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• Coronavirus Update (Live): 1,026,739 Cases and 54,045 Deaths
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Much has changed as California marks grim 10,000 case milestone
• LAT $: L.A. County death toll nears 80 as number of coronavirus cases skyrockets past 4,000
• OCReg: GIF shows how cases of coronavirus in California grew from ten to 8,155 in March
• LAT $: UC, the state's 3rd largest employer, will not do layoffs through June amid coronavirus crisis
• SacBee: Coronavirus relief law gives California state workers with children 12 weeks paid leave
• Calif. halted reserve of ventilators, masks, mobile hospitals
• CG: California Pandemic Preparedness Defunding in 2011 Costing Lives a Decade Later
• FH: Brown's Decision on Funding Medical Supplies Understandable at the Time, Not Later
• American Mind: Seriously Unserious
• FresBee: This Fresno councilmember thinks there should be fines for violating social distancing
• SFC: New rules: No playgrounds, picnics or dog parks
• FH: Pressure Mounts for Property Tax Relief
• SacBee: Do you have to pay your property taxes? Gavin Newsom says he doesn't want to 'overpromise'
• AP: California delays sales tax payments for small businesses
• VOSD: Some Local Agencies Are No Longer Responding to Public Records Requests
• SacBee: Gavin Newsom planned a $222 billion state budget. It'll be 'radically changed' by coronavirus
• AP: Testing issues cloud scope of California's virus outbreak
• SFC: California's coronavirus testing backlog is a vast 64% unprocessed
• LAT $: A record 6.6 million Americans seek jobless aid as layoffs mount amid coronavirus
• OCReg: Coronavirus help: OnwardCA created to help displaced Californians find work
• SacBee: California unemployment claims top 878,000 as coronavirus pushes US jobless to new high
• SFC: Country in 'Great Depression neighborhood' and unemployment could top 32%
• CalM: Non-English speakers struggle to file coronavirus unemployment claims
• SFC: School districts facing fiscal nightmare may take years to recover
• SacBee: Newsom announces agreement between teachers and school officials amid closures
• LADN: Teachers union pushes back on LAUSD distance-learning methods amid coronavirus outbreak
• CG: Sacramento Homeless Transients Take Over Vacant Home In Stunt by 'Tenants Union'
• AP: California homeless advocate: 'We're moving way too slowly'
• VOC: County Gears Up Tents, Trailers and Hotels to Help Homeless During Virus Pandemic
• SFC: Shelter reports first SF homeless person to test positive for coronavirus
• SFC: UCSF, Seton nurses call on Newsom to send more protective equipment
• OCReg: Huntington Beach must continue to obey sanctuary state law, Supreme Court declines to hear its appeal
• LAT $: Newsom says face coverings can help, but California won't mandate now
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Compton company helps collect masks for Orange County, LA medical centers
• OCReg: Cover your face to thwart coronavirus? Yes, Southern California health officials now say
• LAT $: Californians won't have water service turned off for unpaid bills during coronavirus crisis, Newsom says
• SFC: Backers of California Proposition 13 revision turn in ballot signatures
• AP: Backers of California tax initiative submit signatures
• OCReg: Expert warns surfers and outdoor enthusiasts of added risks for coronavirus spread
• CG: 3,500 Prisoners To Be Released Early Due to Coronavirus Threats
• LAT $: Mass release of California prisoners weighed by judges amid coronavirus fears
• CG: California Moves to Set Water Pumping Limits Without Federal Input
• AP: Unique California gun program clears fewer cases in 2019
• NR: China Wants to Use the Coronavirus to Take Over the World
• FH: Pension Math
• Reason: Are There Fiscal Conservatives in a Pandemic? The Club for Growth Says It Doesn't Matter.
• OCReg: Political correctness is a virus that kills, too
• OCReg: The limits of insurance in a pandemic
• CG: Gov. Newsom: Coronavirus Is 'Opportunity for Reimagining a More Progressive Era'
• NR: We Are All Restrictionists Now
• FH: COVID-19 Changes the Initiative Landscape
• OCReg: Three big Democratic clashes in Southern California
• LAT $: Church in Sacramento linked to dozens of coronavirus cases
• SFC: Breed's biggest frustration? SF residents getting up-close and personal outside
• SFC: Grants and loans for SF businesses reeling from outbreak
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Clusters emerging around Bay Area. Here's what we know. Why don't we know more?
• FresBee: Fresno Mayor-Elect Jerry Dyer launches campaign to support organizations aiding the needy during coronavirus outbreak
• Is Modesto too small? City may not make the cut for coronavirus aid in stimulus bill
• CalCoast: Two Cuesta College students test positive for coronavirus
• CalCoast: Fifteen SLO County health care workers infected with the coronavirus
• VCStar $: Oxnard Union superintendent announces resignation
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: Ventura County sees 177 cases, six deaths
• LADN: Under coronavirus shutdown, L.A. County restaurants can now sell groceries - but here are the rules
• LADN: Garcetti calls in public-health cohort to bring home warnings against coronavirus spread
• VOC: Santana: County of Orange Auctioned Off 100,000 Expired N95 Protective Masks
• PE: Disney furloughs non-essential employees at U.S. theme parks
• OCReg: Orange County has 56 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, with three more deaths
• OCReg: Anaheim council's misplaced priorities - Orange County Register
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases increase to 493; 14 now dead
• PE: 2nd Red Cross trailer with disaster relief supplies stolen from Riverside lot
• PE: Riverside County orders golf courses closed due to coronavirus
• PE: San Bernardino County reports 50 more coronavirus cases, 2 additional deaths
• SBSun: Final election results show San Bernardino councilwoman lost seat by 18 votes
• SBSun: San Bernardino County extends business, building closures due to coronavirus
• VOSD: Grades Can Only Go Up: New Details on San Diego Unified's Online Learning Plan
• SDUT: Live coronavirus updates in San Diego: County officials order some businesses to use face coverings as one more death is logged
• SDUT: County to crack down on COVID violators, orders face masks at some businesses

Sincerely,