Apr.28 — Some of California’s beaches were crowded this past weekend as a spring heat wave moved in. But Governor Gavin Newsom says the virus doesn’t take weekends off and people need to still stay away from the beaches and crowds to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
In This Story: California
California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles. Its terrain includes cliff-lined beaches, redwood forest, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley farmland and the Mojave Desert. The city of Los Angeles is the seat of the Hollywood entertainment industry. Hilly San Francisco is known for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island and cable cars.