial Day and subsequent coronavirus pandemic. to just be open to some other type of retail business,” rallies that called for the defunding of police depart- said Lauren Fontein, founder of The Artist Tree. The ments have fueled discussions among trustees at The School Board delayed renewing the contracts company operates cannabis stores and delivery ser- Fresno’s largest school district over the role of police earlier this year to provide time to hear from school vices in Los Angeles and is looking to expand. officers at schools. communities. The district is launching a two-pronged effort to examine the issue and provide recommenda- The application period to operate cannabis businesses Fresno Unified employs Fresno city police and Fres- tions to the board. At Wednesday’s meeting, trustees has closed. The city — through its Office of Cannabis no County sheriff’s deputies as school resource and will vote on a $48,900 proposal for a research project Oversight — will now engage in a months-long process neighborhood school resource officers to provide to gauge how parents and school staff feel about hav- to award up to 14 applicants the right to open shop, campus security, including making arrests. But now ing cops on campus. The survey project would... something that California voters permitted in 2016...

4 GV Wire Weekly Digest READ MORE » READ MORE » GV Wire/Jim Jakobs Shutterstock a totalof280,100. deaths grewby12,800to this year,California’s deaths eachyear.But about 4,800additional ifornia wouldaverage From 2017to2020,Cal- ly duetothepandemic. ficials saidismostlike- deaths, whichstateof- California alsohadmore READ MORE » in population from July 1,2019, to July 1,2020. Department of Finance andcovers thechange The latest estimate camefrom theCalifornia population now stands at 39.78millionpeople. 0.05%, down from 0.23%theprior year. Its total naturally. Overall, thestate’s population grew ifornia added156,600peopleto itspopulation this year, California’s deaths grew by 12,800to about 4,800additionaldeaths each year. But From 2017to 2020,California would average ficials saidismostlikely due to thepandemic. California alsohadmore deaths, which state of demic. under astay-at-home order becauseof thepan pecially from April to June, when thestate was but far fewer peoplemoved to California, es- state insimilar numbers asthey didlast year. gration loss of 135,600people. People left the than moved to thestate, resulting inanet mi second straight year, more peopleleft California in July, state officials said Wednesday. For the just 21,200peopleduringthe year that ended for thenation’s mostpopulous state, adding California saw itsslowest growth rate onrecord December 16,2020| AP News STATE RATE AT RECORD LOW AS RATE ATRECORDLOWAS CALIFORNIA’S GROWTH CALIFORNIA’S GROWTH deaths from births,Cal Still, whensubtracting to 21,481asof Tuesday. ber that hassince grown deaths on July 1,anum of 6,163 coronavirus state reported atotal a total of 280,100. The MORE PEOPLELEAVE - - - - - growing.” now,” hesaid.“Ithinkthere isaquiet rebellion . I wouldn’t give you anickel for it 1996. Ithought it was thepremiere city inthe “I loved San Francisco when Imoved here in Nevada doesn’t have astate income tax. ed with thedeterioration of hisneighborhood. taxes andfrustrat- paying highincome said he was tired of nia for 25 years but had lived inCalifor da, on Tuesday. He 68, moved from San Francisco to Reno, Neva- intend to move their headquarters. Matt Frinzi, tech giants Hewlett Packard and Oracle also CEO Elon Musk, who moved to Texas, where Recent high-profile departures include Tesla - their headquarters. acle alsointendtomove Hewlett PackardandOr- Texas, wheretechgiants Elon Musk,whomovedto partures includeTeslaCEO Recent high-profilede- GV WireWeekly Digest7 MICROCHIP REUNITES CHIHUAHUA WITH OWNER. WAS MISSING 5 YEARS. December 16, 2020 | AP News POMONA — A Chihuahua dog named Sweet-Pea who went missing five years ago in Southern Califor- nia has been found and is back home. The tiny dog was reunited with her owner on thanks to microchip identification, KNBC-TV reported Tuesday.

