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• Coronavirus Update (Live): 940,733 Cases and 47,518 Deaths
• LAT $: California death toll passes 200 as L.A. threatens to cut utilities for nonessential businesses
• SFC: California's shelter in place may be working, but coronavirus is still a threat
• AP: 8 hospitalized in California nursing home virus outbreak
• CG: Gov. Newsom Coronavirus Update: 'We are at a Completely Different Place Than the State of New York'
• SJMN: Governor Newsom: COVID-19 patients in ICUs have quadrupled, hospitalizations have tripled in last six days
• SJMN: Coronavirus: First look at California's hospitalization data
• PE: Coronavirus: Riverside County projects to run out of ICU beds and ventilators this month
• CG: 25,000 People Apply to California Health Corps in 24 Hours
• SFC: State: Face masks optional but they could provide protection against virus
• AP: Los Angeles mayor recommends everyone in the nation's second-largest city wear a mask to combat the coronavirus
• LADN: LA mayor urges Angelenos to wear homemade masks while coronavirus outbreak continues
• Reason: What's Up With All the Contradictory Advice About COVID-19 and Face Masks?
• SFC: California's top court: All cities have to follow state's sanctuary law
• CG: Sonoma County Emergency Management Director Under Fire For Family Visit to Closed Beach
• VOSD: Coronavirus Protocols Re-ignite Tensions Between Lifeguards, Fire Officials
• SDUT: UC San Diego virus expert pleads with surfers to stay out of the ocean to avoid coronavirus
• VCStar $: Calif. engineer derails train in failed attack on Naval hospital ship, DOJ says
• SDUT: Chief justice's sweeping new orders on criminal cases could do more harm than good, critics say
• SDUT: Navy to move almost 3,000 sailors off coronavirus-stricken carrier Theodore Roosevelt
• AP: California cities want transparency rules waived in pandemic
• CalCoast: League of California Cities seeks Public Records Act suspension
• CalM: End of the school year, state says
• LADN: L.A. County superintendent recommends campus closures through end of school year
• AP: California schools unlikely to reopen this academic year
• FresBee: Fresno schools close for the rest of the school year. Clovis hopes to reopen in May
• SacBee: PG&E thought it had a deal with California wildfire victims. Then came the coronavirus
• LAT $: Amid coronavirus shortages, L.A. clinics request extra help
• SFC: Nurses wearing trash bags at hospital facing protective equipment shortage
• LADN: Amazon employee at Atwater Village warehouse tests positive for coronavirus
• FresBee: Worker at Chowchilla prison tests positive for coronavirus, CDCR reports
• VOC: Grocery Workers Plea for Virus Safety Measures as Clerks Deal With Crowded Stores and Rising Fears
• OCReg: Ralphs shifts to $2 hourly raises instead of bonus for workers
• OCReg: Placentia begins clearing homeless camp after moving many people to new shelter
• SacBee: To avoid coronavirus, Sacramento homeless take drastic measure: moving into a vacant home
• VOSD: Inside the County's Rush to Amass Motel Rooms
• FresBee: First homeless patient tests positive for coronavirus in Fresno
• OCReg: Laguna Beach City Council meeting is bombed on Zoom with pornography
• CG: Reed Hastings Gave Over $4 million to Calif Politics in First Quarter
• CG: Gov. Newsom Still Won't Suspend AB 5, Even as it Continues to Kill Independent Healthcare Jobs
• AP: California snowpack measures below normal for spring
• AP: California Supreme Court won't hear immigration case
• LAT $: UC to ease admission requirements: No SAT, no letter grades due to coronavirus
• AP: Prosecutors: Ex-official to plead guilty in admissions case
• CalM: For the greater good: Coronavirus border closure keeps immigrants from seeing families
• SFC: Even as Trump changes message, Nunes blasts stay-at-home moves
• LAT $: Rep. Devin Nunes calls California closures overkill, contradicting health officials and experts
• Reason: The Private Sector Heroes Leading the Fight Against COVID-19
• Reason: The Trump Administration Presents a False Choice Between Current COVID-19 Control Measures and 'No Intervention'
• OCReg: COVID-19 is no excuse to bail out urban transit
• NR: Joe Biden's Coronavirus Disappearing Act
• SacBee: Gov. Gavin Newsom must uphold California's transparency laws during coronavirus pandemic
• FH: Look Out Californians: We Could Be Next!
• OCReg: Nursing students want to help fight COVID-19. Give us a pathway to do so.
• FH: Restaurants Rely On Consumers, But What About The Suppliers Who Rely On Restaurants?
• CalM: Commentary: Three big Democratic clashes in California
• OCReg: The legacy of Tom Coburn
• FH: This Is Not the Time for An Austerity Budget in California
• Tourism-dependent Tuolumne County asks folks not to visit during coronavirus battle
• SacBee: Coronavirus updates: More than 200 dead in California, including 9 in Sacramento County
• SacBee: Sacramento library launches fraud lawsuit against foundation that raises funds for it
• SacBee: Coronavirus per-capita death rate in Sacramento double that of California as a whole
• SacBee: Sacramento health alert: One-third of county coronavirus cases are connected to churches
• SFC: Crime falls dramatically in Bay Area cities as residents stay home
• SFC: East Oaklanders band together in the face of coronavirus threat
• SJMN: As possible cases mount at San Jose nursing home, families are urged to bring their loved ones home
• FresBee: California is already planning for escalating coronavirus infections in June 'Phase 2'
• CalCoast: SLO pot shop red-tagged for violating the rules
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: County's cases hit 160, 5 deaths
• AP: Dodgers TV network reaches deal to show games in LA area
• LADN: L.A. County paying $2.25 million to 2 deputies targeted by officials
• Reason: L.A. Tried-and Mostly Failed-To Fix Bad Permit Rules for Restaurants That Want To Sell Groceries
• OCReg: Laguna Beach city manager diagnosed with coronavirus, expects a full recovery
• OCReg: Disneyland passholders angry that company keeps billing them during coronavirus closure
• VOC: Coronavirus Outbreak in OC Jails Triggers Early Inmate Releases and Worker Safety Protests
• LAT $: Orange County sees biggest one-day jump in coronavirus infections, three new deaths
• OCReg: Coronavirus grade: Orange County gets a B- in social distancing
• OCReg: Fairview Developmental Center to be used for hospital support during coronavirus outbreak
• OCReg: Orange County has 107 newly reported case of coronavirus; 10 have died
• SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus cases grow to 254, no new deaths reported
• PE: 2nd Red Cross trailer with disaster relief supplies stolen from Riverside lot
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases now at 429; still 13 dead
• SBSun: Escapee is shot and injured by Chino police in Jurupa Valley
• SDUT: San Diego County eligible for $2.5 million in DOJ funds to respond to COVID-19
• SDUT: Live coronavirus updates in San Diego: Five more residents die of COVID-19 bringing death toll to 15
• SDUT: San Diego County schools will get $8 million from state for pandemic costs

Sincerely,