California

Shirley Raines has started spending Saturdays handing out supplies to the homeless community in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles to help them avoid an outbreak.

East Bay Regional Park District Police said the incident occurred at Dublin Hills Regional Park in Alameda County. The girl is believed to be in a stable condition.

Los Angeles and Santa Clara counties report the highest number of cases and fatalities, with a combined total of nearly 4,000 infections and 84 deaths.

Activists called for improved measures for protecting tenants after authorities issued moratoriums on COVID-19 related evictions.

The Republican lawmaker suggested children "could have went back to school in two weeks."

Los Angeles has the highest number of confirmed cases, followed by the counties of Santa Clara and San Diego, including at least 44 deaths in Los Angeles.

The president told Fox & Friends on Monday that the federal government could "take over" San Francisco and "clean it up."

A man has been given a $1,000 fine after he went surfing despite being told not to by police and lifeguards.

Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders joined state lawmakers in New York and California in calls to freeze and forgive rent payments, as millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet under coronavirus lockdown.

Around 25 states have taken steps to limit or shutter operations at all non-essential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"They care about money, not their people. But, we robots, or I mean associates, are what keeps that business running," one California associate said after a new COVID-19 case was confirmed.

Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 53, is charged with one count of attempted wire fraud. He has more than 2.4 million followers on Instagram, where he described himself as a "genius entrepreneur."

"Any threat to the health and well-being of children... has a significant psychological impact on adults and can trigger fear, anxiety, helplessness, and anger," one expert told Newsweek.

"We just passed the one million mark, in terms of the number of claims, just since March 13," Governor Newsom said Wednesday.

John Cox, who lost California governor's race to Gavin Newsom, told Newsweek he has tested positive for the virus.

"The man called me names, spit on me, pushed me, purposely coughed on me and then hit me. I caught some of it on video," a San Jose woman wrote on NextDoor.

"They arrived in Los Angeles and Elon Musk is already working with the hospital association and others to get those ventilators out in real time. It's a heroic effort," Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

While dine-in restaurants, bars, and nightclubs will be closed, banks and gas stations will remain open.

"The doctors are doing everything they can to care for the Congressman," the representative's office said in a statement.

A Fresno, California liquor store was allegedly taking advantage of desperate shoppers by selling 24-packs of bottled water for $16, about four times the regular price, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three of the states that have locked down—California, New York and Illinois—have the fifth-largest, 12th-largest and 22nd-largest economies in the world.

More than 25 million people across the state could be infected over the next eight weeks if no mitigation efforts are made, California Governor Gavin Newsom warned.

As the world's fifth largest economy is placed under lockdown, Los Angeles' residents will still be able to buy cannabis from licensed dispensaries.

Thursday evening, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a "safer-at-home" order, requiring the state's citizens to stay at home and the closure of non-essential businesses.

The husband is in self-isolation with two other family members who went on a recent trip to the Philippines with him and his wife.

A tenth plaintiff just joined the group of women suing Disney for unequal pay.

"He said everything I could have hoped for," Governor Gavin Newsom said.

The quakes occurred along the Mendocino Fracture Zone at the junction between the San Andreas Fault and Cascadia Subduction Zone.

The secretary of housing and urban development asserted that a "plan will be in place" but would not give details.

Harris officially endorsed Joe Biden for president Sunday, describing him as the candidate who can unite the Democratic Party to defeat President Donald Trump.