Movie Theater Reopenings Cleared for Silicon Valley, Orange County

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday issued an emergency proclamation for the counties of Los Angeles, Del Norte and Mendocino to bolster the response to various fires which have burned thousands of acres, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of residents.In Los Angeles, the Bobcat Fire had burned close to 114,000 acres on Friday. The fire’s progress has slowed significantly in the past few days.

Harrison Ford has been cleared in his Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigation. In April, an investigation was reportedly launched after the "Star Wars" actor made an error while operating a plane on a runway at the Hawthorne Airport in Southern California.

Harrison Ford is free to go airborne.The "Star Wars" actor, who has a pilot's license, was being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration after his second runway mishap in three years. An FAA source tells TMZ that the case is now closed after Harrison took a training course.Back in 2017, the acting legend mistakenly landed on the taxiway instead of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Southern California.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials confirmed on Tuesday the county meets the criteria to move into a less-restrictive phase of the California’s economic-reopening roadmap. But there’s a catch.The county must maintain those numbers for two consecutive weeks before the state will move it out of the most-restrictive “purple” tier and into the slightly less onerous “red” tier.If L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Tuesday, California Health and Human Services Director Dr.

Vanessa Bryant has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and his department. The lawsuit alleges that eight sheriff's deputies took cell phone photos of the bodies of her late husband, Kobe Bryant, and her late daughter, Gianna Bryant, at the helicopter crash scene where they died for their personal use.In May, Bryant filed a claim against the L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County could reopening more widely sometime in October, the county’s public health director said on Wednesday. But, said Barbara Ferrer, Labor Day numbers could potentially thwart that move.The county is in the most restrictive, or “purple,” level of California’s four-tier virus-tracking roadmap.

Christopher Nolan followed film fans’ lead and returned to the theater on Tuesday (September 15, 2020) to attend a screening of Natalie Krinsky’s new movie The Broken Hearts Gallery.The filmmaker, whose mind-bending thriller Tenet was released to theaters last month (August 2020), stunned staff at a multiplex in Irvine, California when he showed up to see the film with his wife.‘Tenet absolutely deserves to be seen in theatres’The masked Brit posed for photos with employees at the venue, who

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Director of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, gave the state’s coronavirus update on Tuesday.Tuesday is the day when counties have the chance to move from one tier of the state’s reopening system to another — see chart below.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPresident Donald Trump this morning tweeted that “animals” shot two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies last night in Compton, California.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPresident Donald Trump this morning tweeted that “animals” shot two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies last night in Compton, California.The two sheriffs were ambushed at point-blank range by an unknown shooter on Saturday night.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIn the wake of the announced reopening of OC earlier this week, AMC is officially throwing the doors open to four locations in the greater Los Angeles area this weekend, followed by the AMC Woodbridge 5 on Sept. 18.The AMC Anaheim GardenWalk 6, AMC Orange 30, and AMC Tustin 14 will open on Friday, Sept.

Cinemas in California's Orange County were granted permission Tuesday to reopen, becoming the closest market near Los Angeles to once again allow moviegoing in the COVID19 era. The order was issued by Clayton Chau, the health officer for the county.

color-coded, tiered classification system to help determine what can reopen in each of California’s counties based on the number of daily new cases per 100,000 residents and the percentage of positive tests.  At the time, the counties that could reopen indoor movie theaters included Alpine, Calaveras, Del Norte, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Plumas, San Diego, San Francisco, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity and Tuolumne.As of Tuesday, Orange County

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorGood news for those in Los Angeles: Going to see Tenet just got closer.Orange County, Calif. has moved from the purple to the red tier in the state’s coronavirus monitoring system, which means that  movie theaters and restaurants for indoor dining can reopen at 25% capacity as well as churches for indoor worship.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe heat wave of Labor Day weekend continues today across Southern California, bringing record temperatures and crowded beaches.There is a Stage 2 emergency in effect for the power grid, which means rolling blackouts are a possibility for parts of the state to help the overloaded system.Forecasters predict the Western San Fernando Valley to be particularly brutal, with Woodland Hills possibly going near 120 degrees on Sunday.The National Weather Service issued a

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: In the early 20th century, an impoverished teenage Italian cobbler sailed from Naples to America to seek a better life. He settled in Southern California, and became Hollywood’s go-to shoemaker during the silent era.

Michael Cieply Executive EditorAs Deadline’s Tom Tapp reported last week, Los Angeles County isn’t quite ready to join other parts of California and the nation at large in allowing movie theaters to reopen, even with restrictions. So the coronavirus-beset movie capital remains closed to indoor movies.Which isn’t entirely bad.

Movie theaters in Maryland have been cleared to reopen on Sept. 4 as Warner Bros.