Dear John,

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• FRBlog: Public Health Officials Didn't Do Their Job, and We Are Paying For It
• AP: As economies stagger, pressures grow to ease virus lockdowns
• OCReg: 'Record negatives' in economy will lead to 'record positives,' Southern California economist says
• SDUT: Live updates: Gov. Gavin Newsom to order all beaches closed, leaked memo says
• AP: Surf's down in California: Governor will close beaches
• OCReg: Memo says Gov. Newsom will order all beaches closed
• LAT $: Criticism grows over Gov. Newsom's management of the crisis
• SacBee: Gavin Newsom's half-baked announcements harm credibility, raise troubling questions
• CG: California Lockdown Protesters Send Loud Message to Gov. Newsom: 'The Decision to Re-Open the State is Ours'
• CG: BREAKING: California Republican Party Sues Gov. Newsom to Prohibit Ballot Harvesting For California's May 12 Special Elections
• CapWkly: COVID-19: Groups form to help undocumented immigrants
• Coronavirus COVID-19
• CalM: Tracking coronavirus hospitalizations in California by county
• SFC: Number of coronavirus patients in Bay Area ICUs plummets by 30%
• LAT $: Coronavirus death toll higher in California than previously known, new data suggest
• SacBee: A 'fire of infections' could sweep California evacuation centers. Here's the plan to stop it
• AP: California food for seniors plan could run out of money soon
• LAT $: California to provide more food benefits for schoolchildren
• SFC: State prisons report 194 coronavirus cases
• OCReg: California claims it can't usurp local law enforcement power over inmate releases amid coronavirus
• AP: Coalition pushes for pot tax break amid coronavirus crisis
• AP: Masks thrown onto California freeway cause mini-traffic jam
• As death toll rises, more details emerge about Turlock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• SFC: Asymptomatic staff, untested at many nursing homes, spreading virus
• CalM: How coronavirus is busting California's $187 million census campaign
• FresBee: This California public school might be the last in the state to close amid coronavirus
• AP: Questions surround governor's proposal to open schools early
• CalM: A new reality for student parents: Teaching their children's classes while taking their own
• LAT $: Dirty money piling up in L.A. as coronavirus cripples international money laundering
• SFC: Judge orders PG&E to overhaul power line inspections, record-keeping
• LADN: May Day demonstrations will be very different in Southern California in coronavirus-steeped year
• CG: UC, CSU Systems Will Give Stimulus Money to DACA Students
• SacBee: Grand compromise on California water wars in disarray. Newsom faces multiple lawsuits this week
• OCReg: FAA investigates after actor Harrison Ford is involved in another runway incident at a Southern California airport
• OCReg: Domino's workers hold caravan to protest company's alleged lack of safety amid COVID-19
• As economy sinks, McClatchy's plan for quick sale hits roadblock in bankruptcy court
• NR: 'I Was Just Hoping to Get a Fair and Equal Treatment': Tara Reade Calls Out Democrats' 'Me Too' Double Standard
• LAT $: Assault allegation puts Joe Biden - and the Democratic Party - in a bind
• Reason: The National Labor Relations Board Wants To Punish a Conservative Publisher for a Joke About Unions
• FH: Cut the Red Tape. Let's Build Now
• FH: California Avoids Addressing Causes of its High Energy Costs
• OCReg: Considerations on reopening California: Mike Morrell
• FH: Will the Pandemic Mean Fewer Bills and/or Fewer Laws?
• CalM: Commentary: Mail voting OK, if done right
• LAT $: Californians have a right to beaches. Even amid coronavirus
• CapWkly: Capitol Weekly Podcast: Paul Mitchell on redistricting, COVID-19
• OCReg: Allowing states to declare bankruptcy no panacea to state budget woes
• SacBee: Sacramento extends coronavirus stay-at-home order. But some restrictions are being lifted
• SacBee: Family calls Rancho Cordova police use-of-force a 'beating.' Chief hopes for meeting with teen
• Reason: San Francisco's Economically Ignorant COVID-19 Response
• SFC: Supervisors push legislation for 'safe' tent encampments in parks and parking lots
• SJMN: Bay Area to allow construction, landscaping, some outdoor activities under new shelter in place order
• SFC: Bay Area construction to restart with new coronavirus safety measures
• SJMN: Coronavirus Live Updates: COVID-19 in the Bay Area, Wednesday April 29
• FresBee: Ready to open shops amid COVID-19? Fresno official says owners need to start planning
• Judge orders Stanislaus County to reimburse Modesto church nearly $100,000. Here's why
• FresBee: Fresno's Central Unified schools change direction on grading policy for students
• FresBee: Fresno Chaffee Zoo gets $1.7 million federal PPP loan. Here's what it will do with money
• FresBee: Kings County's coronavirus cases climbs with its highest daily increase yet
• CalCoast: Are SLO County leaders attempting to politicize the coronavirus?
• VCStar $: Coronavirus cases increase to 517 in county
• VCStar $: Why does Simi Valley have the most COVID-19 cases?4:07 PM EDT Apr 29, 2020
• CG: LA County Board of Supervisors Approve a Pared Down 2020-2021 Budget
• LAT $: L.A. reaches critical testing milestone as county records its biggest one-day spike in cases
• LADN: Skeletal human remains found at Newhall homeless camp
• LAT $: All L.A. County residents can now get free coronavirus tests, Garcetti says
• OCReg: Vietnamese community to hold first virtual commemoration of 'Fall of Saigon' due to coronavirus
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 108 new cases reported in Orange County on April 29
• VOC: Gov. Newsom: Orange County has Fourth Highest Number of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in CA [April 29 update]
• VOC: Orange County Supervisors Trigger Confusion With Reopening Guidelines
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 4 more coronavirus deaths, 101 more cases
• PE: Riverside County social distancing, face covering orders extended to June 19
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases up to 3,942; deaths now at 143
• PE: Menifee voters could repeal 1% sales-tax measure in November
• SDUT: Annual count found 6 percent drop in homelessness countywide
• SDUT: Pandemic costs UC San Diego $150 million -- a figure that could double this summer
• VOSD: Smart Streetlights Aren't Delivering the Data Boosters Promised
• SDUT: Golf set to return to San Diego County, but with a few tweaks

Sincerely,