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03/12/2021 09:00 AM EST
THE BUZZ A LONG TIME GONE A year ago this week, we changed forever: Schools were ordered closed, sports games canceled, theme parks shuttered. The word “quarantine” became a part of the vocabulary of Californians’ lives. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state emergency shortly after what was believed to be the first death of a coronavirus patient in California. The World Health Organization officially declared the spread of the Covid-19 virus a pandemic. A week later, on March 19, Newsom declared a statewide stay-at-home order.