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Yurts, Igloos And Pop-Up Domes: How Safe Is 'Outside' Restaurant Dining This Winter?

Will Stone / NPR

A quick pivot to outdoor dining helped many restaurants survive pandemic restrictions. Now some have added temporary shelters to accommodate winter weather. The safest don't have walls, experts say.
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Todd Gloria Signs Exec Order For Stronger Enforcement Of COVID-19 Health Orders

City News Service

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Wednesday signed an executive order calling for stronger enforcement of state and county public health orders throughout the city.
KPBS Midday Edition

Gov. Gavin Newsom Offers Plans To Reopen In-Person Schools

Joe Hong

Don Thompson / Associated Press

He wants to start with the youngest students and promised $2 billion in state aid to promote coronavirus testing, increased ventilation of classrooms and personal protective equipment.
KPBS Midday Edition

San Diego Reports 2nd Confirmed Infection Of New Coronavirus Variant In US

City News Service

San Diego County public health officials reported 37 COVID-19-related deaths and 2,448 infections Wednesday, including one individual infected with a new, more contagious variant of the virus first discovered in the United Kingdom.
KPBS Midday Edition

Why You Should Stay Home On New Year's Eve

Maureen Cavanaugh

Megan Burke

Epidemiologist Dr. Rebecca Fielding-Miller joined Midday Edition Wednesday to discuss the risks of attending in-person New Year's celebrations.
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California Identifies A Case Of Coronavirus Variant First Seen In U.K.

Vanessa Romo / NPR

Gov. Gavin Newsom made the announcement during an online conversation about the pandemic with Dr. Anthony Fauci, but he offered little additional information about the circumstances of the diagnosis.
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Coronavirus Is Canceling New Year's Celebrations

Dustin Jones / NPR

The virus interfering with end-of-year parties across the country. Even the traditional Times Square ball drop in New York City at midnight will be closed to the public and seen virtually.
KPBS Evening Edition

California Hits Record COVID-19 Deaths As New Variant Found

Stefanie Dazio and Don Thompson / Associated Press

Los Angeles County surpassed 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus as California also hit a record high number of fatalities.
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Mary Ann From 'Gilligan's Island,' Dawn Wells, Has Died Of The Coronavirus

Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR

The actress and producer was 82 years old. Her publicist announced that she died Wednesday of complications related to COVID-19.
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California Is Overriding Its Limits On Nurse Workloads As COVID-19 Surges

April Dembosky / NPR

The state has a law strictly regulating nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals. But the governor recently said hospitals could lift those limits in pandemic times, and nurses are crying foul.