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<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday declared that alcoholic drinking establishments close during the coronavirus outbreak, including bars, nightclubs, wineries, and beer brewpubs.</p>
<p>The Governor’s announcement keeps restaurants open but limits their seating to half the usual amount to create more space between patrons.</p>

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<p>Steve Padilla, a Chula Vista Councilman and Chairman of the California Coastal Commission, announced on Twitter that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.</p>
<p>“I am doing very well, I’m feeling well, thanks to the support of amazing health care professions and amazing family and friends who, while keeping their distance, are doing their best to be as supportive of me as they possible can,” Padilla said in a video posted on Twitter.</p>

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<p>After more than three years of threats by President Donald Trump to close the US border with Mexico over illegal immigration and narcotics smuggling, now Mexican officials are contemplating restrictions or monitoring of Southbound traffic due to the spread of the coronavirus in the US.</p>

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<p>All school districts in San Diego County will close all schools beginning on Monday in a precaution as the spread of the coronavirus continues and now includes five presumptive cases in San Diego.</p>
<p>Most local schools were already planning to have Spring Break recess after March 20th, but the immediate school closures will now give students and staff weeks of vacation, depending on their usual Spring Break schedule. Some schools announced closures until April 3, while others April 20th.</p>

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<p><em>(Story updated Match 13, 2020 @ 6:58 pm)</em></p>
<p>The race to be the next Mayor of San Diego is still undecided ten days after the election as votes continue to be counted by the Registrar of Voters.</p>
<p>With all Election Day and absentee votes counted, Assemblyman Todd Gloria leads the six-candidate race with 42% of the vote, followed by San Diego City Councilman Scott Sherman with 23.1%, followed by San Diego Councilwoman Barbara Bry with 22.9%.</p>

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<p>A $15 billion bond measure to modernize schools throughout the state failed to pass in Tuesday’s election, as did bond measures in Poway, Lakeside, Escondido, Chula Vista, and East County.</p>
<p>The statewide measure, called Proposition 13, would have approved issuing up to $15 billion in new bonds to providing matching funds to local districts to modernize schools and upgrade equipment. The proposition had the same number, 13, as the well-known 1978 measure that limited property tax increases in the state.</p>

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<p>Super Tuesday brought many national and local races into more clear focus and gave some candidates huge boosts while clearing the field of many others, but two races are still too close to call. As of Friday evening, 250,000, absentee and provisional ballots still remained to be counted, and it may take up to 30 days for final results to be reported</p>
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<p>(Story updated March 4, 2020 @ 10:01 am)</p>
<p>After the first US death connected to the coronavirus was reported in the state of Washington on Saturday, eight more people in Washington have died from the illness.</p>
<p>The first patient was diagnosed on Friday along with an unrelated woman in the same hospital near Seattle, and a third was reported on Sunday. Sunday also saw the first case reported in Snohomish County, Washington. That patient has now died, bringing to total deaths in the US to nine.</p>