https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/02/coronavirus-california-at-a-make-or-break-moment-as-it-heads-into-the-july-4-weekend/

California is heading into the three-day Fourth of July weekend in precisely the position it has been fighting to avoid for more than three months.

The number of coronavirus cases is soaring, with the state setting records for new daily cases twice this week. Hospitalizations of coronavirus patients have risen 56% over the past two weeks. And the state earlier this week recorded its second-deadliest day since the pandemic began.