8-27: Trump again flouts scientific advice, pressing CDC for softer guidelines; Newsom says no - PLUS cop accidentally shoots a gal at John Wayne and 29 more people die of Covid in OC

✅AP Fact Check: Pence presses a distorted case on economy -- Vice President Mike Pence and fellow Republicans pressed a distorted case Wednesday that President Donald Trump took over a moribund economy from Barack Obama and supercharged it. That’s not what happened. Josh Boak, Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward Associated Press -- 8/27/20

✅Top U.S. Officials Told C.D.C. to Soften Coronavirus Testing Guidelines -- Trump administration officials on Wednesday defended a new recommendation that people without Covid-19 symptoms abstain from testing, even as scientists warned that the policy could hobble an already weak federal response as schools reopen and a potential autumn wave looms. Sheryl Gay Stolberg in the New York Times$ -- 8/27/20

 

✅California officials oppose CDC over looser coronavirus testing and travel protocols -- Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said he disagrees with the CDC’s new guidance and insisted that it will not impact California. “I don’t agree with the new CDC guidance. Period. Full stop,” he said. “We will not be influenced by that change.” Colleen Shalby, Phil Willon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/27/20

✅California Supreme Court to weigh in on Orange County Board of Education lawsuit over distance learning -- The California Supreme Court has taken the rare step of quickly taking up two lawsuits – one of them filed on behalf of the Orange County Board of Education – to reopen schools for in-class learning. ... Roxana Kopetman in the Orange County Register -- 8/27/20

 

✅UC students could face discipline for gatherings that violate health regulations, officials warn -- Top leaders of the University of California system warned Wednesday that students could face various disciplines if they violate health regulations and social distancing rules with the type of crowded parties that have spread Covid-19 infections at university campuses across the state and country. Larry Gordon EdSource -- 8/27/20

✅Confirmed COVID-19 Case in State Legislature Could Derail End of Session -- The office of state Sen. Brian Jones, R-Santee, tweeted, “Jones today, upon his return to Sacramento this week for the end of Session, received news that he has tested positive for COVID-19....” Katie Orr KQED Adam Beam Associated Press Jeremy B. White Politico -- 8/27/20

✅Coronavirus: Even parts of California with worst COVID-19 outbreaks see improvement -- New cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations from the virus in California continued to nosedive Wednesday in the latest data released by state and local health departments, and even the hardest-hit regions appeared to be on the mend. Evan Webeck in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/27/20

 

✅2 more San Diego State University students report positive for COVID-19 -- SDSU says an additional 14 faculty, staff, vendors or contractors have tested positive for the virus since spring. Gary Robbins in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/27/20

 

✅Demonstrators hit streets of Oakland, courthouse fire set -- Demonstrators marched in Oakland on Wednesday night in solidarity with protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and police said they were responding to a courthouse fire, broken store windows and small fires in the streets. Lauren Hernández in the San Francisco Chronicle$ George Kelly in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/27/20

 

✅Protesters gather again in downtown L.A. to denounce violence in wake of Jacob Blake shooting -- Hundreds of protesters rallied near the Hall of Justice in downtown L.A. on Wednesday evening as nationwide demonstrations continue over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Wisconsin. Leila Miller in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/27/20

✅O.C. sheriff’s sergeant accidentally fires weapon at airport, injuring employee -- An Orange County Sheriff’s Department sergeant accidentally fired his weapon inside John Wayne Airport on Wednesday morning, injuring an airport employee. The incident, described as an “unintentional weapon discharge” in a statement by the Sheriff’s Department, occurred about 7 a.m. in an administrative office. Leila Miller in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/27/20

 

✅How did Orange County get off the coronavirus watch list while much of the Bay Area remains on it? -- Residents packed beaches to protest shutdown orders. The sheriff said he wouldn’t enforce mask requirements. The health officer resigned after facing public harassment and intimidation. That was just a few months ago, when Orange County seemed intent on leading a rebellion against public health mandates intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Emily DeRuy, Harriet Blair Rowan in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 8/26/20

 

✅UC Berkeley chancellor calls reopening amid crises ‘hardest situation I’ve ever encountered’ -- The University of California’s first two campuses to reopen this fall, Berkeley and Merced, begin classes Wednesday amid multiple crises: fear of COVID-19 spikes among students, shuttered classrooms that have forced online learning, and battered university budgets. Teresa Watanabe in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/26/20

 

✅Cal State Fullerton Removes Donor's Name From B-School

Inside Higher Ed

California State University at Fullerton has removed Steven Mihaylo's name from its business school. A statement from Fram Virjee, the president, said the College of Business and Economics was named for Mihaylo when he pledged $30 million to it in 2007. Since 2016, he hasn't given anything, and prior to then, he had given only $8 million of his pledge. In 2018, he said that if the university bought a telecommunications system from his company, he would make the donation. "The arrangement suggested by Mr. Mihaylo was an immediate nonstarter for the university for ethical and legal reasons, and we repeatedly informed him as such," Virjee said. "Faced with this response from Cal State Fullerton, Mr. Mihaylo pivoted to a different reason for refusing to fulfill his commitment to his alma mater: alleged financial waste by the university and a claimed lack of support for the First Amendment of political conservatism on campus. Both claims are completely without basis as we specifically shared with him."….

✅29 deaths reported in OC today. That's high.