California stay-at-home order faces revolts at beaches and in rural communities

LOS ANGELES - Pressure to reopen parts of California continued to build over the weekend, with more rural counties vowing to ease stay-at-home restrictions and protesters marching against the closure of Orange County beaches, a move intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Polls show most Californians support stay-at-home rules, which have been credited with helping California avoid the massive death toll of New York and other hot spots, and fear that lifting them too soon could cause more outbreaks.

But the social distancing restrictions have devastated the economy, and some parts of California that have not been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus are