By Tom Tapp
30.04.2020 - 22:29 / deadline.com
By Tom Tapp
Deputy Managing Editor
Citing images of beachgoers crowding the sand at Newport Beach last weekend, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced he would close the beaches in Orange County.
“We’re guided by health,” the governor said while calling for a “temporary pause,” citing the need to “meet the conditions as they change.”
On Monday, Newsom signaled concern about Newport Beach and some beaches in Ventura County.
“We can’t see images like we saw, particularly on
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