Outrage begun by California school calling Florida and Texas “idiots” in student test

• A social science teacher at Whitney High School in Rocklin, CA, i being investigated after students were asked a politically biased question on a test
• The test question read, “A group of complete idiots is:” with the answers being: a)KKK, b) “All of Florida”, c) Fox News, d) Texans
• A student posted the image on twitter where it received a lot of attention with hundreds of commenters outraged 

Recent survey shows number of homeless tents in Sacramento have doubled since 2019

• Since the last time officials conducted a homeless census in the beginning of 2019, the number of tents across Sacramento County has doubled 
• In January of 2019, researched estimated that there were 5,570 homeless people living in the county in tents, vehicles, and shelters
• A research team from CSU conducted a surrey that indicated the number of tents had increased by double at least with 10,000

COVID rate in California is twice that of Florida

• The Coronavirus rate in California is double that levels of Florida, despite all the mask mandates and recommendations that the state has to prevent the spread of the virus
• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cases in California are no longer declining and the rate is increasing rapidly
• The vaccination rate in California is 62% but has higher COVID transmission rates than Texas at 54% and Florida at 60%

California group asks SD County Judge to stop state mask mandate for schools

• An Advocacy group that represents parents against the mask mandates in school plead to a judge in a North County courtroom on November 8
• In the courtroom, the group asked the judge to stop the state from enforcing the mask mandate for kids 

Grocery shopper stabbed by security guard over face masks, says Santa Monica Police

• According to California police, a security guard stabbed a shopper at Vons in Santa Monica after a fight broke out over the man’s refusal to wear a face mask
• The man entered the store without a mask on November 8 around 10:30pm and “started to cause a scene” when employees urged him to wear a mask or leave, the police said in a news release
• The guard pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the man repeatedly, police said.

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• Caltrans is currently looking for more workers in an effort to clean up the state’s highways and provide more jobs which is a part of the governor’s “California Comeback Plan”
• At their District 11 office in San Diego’s Old Town, Cal trans has opened an event they call the “Clean California Hiring Event” where they hope to hire as many as 50 employees
• Ending at 2 pm, job applications for the event will are accepted on 4050 Taylor Street in San Diego (92110) and starting salaries are around $36,000

Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising since reopening in Southern California

• Over the past month, since mask restrictions have been removed across the state, new cases have multiplied and many people have gotten to the point of hospitalization
• Yesterday (Wednesday) the LA County Department of Public Health reported 1,315 cases of Covid-19 which marked the 6th continuous day of more than 1,000 reported infections
• 1 month ago, only 200 cases were reported per day

Following Power Outage in Santa Monica, 17 million gallons of sewage flood into the ocean

• On Monday, California officials have reported that a total of 17 million gallons of untreated sewage water had flooded into the Santa Monica Bay following a power outage
• This week, beaches all across Southern California have been forced to close due to the amount of sewage
• The spill into the Santa Monica Bay lasted for almost 8 hours and 6% of the water treatment facility’s daily load was released

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