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VIDEO: The pandemic causing an economic divide

The wealth of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos doubled, while unemployment soared

Noelle Mortensen, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • December 17, 2020

During the course of 2020 and the pandemic, the popularity of online shopping has been surging. Amazon has become a convenient way many people shop for their basic needs.

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VIDEO: Zoom logged record-breaking year

The video conference platform is a rare winner during the pandemic

Assad Khalilzadeh, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • December 16, 2020

The pandemic has given the video conferencing platform Zoom the greatest boost in usage and popularity any business could hope for.

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VIDEO: COVID-19 makes history in 2020

The pandemic is the top news story of the year

Chris LeFall, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • December 11, 2020

COVID-19 has impacted the entire world since its first confirmed case in the United States on January 21, 2020. The pandemic was selected as the top news story of the year.

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PODCAST: Students share election experience

Listen to the latest episode of City Speaks

Gabriel Schneider, Managing Editor • December 9, 2020

The 2020 elections have ended and we reached out to City College students to hear their thoughts through it all.

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VIDEO: SDSU cancels spring break due to COVID-19 fears

Four "rest and recovery" days will be added to the spring term

Ben Guadarrama, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • December 4, 2020

San Diego State University has canceled its traditional spring break for the 2021 semester.

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VIDEO: College enrollment nationwide down due to COVID-19

Community colleges seeing the steepest impact from the pandemic

Devon Doane and Joel Garcia • November 20, 2020

Student enrollment is down this year, especially in community colleges, across the country, according to data released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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VIDEO: Purple-tier restrictions set to start tonight in San Diego

Restrictions begin at midnight

Ben Guadarrama, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • November 13, 2020

President elect Joe Biden announced a new COVID-19 advisory board ahead of his inauguration.

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VIDEO: Ballots still being counted

Todd Gloria holds a lead in the race for mayor of San Diego

Vicky Pineda, Editor-in-Chief • November 6, 2020

Even with all the changes for the 2020 Election, Cynthia Paes, San Diego County’s Assistant Registrar of Voters, said that Election Day, and night, went by smoothly.

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VIDEO: Mail-in ballot deadlines explained

Confusion continues over rules that vary by state

Devon Doane, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • October 30, 2020

As voters mail in ballots in record numbers, there is a lot of confusion among California voters about when their ballots should be turned in.

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VIDEO: New state guidelines for theme parks released

The guidelines have sparked outrage among theme park officials, fans

Devon Doane, Multimedia Journalist, Newscene • October 23, 2020

Under a new set of state guidelines, major theme parks in the state cannot open until their host county has reached the least restrictive tier.

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VIDEO: Trump, Biden appear in competing town halls

The events were covered in this week’s edition of Newscene, the award-winning student-produced weekly newscast

Christina Painton, Executive Producer, Newscene • October 16, 2020

Donald Trump and Joe Biden dueled it out in competing town hall meetings Thursday night.

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VIDEO: Early voting, vote-by-mail all options for 2020 Election

Voting started on Oct. 6

Susana Serrano, Digital & Engagement Producer, Newscene • October 9, 2020

With Election Day coming on Nov. 3 and seemingly constant changes to state election processes due to politics and the pandemic, San Diego County officials are urging voters to take advantage of mail-in voting.

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