Update: Populous Los Angeles County won approval Friday to reopen restaurants and hair-cutting businesses to customers while remote Lassen County, the first California jurisdiction to backpedal on a reopening plan, reversed itself again and decided to allow in-person dining and shopping in stores after determining it mitigated its first small outbreak of coronavirus cases. #California #coronavirus #COVID19 Story: https://ktla.com/news/california/gov-newsom-to-provide-update-on-coronavirus-response-after-granting-l-a-county-permission-to-reopen-further/

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Update: The first two California counties received state approval Tuesday to more quickly reopen some services as state officials gradually relax restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. #California #coronavirus #COVID19 Story: https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/state-oks-quicker-reopening-in-butte-el-dorado-counties-as-others-await-approval/

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Update: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said it’s too soon to lift the state’s stay-at-home order, doubling down on that commitment April 30 and calling for the “hard close” of all Orange County beaches. #California #coronavirus #COVID19 Story: https://ktla.com/news/california/some-california-cities-push-back-against-newoms-coronavirus-stay-home-orders/

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Aftershocks from Southern California’s largest earthquake in 20 years rumbled beneath the Mojave Desert on Friday as authorities tallied damage in the sparsely populated region. The strongest aftershock thus far hit shortly after 4 a.m., registering magnitude 5.4 and awakening people all the way to the coast. Thursday’s 6.4 magnitude quake struck at midmorning about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles, near the town of Ridgecrest and a sprawling Navy installation. Multiple injuries and two house fires were reported in the town of 28,000. Emergency crews dealt with small vegetation fires, gas leaks and reports of cracked roads, said Kern County Fire Chief David Witt. He said 15 patients were evacuated from the Ridgecrest Regional Hospital as a precaution. Ridgecrest Mayor Peggy Breeden said that utility workers were assessing broken gas lines and turning off gas where necessary. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake said in a statement late Thursday that no injuries were reported and so far all buildings had been found to be intact but assessments were continuing across its 1,875 square miles (4,856 square kilometers). Its workforce was ordered to not report on Friday. A Ridgecrest senior center was holding a July 4th event when the big quake hit and everyone made it out shaken up but without injuries, she said. “Oh, my goodness, there’s another one (quake) right now,” Breeden said on live television as an aftershock struck. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Kern County. The declaration means that the [More]

The Los Angeles Fire Department says a magnitude-5.4 aftershock struck Southern California shortly after 4 a.m. local time Friday morning. It comes a day after a magnitude-6.4 quake struck in the Mojave Desert. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans joined CBSN from the quake’s epicenter in Ridgecrest with the latest. Subscribe to the CBS News Channel HERE: http://youtube.com/cbsnews Watch CBSN live HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7 Follow CBS News on Instagram HERE: https://www.instagram.com/cbsnews/ Like CBS News on Facebook HERE: http://facebook.com/cbsnews Follow CBS News on Twitter HERE: http://twitter.com/cbsnews Get the latest news and best in original reporting from CBS News delivered to your inbox. Subscribe to newsletters HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Get your news on the go! Download CBS News mobile apps HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Get new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day, stream CBSN and local news live, and watch full seasons of CBS fan favorites like Star Trek Discovery anytime, anywhere with CBS All Access. Try it free! http://bit.ly/1OQA29B — CBSN is the first digital streaming news network that will allow Internet-connected consumers to watch live, anchored news coverage on their connected TV and other devices. At launch, the network is available 24/7 and makes all of the resources of CBS News available directly on digital platforms with live, anchored coverage 15 hours each weekday. CBSN. Always On.