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Wednesday, Dec. 23. This newsletter will be taking the rest of the week off for the holidays, so here’s the latest on the pandemic, plus some of the week’s best stories to take you through the long weekend.
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As coronavirus cases continue to spread like wildfire across the state, millions of Californians have been asked to remain home instead of visiting friends and family for the holidays. That hasn’t stopped people from
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Congress has approved a spending bill providing a new round of
economic stimulus to millions of Americans struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, in a massive piece of legislation stuffed with unrelated provisions that include halting “surprise medical billing” and creating new Smithsonian museums dedicated to Latinos and women. Massive year-end bills like this are known in Washington as “Christmas trees,” because everyone seems to be able to attach an ornament.
The full details and text of the 5,593-page, $2.3-trillion bill thought to be the largest single piece of legislation in congressional history were not released until a few hours before the votes were held Monday night. The rush frustrated rank-and-file lawmakers, who complained that the measure was just another in a long series of mammoth bills they were being asked to approve without adequate time to digest.
SELMA, Calif.
The van rattling down a field road stood out even in a cloud of dust, its paint job the colors of birthday cake frosting, Christmas tree lights, red-purple-yellow-blue confetti.
A party van helps when trying to reach farmworkers in dark pandemic times. But Ricardo Castorena, 47, found that out by accident. He’d only been trying to get free gas when he made the deal with the radio station.
In March, when the pandemic first closed bars and festivals, the sales manager of Radio Lazer KLUN-FM 103.1 feared the station would lose name recognition a name announced in promos by a galloping telenovela voice backed with the sounds of a laser-gun battle.
Amid a crushing pandemic, this party van is a lifeline for California farmworkers [Los Angeles Times]
The van rattling down a field road stood out even in a cloud of dust, its paint job the colors of birthday cake frosting, Christmas tree lights, red-purple-yellow-blue confetti.
A party van helps when trying to reach farmworkers in dark pandemic times. But Ricardo Castorena, 47, found that out by accident. He’d only been trying to get free gas when he made the deal with the radio station.
In March, when the pandemic first closed bars and festivals, the sales manager of Radio Lazer KLUN-FM 103.1 feared the station would lose name recognition a name announced in promos by a galloping telenovela voice backed with the sounds of a laser-gun battle.