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San Francisco Bay Area counties issue shelter-in-place order

by Associated Press
| March 17, 2020 12:05 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a sweeping shelter-in-place mandate Monday affecting about 7 million people, ordering residents to stay at home and go outside only for food, medicine and outings that are absolutely essential.

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