Virus rages as new rules challenge California city's mettle -
Calling it a COVID date, Ryan Breakfield and his girlfriend Erica Everett have lunch in the bed of a pickup after they were unable to eat inside a restaurant in Lodi, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Lodi, a city of just under 68,000 people, is part of the San Joaquin Valley region. The coronavirus is spreading rapidly in California’s San Joaquin Valley and filling its hospitals. It has the fewest available intensive care unit beds of any region in California, a frightening reality that health officials hope will convince more people to wear masks and socially distance. (AP Photo/Rich Pedro...