Headlines:
• Lancaster City's new interim police chief starts today: John Bey will fill the position until the city selects a permanent replacement for Jarrad Berkihiser. Bey has worked for the Pa. Air National Guard, Dauphin County Police and the Pa. State Police. (Source: WGAL)
• Covid-19 affecting Lancaster County's Latino population less than the national count for Latinos: “We are dramatically lower in terms of (Latino) deaths overall,” said Edwin Hurston, Lancaster County's public health emergency consultant. As of Dec. 5, 5.1% of Lancaster County's 531 Covid-19-related deaths were Latino. In a CDC analysis of the 114,411 Covid-19-related deaths from May to August, 24.2% of the deceased were Latino. (Source: LNP)
• Lancaster County lights display raises money for local nonprofits: Refreshing Mountain Retreat and Adventure Center partners with one or two nonprofits per week to receive donations given by people visiting the center's half-mile drive-thru lights show. (Source: ABC 27)
• National roundup: Biden picks Calif. Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his health secretary. (Source: AP) Virtual learning causing children to fall behind, vulnerable demographics most affected. (Source: Washington Post) Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, tests positive for Covid-19. (Source: Reuters). Today is the 79th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack. (Source: UPI)
