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• DA Dow Objects to Jail Inmates Release on "Emergency" Zero Bail
• Reason: Good News: Coronavirus Death Estimates Keep Shrinking
• LAT $: California's coronavirus death toll is way below New York's. Here's why
• CalM: Wary optimism: Small uptick of COVID-19 Californians in hospital and intensive care
• SJMN: Governor Newsom: California's COVID-19 peak 'may not end up being as high as we planned'
• Coronavirus Update: 1,710,148 Cases and 103,506 Deaths
• LAT $: California's early coronavirus efforts will cost $7 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom says
• SJMN: Bay Area layoff plans swell to huge levels
• LAT $: California faces two years of high unemployment from coronavirus, UCLA predicts
• SacBee: Lose your job due to the coronavirus? Here are your health care options in California
• LAT $: California unemployment agency to increase hotline hours for claims amid coronavirus
• SacBee: Furloughed or unemployed? Experts offer advice to Californians considering a career change
• SacBee: California to move seniors to Navy ship to cope with nursing home infections
• AP: California offers ship, support to nursing homes amid virus
• AP: California newspapers seek state help as virus hits revenue
• CG: Big Legal Win for Religious Liberty: Easter Services Now Permitted in San Bernardino County
• AP: Restrictions tighten during California's virus-hit Easter
• CalM: Open for Easter? Legal spat brews over lockdown restrictions on Sunday service
• SacBee: Here's how much equipment California hospitals had stockpiled before COVID-19 hit state
• LAT $: L.A. County stay-at-home order could last into summer; more social distancing essential, officials say
• California cities - and some stores - now requiring face masks during the coronavirus crisis
• SJMN: Whistleblower alleges Valley Med nurses sickened with coronavirus while management stayed quiet
• LAT $: 95% support L.A.'s coronavirus stay-at-home orders, poll finds - Los Angeles Times
• LADN: L.A. city, county submit plans to service Skid Row sanitation facilities amid coronavirus outbreak
• FH: The Real Story Behind Homelessness
• AP: Advocates furious after outbreak at San Francisco shelter
• OCReg: Plan to house seniors with coronavirus at Laguna Hills Inn draws protest from the city
• SacBee: State telemeeting about California fishing ban erupts into chaos. 'Make fishing great again!'
• OCReg: LA-area card casinos, cities seek assistance as coronavirus shutdown threatens jobs
• OCReg: Orange County employee tests positive for coronavirus, makes other workers nervous
• LADN: Business, labor, government agencies team up to collect protective gear for frontline workers battling coronavirus
• CG: New Bill Will Automatically Mail Absentee Ballots to All Registered Voters for 2020 General Election
• VOC: Governor Orders Santa Ana's Recall Election To Be Mail-in Ballot Only, Westminster Majority Survives Recall
• OCReg: Southern California jail inmates decry living in 'breeding ground' for coronavirus
• SDUT: Detainees at Otay Mesa Detention Center were offered masks, but only if they signed contracts
• LAT $: Judge suggests California use private prisons to give inmates space amid coronavirus crisis
• CG: Gov. Newsom Shuts Down UFC Event With Help of Disney, ESPN
• OCReg: COVID-19 is wrecking the state budget and it's time for the high-speed rail project to go
• Reason: California's Eviction Ban Will Worsen Current Economic Woes
• OCReg: Jack London saw this coming. Why didn't we?
• FH: The Legislature Makes Itself Non-Essential
• FH: Suggested Executive Orders for Gavin Newsom
• FH: After Coronavirus We Need to Rethink Densely Populated Cities
• OCReg: The shaky case for ordering gun stores closed during the coronavirus outbreak
• SFC: 5 Oakland police officers set to be fired after report
• AP: Taking it to the streets: Oakland closes roads to curb virus
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Why SF tests at nearly double the rate of LA
• SFC: Overcrowding on Tenderloin streets getting worse in the coronavirus crisis
• SFC: San Francisco mayor caps Uber, Postmates, DoorDash delivery commissions
• LAT $: One by one, nurses got coronavirus at a Silicon Valley hospital while management kept quiet
• SJMN: Milpitas City Council denies controversial hotel proposal over "visual prominence"
• FresBee: Fresno mayor extends shelter-in-place to May, adds penalties for violators
• Stanislaus County reports its first death from coronavirus, well into the pandemic
• FresBee: Coronavirus cases almost at 500 in central San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County deaths highest
• LAT $: Ventura County sheriff's deputy arrested on suspicion of destroying evidence
• VCStar $: Oxnard School District cuts budget by $10.5 million1:01 PM EDT Apr 10, 2020
• LADN: Two LA city employees have died from coronavirus, says Mayor Eric Garcetti
• LAT $: L.A.'s mask order is now the law. 5 things you need to know
• LAT $: Construction problems delay Metro's $2-billion Crenshaw Line opening until 2021
• LADN: LA County extends coronavirus 'stay home' orders after reviewing growth projections
• OCReg: Coronavirus in Orange County: 62 new cases reported Friday, April 10
• VOC: Orange County and State Officials Say Coronavirus Impact May Not as Bad as Initial Estimates [April 10 update]
• OCReg: Orange County juvenile facility worker tests positive for coronavirus
• SBSun: San Bernardino County sets 5 more coronavirus drive-thru testing events
• PE: San Bernardino County sees another coronavirus death, 81 more cases
• PE: Riverside County now at 1,350 coronavirus cases; deaths rise to 39
• PE: 2 people who were found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Menifee are identified
• PE: Inland Empire looks eerily empty because of coronavirus
• SDUT: Canceled conventions due to coronavirus costing San Diego $203M - so far
• SDUT: Live coronavirus updates in San Diego: Residents encouraged to celebrate Easter at home; 4 more die of COVID-19

Sincerely,