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• FRBlog: Challenge An Arrogant Lazy Authoritarian, Go To Church
• FRBlog: Quarantine and a Free Society
• SFC: Tears, frustration greet those applying for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
• SJMN: Coronavirus unemployment: State pays one of every eight claims
• LAT $: California independent contractors struggle for unemployment help
• SDUT: Nearly 1 in 4 San Diegans unemployed because of pandemic, analysis says
• SFC: Uber CTO departs as company considers laying off 5,400 staffers
• CalM: California could reopen schools as early as July, Newsom says
• AP: California governor says schools may restart in late July
• LAT $: This is California's reopening plan for stores, offices, schools, sports, concerts, theaters
• CG: Gov. Newsom Announces California Lockdown Could Last Until June As Re-Open Phases are Met
• CG: Governor's Executive Orders - How Far Can They Go?
• SJMN: School in July? Newsom details plan to reopen coronavirus-paralyzed state
• SacBee: 'Let us get cooking again': Business owners, Republican leaders ask Newsom to relax order
• FresBee: 'Open the damn city up.' Fresno councilman, Crazy Bernie call for opening amid COVID-19
• SacBee: Sacramento-area gym owner says he'll open doors on Friday, despite stay-at-home order
• SJMN: Coronavirus could kill 8,000 in Bay Area by June, model says
• Coronavirus COVID-19 Cases
• FresBee: Confirmed coronavirus cases top 1 million in US. 'We have to have a breakthrough'
• LAT $: L.A. County exceeds 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths
• AP: First shipment of California governor's big mask buy arrives
• LAT $: L.A. to secure 24 million N95 masks. 'These will be lifesavers' in coronavirus battle
• OCReg: Disneyland and other theme parks can't reopen for months under state plan
• SacBee: Californians backed a gas tax to fix roads. What will coronavirus mean for highway projects?
• AP: Southern California city votes to keep beaches open
• SDUT: Social distancing on the sand: San Diegans flock to reopened beaches
• SDUT: Live updates: Del Mar to reopen beach Thursday morning
• SFC: Hundreds of health care workers lose pay as hospitals suffer losses
• LAT $: Beverly Hills lawyer is at center of FBI scandal, sources say
• SFC: California schools face devastating budget cuts due to coronavirus
• AP: Baffert rallies for return of live racing at Santa Anita
• SBSun: Santa Anita workers plead with county to allow racing without spectators amid coronavirus
• SacBee: At least 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths in California are from eldercare homes, state reveals
• VOSD: Doctors Say They're Not Getting Vital Coronavirus Info About Senior Facilities
• SFC: Bay Area, LA fates diverge on coronavirus, and experts ponder why
• LADN: L.A. County to send mail ballots to all registered yoters in November
• CalM: Not if, but how: California prepares for an all vote-by-mail election in November
• AP: Money for meals for California seniors could end in 2 weeks
• AP: California scales up 1st-in-US electric truck sale proposal
• AP: High Times owner scores 13 California marijuana dispensaries
• AP: California maritime academy gets OK to start limited classes
• SFC: Supe wants to delay vacancy tax as coronavirus keeps stores shut
• Reason: Justin Amash Is Running for President as a Libertarian
• OCReg: California teachers unions fight to preserve flawed, costly status quo
• OCReg: California's reopening plan still lacks specifics
• NR: Math Is Hard: Social-Science Lessons from COVID-19
• FH: Townhomes the Answer to Housing Affordability?
• FH: School Finances
• NR: Our 'Corona Project'
• CG: CA Dems are in Trouble with 'Home-Value-Voters' with Upcoming November Election
• FH: Opening the Economy? Ask Us How, Business Groups Tell Governors
• FH: Garcetti: What He Says v. What He Budgets
• OCReg: Amid crisis, California diddles around with AB5 exemptions rather than face law's failure
• CalM: Commentary: New wrinkles in old school fights
• SacBee: Northern California heat wave almost over. Why has it been so hot in Sacramento?
• SFC: SF will return $138M of health care funds to help jobless amid crisis
• SFC: SRO owner hit with criminal complaint over alleged dirty bathrooms
• SFC: San Francisco schools abandon all A's grading policy
• SFC: Marin Co. health officer: New stay-home order will be issued Wednesday
• SFC: Mayor London Breed seals deal for 1,100 new homes near Balboa Park BART
• SFC: Oakland settles lawsuit, to pay $1.4M to family of man killed by police
• SJMN: San Jose tech firm whose execs get millions accepts $10 million small business coronavirus loan
• FresBee: Kings County lifts its shelter-in-place order, will follow state mandate, supervisor says
• Turlock care facility reports 5 deaths, 94 positive coronavirus cases
• FresBee: High-speed rail agency to open construction-job training center in Selma
• FresBee: Fresno tops 500 COVID-19 cases, Tulare adds 46 patients as virus continues its spread in Valley
• Accident kills worker at Foster Farms turkey plant in Turlock
• CalCoast: Are SLO County officials hiding their coronavirus recovery plan?
• CalCoast: Arroyo Grande to address $1.2 million budget shortfall
• VCStar $: Coronavirus cases go up by 5 in Ventura County
• VCStar $: Unemployment claims top 56K in Ventura County
• LADN: LA County puts brakes on Sheriff Department spending, even while releasing millions
• LADN: LA County unveils $35.5 billion budget blueprint, but coronavirus-fueled cuts will reshape it
• LAT $: L.A. County working to ease stay-at-home order by May
• AP: Convict in LA Times hack again accused of attacking media
• VOC: OC Aims to Get Coronavirus Tests up to 4,000 a Day
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 34 new cases in Orange County as testing increases to 27,737 as of April 28
• VOC: Nearly 100 Orange County Inmates Test Positive for Coronavirus, Public Employee Union Raises Concerns Over Lack of Equipment
• OCReg: Orange County mostly ready for next steps toward reopening, health officials say
• PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases now 3,735; deaths still at 141
• PE: Lawsuit alleges UC Riverside denied coach a promotion for cooperating with probe
• SBSun: 3rd sexual harassment claim filed against San Bernardino mayor
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 3 more coronavirus deaths, 55 new cases
• SDUT: Pandemic costs UC San Diego $150 million -- a figure that could double this summer
• SDUT: San Diegans roll through newest drive-thru coronavirus testing sites

Sincerely,