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• President-elect Joe Biden announces homeland and national security team.
• Pressure mounts for Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint law maker of color to fill senate seat.
• Los Angeles County to ban indoor dining as coronavirus cases spike.
• California sees third wave of pandemic, officials urge a halt of holiday gatherings.
• Grocery Workers union say they lack protective equipment, sick pay and hazard pay.
• Nation’s largest nurses union says nurses across the country still lack protective equipment.

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