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Dawn Konstantinopoulos, left, wears a face mask as she visits with her daughter Alexis Russell and her 15-day old granddaughter, Ellie, in Dixon, Calif., Friday, May 8, 2020. Konstantinopoulos is unable hold her first grandchild or fulfill other grandmotherly duties due to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Californians can hike, shop, golf as virus restrictions ease

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A person walks past the Ritz-Carlton Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles councilman says luxury hotels should not be exempt from a program to temporarily move people experiencing homelessness into empty hotel rooms after owners at the city's Ritz-Carlton said they opposed the plan. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Ritz-Carlton opposes plan to move homeless into empty rooms

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A surfer rides a wave as the sun goes down Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Newport Beach, Calif. The beach is one of the beaches kept open during the coronavirus outbreak. While some communities in Orange County have closed beaches, Huntington Beach and Newport Beach refused to limit access. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Protests mark growing unrest with California stay-home order

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 6, 2020, file photo, protesters stop momentarily at a McDonald's drive-thru, as they join fast-food workers protesting for a second day outside the restaurant in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles. Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Work safety strike, virus lockdown protest set for May Day

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

In this Saturday, April 25, 2020, file photo, people gather on the beach in Pismo Beach, Calif., on the state's Central Coast. A memo sent to California police chiefs says Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed starting Friday, May 1, to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The California Police Chiefs Association sent the bulletin to its members Wednesday evening. Association President Eric Nuñez said it was sent to give chiefs time to plan ahead of Newsom’s expected announcement Thursday. (Laura Dickinson/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP, File)

California governor orders Orange County beaches to close

By Amy Taxin and Adam Beam and Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

NYPD officers salute the USNS Naval Hospital Ship Comfort as it is pushed out into the Hudson River by tugboats, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Navy hospital ships, once thought critical, see few patients

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

Mayor: LA 1st major US city offering all residents tests

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FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo, members of the Los Angele Fire Department wear protective equipment as they conduct a COVID-19 test on a woman, left, in the Skid Row district in Los Angeles. California public health officials are now recommending health care workers and others in high risk settings who do not have symptoms be tested for the coronavirus. The change was outlined in a memo dated Sunday, April 19. The memo breaks with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says only those showing symptoms should be tested. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Eric Garcetti provides free coronavirus tests to Los Angeles residents

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FILE - This Aug. 19, 2015 file photo shows director Peter Bogdanovich at the Los Angeles premiere of &quot;She's Funny That Way.&quot; Bogdanovich is the subject of a new podcast series from Turner Classic Movies. He talks about his early successes, flops and turbulent personal life over the course of seven episodes. The first episode is available now, and subsequent ones will be released on a weekly basis. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

In a new podcast, Bogdanovich tries to make sense of it all

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

In this April 20, 2020, photo, a pedestrian walks underneath a marquee advertising a &quot;Laughter is Healing&quot; stand-up comedy livestream event at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. With comedy clubs closed and concert tours put on hold, comics like Craig Robinson, Tiffany Haddish, Will C and others are keeping the jokes flowing on webcasts and Zoom calls even without the promise of a payday, because they say the laughs are needed now more than ever. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Comics keep laughs coming even with clubs closed by COVID-19

By John Rogers - Associated Press

Carole Cotter, 25-year resident sits alone on the empty main shoreline street on Catalina Island in Avalon, Calif, Saturday, April 18, 2020, In the weeks that the city's normally bustling Two Harbors port has been closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Mayor Ann Marshall estimates the harbor alone has lost nearly $2 million in business. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

California’s ‘island of romance’ crippled by virus

By JOHN ROGERS and CHRIS CARLSON - Associated Press

California bullet train partner hires outside investigator

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FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, Shield of Faith Family Church stands in Fontana, Calif. A federal judge on Wednesday, April 22, said he will deny a bid by three Southern California churches, including Shield of Faith Family Church, to hold in-person church services during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that government's emergency powers trump what in normal times would be fundamental constitutional rights. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

US judge denies bid to open California churches in pandemic

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

A member of the Los Angele Fire Dept. seals a bag after taking a sample while conducting COVID-19 tests in the Skid Row district Monday, April 20, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Virus cluster at LA shelter as governor calls for more tests

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

This Jan. 12, 2017, file photo shows the sign on a Chipotle restaurant in Pittsburgh. Federal prosecutors say Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to pay a record $25 million fine to resolve criminal charges that it served tainted food that sickened more than 1,100 people in the U.S. from 2015 to 2018. The fast food company was charged Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in Los Angeles federal court with two counts of violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by serving adulterated food. The charges stem from outbreaks of norovirus, which causes diarrhea, at some Chipotle restaurants other than this location. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Chipotle agrees to record $25 million fine over tainted food

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

This November 22, 2019, photo shows rapper Rich Brian posing for a portrait in New York. When he first started rapping, he was just a teen looking to make waves on SoundCloud. He had huge viral success with a song called “Dat $tick,” but also found controversy with a troubling moniker and a persona that some felt mocked hip-hop culture. A few years later, he's looking to prove he belongs in the rap world and has gained the respect of some key rap figures. (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP)

Asian rapper Rich Brian is proving he belongs in hip-hop

By JUWON PARK - Associated Press

A man walks his dog past the closed entrance to Dodger Stadium, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles mayor: Large gatherings unlikely to take place in city until 2021 because of coronavirus

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 27, 2020 file photo, the USNS Mercy hospital ship enters the Port of Los Angeles. The number of COVID-19 cases among crewmembers of the Mercy has risen to seven while it is docked in the Port of Los Angeles to help serve the region's patients who have not been stricken by the coronavirus. A 3rd Fleet spokesman said the seven have been isolated off the ship and the Mercy's ability to receive patients has not been affected. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Navy hospital ship in Los Angeles might scale back mission

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, California attorney Michael Avenatti arrives at federal court to enter a plea to an indictment charging him with trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike in New York. A judge has allowed Avenatti to be temporarily freed from a federal jail in New York City and to ride out the coronavirus scare at a friend's house in Los Angeles. On Friday, April 10, 2020, U.S. District Judge James Selna said Avenatti may stay at the home of Jay Mannheimer, near Venice Beach, during the 90-day release period but he first must get tested for COVID-19 and be quarantined for 14 days at a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Judge releases Michael Avenatti from jail over virus threat

By Associated Press - Associated Press

A patient is evacuated from the Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riverside, Calif., Wednesday, April 8, 2020. More than 80 patients from a Riverside skilled nursing facility are being evacuated this morning to other healthcare locations throughout Riverside County, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Nursing home with 7 virus deaths had health citations

By CHRIS CARLSON and AMY TAXIN - Associated Press