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Coronavirus outbreak mostly empties California streets

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A jogger runs underneath the marquee of the closed Roxy Theatre nightclub as stay-at-home orders continue in California due to the coronavirus Wednesday in West Hollywood, Calif. The message on the marquee alludes to a song from the 1975 film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
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A pedestrian waits to cross a street along a near-empty Broadway Avenue on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The spread of the coronavirus statewide has, so far, been slow enough to give the state time to prepare for an expected spike in cases.
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A woman walks along Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. The spread of the coronavirus statewide has, so far, been slow enough to give the state time to prepare for an expected spike in cases.
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A group of cyclists take advantage of the light traffic along Figueroa Street on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The spread of the coronavirus statewide has, so far, been slow enough to give the state time to prepare for an expected spike in cases.
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William Iwneferi wears a mask as he rides past The Broad Museum on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has recommended that the city's 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus.
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Carlos Samayoa wears a mask as he takes a selfie in front of a near-empty downtown district Wednesday in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has recommended that the city's 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus.
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A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department prisoner transportation bus leaves the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles on Wednesday. California is planning to release within days as many as 3,500 inmates who were due to be paroled in the next two months as it tries to free space in cramped prisons in anticipation of a coronavirus outbreak, state officials said Tuesday.
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Married mariachi players Aurelio Reyes and Sally Hawkridge wear face masks as they leave El Mariachi Plaza in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles on Wednesday. Mayor Eric Garcetti has recommended that the city's 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus. Garcetti on Wednesday said people in the nation's second-largest city who are performing essential tasks such as food shopping should wear homemade, non-medical face coverings, or even bandannas.
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A woman wears a face mask and gloves at El Mariachi Plaza in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles on Wednesday. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has recommended that the city's 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus. Garcetti on Wednesday said people in the nation's second-largest city who are performing essential tasks such as food shopping should wear homemade, non-medical face coverings, or even bandannas.
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This still image taken from a live stream provided by Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti showing Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti displaying putting on a protective face mask during his daily news conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Garcetti has recommended that the city's 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus.
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A couple walks past an electronic sign showing school closure at Granada Hills Charter High School on Wednesday in Granada Hills section of Los Angeles. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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A man reads the signs in front of Cedar Mountain Post Acute nursing facility in Yucaipa, Calif., on Wednesday. The Southern California nursing home has been hit hard by the coronavirus, with more than 50 residents infected with COVID-19, a troubling development amid cautious optimism that cases in the state may peak more slowly than expected.