Dear John,

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• FRBlog: The Imaginary COVID-19 Response
• LAT $: A politically connected firm gets an $800-million mask contract with California. Then it falls apart
• CG: Elon Musk Threatens to Move Tesla Out of California Over Health Restrictions
• AP: Musk threatens to exit California over virus restrictions
• AP: Californians can hike, shop, golf as virus restrictions ease
• OCReg: 'Active use' rules, cool weather keep beach crowds down on Saturday, but not all comply
• SFC: How to lure back California workers making more on unemployment than they did on the job
• SJMN: California coronavirus update: Over 2,600 deaths, 64,000 cases
• FresBee: California moves to protect voters with mail-in ballots; Trump critical of vote centers
• SFC: 'Whole new crisis': California lawmakers wrestle with coronavirus on top of housing shortages
• LAT $: Coronavirus: L.A. County judges must wear masks in courts
• SFC: Biden accuser Amy Lappos says, 'I don't want to be weaponized'
• LADN: Valley's 25th Congress race will continue to draw national attention Tuesday
• LADN: Trump leaps into new Tweetfeud over polling in 25th Congress race
• SacBee: Is California's stay-at-home order violating your civil rights? Tom McClintock wants to help
• SFC: Coronavirus costs Bay Area hospitals millions, crippling those that serve poor patients
• LAT $: As demand for food skyrockets due to coronavirus, food banks play catch-up
• SacBee: California prisons sell coronavirus masks to the state. Are the prices too high?
• SFC: Willie Brown: This can't go on. California has to figure a way out
• CalM: Commentary: California's high cost of employment will stifle recovery
• FRBlog: Old News - Hypocrisy Is the Currency of Our Arrogant Lazy Authoritarian in Chief
• NR: Who Killed Consensus?
• CalM: Commentary: Could California really go it alone?
• CG: Placer County Board of Supervisors Votes to Re-Open
• SFC: Speedy contractor finishes SF freeway project early, pockets $8M
• SJMN: After 4 weeks on ventilator, San Jose mother comes home to shaken family
• Turlock nursing home announces 10th and 11th deaths from coronavirus
• Will Manteca's Great Wolf open on time? Coronavirus changes water park resort plans
• CalCoast: Newsom rejects SLO County's reopening plan
• CalCoast: Comparing coronavirus cases in SLO County, to nearby counties
• VCStar $: County's stay home order extended to May 31
• CalM: Why is the coronavirus deadly for so many blacks in Los Angeles?
• LAT $: Coronavirus case cluster tied to Pasadena party and 'selfish behavior,' officials say
• LADN: LA County announces 44 more coronavirus deaths, more than 1,000 new cases
• SDUT: COVID-19 concerns prompt push for Oceanside pastor's release from L.A. jail
• OCReg: Orange County harbor anchorages are packed as boats offer socially distant safe harbors
• OCReg: Coronavirus: More than 48,000 tested in Orange County; 3 new deaths as of May 9
• OCReg: Seal Beach unconcerned about influx of Long Beach residents as cities move toward differing beach policies
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases increase by 175, no new deaths reported
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports most new coronavirus cases since pandemic began
• SBSun: Amazon is landing at San Bernardino airport, officials say
• SDUT: Live updates: County officials report 114 more COVID-19 cases, 7 additional deaths
• SDUT: Pandemic kills San Diego plan to close city's large pay gap
• SDUT: San Diego transformed: lessons from the lockdown

Sincerely,