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<p>President-Elect Joe Biden will name Xavier Becerra to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the pick could give Governor Gavin Newsom two statewide appointments to fill; Becerra’s post, and the US Senate seat to be vacated by Kamala Harris when she is sworn-in as the next Vice President of the United States.</p>

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<p>On Oct. 1, 2020 the City of Chula Vista slammed its residents with an astoundingly high ambulance transport rate of $3,881.56. This increase was part of a previously negotiated agreement by the City with its ambulance services contractor, American Medical Response (AMR).</p>
<p>However, AMR won’t profit from the increase.</p>

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<p>White House trade advisor Peter Navarro says the President’s staff is moving forward “under the assumption that there will be a second Trump term”.</p>
<p>“Our assumption is the second Trump term, we think he won that election, and any speculation about what Joe Biden might do I think his moot at this point,” Navarro said.</p>

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<p>A drunk driver that drove his truck off the Coronado Bridge and killed four people at Chicano Park has been released from prison after serving less than three years of a nearly 10 year sentence.</p>

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<p>Three ZIP codes in the southern areas of San Diego County have experienced the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the region.</p>
<p>The 92154 area of South San Diego has the highest number of confirmed virus cases with 3,186, Chula Vista’s 91911 area is second with 2,841, and the 91910 area is third with 2,243 cases.</p>

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<p>Lawyers suing the City of San Diego and developers involved in the 101 Ash St building transaction are now asking for all documents to be released and joined mayoral candidate Barbara Bry and City Attorney candidate Cory Briggs in asking for an independent investigation into the controversial deal.</p>

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<p>The US government can not locate the families of 545 children separated from their parents under the Trump Administration border policy that has held thousands of kids during the past three years.</p>
<p>A new report by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that 545 children are still separated from their families because no one can track down the parents to determine what to do with the minors.</p>