Newsom loosens rules on when California communities can reopen

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday loosened restrictions for areas of the state seeking to reopen non-essential businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.Updated orders detailed on the governor’s website indicated that counties will no longer be blocked from entering phase two of the state’s reopening plan if they have seen a fatality from a coronavirus case in the past two weeks.In order to move into phase two, counties in California…