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• LAT $: Arrested 4 times in 3 weeks: L.A. police blame zero bail for rise in repeat offenders
• AP: Orange County beaches closed by California's governor
• CalM: Line in the sand: Newsom closes all beaches in the OC but not elsewhere - sparking legal fight
• OCReg: Gov. Newsom orders hard close of beaches in Orange County
• SDUT: San Diego beaches to remain open as Newsom clamps down on Orange County
• AP: California governor's beach closure order sparks anger
• OCReg: Huntington Beach officials planning legal challenge to Gov. Newsom's OC beaches closure
• 'Expect MASSIVE protests'? Gavin Newsom catches heat ahead of expected beach closures in California
• LAT $: Huntington Beach mounts legal fight against Newsom closure of O.C. beaches
• OCReg: Orange County beach closure order draws wave of response
• Orange County Supervisor Makes Surprise Appearance During Gov. Newsom Phone Q&A
• FresBee: SLO County beaches are staying open; governor announces closures in Southern California
• VCStar $: Governor spares Ventura County beaches from closure
• SFC: SF's five public golf courses get the OK to re-open next week
• Travel limits, end to vacation buy-back directed for state agencies as California's recession hits
• AP: Northern California county is 1st to ease stay-home orders
• SFC: 1st in California, Modoc County to drop shelter-in-place orders on Friday
• LAT $: This California county might defy the state and lift stay-at-home order
• SJMN: Coronavirus Bay Area stay-at-home FAQ: What am I allowed to do on May 4 that I wasn't previously?
• LAT $: Elite private schools taking coronavirus PPP loans
• SacBee: El Dorado restaurant to open dine-in service, won't practice social distancing, owner says
• SacBee: Sacramento gym owner relents, won't open doors during shutdown. 'Sad day for freedom,' he says
• California's Green New Deal Likely To Be Sidelined By COVID-19; Lawmakers Hope To Salvage Its Goals
• LAT $: Biden to respond to sexual assault allegation from former aide
• SacBee: The hypocrisy dividing line: How accusations against Biden reveal what we really care about
• Why Won't TV News Book Tara Reade? - DNyuz
• NR: Biden's Disgraceful Hypocrisy on Sexual Misconduct
• Reason: Justin Amash: If Biden Assaulted Tara Reade, He Is Disqualifed From Being President
• LAT $: Strikes by essential workers, anti-lockdown protests set for May Day
• CalM: "Someone will contract the virus here:" Meet homeless Californians trying to survive a pandemic
• OCReg: ACLU pushes OC Sheriff Don Barnes to release 500 medically vulnerable jail inmates
• LAT $: Every California resident with coronavirus symptoms should be tested, state officials say
• SDUT: Coronavirus death toll higher in California than previously known, new data suggest
• SFC: Bay Area company receives FDA nod for coronavirus antibody test
• AP: Most California Health Corps volunteers not eligible to join
• SJMN: Coronavirus: New order allows Californians to obtain marriage licenses via videoconference
• CalM: Farmers: demand -50%. Food banks: +73%
• SacBee: Will pensions be 'on the chopping block' in recession? California Supreme Court to hear case
• CG: California Unemployment Rate Almost 20%
• Assembly leaders fear remote voting could lead to laws being overturned
• SacBee: Does California law allow lawmakers to vote from home? Top Democrats are divided
• AP: Latest survey of California snow pack measures below normal
• SDUT: Judge approves settlement reached by Del Mar fairgrounds and gun show operator
• AP: California battle on malpractice caps delayed to 2022 ballot
• SFC: California to re-work ethics guidelines deemed 'terrifying' by seniors
• OCReg: After decades, the heart of a nuclear reactor will finally leave San Onofre
• VOSD: Confusion and Contradictions Swirl Over Public Health Directives
• OCReg: Carolyn Goodman a stronger leader than Eric Garcetti
• CG: The Regulatory Taking of Venice Beach
• OCReg: New transportation and housing plan needs more public review
• FH: Density Debate is Shifting Ground Because of the Pandemic
• FH: It's Time for Home Repair
• CG: Repeal AB 5: Innovation is Key to Recovery
• FH: AB 828 is an Attack on Property Rights
• FRBlog: Politics, Not Science, Drive the Decisions of California's Arrogant Lazy Authoritarian In Chief
• SacBee: How Sacramento City Hall plans to fill a $92 million budget hit caused by coronavirus
• SacBee: Sacramento State receives $17.8 million in federal coronavirus grants to give to students
• SFC: San Francisco supervisors to vote on shutting Hall of Justice jail by fall
• SFC: Mayor Breed's message to out-of-town homeless people during coronavirus: Stay away
• SFC: Protesters hold 'die-in' outside Mayor Breed's home
• SFC: Antioch official in hot water over Facebook post on coronavirus deaths
• SJMN: COVID-19: South Bay cities ask county for 'accelerated action' on testing
• Calls to reopen Stanislaus County muffled by Turlock nursing home coronavirus calamity
• FresBee: Reopen Fresno before coronavirus gets contained? The consumer will decide that fate
• Stanislaus will use federal money to help 300-plus businesses survive the pandemic
• Coronavirus order means looting charges for teens arrested in Oakdale school theft
• Stanislaus County records biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases. Two more have died
• FresBee: Fresno State students will get coronavirus relief money next week. Here's how it works
• FresBee: Councilmen's advice risks coronavirus resurgence. Wiser course is to stay sheltered
• CalCoast: Most SLO businesses financially impacted by shelter orders
• VCStar $: Coronavirus update: 18 new cases, 1 new death
• LADN: $5 million donation to help fund another 20,000 Angeleno Cards, Garcetti says
• LADN: LA County deaths from coronavirus at 1,111 as officials expand testing criteria
• LADN: L.A. County officials plead for street vendors to shut down during coronavirus crisis
• OCReg: Irvine voters will see veterans cemetery issue on ballot again
• OCReg: Hate rising? In age of coronavirus, Asian Americans in Orange County are targets
• SBSun: San Bernardino leader calls for resignation of public safety appointee over 'unpermitted' caravan
• SBSun: New fines start at $1,000 in San Bernardino for illegal use or sale of fireworks
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 4 more coronavirus deaths, 130 new cases
• PE: Riverside County crosses 4,000 coronavirus cases; deaths now at 149
• PE: Riverside County complains to state about nursing home where 80-plus were evacuated
• PE: What will Inland Empire's 2020-21 public school year look like?
• SBSun: Riverside County coronavirus health orders likely to be lifted
• SDUT: The collapse of small business: How the shutdown could change the face of San Diego's neighborhoods
• SDUT: Cruises have stopped, but ships with thousands of crew members still in San Diego waiting to return home
• SDUT: Live updates: County officials lift some restrictions on boating, parks and golf courses

Sincerely,