Reluctance to get the Covid vaccine; waiting for a new stimulus plan

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Is competitiveness genetic or learned? Mega church gets big time PPE money...is that right?

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Is society’s acceptance of alcohol threatening to addicts?

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On today's edition of The Ronn Owens Report, Ronn takes his annual look back at the top stories of the year. You can listen to the Ronn Owens Report weekdays at 11:30am, 3:30pm, and 7:30pm on KGO810 or just go to www.kgoradio.com/ronnowens/ for today's and most of the previous segments.

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Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler refused to recognize the victory of President-elect Biden at least five times at a press conference on Wednesday, despite the fact her home state voted in favor of the Democratic candidate. The Georgia Republican defending her seat in a runoff election slated for January 5 did not directly answer reporters who asked whether she planned to recognize that Biden was the winner of the presidential election. She said the president had a "right to every legal recourse" to contest the election results, and told the media that she was focused on the race for his crucial seat in the upper chamber.

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An alarming new alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security's cyber arm revealed that Russian hackers suspected of a massive, ongoing intrusion campaign into government agencies, private companies and critical infrastructure entities used a variety of unidentified tactics and not just a single compromised software program.

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Should those who refuse to mask be able to take an icu bed away from someone who needs it? Chris Merrill debates this moral dilemma with callers. 

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KGO's Kim McCallister shares some of the odder COVID related stories with Chris Merrill.

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Joining Chris Merrill is Craig Timberg, national technology reporter for The Washington Post, specializing in privacy, security and surveillance. 

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Facing a federal lawsuit from the Archdiocese of Washington over rules prohibiting large gatherings — including Christmas services — during the coronavirus pandemic, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser issued a late-night order Wednesday modifying the city’s rules on worship services and other activities. Bowser (D) revoked the cap of 50 people that she had previously imposed on worship services and instead ordered that religious facilities fill no more than 25 percent of their pews, up to a maximum of 250 people at one event, no matter how large the venue. The order further states that the city will impose a 250-person cap on a wider variety of socially distant activities. No more than 250 people may play sports on the same playing field; browse a museum on the same floor; use a gym, indoor skate park, bowling alley, or skating rink; or shop in a store.

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