It’s hard to believe, but in just a week, normal life in California has ground to a halt. Businesses deemed nonessential by the government are closed or closing. Classrooms sit empty. Streets are eerily quiet and freeways unimaginably clear. Most of the state's nearly 40 million residents are now under orders to remain in their homes for the coming weeks — at least — in an extraordinary attempt to slow the relentless march of the COVID-19

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