News Now Trending - Friday, February 11

The top news stories trending in San Diego on Friday, February 11, 2022.

NO FILTER

·Parent DRAGGED out of school board meeting for not wearing mask days after officials posed maskless

·In praise of those annoying masks

·Biden says getting rid of masks is 'PREMATURE' and suggests they will only be axed in schools when more kids get vaccinated - despite cases plummeting and Democrat governors rolling back COVID rules

TRUCK IT

·US urges Canada to use federal powers to end bridge blockade

·Democratic Governor Offers Heavy Equipment To Move Truckers In 'Freedom Convoy' Blocking US-Canada Bridge

·Canadian trucker protest: Court freezes access to funds on GiveSendGo

·'NYPD Blue' actor calls on US truckers to 'shut down' DC

CORONA-OVER-IT

·Americans move to Texas, Florida, Alabama as more work from home

·Goldie Hawn warns COVID trauma is hurting our kids: 'Children aren't able to manage what's going on'

·Why an Arizona County Turned Down $1.9 Million in Covid Relief

·Polling gets Democrats to finally begin their COVID retreat

BUMBLIN’

·A grim portrait of Biden's unhappy America

·Wall Street's go-to recession indicator is looking ominous

·Biden snaps at 'wise guy' Holt for noting how wrong prez was about inflation

CRIME TIME

·Shoplifting Reaches Crisis Proportions

·Surge in violent crime has a common link — and it's not firearms

·CIA Secretly Collected ‘Bulk’ Data on American Citizens, Senators Say

·South Korean Diplomat's Nose Broken By Attacker In NYC Streets

·Why efforts to scale back California’s ‘three strikes’ law for juveniles are failing

·Disturbing video shows NYC sanitation worker kicked and shot

·Biden's open border policies have left Americans vulnerable to rapists - here's how they can 'BE GONE'

OVER THE BORDERLINE

·Fairfax County Public Schools Teacher Assigned 7th Graders Book On Illegal Immigration

·5th journalist killed in Mexico this year

·The border crisis is a big story — that most media ignore

FUN N’ GAMES

·Shaun White ends Olympic career with an emotional run at Beijing: 'I wanted more today'

·Winter Olympics: Mikaela Shiffrin trains for downhill amid Olympic disappointment

·Nathan Chen’s path to Olympic gold wound through Southern California

·Russia is accused of 'abusing' 15-year-old Olympian who failed drugs test

·'Irate' announcer loses his mind over judging controversy

·Skier furious after Olympic worker wanders onto course during run

·The Beijing Olympics are not the Berlin Olympics — they’re worse

·Only ONE Black figure skater representing any nation

GOING FOR WOKE

·A U.S. Senate candidate smoked marijuana in his last campaign ad. This time, he burned a Confederate flag.

·Woke Brooklyn College that banned campus cops from carrying guns - after official said she was 'triggered' by female officer with a Glock - is forced to call for help from OTHER schools during active shooter threat

·Residents respond to Bay Area mayor calling on homeowners to alleviate homeless crisis

·With the 2nd year of a projected budget surplus, should California consider cutting taxes?

·NFL begs America's richest black man to buy the Broncos, sources say

SUPER SUNDAY

·For Inglewood, Super Bowl brings hopeful glow after years of stagnation and anxiety 

·Young coaches set for showdown

·With plenty of swagger and distance, kickers take spotlight in NFL postseason

·Rapper Drake Turns to Bitcoin for Million-Dollar Bet

·Snoop Dogg sued for sex assault

·Airline passenger caught on video as he's forcibly removed from flight after Bengals rant

·This photographer is the only person who’s shot all 55 Super Bowls. On Sunday, he’ll make it 56.

·Here's a sneak peek at this year's Super Bowl LVI commercials

·California Heat Raises Fire Risk as LA Set to Bake

·Ahead of Super Bowl, Californians more cautious about COVID-19, poll shows

POP ROCKS

·Kanye West disses Pete Davidson yet again on new song

·'Incapacitated' Wendy needs a guardianship, bank says

·Adele Residency Would Have Been 'half-Assed' ...Parties At London Gay Bar