California Allows, Parties, Events, Receptions Starting April 15 Under New Covid Reopening Rules

California health officials on Tuesday announced that five counties are moving to less-stringent levels of coronavirus restrictions including Santa Barbara, which had been the lone holdout in Southern California.

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One of Southern California’s most beloved theme parks is back in business, as Universal Studios Hollywood opened the gates to the public today for the first time in more than a year.

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One week after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state would, on June 15, leave its tiered restriction system behind, the first signs of a Covid-19 resurgence have appeared.

Los Angeles County’s weeks-long decline in new Covid-19 case rates stalled on Tuesday, even as California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is planning to drop its restrictive Covid-19 tier system come June 15. As a result of its numbers, L.A. County will be unable to advance to the less-restrictive Yellow tier of the aforementioned reopening tiers for at least three more weeks.

On a day when California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a massive loosening of Covid-19 restrictions to come in June, he also announced immediate progress in the state’s Covid-19 Blueprint for a Safer Reopening guidelines for over 10 million of the state’s residents.

As Disneyland and Disney California Adventure prepare to open their gates April 30, the company Tuesday reminded fans that capacity restraints require online reservations in advance for the parks, which will be open from 9 am to 7 pm, and provided the latest updates on how to do it.

“We’ll be opening up on June 15, this economy…business as usual,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. “We are announcing now that on June 15 we will be getting rid of the colored [reopening] tiers.” Earlier in the day, the state’s top health official spoke in detail about the planned reopening.

“Hopefully we will continue to see a decrease in cases and qualify for the Yellow tier three weeks from now,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Monday.

California will allow indoor concerts, theater performances, sporting events and conferences to resume starting April 15 in eligible areas. The state unveiled its latest change to novel coronavirus-fueled restrictions Friday, according to the Associated Press, and stated that these events and performances can take place in areas coded as red, orange and yellow per California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy.

The announced relaxation of Covid-19 guidelines across California on Friday is likely the prelude to a much wider reopening.

Jordan Moreau Indoor concerts, theaters and other private gatherings may start up again in California beginning on April 15, the state’s Department of Public Heath announced on Friday.However, to attend the reopened events, people will need to prove they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested for the virus.

California just issued new guidelines allowing for a resumption of attendance at indoor concerts, sporting events, theater performances and conferences on April 15, with varying restrictions on capacity based on counties’ placement in the economic-recovery tier system, and based on the number of attendees who have been tested and/or vaccinated.

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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterUniversal Studios Hollywood is back: The Universal City, Calif. theme park has set an April 16 reopening date and will be limited to California residents for the time being.