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Vivek Ranadive, left, gives Gov. Gavin Newsom, second from right, a tour of Sleep Train Arena, the former home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings basketball team in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, April 6, 2020. The arena is being transformed into a 400-bed emergency field hospital to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)

California governor sticking with mid-May as COVID-19 peak

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this March 30, 2020, file photo Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in front of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Governors seize spotlight amid states’ coronavirus response

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

A Los Angeles County Lifeguard speaks to a jogger that was running on closed Playa Del Rey Beach, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

California COVID-19 testing backlog cut by two-thirds

By ADAM BEAM and DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom updates the state's response to the coronavirus, at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Fearing an out-of-control coronavirus outbreak would overwhelm California's health care system, Newsom declared a statewide emergency on March 4. Within a week dozens of nursing schools pleaded with the state regulators to immediately allow thousands of their students to more quickly complete their education and get to work. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Amid virus, California moved slowly on nursing student rules

By CUNEYT DIL - Associated Press

Joy Behar of ABC's "The View" discusses the coronavirus pandemic with California Governor Gavin Newsom, April 3, 2020. (Image: ABC, "The View" video screenshot)

Joy Behar’s ‘kiss the ring’ Trump narrative shut down by Gavin Newsom: ‘He’s been proactive’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California schools will likely remain closed for the rest of the school year due to the coronavirus,, but provide off-site education, during a news conference at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The state is not mandating that schools remain closed through the summer break but offering guidance and recommendations on distance learning for schools. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)

California schools unlikely to reopen this academic year

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2017, file photo, Larry David attends the premiere of HBO's &quot;Curb Your Enthusiasm&quot; at the SVA Theatre in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Larry David tapes coronavirus PSA; ‘Seinfeld’ creator tells ‘the idiots out there’ to stay at home

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, inmates walk through the exercise yard at California State Prison Sacramento, near Folsom, Calif. Approximately 3,500 prison inmates may be eligible for expedited release if they are not currently serving a sentence for a violent or sex crime and are within 60 days of their earliest possible release date, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, announced Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California seeks 3,500 new inmate releases over coronavirus

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Demonstrators argue opposing views during a protest outside of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Los Angeles. Demonstrators across California coordinated efforts in a car-based protest to demand the release of immigrants in California detention centers over concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Governor: California bought time to prepare for virus peak

By BRIAN MELLEY and KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo, a cyclist rides by the US Naval Ship Mercy enters the Port of Los Angeles. The 1,000-bed USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) docked at the Port of Los Angeles accepted its first patients Sunday, March 29 during its support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Retired docs, nursing, med students: California wants you

By ADAM BEAM and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

A man jogs alone atop a battery near the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco. The surge of coronavirus cases in California that health officials have warned was coming has arrived and will worsen, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday, while the mayor of Los Angeles warned that by early next week his city could see the kind of crush that has crippled New York. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

California virus death toll surpasses 100; infections surge

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

The USNS Mercy enters the Port of Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Los Angeles. The The 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship is expected to help take the load off Los Angeles area hospitals as they treat coronavirus patients. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

California has surge of virus cases that threatens hospitals

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

People gather at a homeless encampment on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Efforts to move California's large homeless population into isolated quarters to slow the spread of the coronavirus are still sluggish despite a $150 million cash infusion by the governor and a crisis that public health experts say needs to be curbed now. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Few sheltered as California aims to help homeless amid virus

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom updates the state's response to the coronavirus at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Monday, March 23, 2020. Newsom announced the closure of all state parking lots to discourage people from congregating at the state beaches and other public spaces during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gavin Newsom: 4 banks to suspend mortgage payments

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Pedestrians wear face masks due to coronavirus concerns, as they walk on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Los Angeles County health officials backtracked Tuesday on their announcement that a child died from coronavirus, saying it’s possible the death was caused by something else. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Boy, 17, with coronavirus dies as cases surge in California

By ROBERT JABLON - Associated Press

California governor says virus likely to curb state spending

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom updates the state's response to the coronavirus, at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova Calif., Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)

More of California under tight restrictions due to virus

By DON THOMPSON and JOHN ANTCZAK - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom give an update to the state's response to the coronavirus, at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova Calif., Tuesday, March 17, 2020. At right is California Health and Human Services Agency Director Dr. Mark Ghaly. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool)

California governor: Most schools won’t reopen this spring

By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2020 file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters about his executive order advising that non-essential gatherings of more than 250 people should be canceled until at least the end of March, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom, a Democrat who leads the nation's most populous state, has won praise from both sides of the aisle for his approach to the coronavirus crisis that has been less aggressive than some governors and even many local leaders. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Governing in crisis: California’s Newsom faces another test

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press