California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and his family will quarantine for 14 days following an exposure to COVID-19.
Newsom on Twitter said that three of his children were recently "exposed to an officer from the California Highway Patrol who had tested positive for COVID-19." The California Highway Patrol provides the governor and his family with security, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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