The main hallway of the Ferry Building Marketplace is mostly empty Monday, March 16, 2020, in San Francisco. Millions of California's oldest and youngest residents stayed home Monday as officials took increasingly strident steps to separate people and contain the spread of the coronavirus. Evidence that people were staying home included traffic flowing freely on some freeways that are normally congested during rush hours.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
March 16, 2020
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March 16, 2020 10:28 p.m.
Life in San Francisco area screeches to a halt amid shutdown
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — First, people were advised to avoid large gatherings.