Some Southern California restaurants reopen indoor operations Sunday to crowds, questions
LA TimesWith hand sanitizer set on socially distanced tables, patrons sit indoors Sunday for the first time in months at Kelly’s Korner sports bar in Placentia. “It’ll be a slow process for people to get their big-boy pants on.” San Bernardino and Orange counties on Sunday exited the purple tier, the most restrictive of California’s color-coded reopening blueprint, clearing the way for restaurants to resume indoor dining at 25% capacity. “Another shutdown is a good possibility, and 25% doesn’t make any profit — but eventually you’ve got to pay for the rent.” Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties joined 10 others — Contra Costa, Sonoma, Placer, Mendocino, San Benito, Tuolumne, Siskiyou, Amador, Colusa and Mono — in moving to the less restrictive red reopening tier. “I think it’s a long time coming,” Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner said Sunday. “It’s nice to see hope on the horizon and a sense of normalcy coming back into place,” Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said Sunday.