Universal Studios Hollywood Layoffs Disclosed As Theme Parks Await Reopening In California

CAMBRIA At the 25-room White Water lodge, which sits on Moonstone Beach (located a little south of Hearst Castle), most rooms have full or partial ocean views and fireplaces. Owner PRG Hospitality Group also recently opened a sister property, the San Luis Creek Lodge, in San Luis Obispo.

A group of officials from California's major theme parks gathered Wednesday for a virtual press conference to once again voice their outrage over the state's reopening guidelines for their businesses. They went so far as to say legal action is being considered.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorJust minutes after California’s Director of Health and Human Services on Tuesday unveiled restrictive new guidelines under which amusement parks in the state could reopen, the industry fired back.“We have proven that we can responsibly reopen, with science-based health and safety protocols strictly enforced at our theme park properties around the world,” said Disneyland Resort president Ken Potrock.

new state guidelines released on Tuesday.Smaller parks can reopen outdoor attractions with 500 visitors or at 25% capacity, whichever is fewer, if the county the park is located in has reached the state’s “moderate” tier.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom teased the release of reopening rules for theme parks saying cryptically, “We are going to break up the theme parks…Not just one or two brands, it is many different parts of the theme park industry.”Well, now we know what that means.Smaller theme parks can resume operations in the state’s Orange Tier.All theme parks may resume operations in tier 4, Yellow, which is much further down the road.California’s director of Health and Human

A group of Disneyland employees and fans joined together on Saturday morning to hold a rally outside the shuttered Southern California theme park in an effort to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue reopening guidance.

California state officials visited the Disneyland Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood this week as Gov. Gavin Newsom mulls issuing guidelines to allow the major theme parks to reopen.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSenator Elizabeth Warren has blasted Disney over its decision to lay off 28,000 employees, asserting that the entertainment giant’s priorities are unfairly weighted in favor of shareholders and executive pay packages.Warren issued the accusations in a letter released Wednesday, two weeks after Disney announced the layoffs and blamed the state of California’s “unwillingness” to lift COVID-19 restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen.

There are many reasons these days to want to get away from it all: being cooped up too long with a bad case of Zoom fatigue; the family’s constant chattering finally getting on that last good nerve; needing a break from endless doom scrolling. For some people in Hollywood, cars during stay-at-home orders in California represent, more than they ever have, a way to escape.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorUniversal Studios Hollywood has cut more than 1,300 jobs permanently and temporarily laid off 849 workers since July, according to public documents, as the NBCUniversal theme park remains shuttered.Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notices filed by the Comcast unit with the California Employment Development Department show 1.374 permanent job cuts.

Dominic Patten, Anthony D'Alessandro In a relatively short update today, California Governor Gavin Newsom hinted that movement is occurring between the Golden State and the likes of Disney and Universal over getting “people back to work” at some of the larger and smaller theme parks in the region.While not giving any details, the former San Francisco Mayor said that “good faith” negotiations are based on a “health first frame mentality”.Newsom appeared to indicate that more information on talks

Disneyland is implementing new health and safety recommendations from theOrange County Health Care Agency amid a standoff between the conglomerate and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Cardi B is celebrating her 28th birthday on Sunday (October 11) and her estranged husband Offset gave her a surprise present to kick off the weekend! The 28-year-old Migos rapper placed a birthday billboard for Cardi on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Cardi posted a video on her Instagram account from when she saw the billboard for the first time. It has a photo of Cardi and her daughter Kulture and reads, “Happy birthday Mommy.

Pop-Up Magazine and its recently formed union are engaging in a war of words over the legality of layoffs implemented earlier this week after its former owner, billionaireLaurene Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective, severed ties with the company. On Wednesday, the Pop-Up/California Sunday Guild claimed in an open letter that the company, which organizes live storytelling events across the U.S.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerDisneyland is hoping to convince Gov.