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California hits a record number of fatalities from COVID-19 as a variant of the virus, first identified in the UK, is found in San Diego. Meanwhile, Governor Newsom announces a new plan to get California schools reopened early next year. Plus, while San Diego fumbles over a climate action plan, the city of Stockton has made some interesting developments in tackling climate change.

After a mob of Trump loyalists attacked the U.S. Capitol building, the city of Washington, D.C. is declaring a state of emergency for the next two weeks. There are now calls for investigations into police conduct during the riot and how it was allowed to go as far as it did. Plus, reactions from local Congressional representatives who were there when everything went down. And, increasingly more and more people are calling for President Trump’s resignation or removal, but a local law professor says it’s not as simple as it sounds.

San Diego County public health officials announced those 75 years or older can now receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Plus, the story of one Bay Area man who's been both a victim of unemployment fraud and the effort to fight it. And health and safety precautions during the pandemic have led the Air Force to eliminate parts of basic training. Then, after 29 years in prison for murdering her three children in a house fire, JoAnn Parks was exonerated thanks to the work of her attorneys from the California Innocence Project . And Billy Lemon has been sober for eight years and now runs the Castro Country Club, helping other gay men get off drugs. He says it’s all because of Kamala Harris. Finally, as part of a new multimedia project, Al Howard is writing 100 songs — each one accompanied by an original watercolor painting by his mother.

Three men were apprehended in connection to the fatal shooting of Tijuana journalist Lourdes Maldonado.

The agency said Friday that the matter has been referred to the Justice Department. They revealed the information in response to a Feb. 9 letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

A second vaccine, this one from Moderna, has been approved for emergency use.

Members and volunteers Don and Anne Wemple, and SDSU professor emeritus Dr. Arthur Getis are named as the 2021 Visionaries

"What is very likely to happen is people who were celebrating on Christmas are now going to go, be asymptomatic, celebrate with potentially different people than they were with at Christmas and infect a whole new group of people," epidemiologist Dr. Rebecca Fielding-Miller said.

The move comes amid reports that Joseph I. Castro, while president of Cal State Fresno, didn’t properly follow up on years of complaints of sexual harassment and other accusations against a top official who was allowed to retire.

A wind-driven brush fire that erupted near Fallbrook grew to 3,050 acres Thursday morning, prompting mandatory evacuations and road closures.