{"id":216420,"date":"2021-04-01T08:01:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/california-reopening-widely-after-year-under-covid-lockdowns\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T08:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:01:21","slug":"california-reopening-widely-after-year-under-covid-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/california-reopening-widely-after-year-under-covid-lockdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"#California reopening widely after year under COVID lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#California reopening widely after year under COVID lockdowns<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Cheering fans instead of cardboard cutouts at Dodger Stadium. Screaming thrill-seekers riding the Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Beer lovers bellying up to, well, a table outside a brewery.<\/p>\n

Even with some limitations that exclude drinking at a bar, a lot of activities Californians haven\u2019t been able to enjoy for most of the past year are suddenly within reach as the state reopens more widely.<\/p>\n

April is bringing a fresh breath of warm spring air after a stale year of coronavirus closures. It also may be unleashing a strain of spring fever that was dormant after Gov. Gavin News<\/a>om imposed the first statewide lockdown last March.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter about a year of being hidden inside, nobody knows how to behave when they go out in public,\u201d cartoon portrait artist Walt Davis said Wednesday while waiting for customers near the Santa Monica Pier. \u201cIt\u2019s been nuts. People come out in public just go crazy right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

April arrives with COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths dropping and new infections remaining low. Vaccines open more widely Thursday \u2014 to people 50 and over \u2014 although supplies remain limited.<\/p>\n

\"Families
Families walk into the Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calif., on Wednesday as COVID numbers across the state have declined.<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But health officials are still urging caution to avoid a fourth wave of the pandemic sweeping across much of the U.S. and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

Dr. George Rutherford, an epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, said the state was in better shape than others because 12 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine and there\u2019s a fair bit of immunity \u2014 with an estimated 37% of people in Los Angeles County having been infected.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia has a shot. I think we have a good chance of beating the fourth wave,\u201d Rutherford said. \u201cWe\u2019re much more conservative in (easing) restrictions. So we\u2019re moving very slowly through the tiers unlike other states that have thrown caution to the wind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearly half of California\u2019s 40 million people live in areas where restrictions are easing to some degree and some of the largest counties are preparing to allow more people to watch a movie at the cinema, attend church services or dine in a restaurant.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County, with a quarter of the state\u2019s population and 40% of the deaths, was app<\/a>roved Tuesday to move into the orange tier \u2014 the second-to-lowest \u2014 but opted to wait another week to make sure it holds the line on new infections.<\/p>\n

Neighboring Orange County, the state\u2019s third-most populous with 3 million residents, moved immedia<\/a>tely into that tier, allowing restaurants, theaters, museums and houses of worship to allow people indoors at 50% capacity. Bars that don\u2019t serve food can operate outdoors.<\/p>\n

\"Visitors
Visitors walk past rides during the Knott\u2019s Taste of Boysenberry Festival at Knott\u2019s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California on Tuesday.<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Orange County officials announced a new vaccination site at the county fairgrounds Wednesday, they also cautioned against ditching face masks or mingling too closely with people outside the household.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day that we can postpone any additional bad news coming, that\u2019s another day we have to vaccinate more people,\u201d said Supervisor Doug Chaffee. \u201cThat\u2019s really the best defense we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

The arrival of April comes with much of the state basking in summery temperatures during a week that is spring break for a lot of students who have been cooped up and learning from home. Those two factors and the broader reopening that includes a recent return to indoor dining drove a mini tourist boom Wednesday at the beaches in Southern California.<\/p>\n

In Huntington Beach, aka \u201cSurf City USA,\u201d which hosted protests against coronavirus closures and mask mandates, people strolled through downtown wearing bathing suits and shorts and \u2014 occasionally \u2014 face masks. They toted towels and beach chairs as temperatures rose into the 80s.<\/p>\n

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A group of friends lay on the sand beneath the Huntington Beach Pier as summer-like temperatures reached nearly 90 degrees inland as people flocked to the beach on Wednesday.<\/figcaption>
The Orange County Register via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colorful umbrellas dotted the beach in Santa Monica and hundreds of people stood in the cool waters near the pier as head-high waves rolled ashore. Tourists from far and near flocked to the scenic pier that was closed throughout much of the pandemic, lining up outside restaurants that are still at limited capacity.<\/p>\n

Morgan Reliford said business has been robust at Blazing Saddles, where she had rented out more than 120 bikes by 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Reliford, who wore a mask and purple rubber gloves, said she felt things were reopening too quickly for her comfort.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we\u2019re bored and frustrated with being in the house that we\u2019re kind of rushing it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Thursday marks the opening of day of Major League Baseball with game<\/a>s in Oakland, Anaheim and San Diego before fans for the first time in California since 2019.<\/p>\n

\"The
The San Diego Padres will welcome back fans to the ballpark Thursday, as one of three teams in the state to do so since 2019.<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The San Diego Padres will be limited to 20% seating capacity, because the second-largest county is in the red tier. If LA moves to the orange tier next week, the World Series<\/a>-defending Dodgers will be able to hold their home opener on April 9 with a third of the stadium full.<\/p>\n

The arrival of April also is the first day theme parks will be able to operate, though they\u2019ll be limited to 15% capacity and masks will be required.<\/p>\n

In addition to the park at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia and Legoland in Carlsbad are reopening.<\/p>\n

Junior Simental, a state prison guard who was waiting with his family to be called for a table at a restaurant on the Santa Monica Pier, said his family can\u2019t wait to hit the amusement parks<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to do all of \u2019em: Six Flags, Disneyland, Universal (Studios),\u201d Simental said. \u201cAs soon as we get the chance.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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