Tuesday, Gavin Newsom decided he would release more business owners and employees from the restraints of government, allowing 47 of the 58 counties to begin to offer hair services. Counties that have attested to the state that COVID-19 is under control locally can reopen those businesses effective immediately.  The only 11 counties excluded at this time are: Alameda, Contra Costa, …

We reported this weekend that the City of Newport Beach was performing a shakedown operation on the organizers of a boat parade.  The city, seeing a parade being organized, said through a very harshly worded public announcement that a permit was required so that the city can “[…]work out safety measures with the organizers and to clarify where the parade …

Thank you to the more-than 2.5 million soldiers who have signed on the line and given everything for this country throughout its history– and the countless families that have had to endure the stress between contact from their loved ones, and the awful news when it came. We can all argue about whether or not wars were justified, but the spirit …

*** Boat Parade tomorrow in Newport Beach, read to bottom for details! *** Sheriff Don Barnes, who was elected in the 2018 election cycle to serve for 4 years (linked here), took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States as the Supreme Law of the Land.  Recently, when Gavin Newsom illegally ordered the beaches to be shut down …

Early today, OC was approved for reopening restaurants, immediately– today– with restrictions. See approval list, here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/County_Variance_Attestation_Form.aspx Regulations, suggestions, and rules for reopening can be found here: http://savenewport.com/2020/05/21/released-restaurant-reopening-guidelines-by-federal-and-state-authorities/ It should be noted that not all of these are requirements.  Please pay close attention to words like “should”, “must”, “may”, and “can”. Enjoy– be safe– and… Enjoy 🙂

Earlier today, city workers removed the blockade for city beaches– including Blackies Beach.  This is a good sign for reopening for this weekend from the Governor’s office– we’ll update when we hear more. At 9am, Catalina Island began accepting boats again.  Catalina is OPEN, too! We will update on the status of Gavin Newsom allowing state-sanctioned reopening in OC later …

As it looks like California will be opening sooner rather than later (a lot sooner, OC is submitting their request for approval today), these guidelines are important to understand and implement quickly for those who serve food and/or drink. Last week, California released new regulations for restaurants, which will largely apply to bars as well (along with inevitable additional regulations for …

Yesterday, Orange County had its highest death rate yet– an eye-popping 10 patients dying when our normal tally is somewhere between zero and three.  What caused the surge?  Gavin Newsom issued an executive order just like the one that New York did under Governor Cuomo– an EO that actually forces nursing homes to take in people who are actively infected with …

As we reported yesterday, the ABC was ready to release the forms for outdoor dining (linked here). Today, they’ve done that, nearly a week ahead of schedule.  We suspect this is going to end up in bottlenecks so let’s cut to the chase: Tag a business owner or send this to them so they can fill out the form, here: …

The California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) is getting ready to make special COVID-only regulations to allow bars and restaurants to reopen. They have already suspended enforcement of the following legal prohibitions on a temporary basis: Returns of Alcoholic Beverages Retail-to-Retail Transactions Extension of Credit On-Sale Retailers Exercising Off-Sale Privileges Sales of Alcoholic Beverages To-Go Drive-Thru Windows for Off-Sale Transactions Hours of …