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Restaurant workers out of work again as virus surges anew - Associated Press
Nov 24, 2020 1 min, 25 secs

Restaurant owner Greg Morena in Los Angeles County was trying to figure out his next step after officials in the nation’s largest county banned in-person dining for at least three weeks, beginning Wednesday.

Tim Walz announced that bars, restaurants and gyms would close for four weeks as infections spiked to an all-time high and pushed hospitals to the breaking point.

John Bel Edwards on Tuesday said he is limiting the number of customers in restaurants, gyms, salons, casinos, malls and other nonessential businesses to 50% of their capacity as the state sees a third spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.

But in Los Angeles County, restaurants and bars are prohibited from providing outdoor dining beginning Wednesday.

On Tuesday, a judge rejected a request from a restaurant industry group to block the Los Angeles County outdoor dining ban.

A day earlier, a California judge refused to temporarily restore indoor service at restaurants and gyms in San Diego County that were forced to move operations outside, saying there is scientific evidence to support Gov.

A federal judge last week declined to halt a three-week ban on indoor dining in Michigan after an industry association complained that restaurants were being treated unfairly.

Restaurant owners in Los Angeles County contend infections are more likely to be coming from private gatherings where rules about masks and spaced-apart seating aren’t in force.

“The same people desperate to go to bars are going to party in their houses,” said Brittney Valles, owner of Guerrilla Tacos in Los Angeles.

Jared Polis warned restaurants Tuesday that they could lose their licenses if they violate closure orders after several businesses in Larimer County signed a letter saying they will continue operating at full indoor capacity.

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