» L.A. County has confirmed its first case of the so-called “U.K. variant” of COVID-19. The strain, officially known as B.1.1.7, is one of several newer mutations of the virus now circulating around the globe. [KTLA] » An immigration policy plan from the incoming Biden administration would immediately ask Congress to create a pathway to legal status for an estimated 11 million people. “This really does represent a historic shift from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda,” said one immigrant rights advocate. [AP] » Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies are accused of violently abusing and attempting to kidnap a young man. The deputies involved are the same officers implicated in the shooting death of Andres Guardado. [Los Angeles Times]