{"id":1188802,"date":"2020-12-16T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=1fe798bf487c3635acf8194292f9ba1f"},"modified":"2020-12-16T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T18:00:00","slug":"congressional-leaders-on-brink-of-covid-19-relief-bill-california-icu-capacity-plunges-as-covid-19-infections-soar-to-highest-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/16\/congressional-leaders-on-brink-of-covid-19-relief-bill-california-icu-capacity-plunges-as-covid-19-infections-soar-to-highest-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional leaders on brink of COVID-19 relief bill; California ICU capacity plunges as COVID-19 infections soar to highest on record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-349620 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CNA-PROTEST-small-370x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CNA-PROTEST-small-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CNA-PROTEST-small-175x99.jpg 175w, https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CNA-PROTEST-small-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CNA-PROTEST-small.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Comprehensive coverage of the day\u2019s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MARTINEZ_Covid_Relief_Bill-1.mp3\">Congressional leaders on the brink of coronavirus relief legislation.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>California ICU capacity plunges as COVID-19 infections soar to highest on record.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AANESTAD-ON-TENANT-PROTEST.mp3\">Tenants advocates demand state lawmakers extend eviction moratorium and provide rent relief.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mesa-Verde.mp3\">Judge orders measures for immigrant detention center Mesa Verde to end COVID-19 spread.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Witte-on-sb-73-final-production.mp3\">State Senator Scott Weiner introduces bill to end mandatory jail time for non-violent drug offenses.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/episode\/the-pacifica-evening-news-weekdays-december-16-2020\/\">Congressional leaders on brink of COVID-19 relief bill; California ICU capacity plunges as COVID-19 infections soar to highest on record<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/\">KPFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/kpfa.org\/?post_type=episode&#038;p=347636\">KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Comprehensive coverage of the day\u2019s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional leaders on the brink of coronavirus relief legislation.<br \/>\nCalifornia ICU capacity plunges as COVID-19 infections soar to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23950,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23950"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188802"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537013,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188802\/revisions\/1537013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}