Activists assail California board for keeping tracks open

An executive with the company that owns Santa Anita urged the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday to continue live racing despite a statewide stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.Santa Anita in Arcadia, outside Los Angeles, and Golden Gate Fields in the San Francisco Bay area are among a handful of U.S. tracks continuing to race without fans.The issue of continuing live racing during the pandemic wasn't on the board's agenda, but the question was raised by board memb