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A man stands in front of the shuttered Tadich Grill in the Financial District and looks down California Street Monday, March 16, 2020, in San Francisco. Officials in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties have issued a shelter-in-place mandate affecting about 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says residents must stay inside and venture out only for necessities for three weeks starting Tuesday. It's the latest effort by officials to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The restaurant is California's oldest continually running restaurant dating to 1849. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Millions in San Francisco area cope with virus restrictions
March 17, 2020 7:04 p.m.

Millions in San Francisco area cope with virus restrictions

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Millions in the San Francisco Bay Area found empty highways, shuttered stores and vacant streets Tuesday as officials began enforcing an order for residents to stay at home and only leave for “essential" reasons in a desperate attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus.