General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV are aiming for May 18 to resume some production at their U.S. factories. The automakers' plants all shut down in March due to the coronavirus outbreak. Twenty-four United Auto Workers (UAW) members have already died from COVID-19 but it´s unclear when or where they contracted the disease. Executives from the companies in recent days tentatively settled on the timeline following talks with UAW leaders and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's office, the Journal said on Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. However, Ford has already brought back a small number of workers in an attempt to get the factories ready when lockdown rules are eased. The automobile maker confirmed to the Detroit Free Press on Sunday that a 'skeleton crew' of hourly and salaried workers would be brought back to factories on Monday.

A California Highway Patrol #pursuit raced across the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday and ended with the suspect being arrested at gunpoint in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood, CBS SF reported. The incident began after 11 a.m. Saturday when Rohnert Park police attempted a traffic stop only to have the suspect flee at a high rate of speed and race onto southbound 101. The pursuit continued through Marin and toward the Golden Gate Bridge. The CHP employed traffic breaks to thin out vehicles on the bridge as the driver raced across the famed span at speeds of 80 mph or more. The CHP vehicles pulled out of the pursuit after the car raced though the toll plaza, turning the chase over to San Francisco police, U.S. Park Police and a CHP plane overhead. The pursuit wound through the Presidio and ended with Park police forcing the vehicle to stop at Webster and Lombard. The suspect was arrested at gunpoint.

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Texas' stay-at-home order to expire Thursday, businesses to reopen in phases starting Friday, Fox News reported. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott detailed plans on Monday to reopen the state for business amid the coronavirus pandemic – allowing places like retail stores, restaurants and movie theaters to open up to customers at a limited capacity by Friday May 1. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said wearing masks will be encouraged, but will not be required. The move by Abbot puts Texas – the country’s second-largest economy behind California – at the forefront of the movement to reopen state economies that have been basically brought to a standstill as the U.S. grapples with the outbreak of COVID-19.

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As we see the faces behind the coronavirus numbers, we learned of the death of a 43-year old well known Marine veteran. Robert Mendoza served in the Gulf War and survived an IED attack, but lost his battle with COVID-19 in the San Diego area. Mendoza is remembered by fellow Marine, Victor Lopez, an #LAPD officer. Lopez says Mendoza was that guy who would give you the shirt off his back. Lopez and Mendoza had worked together overseas. They stayed friends over the years. He says Mendoza, who owned Tactical Defense Systems in Oceanside, was in the process of making masks for the military. When asked what would he say to people who think COVID-19 is just the flu? A saddened Lopez answered, "it's just the flu until it's someone you know." Mendoza went into the hospital with coronavirus symptoms and died by the end of that week in Mid-April. He has a 9-year-old son, Christian. #RIP

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Baton Rouge Police officials released the names of the two officers involved in a shooting that left one dead and one critically injured Sunday afternoon. Lt. Glenn Hutto Jr., 45, died from gunshot injuries during a shooting that occurred around 12:30 p.m. on Conrad Drive. Hutto was a 21-year veteran of the police force and received the rank of lieutenant posthumously. Cpl. Derrick Maglone, a 7-year veteran, was critically injured during the shooting. He was transported to a local hospital and is recovering from his injuries. The officers were shot while police were responding to tips about a homicide suspect, Ronnie Kato, in the city's Howell Park neighborhood. The officers were both transported to at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, though court records show Hutto died at the scene. Kato is accused of standing over the officer during his final moments and continuing to fire an assault style rifle at close range, according to his arrest report.

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