Gov. Gavin Newsom says reopening California will begin this week amid coronavirus crisis

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that some retail stores across the state can reopen with modifications as early as Friday amid growing pressure to ease the stay-at-home order that has cratered the California economy. The new changes are part of a four-stage plan the governor laid out last week to gradually transition back to normal in a state of nearly 40 million people whose …