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California county defies governor's virus shutdown order

by Associated Press
| May 1, 2020 8:27 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A rural California county allowed nonessential businesses to reopen and diners to eat in restaurants on Friday, becoming the first to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide shutdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic.

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