Dear John,

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• Shhh - CARES Act Hush Money Loans Require Desperate Employers Not to Oppose Unionization
• Coronavirus Update: 725,232 Cases and 34,034 Deaths
• Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
• AP: California prepares for coronavirus surge in week ahead
• AP: As virus makes goodbyes hard, fears of many more rise in US
• SacBee: Coronavirus updates: California cases pass 5,000, second Placer death, ventilators sought
• SFC: California had 21 million N95 masks stockpiled. All are expired.
• FresBee: Before coronavirus, California let 1 in 4 of its public health labs close
• SDUT: County officials tout food safety after grocery worker tests positive; local COVID-19 cases rise to 519
• OCReg: Employee at Sprouts grocery at Tustin Marketplace tests positive for cornonavirus
• PE: Eastvale Amazon worker tests positive for coronavirus
• Saturday Headlines
• Sunday Headlines
• SacBee: CA mostly staying at home during shutdown, tracking data show
• LADN: SoFi Stadium construction worker has coronavirus, others enter self-quarantine
• SDUT: Even in a pandemic, building is still booming in San Diego - for now
• SFC: SF's jail population drops 25% after inmates released to thwart virus
• AP: 2 inmates who walked away from prison camp are captured
• SacBee: California lottery closes office after Sacramento employee tests positive for coronavirus
• SFC: California makes all state parks off limits to cars amid outbreak
• SFC: PG&E, a 'killer company,' admits to 85 felony counts. Now what?
• OCReg: LA Convention Center to become mammoth field hospital in fight against coronavirus
• AP: Largest US dam removal stirs debate over coveted West water
• OCReg: Aerial video and photos show eerie Disneyland 'ghost town' during coronavirus closure
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Santa Clara County to use fairgrounds to house homeless
• SFC: Tents crowd Tenderloin, even as SF tries to keep people apart during outbreak
• LAT $: L.A. County got 170 broken ventilators from feds; Silicon Valley is fixing them, Newsom says
• LAT $: Surfer fined $1,000 for ignoring coronavirus closure in Manhattan Beach
• CG: UPDATED: Gov. Newsom and California Officials Sued by NRA, 2A Foundation, Over Closing Gun Stores
• CalM: How to get past the coronavirus crisis without losing your mental health
• CalM: 'Am I going to die?' Alone and scared, confined seniors struggle with anxiety
• SFC: Coronavirus sets off 'generational shaming' across Bay Area and nation
• SDUT: Laying off Ace Parking employees felt like 'ripping off limbs to save vital organs'
• CNN: Pelosi on Trump's coronavirus response: 'As the President fiddles, people are dying'
• Reason: Despite Coronavirus, Sweden Refuses To Shutter Businesses and Limit Gatherings
• CalM: Commentary: PG&E makes two deals to survive
• CG: Legislative Operations During Emergencies
• NR: Mr. Coburn Went to Washington and Left a Remarkable Example
• CG: California's Homeless Could Provide the Answer if the Cost of Our Economic Shutdown is Worth It
• FRBlog: Are Red Flag Laws Dangerous?
• LAT $: Skelton: Everyone is vulnerable to coronavirus. But seniors still need to take extra precautions
• SacBee: Roseville shooting leaves one in critical condition, shooter cooperative, police say
• After Stay At Home Order, Sacramento Region Law Enforcement Respond Differently To Complaints About Open Businesses
• SFC: Coronavirus prompts more cutbacks of Muni, Caltrain service
• SFC: Bay Area shelter in place orders likely to extend through April
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Santa Clara County announces 55 new cases; overall total doubles in one week
• SJMN: Meet the doctor who ordered the Bay Area's coronavirus lockdown, the first in the U.S.
• Coronavirus update, March 29: Numbers, Modesto area residents' stories; shopping tips
• FresBee: Coronavirus cases top 100 in central Valley. Here's where increases are happening
• CalCoast: Santa Barbara plans to layoff 400 city employees
• VCStar $: 109 coronavirus cases in Ventura County; 4 dead
• LAT $: 5 more coronavirus deaths in L.A. County; total cases top 2,100
• LADN: Rolling LA protest urges rent forgiveness for people hit hardest by coronavirus crisis
• LADN: Five more coronavirus deaths reported in LA County as number of cases tops 2,000
• OCReg: Orange County coronavirus cases reach 431, still 4 deaths
• OCReg: Makeshift pantries pop up all over Orange County to help neighbors during coronavirus shutdowns
• OCReg: San Onofre treatment plant problem leads to release of 7,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into ocean
• SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus count grows to 111 cases
• SBSun: 2 more San Bernardino County deputies contract coronavirus
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases jump by 38 to to 233
• PE: Riverside to decide controversial homeless housing project with drive-up meeting
• SDUT: Live coronavirus updates in San Diego: County reports 31 new coronavirus cases; total hits 519
• SDUT: San Diego County hospitals brace for surge of COVID-19 patients

Sincerely,