Dear John,

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• FRBlog: Governor Newsom, It's Time For Us To Get Back To Work
• Bloomberg: How Sweden Is Fighting Coronavirus
• FRBlog: Governments are still running 40+ year software AND hardware
• Coronavirus Update: 2,409,785 Cases and 165,107 Deaths
• Reuters: U.S. coronavirus death toll rises as cases hit 750,000
• SJMN: California surpasses 30,000 coronavirus cases; 1,146 deaths confirmed
• OCReg: California surpasses 30,000 coronavirus cases; 1,146 deaths confirmed
• SDUT: Protesters say Encinitas beach and trail closures are unfair, violate their freedom
• OCReg: Hundreds protest coronavirus stay-at-home order in San Clemente
• SDUT: Protesters fed up with stay-home orders rally in downtown San Diego
• Reason: Celebrities and the Media Shouldn't Sneer at Coronavirus Lockdown Protesters
• CG: Protest Groups Across California Demand Governor 'ReopenCalifornia' and #EndTheLockdown
• Saturday Headlines
• Sunday Headlines
• AP: Reports suggest many have had coronavirus with no symptoms
• SFC: Coronavirus live updates: Bay Area hospitalizations reach April low
• SFC: Big rebuild of Hwy. 101 overpass in SF gets early start as coronavirus slows traffic
• SacBee: California schools ask for pension relief, more funding to cope with coronavirus costs
• KQED: How Can California Fight Wildfires in the Middle of a Pandemic? In a Few Months, We'll Likely Find Out
• LAT $: Coronavirus order saves $1 billion from fewer car crashes
• SFC: At Safeway's huge Tracy warehouse, 51 workers have coronavirus
• LADN: After weeks caught up in coronavirus, Garcetti shifts to tough choices, long-range vision
• LAT $: Garcetti: L.A. is 'under attack' and will need to furlough thousands of city workers
• AP: LA mayor calls for furloughs for thousands of city workers
• SFC: California has lagged on coronavirus testing. That's starting to change
• SJMN: More than 48,000 already infected with COVID-19 in Santa Clara County, Stanford study estimates
• Which Big Companies Are Eligible for Small Business Fund Relief?
• SDUT: The essential workers you may not know
• AP: California reports 1st prison inmate death caused by virus
• FresBee: A man was booked into Fresno County Jail. Then he said he was positive for COVID-19
• SacBee: Man from Chino prison is first California inmate to die from the coronavirus, CDCR says
• PE: First state inmate death tied to coronavirus is reported; patient had been incarcerated in Chino
• OCReg: Suicide, help hotline calls soar in Southern California over coronavirus anxieties
• SJMN: Coronavirus has left Bay Area mental health services in crisis
• SFC: Homeless tents sprout in Haight-Ashbury during coronavirus shelter in place
• Coronavirus Fears Have Produced A Lot Of New Gun Owners - And Safety Concerns
• VCStar $: Food stamp applications up 37% amid pandemic
• SDUT: What does it take to feed 600,000 people a month amid a pandemic?
• Meeting the need: Modesto schools feeding thousands of kids during coronavirus
• SJMN: "Nightmarish conditions," infections, abuse in facilities owned by Bay Area nursing home operators
• LAT $: This federal judge is risking his life to save homeless people from the coronavirus
• OCReg: Prop. 13 opponents turn in their signatures
• Coronavirus Shutdown Effectiveness - Visualized (Part 2)
• SDUT: Commentary: Here's why government has to change after the coronavirus crisis is over
• SDUT: Commentary: Californians must ensure infringements on liberties during the pandemic are only temporary
• Reason: How the American Dream Became Unaffordable
• LAT $: Column: Newsom is helping immigrants amid coronavirus pandemic
• LAT $: California lessons from the 1918 pandemic: San Francisco dithered; L.A. acted and saved lives
• CalM: Commentary: California water war re-ignited
• SFC: UC Berkeley's coronavirus dilemma: What will fall semester look like?
• LAT $: This Bay Area town is among the first to offer coronavirus testing to every resident
• SFC: Coronavirus shutdown of hiking, biking, boating near 100% on Peninsula
• SFC: Union Pacific train derails in Emeryville, blocks streets
• FresBee: Tulare County tops 400 coronavirus cases; others in central Valley little changed
• FresBee: Fresno police: Officers haven't stopped or cited people for stay-at-home orders
• CalCoast: FBI raid should be headline news
• CalCoast: Inmate at Santa Barbara County Jail tests positive for coronavirus
• CalCoast: District Attorney orders San Simeon to correct Brown Act violation
• CalCoast: When will SLO County relax shelter-at-home rules?
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: 6 new cases Sunday, no new deaths
• LADN: More than 100 people died of coronavirus in LA County this weekend
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County nears 18,000 tested; 79 new cases on April 19
• OCReg: Angels make $1.2 million in payments to ballpark employees
• SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus cases climb to 1,286; no more deaths reported
• SBSun: 14 nursing home facilities in San Bernardino County have confirmed coronavirus cases, state reports
• PE: 19 nursing home facilities in Riverside County have confirmed coronavirus cases, state reports
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases up by 36, and 1 additional death
• SDUT: Live updates: Local COVID-19 cases rise to 2,268; no new deaths reported
• SDUT: Reopening San Diego: Businesses dream - and fret - about what's next

Sincerely,