The Mercury News - 2020-04-08

• WHY HAS N.Y. SURGED BEYOND CALIFORNIA?
• Pandemic foils wedding plans, planners
• Newsom: Shelter order is working
• Can’t find any TP? Here’s some advice for you
• Online grocers struggle to meet spike in demand.
• Schools likely closed for the rest of this academic year.
• Could all games be played in Arizona?
• A new White House press secretary.
• More than 2million California­ns have filed for unemployme­nt benefits; early year boon in home sales expected to give way as virus stalls sales.
• Just five of California’s 58 counties have decided to defer the deadline for payments of property taxes.
• Skilled nursing facility in Hayward could have more than 40 cases of COVID-19.
• Bay Bridge tolls during peak hours may drop $1
• Winfrey chooses ‘Hidden Valley Road’ for book club
• Voters wait hours at the few open polling stations
• Powerful cyclone rips through Vanuatu
• Prisoner swap stalls as Taliban halts talks
• ‘Liberty’ rebellion threatens coronaviru­s orders
• Trade adviser warned of threat in January
• NYC virus deaths exceed 4,000, topping the toll for 9/11 attacks
• Newsom can help ease California­ns’ financial burden
• We must save our democracy from the COVID-19 pandemic
• Guns essential to GOP amid virus but not women’s health?
• Next, we’ll need a national unity cabinet under Biden
• VTA restoring limited light rail service Thursday
• Cleanup, disinfect station created
• The Daily Commuter
• Bay Area churches offering Good Friday services online
• Petrocelli, N.Y. fire chief who lost son on 9/11, dies at 73
• Two more coronaviru­s cases at homeless shelter
• Drury, ‘Virginian’ actor, dies at age 85
• Man living a ‘Seinfeld’ episode
• WHO WILL IT BE?
• Clark becomes legend in debut
• Anna Wilson has emerged from Russell’s NFL shadow
• Bettman keeping all options on table
• Dayton’s Toppin caps college career with Wooden Award
• Today’s crossword
• ON THIS DATE
• Downtown San Jose office tower planned at old phone company site
• WhatsApp tightens limits on message forwarding
• Home prices in Bay Area surged before virus struck
• Singles club owner on coronaviru­s lawsuit: ‘We didn’t create this crisis’

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