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4:00 A.M. TONI: GOOD MORNING. IT’S WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020. I’M TONI VALLIERE. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR BIG STORIES TODAY. CALIFORNIA COULD LOSE A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT, ACCORDING TO NEW ESTIMATES FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. ANALYSTS SAY THE POPULATION IS GROWING MORE SLOWLY THIS DECADE, AND MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT OF CALIFORNIA, ALTHOUGH THERE’S STILL A NET GAIN MEANTIME, IT LOOKS LIKE TEXAS AND FLORIDA COULD GAIN SEATS IF THE ESTIMATES PLAY OUT IN THE 2020 CENSUS. THE RESULTS WOULDN’T AFFECT ELECTIONS UNTIL 2022. CALIFORNIA’S SO-CALLED GIG ECONOMY LAW HAS BEEN BLOCKED FROM GOING INTO EFFECT TODAY, AT LEAST FOR 70,000 TRUCKER THE LAW MAKES IT HARDER FOR COMPANIES TO CLASSIFY WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS INSTEAD OF EMPLOYEES, WHO ARE ENTITLED TO MINIMUM WAGE AND OTHER BENEFITS. THE JUDGE RULED THE TRUCKING ASSOCIATION IS LIKELY TO WIN ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE. THAT THE NEW LAW VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW. A CHILD IN PLACER COUNTY HAS DIED OF COMPLICATIONS FROM THE FLU. COUNTY HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE CHILD WAS PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY. THIS IS THE THIRD CHILD TO DIE FROM THE FLU IN CALIFORNIA THIS YEAR. A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH. AT LEAST 46 PEOPLE HAVE DIED STATEWIDE SINCE THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 LET’S GET A CHECK OF THE FORECAST. LINH: GOOD MORNING. HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE ARE IN THE 30’S AND 40’S. 43 AND THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, 41 IN STOCKTON, 39 FOR MODESTO, 45 M PLACERVILLE, -- IN PLACERVILLE, AND BELOW FREEZING IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. FOG UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY, DENSE AND MODESTO WITH THE VISIBILITY DOWN TO TWO MILES RIGHT NOW. FOUR MILES IN STOCKTON. NOT BAD FOR SACRAMENTO. A LITTLE BIT IN FAIRFIELD. THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT IS GOING TO BE A NICE DAY. GO OUT AND ENJOY IT. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH MID-40’S BY 9:00. BY NOON, 55. WARMING UP TO 57 BY 3:00. THE AVERAGE THIS TIME OF YEAR IS 53. WE WILL BE ABOVE THAT AS WE START THE NEW YEAR. THE LOWER 50’S AT 6:00. TONI: OK, THANK Y