A sign outside the Domaine Carneros winery tells people they are closed for tastings and tours, but open for purchases and wine club pickups Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Napa, Calif. As worries about the spread of the coronavirus confine millions of Californians to their homes, concern is growing about those who have no homes in which to shelter. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
March 20, 2020
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March 20, 2020 12:29 a.m.
40 million Californians ordered to stay home to halt virus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's 40 million residents should stay home indefinitely and venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, warning that the coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the state's medical system.