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• Coronavirus Update (Live): 2,013,581 Cases and 127,587 Deaths
• LAT $: L.A. County confirms 40 new coronavirus deaths, the highest toll in a single day
• PE: Coronavirus sparks dramatic decline in overall ER visits, job losses for hospital workers
• CalM: Reopen California? That's the toughest phase yet, Newsom says
• AP: California lists 6 tests for gradually easing virus limits
• LAT $: Gov. Gavin Newsom names six goals that must be met to lift California coronavirus order
• CG: Governor Newsom Introduces Plan for Coronavirus Restriction Removal
• OCReg: Coronavirus: California Gov. Newsom details roadmap for relaxing lockdown
• PE: Inland Empire eateries cited for breaking coronavirus restrictions upset over lost business
• SFC: S.F. must lease 8,250 hotel rooms for homeless, frontline workers
• SFC: SF moves 500 more homeless people into hotels
• AP: Ramped-up coronavirus testing key to reopening California
• LAT $: Reopening the economy requires testing, and the U.S. still isn't close
• Elon Musk's Coronavirus Ventilators Never Delivered In CA: Report
• LAT $: Social distancing in a classroom? Newsom suggests major changes when schools reopen
• AP: California schools will look very different when they reopen
• L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue Eliminated
• LAT $: DMV extends expiring driver's licenses due to coronavirus closures
• LAT $: Coronavirus lockdowns and civil liberties collide in a remote corner of California
• SFC: California independent contractors can apply for unemployment in 2 weeks
• Reason: Budget Deficit Now Expected To Near $4 Trillion This Year
• CG: Assemblywoman Christy Smith Still Campaigning Instead of Holding Hearings on Coronavirus Crisis?
• SDUT: Marines welcome 275 new recruits to San Diego a week after others tested positive for coronavirus
• VOSD: Child Abuse Calls Have Dropped - and That's Not a Good Thing
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Southern California airports hit by decline in business receive FAA funding
• OCReg: Orange County gets more than 10,000 face masks from Asian American nonprofits
• AP: Stadium work mostly ongoing, though altered by pandemic
• SacBee: 'Do not come to San Francisco.' City cancels 4/20 event and 50th anniversary of Pride
• LADN: Commissioner's stern warning to insurers: Cover business interruption claims spurred by coronavirus woes
• AP: Judge OKs PG&E plan to pay $19M in fees from victims fund
• CG: 2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 50th Congressional District Candidates Raised and Spent
• SacBee: Doris Matsui, Sacramento's congresswoman, gets married in virtual ceremony
• VOSD: Police Are Still Citing the Homeless, Despite CDC and Council Guidance
• SFC: Paradise vice mayor charged with sending explicit texts to 'minor'
• SFC: If bar exams are canceled, should CA law grads be allowed to practice?
• SFC: Decades before coronavirus, an AIDS conference in S.F. changed Dr. Fauci's life
• FresBee: Fresno nurses fear infection, say Kaiser Permanente lacks equipment amid COVID-19 pandemic
• SJMN: Valley Med coronavirus outbreak underscores risks for health care workers
• CG: Enviros and GOP Oppose Gov. Newsom Having Fish Agency Divvy Out Farmers' Water
• AP: California weighs some freshwater fishing bans over virus
• OCReg: China's tech totalitarianism
• OCReg: Beware of new, never-ending coronavirus bureaucracies
• NR: No, Trump's Authority Isn't 'Total'
• FH: COVID-19 Will Change Public Policy Debates
• CG: Some Decisions Don't Add Up in California's COVID-19 Spending and Policy
• OCReg: Common sense shouldn't be a casualty of the coronavirus
• FH: California Consumers' Confidence in the Economy at All Time Low is a Turn Around Possible?
• FH: R.I.P. - The California Golden Goose
• CalM: Commentary: Toilet paper short, food abundant
• SacBee: Are you and your employer obeying these 16 stay-at-home rules in Sacramento County?
• SacBee: Sacramento County launches new coronavirus dashboard, including charts, maps of cases
• SacBee: Winery buys hospital employees nearly 6,000 meals from Sacramento restaurants
• SacBee: 'Distance learning' off to rocky start at Sacramento City Unified for students without laptops
• SFC: Berkeley council weighs controversial rules for new housing development
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Two more nursing home deaths in Alameda County, including elected official
• LAT $: 12 residents who tested positive for the coronavirus die at Bay Area nursing homes
• SFC: Palo Alto considers banning cars from some streets during shelter in place
• SJMN: Coronavirus: Santa Clara County delays Tuesday COVID-19 update, cites system issues
• SJMN: Amid coronavirus, San Jose delays plans for Google's transit village near Diridon
• FresBee: Fresno County asks Gov. Newsom to waive late property tax fees, amid coronavirus pandemic
• How Stanislaus County businesses are helping communities during coronavirus pandemic
• Stanislaus County reports two more deaths from coronavirus. Total stands at four
• Ceres hires city manager amid coronavirus pandemic, filling opening from departure
• CalCoast: Will SLO County release 50 jail inmates under state order?
• VCStar $: County's COVID-19 rules to be extended to May 15
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: 13 dead, 350 cases, 65 hospitalized
• CG: Los Angeles Begins New Coronavirus Assistance Program as Pandemic Hits Peak
• LADN: Grocery, drug, food-delivery workers earn protections from LA County amid coronavirus outbreak
• LADN: 56,000-plus applications pour in for prepaid 'Angeleno' debit cards, offered by LA mayor's coronavirus fund
• LADN: LA County leaders greenlight $1,000 per month, other aid for renters hit by coronavirus
• LADN: L.A. County votes to develop pilot program to keep seniors housed
• LADN: Coronavirus will have harsh, lasting impact on San Fernando Valley economy, researchers say
• VOC: Costa Mesa Approves Ordinance Lowering Business Tax on Legal Marijuana
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County has 23 new cases reported on April 14
• OCReg: Orange County supervisors to get report on how to meet coronavirus testing needs
• OCReg: Coronavirus: New report says Orange County cases no longer on pace to match Italy
• VOC: OC District Attorney Fighting Release of Nearly 300 People During Pandemic [April 14 Coronavirus Update]
• OCReg: Is this 1,057-unit, mixed-use project the future of Costa Mesa development?
• SBSun: San Bernardino faces $5 million deficit as coronavirus pandemic pares revenue
• PE: Riverside County nears 2,000 coronavirus cases; reports largest jump in cases yet
• PE: Riverside County now releasing more information on coronavirus deaths
• SDUT: Live updates: Six more residents dead of COVID-19; case total rises to 1,930
• SDUT: Chula Vista police officers, firefighters salute hospital staff amid COVID-19 pandemic
• SDUT: County fair canceled, death toll tops 50 in local COVID-19 outbreak

Sincerely,