Sweet-Pea went missing in the city of Compton in 2015. The Inland Valley Humane Society found her about 30 miles away in the community of Covina. Sweet-Pea appeared to have been well-cared for during her long absence, KNBC-TV reported.

There were no immediate details disclosed about where the dog stayed while away from her owner. Having Sweet-Pea back “means the world to me...

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CALIFORNIA SETS TEACHERS, FIRST CALIFORNIA WANTS AMAZON TO RESPONDRES FOR NEXT ANSWER ON WAREHOUSE WORKER VACCINES December 17, 2020 | AP News Shutterstock SAFETY DURING PANDEMIC Teachers, first responders, and grocery and restaurant workers were among those recommended December 14, 2020 | AP News Wednesday to get the next round of scarce vaccines California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Mon- al is President-elect ’s pick to be the first in California, as were florists and sawmill operators day asked a judge to order Amazon to comply with Latino to lead the Health and Human Services De- who fall into the same broad category of those subpoenas his office issued nearly four months ago partment. deemed essential workers. as part of an investigation into how the company is protecting workers from the coronavirus at its facili- “We’re investigating because we got reports, in- “We’ve got to figure who we’re going to prioritize,” ties. formation, complaints about conditions, incidents,” said Dr. Oliver Brooks, co-chairman of a 16-member Becerra said. While the investigation is ongoing, “we panel of medical experts recommending who makes Becerra said the online sales giant hasn’t provided believe that it merits looking into Amazon’s proto- the potential life-and-death cut after the first round enough information on its coronavirus safety steps cols, practices, based on information that we have of about 3 million vaccines began going this week to and the status of infections and deaths at its ship- received.” The company did not immediately respond health care workers and those in long-term care ping facilities across California. The attorney gener- to a request for comment left through an email... facilities. They’re divvying up the next round of...

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Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP net ofbarrier-breakers.” ever, promising“aCabi- and peopleofcolorthan it willhavemorewomen istration’s toppositions, filling outhisnewadmin- that bythetimehe’sdone Biden hailedthatandsaid READ MORE » tasked with puttinginplace Biden’s proposals to much onhis plate right outof thegate. He’ll be infrastructure. If confirmed, Buttigieg will have modernizing America’s crumblingtransportation ty of intellect, vision, anddrive” to take ashot at plauded Biden for tappingsomeone with “plen ture crisis.” Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., ap- ready to finally address our nation’s infrastruc rod Brown, D-Ohio, calledButtigieg “more than lawmakers asasolidpickby Biden. Sen. Sher dustry officials, LGBTQ activists and Democratic applauded by unionleaders, transportation in- serve intelligence office. Thenomination was said of Buttigieg, whohasserved asa Navy re- with state, local,andfederal agencies,” Biden “We needsomeone who knows how to work “a Cabinet of barrier-breakers.” women andpeopleof color thanever, promising administration’s top positions, it will have more that by thetimehe’s donefillingouthis new ate to aCabinet post.Biden hailedthat and said first openly gay person confirmed by the Sen- leader of South Bend, Indiana, would alsobethe on Wednesday ashisnominee Biden introduced Democratic primary rival WILMINGTON, Del. —President-elect Joe December 16,2020| AP News TRANSPORTATION PICK BIDEN INTRODUCESEX- Buttigieg, a former city move pastoldpolitics.” ideas determined to “a new voice, with new 38-year-old ex-mayor secretary, callingthe for transportation RIVAL BUTTIGIEG AS RIVAL BUTTIGIEGAS - - - U.S. . Beau Biden diedin2015... had urged hisfather to make athird runfor the Biden, aformer Delaware attorney general who who hesaidreminded himof hislate sonBeau the primary, Biden took ashining to Buttigieg, tion of theparty around itsultimate nominee. In of Biden ushered inaremarkably swift unifica drew from therace. His relatively early backing Carolina, Buttigieg faltered andquickly with moved into more diverse states suchasSouth cal role inDemocratic politics. Astheprimary in appealingto Black voters who play acriti - ers. Buttigieg’s campaignstumbled, however, in a virtual tie with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sand- to finishthefirst-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses generational change in onamessage of But Buttigieg zeroed tablished figures. against far more es- town competing of arelatively small Buttigieg wasinitially written offastheleader During theDemocratic presidential primary, gieg In thePrimary, Biden Took aShining to Butti- spread of thecoronavirus. and publictransportation systems to slow the wants to mandate mask-wearing onairplanes More immediately, thepresident-elect also can helptheUnited States fight climate change. provements andonretrofitting initiatives that spend billionsmakingmajor infrastructure im- gence office. as aNavyreserveintelli- Buttigieg, whohasserved agencies,” Bidensaidof state, local,andfederal knows howtoworkwith “We needsomeonewho GV WireWeekly Digest11 - - TOM CRUISE LAUNCHES EXPLETIVE-LADEN RANT OVER SOCIAL DISTANCING December 16, 2020 | AP News LONDON — Tom Cruise has launched an exple- tive-laden rant at colleagues on the set of his lat- est “Mission: Impossible” movie, after he reportedly spotted two workers failing to respect social distanc- ing rules.

