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• FRBlog: The Arrogant Lazy Authoritarian
• Coronavirus COVID-19 Cases
• LAT $: Coronavirus surpasses cancer to become L.A.'s No. 1 killer
• As U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 51,000
• LAT $: California coronavirus cases top 40,000, with nearly half in L.A. County
• CG: Permits Are Denied for May 1st 'Re-Open California' Protests at State Capitol
• SDUT: 'I was born in America with constitutional rights:' San Diego protest organizer could face criminal charge
• SFC: Experts question legal basis for Barr's plan to challenge shelter orders
• VOC: Anti-Stay Home Protests Growing in Orange County as Coronavirus Continues Spreading [April 24 update]
• LAT $: This is what it will take for L.A. County to lift stay-at-home orders
• Gov. Gavin Newsom expresses hope he can start loosening stay-at-home order soon
• SJMN: Coronavirus: After another deadly COVID-19 day, Newsom stresses local approach to reopening
• LAT $: Bay Area likely to extend stay-at-home order, San Francisco mayor says
• SacBee: Roseville urges greater control over reopening to avoid 'irretrievable' economic loss
• SFC: Here's where California has distributed its protective masks and equipment
• CalM: CA to feds: Can we borrow >$11B for jobless? | CalMatters
• AP: California cities project 2-year losses of $6.7 billion
• SFC: More than $200M for SF workers is locked up. Why can't they tap it?
• SacBee: Symptoms or not, Sacramento County wants California lawmakers tested for coronavirus
• SFC: Newsom waives gym class requirements and budget deadlines
• Reason: California Coronavirus Antibody Studies Likely Wrong That 12.4 Million of New York City's 8.4 Million Residents Have Already Been Infected With the Virus
• LAT $: Keep California stay-at-home order for as long as needed, vast majority say in new poll
• SFC: Delivery apps rush to boost health benefits for gig workers
• CalM: Richer schools not necessarily faster to set up distance learning
• LAT $: California launches effort to provide meals for seniors
• AP: California restaurants to get public money for healthy meals
• OCReg: As heat wave hits, some beaches are open, but in many cases not to hang out
• AP: Social distancing urged as sunny weekend tempts Californians
• PE: Riverside County eases - but doesn't end - coronavirus restrictions on private pools
• LAT $: National Guard sent to L.A.-area nursing homes in battle to slow coronavirus outbreaks
• SacBee: Folsom senior living home hit with 21 coronavirus cases, prompting resident quarantines
• SJMN: Ten dead of COVID-19 at well-regarded assisted living home of former Stanford president
• AP: Virus deaths continue to hit California nursing homes hard
• LADN: As death toll climbs, L.A. County amps up coronavirus testing at nursing homes
• FresBee: Saint Agnes Medical Center furloughs 175 workers, due to slowdown caused by coronavirus
• FresBee: Emergency room at Fresno's largest hospital sees drop in patients. Doctors think they know why
• CalM: Coronavirus could force private practices to close or sell - raising costs
• CG: DMV to Extend Dates, Waive Late Fees Due to Coronavirus
• PE: Why everyone should care about coronavirus spread among jail, prison populations
• LADN: Christy Smith, Mike Garcia face off in online forum for northern LA County seat in Congress
• AP: Ex-California FBI agent accused of taking $200,000 in bribes
• FresBee: Devin Nunes' lawsuit over Iowa farm story called a 'fishing expedition' by Esquire Magazine
• LAT $: Assemblywoman with mask donation is turned away from San Diego immigration detention center
• Harder donates masks and face shields to health care workers
• OCReg: Pensions leave cities with bankruptcy as their life raft
• Reason: COVID-19 Could Force City Planners To Rethink Their Priorities
• OCReg: State budget sinking and big cuts coming
• FH: Has the "New Normal" Already Arrived?
• OCReg: The left-wing agenda of Newsom's reopening task force
• FH: School Funding Challenges
• NR: Social Distancing Isn't a Religion
• SDUT: Editorial: New U.S. emergency loan program should help support real small businesses, not big chains
• OCReg: To save Santa Ana, keep Cecilia Iglesias on the council: John Moorlach
• SacBee: California paying Sacramento Kings $500,000 a month to rent Natomas arena for field hospital
• SacBee: Yolo County now requires masks in public. Face covering order enforceable next week
• SacBee: Sacramento County now past 1,000 coronavirus cases. One new death reported in Yolo
• SFC: SF Mayor London Breed says extension of shelter-in-place order 'very likely'
• SJMN: These Bay Area counties have the lowest share of workers in jobs at risk for unemployment
• FresBee: New ICE detention facility moves forward in rural San Joaquin Valley town despite outcry
• SFC: Vallejo planning commissioner throws cat, chugs bottle during video meeting
• Employees, patients test positive for COVID-19 at Turlock care facility
• CalCoast: Oceano Community Services District reduces fiscal oversight
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: 476 cases, 16 deaths, 255 recovered
• VCStar $: 8 stores ordered shut by health officer
• OCReg: LA council OKs extended healthcare for laid off, furloughed LAX workers
• LADN: 2nd L.A. city employee who tested positive for coronavirus has died, Garcetti says
• CapWkly: Q&A: Top L.A. County health official battles pandemic
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 1,267 tests in one day is new high for Orange County on April 24
• OCReg: Irvine Co. rethinks hospitality business, temporarily shuts 2 Orange County hotels
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Food insecurity in Orange County rises as lockdown enters second month
• OCReg: San Clemente Mayor Dan Bane helps restore some normalcy during his last City Council meeting
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 3 more coronavirus deaths, 58 more cases
• PE: Riverside Wells Fargo branch closes after employees get coronavirus
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus deaths, 12, set daily record; cases now at 3,315
• PE: Here's how coronavirus has spread in Riverside County
• SDUT: Live updates: County lifts restrictions on ocean access
• SDUT: The border is part of daily life in South Bay. Is that contributing to a rise in coronavirus cases?
• SDUT: FBI, U.S. attorney in San Diego denounce COVID-19-related discrimination against Asians, others
• SDUT: Del Mar Race Track Authority's debt rating downgraded over attendance, coronavirus concerns
• VOSD: Why County Officials Aren't Very Excited About $334M From the CARES Act

Sincerely,