Under California's stay-at-home order, can I gather with friends outdoors?

SAN FRANCISCO — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, outdoor gatherings with a friend or two have replaced the indoor dinner party. Many people have spent Friday night around a backyard fire pit or in lawn chairs parked on a sidewalk, pulling their masks on and off between sips of beer. 

Is this permitted under California's new stay-at-home order, now in place throughout Southern California and the Central Valley and adopted pre-emptively by six Bay Area jurisdictions — Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, San Francisco and the city of Berkeley? 

The answer is no, according to the state guidelines.

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Sorry, but restricting me from hanging out with friends didn't work when I was 15, and it damned sure wouldn't work now.