Doug McKnight
Welcome to KAZU s weekly news roundup for 12/11/20. Here you ll find the top local stories of the week and a few select national stories from NPR.
That’s it. We’ve decided to put 2020 in one of the 10,000 empty Amazon boxes along with a zillion Zoom invites and a dozen bad DIY haircuts. Then, put them all out for trash day. We are not waiting for the New Year. 2020 we are done with you!
This year limps to a close similar to the way it began in March with stay-at-home orders, an economy in bad shape and a desperate longing for normal. But at least now we have a vaccine on the horizon.
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With Monterey County hospitals full of COVID-19 patients, the county’s health officer has decided to voluntarily opt into the state’s new “Regional Stay Home Order.” This move follows five other counties in the Bay Area who also opted in early.
Monterey County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno signed a local order Wednesday afternoon in response to increased transmission and hospitalizations. It will align the county with the state’s new Regional Stay Home Order, which Governor Gavin Newsom announced last week. It’s triggered when a region drops below 15 percent ICU capacity. That happened last weekend for San Joaquin Valley, which includes San Benito County, and Southern California. Now, Monterey County is not waiting.
victims v of rape in california. federal judge edward moreno called him a public moralizer. it was one of the reasons he decided to unseal the deposition which then of course we see mr.s would r cosby under oath testifying about giving quaaludes to a woman. having said that, i just want to say that all women that are coming forward are not necessarily the ones who were involved with quaaludes. my client, judy huth, who was only 25 years old, claims she was victimized by mr. cosby at the playboy mansion. we re litigating that. it may not be that only andrea constand has her day in court. the other piece of that 57 women piece is just if you are early on in that, there is this kind of guilt that also exists, even though because carrying
you. thank you. tavis: the new book from rita moreno is called rita: a memoir. we started this conversation last night, and as has happened just a few times over the course of 10 years and almost 2,000 shows we will air our 2,000th broadcast on may the 24th; 10 years, 2,000 shows on pbs. wow. tavis: and only a handful of times over that period have i been in a conversation that was so rich that i couldn t stop, i had to go another night. so thank you for sticking around. you just love that dish, you dirty person. tavis: no, no, no, no. but but there s a whole lot more to get to, though. dirty, dirty boy. tavis: there s a whole lot more to get to. when we left this conversation last night, we were talking about your relationship with marlon brando, and we kind of went through that. but we had mentioned james forman, who was, for those of us who know the civil rights era, was very involved in sncc. i only raise this because i ve been told by so many of my friends who
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. the new book is called rita moreno: a memoir. we started this conversation last night, and we will there are 2000 broadcast on may 24. 10 years, 2000 shows. only a few times have i been in a conversation so rich i have to keep going. you dirty person. there is awful lot more to get to. .- a lot more to get to when we left this conversation, we were talking about your .ssue with marlon brando we mentioned james forman. told by so many of my friends in dr. king s inner circle that everyone was jealous that he was dating you. who was jealous? is your interview. maybe dr. king himself for all we know. how did that happen? after thispened was amazing and event, we all stayed there. remember where it was, but we were in a little group of people talking. we were so wired. tavis: you had to be. that encompassed all of that. people walking, taking buses. it was thrilling. you know what was wonderf