https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/17/gov-newsom-mandates-online-learning-for-california-schools-on-states-coronavirus-watchlist/ > Gov. Gavin Newsom stepped into the debate over reopening schools for the fall, declaring Friday that schools in counties on the state’s watchlist for worrisome COVID-19 outbreaks should begin fall instruction online only. > Newsom has been under mounting pressure to keep classrooms closed for the fall as the pandemic surges across California and more and more districts put off plans to reopen.