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THE BUZZ: Gov. Gavin Newsom spent his Tuesday reordering the landscape of California politics.
THE SENATE PICK:
Newsom finally ended the supercharged Senate lobbying and frenzied speculation by picking the presumed frontrunner: his longtime ally, Secretary of State Alex Padilla. Newsom’s calculus for replacing White House-bound Sen.
Monday, Dec. 21. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond.
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In March, within weeks of the first official COVID-19 death in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a sweeping lockdown order that shut down all nonessential activities in the state. By April, that stay-at-home order appeared to have produced results. “You have successfully bent and arguably
flattened the curve in the state of California,” he said to residents who heeded the mandate.