Dear John,

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• Coronavirus Update: 617,351 Cases and 28,377 Deaths
• Johns Hopkins Map
• As U.S. virus cases exceed 100,000, doctors decry scarcity
• AP: California has surge of virus cases that threatens hospitals
• SacBee: Coronavirus updates: More than 80 dead in California; U.S. cases of infection top 100,000
• SDUT: Governor's order gives state court leader more power in face of pandemic
• AP: California governor commutes sentences, including for murder
• CG: Rent Evictions Are Banned For Two Months Under New Executive Order
• FH: AB 5 Needs to Be Suspended
• AP: Gun groups sue Los Angeles sheriff over shutdown order
• LAT $: Is Los Angeles going to see a New York-level coronavirus disaster?
• AP: California lawmakers plead: fight virus, don't pack beaches
• LAT $: L.A. County closes all beaches to deter crowds flouting restrictions
• LADN: LA's Garcetti says homeless person being tested for coronavirus exposure
• SFC: Empty handwashing stations not helping homeless, or anyone else
• AP: California restaurants say 30% to close without state aid
• Reason: Los Angeles Might Force Broke Businesses To Keep Paying Workers During Coronavirus Outbreak
• OCReg: Coronavirus closures lead owners to board up some Southern California businesses
• CG: All DMV Field Offices Close in California
• AP: PG&E to use wildfire victims fund to pay for past crimes
• LAT $: California once had mobile hospitals and a ventilator stockpile. But it dismantled them
• SJMN: CalPERS unprepared for the coronavirus recession
• CG: Tax Foundation Compares State-by-State Legislative Responses to COVID-19
• FH: Governor Deems Construction as "Essential"
• LADN: John Lee faces new calls to resign after his former boss pleads guilty in corruption case
• SacBee: Tom McClintock votes for $2.2 trillion stimulus package 'despite all its flaws'
• Reason: How Much Is $2.3 Trillion? More Than Even Obama Could Imagine
• SFC: California campaigns, activists craft political messages for pandemic times
• OCReg: Coronavirus shows government is a problem, not the solution
• OCReg: Stock market swing should raise alarms about California's pensions woes
• FH: COVID-19 and the Coming Rent Control Initiative
• OCReg: A needed pause on frivolous lawmaking in Sacramento
• SFC: Trump isn't connecting on coronavirus messaging. Here's who is
• OCReg: Split roll measure a bad idea in good times, now even worse
• SacBee: Sacramento County coronavirus cases jump to 164 with more testing; 6th death reported
• SacBee: Sacramento public defenders seek video access to jail inmates during coronavirus crisis
• SacBee: Sacramento health chief 'cautiously optimistic' county may escape worst virus consequences
• SacBee: Sacramento schools won't reopen until at least May 1, county superintendent says
• SFC: With crush of delivery demand, Bay Area restaurants make space for couriers
• SFC: In SF and across Bay Area, officials enlist public buildings in fight against coronavirus
• SJMN: Shocking San Jose estimate raises coronavirus question: How many people will die?
• LAT $: Nearing overload in coronavirus pandemic, Mono County sheriff has a message: Stay out
• FresBee: Fresno County with four community-spread cases as number of positive coronavirus tests grows
• FresBee: Fresno County wants your masks, stat. Call goes out to public for medical supplies
• Patient in Modesto convalescent home tests positive, as coronavirus cases increase
• CalCoast: Prominent developers battle in court over SLO housing project
• CalCoast: SLO County struggling to procure ventilators
• CalCoast: Jobless claims surge in California, SLO County
• VCStar $: Coronavirus: 83 positive cases, 3 deaths
• LAT $: L.A. officials text an urgent message: Stay home this weekend to slow coronavirus
• LADN: 181 coronavirus cases in the San Fernando Valley: Which communities have the most?
• LAT $: L.A. passes ordinance to reserve grocery shopping times for the elderly and disabled
• OCReg: Early release begins in Orange County jails after more than 100 inmates exposed to coronavirus
• OCReg: John Wayne Airport's tower closes due to coronavirus but aircraft still flying in and out
• OCReg: Orange County releases coronavirus case counts by city, announces 2 more deaths
• SBSun: San Bernardino County to release coronavirus data by city when it hits 100 cases
• SBSun: Kaiser closes 7 offices, preparing San Bernardino County for spike in coronavirus
• SBSun: Nearly 400 line up for San Bernardino County's first drive-thru coronavirus testing; cases grow to 64
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases at 185; city-by-city numbers announced
• VOSD: San Diego's Case Against Instacart Is Going Strong Amid Coronavirus Crisis
• VOSD: As Scripps Confronts Coronavirus, It's Doing So Without Three Top Officers
• SDUT: Live coronavirus updates in San Diego: County reports 75 new COVID-19 cases, biggest daily increase so far

Sincerely,