Customers wearing protective masked shop the fresh produce section at Gelson's supermarket that opened special morning hours to serve seniors 60-years and older due to coronavirus concerns, Friday, March 20, 2020, in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles on Friday, March 20, 2020. California's 40 million people are all but confined to their homes in the nation's biggest lockdown yet, as America's governors watch with growing alarm as southern Europe buckles under the strai…
March 20, 2020
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California awakes to new reality: Homebound amid outbreak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — While California awoke Friday to the reality of a near lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, it was business as usual for Rick Curnutt and his family, who were hunkered down in China during the outbreak and spent two weeks in self-quarantine when they returned last month.