A man fixes his coffee while riding a near empty Golden Gate Ferry from Sausalito Monday, March 16, 2020, to San Francisco. Twelve passengers were riding the boat that normally carries around 200. Millions of California's oldest and youngest residents stayed home Monday as officials took increasingly strident steps to separate people and contain the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
March 17, 2020
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March 17, 2020 12:13 a.m.
San Francisco Bay Area counties issue shelter-in-place order
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a sweeping shelter-in-place mandate Monday affecting about 7 million people, ordering residents to stay at home and go outside only for food, medicine and outings that are absolutely essential.