Celebrity chef Guy Fieri urged an end to the ban, tweeting, “We gotta keep Flavortown open for biz!”An L.A. County judge issued a rebuke of how the county issued its order. The L.A. County director of public health, Barbara Ferrer, was asked to respond to Giroir’s comments Monday at a news conference. Gavin Newsom suspended indoor restaurant dining for a second time in mid-July in the hardest-hit counties, he allowed outdoor dining to continue. Another issue L.A. County officials are seeing is a lack of compliance with pandemic workplace rules. Officials “in nine months have not seriously looked at outdoor dining, and then ... impose a restriction preventing outdoor dining,” he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 11, 2020 17:59 UTC