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What to make of the Pfizer vaccine news | Jonathan Wosen Nov 09, 2020

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Pfizer Inc. said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine may be a remarkable 90% effective, based on early and incomplete test results that nevertheless brought a big burst of optimism to a world desperate for the means to finally bring the catastrophic outbreak under control.

The announcement came less than a week after an election seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s handling of the scourge, which has killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide, including almost a quarter-million in the United States alone.

What happens to schools if we fall to the Purple Tier| Kristen Taketa Nov 07, 2020

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Thanks to persistently high COVID-19 case rates, San Diego County is days away from potentially landing in the purple tier, the most-restrictive level of the state’s COVID-19 monitoring system, which would mean that schools that have not started teaching at least some students in person would lose their chance to reopen.

Falling into the purple tier would mean San Diego County’s closed schools would not be able to reopen until Dec. 16 at the earliest, or five weeks after Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/heres-how-schools-might-be-affected-if-san-diego-county-falls-to-purple-tier-next-week

If COVID cases don't decrease, SD will be in the Purple Tier next week | Paul Sisson Nov 05, 2020

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An out-of-bounds score in the state’s weekly reopening report creates the possibility that San Diego County could fall to the most-restrictive tier in the COVID-19 ranking system next week.

Released by the California Health and Human Services Agency on Wednesday, the weekly scorecard lists San Diego County with 7.4 coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents. That number is slightly greater than the limit of 7, the demarcation point between the red and purple tiers of the state’s COVID-19 risk-ranking system.

With votes still being tallied, the "blue-ing" of SD County seems to be complete | Micheal Smolens Nov 04, 2020

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Political columnist Michael Smolens discusses the local results.

Election 2020: What we know so far Nov 04, 2020

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Politics reporter Charles Clark discusses the early returns, plus a longer update from Daniel Wheaton

"Defend East County" Facebook group gets deactivated | Andrew Dyer Nov 02, 2020

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Facebook removed, then republished, then again removed the 22,000-member Defend East County group from its social media site Saturday.

The group’s founder and administrator Justin Haskins announced in a post to a separate Facebook group Saturday morning that the group was gone. However, by 7 p.m. the group was back. By 8:00 p.m., the group again disappeared from the site and remains so as of Monday morning. Neither Facebook nor Haskins responded to requests for comment Saturday.

Rebroadcast: San Diego's Haunted History Oct 31, 2020

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San Diego Union-Tribune archivist Merrie Monteagudo discusses several local ghost stories. Episode from 2019.

Special Election Episode: What to expect on Election Night Oct 31, 2020

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In the final episode of our election series, hear the latest on early voting and how the U-T plans on covering the election.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/2020-election-dashboard-san-diego

How safe is trick-or-treating? | Paul Sisson Oct 30, 2020

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State and local public health authorities have been very clear that trick-or-treating is strongly discouraged this year due to the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

Parents who are asking whether the candy will be safe if they let their kids go trick-or-treating this year, then, are asking the wrong question. The proper focus, Knight and Rohwer say, is the face, not the candy bowl.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/story/2020-10-30/people-not-candy-seen-as-the-biggest-risk-for-trick-or-treaters-this-year

How BLM chalk art became a political flash point in La Jolla | Lauren Mapp Oct 29, 2020

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La Jolla residents are calling for the removal of two La Jolla Parks & Beaches Association board members following comments they made about social justice-themed chalk drawings during a September meeting.

The drawings were created during “Chalk Up” events on the Fay Avenue Bike Path this summer. The events, which started in July, were organized by a group of parents who said they wanted to their children to have an outlet to express themselves about the Black Lives Matter social justice movement through art.

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