California Orders Lockdown for State’s 40 Million Residents
By Jennifer Calfas, Margherita Stancati and Chuin-Wei Yap Updated March 19, 2020 11:54 pm ET California ordered its 40 million residents to stay at home except for essential activities beginning Thursday night in the largest such lockdown in the U.S., as the nation’s total coronavirus cases rose to more than 14,000 and an intensifying outbreak in Europe pushed State…

