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Watch: Gavin Newsom holds news conference on California’s COVID-19 response

By Mackenzie Hawkins
Gov. Gavin Newsom displays a face mask as he urges people to wear them to fight the spread of the coronavirus during a news conference in Rancho Cordova on Friday, June 26, 2020. Newsom said he wants Imperial County in Southern California to reimpose a stay-at-home order amid a surge in positive coronavirus tests.
Gov. Gavin Newsom displays a face mask as he urges people to wear them to fight the spread of the coronavirus during a news conference in Rancho Cordova on Friday, June 26, 2020. Newsom said he wants Imperial County in Southern California to reimpose a stay-at-home order amid a surge in positive coronavirus tests. Rich Pedroncelli AP/Pool

Watch Gov. Gavin Newsom’s news conference from Friday (July 24) here.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday at noon will provide an update on California’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Click the video below to watch a recording of the livestream.

Newsom has ramped up statewide restrictions on economic activity in recent weeks, shutting down bars, indoor dining and entertainment centers in all counties and requiring counties on his watch list — which covers over 80% of California’s population — to close malls, gyms and indoor church worship.

While that list once included hair and nail salons, the governor released new guidelines on Monday that allow those businesses to operate outdoors.

This story was originally published July 24, 2020 at 12:00 AM.

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