Welcome to COVID Free Friday! Gov. Newsom visited the KNP Complex Fire site to sign $15 billion climate package. Gov. Newsom has signed Assemblyman Patterson's bill that allows landowners to sell lumber they remove when making defensible space around their homes without having to pay fees. Clovis native Kate Scott will be the new voice of the Philadelphia 76ers. Arizona's GOP private recount of the 2020 election confirms that Biden won and even added a few hundred votes to his win. An arrest warrant has been issued for the fiancé of Gabby Petito based on Brian Laundrie's use of her debit card while she was missing. 

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Trending Topics at 5 o'clock. Due to a school bus shortage, a Boston high school class trip was taken on a party bus. A notorious local is back in the news following federal charges over the Capitol Riots and possession of firearms he wasn't supposed to have in his possession. Gov. Newsom has signed a bill that will limit CA warehouse employers placing quotas on warehouse work. Costco warns that you'll face delays on some household essentials in the near future. 

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Senate Bill 328 will change the start times of junior highs and high schools in California starting July 2022. Listeners comment. 

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Akram Mohsain of Tower Gas joins the show to talk about his viral social media posts helping the homeless in Tower. This week, Sacramento opened a new low barrier navigation center for the city's homeless, which is already facing backlash and a lawsuit that could threaten other shelters from moving forward. Clovis Unified is installing air purifiers in all of its classrooms. 

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Kicking it off with the Buzz Question about whether or not Fresno is a "rude" city. Netflix has announced that "Tiger King" is returning to the streaming service for a second season despite its star, Joe Exotic" still being in prison for his murder for hire plot targeting Carol Baskin. A word on COVID in Sweden according to the Swedish State Epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell. Platelet supply in the valley is too low to meet the needs of trauma patients and those battling cancer. 

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Akram Mohsain of Tower Gas joins the show to talk about his viral social media posts helping the homeless in Tower. 

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Trending Topics at 5 o'clock. Selma Unified issues a warning for students doing the "One Chip Challenge." A hack of Epik, a favorite of far-right extremist groups, has dumped more than 150 gigabytes of private data into public view. California has the lowest virus transmission rate in the nation. FDA has approved boosters for 65 & older and to at risk groups. An Oklahoma man illegally performed a castration in the woods. One man on his way to buy a pizza bought a lotto ticket worth $490m. 

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A moment on rich people and their weird food habits. The search for Gabby Petito's fiancé, the last to see her alive, has intensified as an underwater dive team has been dispatched to the nature reserve that is his last known location and Gov. De Santis has ordered all state agencies to assist in the search. A review of international research finds that those who consume higher levels of dairy fat, from items like milk, butter and cream, are less likely to develop cardiovascular disease, which kills 18 million people a year. Apple and Google have pulled a political-opposition app from their stores following demands by Russia, which is headed into an election that could keep Putin in office.

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Researchers have advised the CDC that COVID infections and deaths appear to be peaking nationally and should be on a steady decline through March. A funeral home has an interesting approach to encouraging vaccination. Following this weekend's Emmys, producers have words about Seth Rogen's onstage comments about COVID. Clowns lurking outside of schools in Singapore that horrified parents and caused them to call police were actually part of a stunt to promote a private speech academy. 

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Kicking it off with the Buzz Question about vaccinating kids 5-11. Paul and Ruben Flores will stand trial for suspected murder of Kristin Smart, who disappeared 25 years ago at Cal Poly. Fresno's University High has been named a 2021 Blue Ribbon School and is one of five California Distinguished Schools this year. According to documents provided by a verified whistleblower, scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology applied and failed to secure $14 million grant to genetically engineer coronaviruses that were more infectious to humans. 

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