By SCOTT SONNER and JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press ALTURAS, Calif. — At the Brass Rail, two neon signs were beaming “OPEN” Friday, as the town and county slowly hummed to life, the first to do so in California in defiance of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to stay home. About a dozen customers were in the … Continue reading Rural California county hums back to life, defying order