Today’s Headlines

• If you live in California, you are under a “stay-at-home” order (LA Times)
• Los Angeles orders closing of businesses, bans all public gatherings (LA Times)
• See California’s COVID-19 website with state and local info, resources
• Some believe it’s a hoax. What’s it gonna take? (Washington Post)
• Cleaning workers are crucial, at risk, and largely ignored (CityLab)
• Is Japan escaping coronavirus–or about to see a spike? (Bloomberg)
• Homeless to lose hot meals as part of COVID-19 response, as a start (Berkeleyside)
• San Francisco says bike shops are “essential” and will remain open (SFGate)
• How transit agencies are dealing with the virus impacts (Transit Center)
• Plan for Bay Area transportation “mega measure” on hold (Mercury News)
• This may be the end for alt weeklies (Nieman Lab)
• Shadowy Canadian executives continue purchasing local CA newspapers (Santa Maria Sun)
• Public-transit-focused Green New Deal being developed (Smart Cities Dive)
  • Voters would support that (Gizmodo)
• Feds revising standards for AV testing, not focusing on safety but on not stifling innovation–60 days to comment (PBS)
• NY Post says bike injuries up, car crashes down, but hides this tidbit: “the overwhelming majority of the injuries were caused by motorist error”

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF