Dear John,

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• CalM: California wired half-billion dollars for mask deal that collapsed
• SacBee: California paid nearly $340 per COVID-19 test in Verily sites' first month, contract shows
• AP: Rural California counties persist in defying virus order
• AP: Newsom chastises counties for defying virus order
• FresBee: Boozy California lottery parties risked embarrassing state agencies, investigation says
• CalM: Round 2 of pension reform kicks off before California Supreme Court
• LAT $: California Supreme Court hears suit on public pension law aimed at saving billions
• SacBee: Are California pensions 'sacrosanct?' State Supreme Court hears challenge to Jerry Brown's law
• AP: California sues Uber, Lyft over alleged labor law violations
• SFC: AB5 gig law enforced: CA sues Uber and Lyft to make drivers employees
• LAT $: California sees first drop in weekly coronavirus deaths. Is it a turning point?
• Airbnb is laying off a quarter of its staff - Vox
• AP: Court upholds California ban on church services in pandemic
• PE: After 11-hour meeting, plan to rescind Riverside County coronavirus orders delayed
• LADN: Coronavirus: Crowds rally in Santa Clarita heat to urge end to Safer at Home rules
• VOC: Landlords And Property Owners Challenge Costa Mesa's Eviction Moratorium
• VOC: Landlord Groups Want Santa Ana to Repeal Its Emergency Coronavirus Freeze on Rent Increases
• CalM: Are California businesses getting a fair share of coronavirus loans?
• SFC: Enough is enough: Napa business owners break shelter-in-place orders and reopen
• OCReg: Stage 2 of California coronavirus plan underway, here's what it means
• SFC: Sonoma County could reopen retail for curbside pickup as soon as Friday
• LAT $: Lifting stay-at-home order too soon would cause more deaths, Northern California officials say
• VOC: OC Officials to Draft Up Beach Reopening Plans to Send to Sacramento, County Supervisors Split on Plan
• AP: California allows 3 more Orange County beaches to reopen
• OCReg: Huntington Beach, Seal Beach and Dana Point get state approval to reopen beaches, with limited use
• OCReg: Newport Beach officials wonder why their beaches remain closed as other city beaches are approved to reopen
• SFC: UC Berkeley chancellor expects hybrid plan, no tuition break for fall
• OCReg: Barbershop in Laguna Hills reopens during California's stay-at-home order
• OCReg: San Clemente canteen owner runs out of 'everything,' and will reopen Thursday
• OCReg: Up to 100 people, dozens of cars scatter from street takeover at Costa Mesa, Santa Ana border
• FresBee: Fresno man with liver disease wants out of jail due to COVID-19 risk. Judge weighs charges
• SFC: Coronavirus: Judge decides to release Ghost Ship defendant Almena
• SFC: Barack Obama backs Democrat in key California contest, and Republicans pounce
• VOSD: Lemon Grove Could Be Running on Fumes Within Two Years
• LAT $: Photos taken at Kobe Bryant crash site should be against the law, California lawmaker says
• CG: California Assembly Reconvenes, Senate to Follow on May 11th
• VOC: Los Alamitos' Anti-Sanctuary City Fight Fizzles Out
• LAT $: Judge who ordered ICE to immediately release California immigrants overruled; detainees will stay put
• Consumer debt hits new record of $14.3 trillion
• Reason: United Airlines Received $5 Billion From Taxpayers to Protect Employees' Paychecks. Now It's Cutting Hours for 15,000 Workers.
• Reason: If We Judged Joe Biden Under the Title IX Standards He Championed for Accused Student Rapists, He Would Be Guilty
• NR: Liberals Rewrite History to Justify Their #MeToo Hypocrisy
• Reason: Let People Go Outside
• OCReg: Newsom rightly begins reopening California
• FH: Universal Basic Income - Just Another Welfare Program That Will Fail
• Reason: Plastic Bag Bans Do More Harm Than Good
• OCReg: No, the politicians didn't save us from COVID-19
• OCReg: Mandated employment is a flawed policy for app-based drivers
• NR: Ready or Not, the Lockdowns Are Starting to Give Way
• CalM: Commentary: GOP lawmaker fights for accountability
• FH: New Transportation and Housing Plan Needs More Public Review
• CG: When a Curve Is Not Necessarily a Curve
• SFC: Napa County Sheriff's Office releases video of officer-involved shooting
• CG: Sacramento Mayor Steinberg Will Order Masks Worn in Public While Homeless Still Defecate on streets
• SacBee: Will Sacramento be in the next wave of counties to reopen? Health director pushing for it
• SFC: SF offers coronavirus testing to all who leave home to work
• SJMN: Here's a list of leaders on Silicon Valley's COVID-19 economic recovery team
• Turlock nursing home reports another fatality tied to coronavirus outbreak
• FresBee: Fresno Mayor Lee Brand gives green light for these businesses to reopen
• CalCoast: Lompoc prison opens new hospital for coronavirus patients
• CalCoast: Marijuana mogul evicts Old Town Market in Orcutt
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: 18 new cases Tuesday, 595 total
• VCStar $: Ventura County plans for reopening
• LADN: Businesses wait in wings as LA County, City cautiously plot gradual reopening
• LADN: L.A. City Council votes to loan $75 million to its coronavirus emergency response
• LAT $: Legal battle over Clippers' proposed Inglewood arena is over
• OCReg: OC supervisors award $261 million contract for Musick jail expansion
• VOC: Anaheim Police To Go After Criminals With Facial Recognition Software
• OCReg: Reopening path could be confusing for Orange County businesses
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 61 deaths, nearly 40,000 tested in Orange County as of May 5
• PE: Riverside City Council considers rent freeze, $1.8M for small businesses amid coronavirus crisis
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases increase to 4,454; death toll now at 184
• PE: Officials: 151 Riverside County inmates have had coronavirus, with 120 recovered
• SBSun: Businesses should start reopening Friday, San Bernardino County leaders say
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 4 more coronavirus deaths, 147 new cases
• SDUT: Live updates: Supervisors approve $5 million for childcare
• SDUT: County approves framework for opening businesses, OKs childcare vouchers for essential workers
• SDUT: Are San Diego's retail stores actually reopening Friday? County's new guidelines may not change much

Sincerely,