In audio released by the Sun tabloid, the 58-year-old Hollywood star can be heard warning that anyone caught not following the rules to stay at least 6.5 feet away from others will be fired. “If I see you do- ing it again, you’re f—-ing gone and if anyone on this crew does it, that’s it,” he is heard saying on the au- dio recorded during filming in Britain. “That’s it. No apologies.” During his outburst at Warner Bros. Stu- dios in Leavesden, which is around 30 miles north...

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‘WITH RESERVATIONS’: TRUMP VOTERS GRAPPLE MONARCH BUTTERFLY FAILS WITH BIDEN’S WIN TO GET IMMEDIATE PROTECTED December 16, 2020 | AP News WASHINGTON — Robert Reed says he will always AP File believe the 2020 election was stolen from President STATUS FROM FEDS . The retired police officer-turned-con- December 16, 2020 | AP News struction worker believes fraud marred the vote, no matter how many courts rejected that claim. Still, a TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Federal officials on Tues- dwindling. The monarch’s status will be reviewed day after the Electoral College made Joe Biden’s win day declared the monarch butterfly “a candidate” annually, said Charlie Wooley, head of the U.S. Fish official, the ardent Trump supporter from the sub- for threatened or endangered status, but said no ac- and Wildlife Service’s Great Lakes regional office. urbs of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was ready to move tion would be taken for several years because of the Emergency action could be taken earlier, but plans on. many other species awaiting that designation. now call for proposing to list the monarch under the Endangered Species Act in 2024 unless its situation “I think it’s pretty much over,” Reed said of Trump’s Environmentalists said delaying that long could spell improves enough to make the step unnecessary. ongoing quest to overturn the results of the elec- disaster for the beloved black-and-orange butterfly, tion. ”I trust the Electoral College.” For weeks, Trump once a common sight in backyard gardens, mead- The proposal would be followed by another year for has been on a mission to convince his loyal base that ows and other landscapes now seeing its population public comment and development of a final rule... his victory was stolen and the contest was rigged...

