Dear John,

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• FRBlog: I Can Sit Anywhere I Want At My Favorite Restaurant
• Coronavirus COVID-19 Cases
• LADN: LA County nears 1,000 coronavirus deaths and 20,000 cases
• SFC: As curve flattens, some California counties consider reopening
• AP: Heat wave draws 'summer day crowd' to California beach
• SDUT: Hundreds gather in Pacific Beach for anti-lockdown protest; 100 new COVID-19 cases reported in region
• AP: Overcrowding could soon make one California beach off limits
• OCReg: Newport Beach to consider closing beaches on weekends because of crowds amid coronavirus concerns
• SDUT: Carlsbad to keep parks, beaches closed
• CG: New Lawsuit Challenges Authority of CA Gov. Newsom, AG Becerra and Mayors on Rights of People to Work
• LAT $: 3 arrested at beach protest against California stay-at-home order
• LAT $: A pastor and protester clashed over coronavirus restrictions. One was arrested
• CG: Kern Co. Immunology Docs Say Only Sick and Elderly Should be Quarantined, Businesses Should Open
• SDUT: Lawmakers warn coronavirus contact-tracing is ripe for abusive surveillance
• Saturday Headlines
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• LAT $: Building dense cities was California's cure for the housing crisis. Then came coronavirus
• SDUT: Staying safe: Front-line health care workers must bridge worlds of home and work
• LAT $: Grocery stores seeking masks for 'essential' workers confront shortages, federal interference
• CalM: Who gets California workers' comp benefits for COVID-19?
• KQED: Private Clinics at Risk of Closing - Or Raising Patient Costs
• FresBee: Emergency room at Fresno's largest hospital sees drop in patients. Doctors think they know why
• SFC: Stanford hospital system to cut pay 20%, furlough workers
• Advice and Counsel: Gov. Newsom Seeks Input Form Those Who Had the Job Before Him
• LAT $: Coronavirus lockdown leads to tension between governors and mayors
• AP: Official resigns after throwing cat during online meeting
• AP: Thousands participate in memorial parade for fallen Marine
• FresBee: COVID-19 has brought havoc to nursing homes. Will pandemic end 'warehousing' the elderly?
• LAT $: What we could learn from the coronavirus outbreak on aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt
• San Francisco had the 1918 flu under control. And then it lifted the restrictions.
• EdS: Why distance learning is a success in one California district
• SJMN: One family, two deaths, one funeral: Coronavirus took their parents' lives and their final dignity
• CalCoast: Former San Luis Obispo resident accuses Biden of sexual assault
• OCReg: The dark side of stimulus
• WSJ: Do Lockdowns Save Many Lives? In Most Places, the Data Say No
• CalM: Commentary: Who should pay for pandemic impacts?
• OCReg: COVID-19: The great deregulator
• NR: A Federal Bailout Won't Fix States' Finances
• FRBlog: Is This the Time for Civil Disobedience?
• LAT $: Skelton: In the coronavirus crisis, California isn't under one-party rule, it's under one-man rule
• SFC: How the pandemic pitted Lake Tahoe's locals against out-of-towners
• SacBee: A ZIP code emerges as Sacramento's coronavirus epicenter. But what's behind the spike?
• SacBee: Weddings are on again in Yolo County. Here's what that looks like during coronavirus
• SFC: 'It was the toughest trip ever': Coronavirus prompts some residents to leave Bay Area
• SFC: Hundreds in Mission District volunteer for coronavirus testing
• SFC: Tough times for Oakland as coronavirus blows giant hole in budget
• Stanislaus County efforts to lift coronavirus closures create confusion for some
• Modesto, area cities brace for major budget shortfalls due to coronavirus crisis
• FresBee: Fresno shootings way up during stay-at-home order during coronavirus. What can be done?
• CalCoast: Comparing coronavirus cases in Central Coast counties
• CalCoast: Fair Political Practices Commission counsels Supervisor Bruce Gibson
• CalCoast: Let's reopen San Luis Obispo County
• VCStar $: COVID-19: 1 new case, death in Ventura County
• AP: Major Los Angeles area highway closed for bridge demolition
• LAT $: L.A. County reports 18 new coronavirus deaths, says poor people are three times more likely to die
• LADN: LAPD now has 79 employees who tested positive for coronavirus
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County tests more than 2,200, 105 new cases reported on April 26
• OCReg: Coronavirus: OC Fair chair to recommend cancellation of 2020 event
• SBSun: San Bernardino County sees 19 more coronavirus cases, no new deaths
• SBSun: San Bernardino County coronavirus case count rises 4% to 1,732
• PE: Riverside County reports 154 new coronavirus cases; 1 new death
• PE: Riverside County jail inmate diagnosed with coronavirus dies
• SDUT: Grossmont College may become a drive-thru testing site
• SDUT: Live updates: 2 people sheltered at San Diego Convention Center test positive for COVID-19

Sincerely,