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CaliforniaExplainerBay Area order is similar to lockdown measures taken in places like Italy, Spain and China, but is the first of its kind in the US Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage San Francisco and five other counties in California issued a shelter-in-place order in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. The order, which goes into effect at midnight on Tuesday until 7 April, is similar to the drastic lockdown measures taken in places like Italy, Spain, France and China, but it’s the first of its kind in the United States.

MusicModel turned author Jenny Boyd’s new book details a life living with Mick Fleetwood, inspiring a Donovan song and working with the Beatles Jenny Boyd has two words for anyone who ever fantasized about marrying a rich and famous rock star. “Watch out,” she said, with a laugh. “It’s not what you think.” She should know. In the 70s, Boyd married Mick Fleetwood twice, first in a stretch between 1970 and 1976, and then, for a fraught year between 1977 and 78, each resulting in feelings of loneliness, jealousy, rage and, ultimately, a total loss of identity.

ObituaryArturo DurazoMexico City's crooked cop chief who built himself a dark reputation - and a couple of palaces - on the proceeds of corruptionIf police corruption merited an entry in the Guinness Book of Records, Arturo "El Negro" Durazo, who has died aged 80, would be a strong contender for the title. In Mexico, where the words police and corruption are inseparably linked in the public mind, Durazo's six-year reign as the capital's police chief (1976-82) turned him into the definition of the phenomenon.

RereadingFantasy booksIn A Wizard of Earthsea, published in 1968, Ursula K Le Guin created one of literature’s most fully formed fantasy worlds. The author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks recalls how he fell under its spell Four principal wizards inhabited my childhood. These were, in order of discovery, TH White’s Merlin, JRR Tolkien’s Gandalf, Susan Cooper’s Merriman Lyon and Ursula K Le Guin’s Ged, more commonly known as Sparrowhawk, true names being a serious business in Earthsea.

SEMANTIC ENIGMASHow did the word "fatigues" come into use for garments worn by soldiers when not on duty? Jack Hill, St Albans UK "Fatigues" is the military term for the work clothes worn when doing domestic chores (which are called fatigues). When they're off duty they wear "civvies" (which used to be called "mufti"). Alan Mills, York Add your answer ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKafqbK0rc2dqK6dop6ytHvQrpyrsV9leXaDlGxjZmloZoF4eI9pZaGsnaE%3D

Ruth Sunderland: Paul Wolfowitz's resignation as president of the World Bank was never really about his partner's pay rise - Shaha's salary just gave an opening to his enemies, who disliked his management style, his Pentagon cronies and the domination of the bank by the US. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJqlqLavsdKsZqmZpaHEsLjFqK6irKo%3D

Cancer This article is more than 7 months oldThe extraordinary bucket list of Laura Nuttall who died of brain cancer at 23This article is more than 7 months oldLancashire woman met Michelle Obama, commanded a warship, performed with Peter Kay and drove a tank Very few people would be able to say they had commanded a Royal Navy ship, met Michelle Obama and presented a television weather forecast. But Laura Nuttall from Barrowford in Lancashire did not let a terminal cancer diagnosis stop her from ticking off an impressive bucket list before her death on Monday at the age of 23.

‘Lemonade is all about the body, and the body as commodity. This is certainly not radical or revolutionary.’ Photograph: Frank Micelotta/Invision for Parkwood Entertainm‘Lemonade is all about the body, and the body as commodity. This is certainly not radical or revolutionary.’ Photograph: Frank Micelotta/Invision for Parkwood EntertainmBeyoncéFrom slavery to the present, black female bodies have been bought and sold. What makes this commodification different in Lemonade is intent – its purpose is to seduce

Tom Hunt’s brussels sprout kimchi. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianTom Hunt’s brussels sprout kimchi. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianWaste notPickling, fermenting and preservingKimchi is a great way to preserve a glut of sprouts – and, for that matter, just about any other vegetable – over the festive season As a robust, leafy green, brussels sprouts work really well in kimchi, which I love so much I’ve even been known to have some with my Christmas roast (or any roast, for that matter).