State orders distance learning when school year begins across SoCal

RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday ordered all school campuses to remain closed when the school year begins in counties on the state's monitoring list due to spiking coronavirus cases -- including Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Riverside counties. The order means districts across Southern California will begin the new school year with distance-learning programs. The state's two largest districts, Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified, had already announced plans to begin the new academic year with online-only courses. Temecula and Murrieta's school districts had not yet committed to an online-only start to the school year, but schools in Lake Elsinore and Menifee had already announced plans to utilize distance learning to start the year. On Friday, Springs Charter School