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This Monday, March 16, 2020 photo shows empty shelves at a grocery store in Willow Grove, Pa., Shoppers have been buying up extra quantities of the products since the outbreak of the coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Government issues historic restrictions amid virus outbreak

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

A line of people waiting to buy supplies amid coronavirus fears snakes through a parking lot at a Costco, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Las Vegas. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Americans brace for new life of no school and growing dread

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

A gloved grocery shopper is dismayed over empty shelves at a local Ralphs supermarket in an attempt to stock up on supplies, Friday, March 13, 2020, in the Panorama City section of Los Angeles. Officials said Friday the Los Angeles Unified School District and San Diego school districts will close starting March 16 because of the coronavirus threat. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

LA, San Diego, Oakland join California school closings

By STEFANIE DAZIO and MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Virus prompts San Francisco schools to close for 3 weeks

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Judie Shape, center, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, blows a kiss to her son-in-law, Michael Spencer, left, as Shape's daughter, Lori Spencer, right, looks on, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, as they visit on the phone and look at each other through a window at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. In-person visits are not allowed at the nursing home. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated Press

Passengers look out from balconies aboard the Grand Princess as it cruises a holding pattern about 25 miles off the coast of San Francisco on Sunday, March 8, 2020. The ship is expected to dock in Oakland in the east San Francisco Bay on Monday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought Sunday to reassure the public that none of the passengers from the ship with multiple cases of the new coronavirus will be released into the public before undergoing a 14-day quarantine. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Officials set to receive thousands from Grand Princess cruise ship hit by virus

By Olga R. Rodriguez and Christopher Weber - Associated Press

The Gonzaga bench reacts after a three-point basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against San Francisco in the West Coast Conference men's tournament Monday, March 9, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Ayayi helps No. 2 Gonzaga outlast San Francisco in WCC semi

By DANNY WEBSTER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Michele Smith, passengers look on as a National Guard helicopter hovers above the Grand Princess cruise ship Thursday, March 5, 2020, off the California coast. Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with about 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least two others became infected. A Coast Guard helicopter lowered test kits onto the 951-foot (290-meter) Grand Princess by rope as the vessel lay at anchor off Northern California, and authorities said the results would be available on Friday. Princess Cruise Lines said fewer than 100 people aboard had been identified for testing. (Michele Smith via AP)

Grand Princess, coronavirus cruise ship, to dock in Oakland, California

By Daisy Nguyen and Janie Har - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, the Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco. Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered the cruise ship to hold off the California coast Thursday, March 5, to await testing of those aboard, after a passenger on an earlier voyage died and at least one other became infected. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Experts: Cruise ships no place for a coronavirus quarantine

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

In this image from video, provided by the California National Guard, a helicopter carrying airmen with the 129th Rescue Wing flies over the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California Thursday, March 5, 2020. Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least two others became infected. Airmen lowered test kits onto the 951-foot (290-meter) Grand Princess by rope as the vessel lay at anchor off Northern California, and authorities said the results would be available on Friday. Princess Cruise Lines said fewer than 100 people aboard had been identified for testing. (California National Guard via AP)

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California

By Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

Three commuters, center, wear masks as they walk through the World Trade Center transportation hub, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing

By OLGA RODRIGUEZ and ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at a news conference that announced that six new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Los Angeles County, where there was one previously, on the steps of the county Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, March 4, 2020 The cases confirmed Tuesday night were due to a known exposure and not the result of so-called community transmission, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the county Department of Public Health, said. One person was hospitalized and five others were in self-quarantine at home, she said. The cases were from throughout the county, she said, but did not give specific locations. (AP Photo/Stafanie Dazio)

California declares emergency after 1st coronavirus death

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to members of the press at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Newsom spoke about the state's response to novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a possible first case of person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 in California in the general public.(AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Gavin Newsom, California governor, declares coronavirus state of emergency

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

A pair of workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport wear masks Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Six of the 18 Western Washington residents with the coronavirus have died as health officials rush to test more suspected cases and communities brace for spread of the disease. All confirmed cases of the virus in Washington are in Snohomish and King counties. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Feds investigate nursing home as U.S. death toll hits 11

By GENE JOHNSON and RACHEL LA CORTE and MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this August 13, 2019, file photo, freelance journalist Bryan Carmody attends a panel event held by the Society of Professional Journalists in San Francisco. San Francisco is set to pay $369,000 to Carmody, whose home and office were raided by police trying to find the confidential source of a leaked report into the death of the city's former public defender. (AP Photo/Juliet Williams, File)

San Francisco to pay $369K to journalist for police raids

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Oakland Athletics' Mike Fiers smiles in the dugout during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Fiers draws cheers, perfect in 1st game since Astros reveal

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San Francisco forward Taavi Jurkatamm gains control of a rebound as he falls during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Gonzaga in Spokane, Wash., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

Tillie leads No. 2 Gonzaga over San Francisco 71-54

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2018, file photo, San Francisco Giants Hunter Pence waits on deck club before batting against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco. Pence is returning to the Giants, agreeing to a contract that will give the young club a veteran presence in both the outfield and clubhouse in a season of big change ahead. A person with direct knowledge of the deal said Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, that Pence had reached agreement pending a physical. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made. (AP Photo/John Hefti)

Hunter Pence thrilled to be back with Giants after year away

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

San Francisco to pay $225,000 to settle racial bias suit

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No. 15 Gonzaga women use balance to beat San Francisco 56-38

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