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<p>San Diego County saw a small decline in COVID-19 patients hospitalizations but confirmed cases from testing remain well above the state rolling average to lower restrictions.</p>
<p>COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped 83 in a week and now total 1,721 patients, including 419 in intensive care units, leaving only 38 ICU beds available in the entire county.</p>

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<p>San Diego Congressman Juan Vargas held a press conference to voice his support for Congress to impeach Donald Trump even though the President has only 11 days left in office.</p>
<p>Speaking in downtown San Diego after returning from Washington, D.C., Congressman Vargas said Trump “is dangerous, he needs to be removed from office.”</p>

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<p>A lawsuit seeking to undo the City of San Diego’s lease of a downtown building plagued by financial scandal and equipment failures was amended to claim the deal is illegal under the state’s constitution and is now seeking the return of over $23 million already paid by the City.</p>

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<p>A new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in San Diego today as cases continue to number more than 2,000 per day in our county.</p>
<p>A record number of cases has been reported in the past week, with the highest single day since the pandemic began having occurred last Friday when 3,611 new cases were reported. The past week has seen the five highest case counts of the year so far.</p>

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<p>Nearly six weeks after the November 3rd election, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris can now officially be called President-Elect and Vice-President-Elect of the United States.</p>
<p>On Monday, Electors from each state met in their respective Capitals to cast their votes in the Electoral College, a usually obscure process that took on more significance this year after weeks of President Trump and his allies arguing that the election was fraudulent and trying to overturn the outcome.</p>

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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>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>