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Visitors to artist Chris Burden's "Urban Light" art installation outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art take pictures of each other, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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40 million Californians ordered to stay home to halt virus
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.