Stay-at-home orders on track to be extended for most of state

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday during a briefing that California will likely be extending stay-at-home orders in areas hit hard by Covid-19 hospitalizations, which includes most of the state except far Northern California. He said the state is seeing a “surge on top of a surge on top of a surge” of new Covid-19 cases statewide, likely because of holiday gatherings and travel going back to Thanksgiving, and he said gatherings and traveling during the current holidays will likely continue that…