Coronavirus Roundup: Newsom orders some SoCal beaches closed

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was expected to announce a statewide beach closure on Friday, but instead has for now ordered only Orange County to temporarily close off its shorelines starting tomorrow after thousands of people reportedly flocked to Southern California beaches last weekend, in seeming defiance of stay-home orders aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19. On March 15, Newsom was the first U.S. governor to impose a sweeping shelter-in-place order in the country, one that required nonessential…