Sign outside Urban Grill and Wine Bar in Foothill Ranch, Calif., expressing economic frustration of many restaurant owners. (Jonathan Lansner/SCNG)

California has 17 metropolitans among 100 regional economies at the greatest risk of severe damage from coronavirus fallout.

Moody’s Analytics looked at medical, demographic and economic stats to see how 403 U.S. metros compare in terms of potential economic sensitivity to what is expected to be a huge national economic slowdown due to business limitations designed to stem the pandemic’s spread.

California had three metros in the Top 10. The metro at most risk was Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina in Hawaii followed by San Francisco, the New York metro area, Miami, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Orlando, San Rafael, Oakland and Philadelphia.

“With a recession now all but inevitable in the

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