Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that professional sports could return in early June without fans.
"Sporting events, pro sports, in that first week or so of June—without spectators and [with] modifications and very prescriptive conditions—can also begin to move forward," Newsom said.
Newsom said California is changing its criteria for counties that want to reopen. The change would allow 53 of the state's 58 counties to do so if they can show their hospitalization rates have stabilized and they have a positive COVID-19 test rate below 8%. He did not say which five counties will continue to face stricter restrictions.