12 GV Wire Weekly Digest READ MORE » READ MORE » SpaceX via AP AP File apartment. cold-storage casesinhis males andonemalein the bodiesofeightfe- shi in2017afterfinding Police arrestedShirai- READ MORE » according to mediareports. He saidthe crime Shiraishi was fully responsible for their deaths, none of the victims agreed to bekilledandthat In theruling, presiding Judge Naokuni Yano said without their consent. cidal wishes, Shiraishi later saidhekilledthem lawyers argued that heassisted the victims’ sui- them to hisapartment. Although hisdefense promising to helphis victims dieandinviting Twitter, Shiraishi usedthename“Hangman,” women to silence him,investigators said. On approached the victims via Twitter, offering to es inhisapartment. Investigators said Shiraishi eight females andonemaleincold-storage cas- ed Shiraishi in2017after findingthebodies of not appealhisdeath sentence. Police arrest- Shiraishi, 30,pleadedguilty andsaidhe would tims inhisapartment in Zama, near Tokyo. dismembering andstoring thebodiesof the vic shi, known asthe“Twitter killer,” guilty of killing, the Tokyo District Court found Takahiro Shirai- shocked thecountry. The Tachikawa branch of suicidal thoughts onsocialmedia,inacasethat bering ninepeople,mostof whom hadposted tenced amanto death for killinganddismem TOKYO — A Japanese court on Tuesday sen- December 15,2020| AP News WORLD JAPAN ‘TWITTER KILLER’ JAPAN ‘TWITTERKILLER’ SENTENCED TO DEATH SENTENCED TODEATH FOR SERIALMURDERS boyfriend of oneof the them, andalsokilleda teenagers, after raping including the women, suicidal wishes. He killed assist them with their - - dents andinjured more than20others. a homefor thedisabledallegedly killed19resi- file killings. In July 2016,a former employee of but ithasexperienced somerecent high-pro- pandemic. Japan’s crimerate isrelatively low, this year aspeople were hitby theeffects of the has climbedback decline, thenumber Following arecent the world’shighest. rate ranks among NHK publictelevision reported. Japan’s suicide become anindispensablepartof everyday life, concern inasociety where socialmediahave was extremely heinousandhadcausedfear and to hisapartment. tims dieandinvitingthem promising tohelphisvic- the name“Hangman,” On Twitter,Shiraishiused GV WireWeekly Digest15 IRAN HANGS JOURNALIST WHO ENCOURAGED 2017 PROTESTS AGAINST REGIME

December 11, 2020 | AP News TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Saturday executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, authorities said, just months after he returned to Tehran under mysterious circumstances. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news agency said that Ruhollah Zam, 47, was hanged early Satur- day morning. The reports did not elaborate.

In June, a court sentenced Zam to death, saying he had been convicted of “corruption on Earth,” a charge often used in cases involving espionage or attempts to overthrow Iran’s government. Zam’s website AmadNews and a channel he created on the popular messaging app Telegram had spread the...

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HOW SAUDI CITIZENS ACCUSED OF SERIOUS CRIMES KENYAN MAN CHARGED IN US ARE ESCAPING JUSTICE December 14, 2020 | 60 Minutes WITH PLOTTING 9/11-STYLE As President-elect Biden begins to engage the

AP File world, one of his most challenging relationships ATTACK ON US will be with Saudi Arabia. The oil kingdom and ally December 16, 2020 | AP News against Iran has a dismal record on human rights NEW YORK — Federal authorities have unsealed comment was sent to his defense attorney. Prose- even in the United States. Case in point, 15-year-old an indictment charging a Kenyan man with trying to cutors said Abdullah got flight training in the Phil- Fallon Smart of Portland, Oregon. She was killed in a stage a 9/11-style attack on the United States on ippines and obtained a pilot’s license in preparation hit and run by a Saudi student who vanished before behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. for an attack. “This case, which involved a plot to trial. use an aircraft to kill innocent victims, reminds us Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 30, who was arrested in the of the deadly threat that radical Islamic terrorists He’s among many Saudis accused of serious crimes Philippines in 2019, was transferred to U.S. custody continue to pose to our nation,” Assistant Attorney in the U.S. who mysteriously disappear. Their victims Tuesday on charges that he conspired to hijack an General for National Security John Demers said in a include Fawn Lengvenis, the mother of Fallon Smart. aircraft and slam it into a building. He pleaded not statement. Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey She told us about the day in 2016 that she drove to guilty during a brief court appearance Wednesday Strauss called it a “chilling callback to the horrific at- pick up her daughter at a shop. Fallon only had to and was ordered held without bond. A request for tacks of September 11, 2001.” Abdullah... cross two-lane Hawthorne Street to reach...

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