Suspicious Death; SWAT Standoff; Trump Pardon: Patch PM

San Diego CA

22 December, 2020

8:50 PM

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA – Missed today's headlines? Here are the Patch stories from San Diego County that people are talking about today: Trump Pardons Former California Rep. Duncan Hunter Hunter pleaded guilty last year to using campaign funds for personal expenses. He was weeks away from beginning his prison sentence. 2,381 New COVID-19 Cases Reported As More Vaccines Arrive In County County health officials Tuesday reported 28 new deaths and 2,381 new COVID-19 infections, the fewest reported since Dec. 14. County Increases Qualified Shelter Workers By 67% In 2020 The San Diego County Office of Emergency Services increased its number of qualified shelter workers and managers by 67 percent. Authorities Investigate Suspicious Death In Encinitas Homicide detectives Tuesday were investigating a suspicious death on a street near beachfront homes in Encinitas. Stabbing Suspect Arrested After SWAT Standoff In San Marcos A suspect who barricaded himself inside a San Marcos apartment after allegedly stabbing a man was taken into custody, authorities said. Regional Taskforce On The Homeless Cancels Point-In-Time Count The 2021 Point-in-Time Count of unsheltered San Diegans was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. San Diego County Receives First Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery "While the arrival of more COVID-19 vaccines is good news, it will take months until the general public will get vaccinated." Suspect Arrested In La Mesa Shooting Police announced the arrest of a suspect in a shooting in La Mesa that left an occupied ground-floor apartment riddled with bullets. Capturing The 'Christmas Star': San Diego Photo Of The Day Patch loves photos! Share your photos with Patch and your work could be featured. 6 New California Laws That May Impact Your Life In 2021 Hundreds of bills were signed into law in 2020. Here are a handful of them that may affect you the most. Newsom Nominates Assemblywoman Weber As CA Secretary Of State Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, would be the first Black woman to ever hold the position. Newsom Taps California Election Chief Padilla For US Senate Gov. Newsom faced competing pressures to appoint a Latino to the seat and to appoint a Black woman to replace Kamala Harris. California's Latest Small-Business Grant Program Is Right Thinking, But Flawed In Its Execution Here are additional protections that need to be implemented in this relief package to better serve BIPOC-owned and rural small businesses: Who's Next? Counties Lobbied Over Vaccine Priority List Most largely agree that frontline health care workers should be the first to get the vaccine. There's far less consensus on who's next.