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‘Shelter-in-place’

Mar. 17, 2020

View of the Golden Gate Bridge from Marin County. Photo by Peter Siestrzewitowski.

To try to curb COVID-19, the Bay Area has ordered a “shelter-in-place” policy for three weeks. That means 7 million residents there may not leave their homes, except for medical reasons, or to buy food, or exercise. Will this policy come to LA?

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