Indoor Dining to Begin on Monday Chrysalis to Help 150 Adults Find Job Success After Incarceration
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County Office CLARA HARTER Outdoor dining also has a Health officials emphasized the criminal justice system can be an of Diversion and Reentry’s Skills SMDP Staff Writer six person table maximum, but that outdoor activities remain incredibly daunting task, especially and Experience for the Careers of can include up to three different safer than indoor activities, and in the pandemic economy. Tomorrow (SECTOR) program Starting Monday indoor households. All tables indoors or while they expressed optimism Santa Monica based non-profit — a $4 million initiative to equip operations may reopen at outdoors must maintain 8 foot that case counts will continue to Chrysalis is on a mission to change justice involved individuals with the restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, distance and all indoor dining decrease, they urged everyone to that and thanks to funding from a and secondary schools, as on rooms must have a HVAC air continue abiding by distancing new County program, will provide SEE JOB PAGE 11 Friday L.A. County hit the health purifying system in good working and masking measures. metric triggers to enter the Red order. “If conditions worsen strong Tier of regulations. Movie theaters may reopen at state or local mandatory measures Malibu’s Cross Creek Ranch — Other sectors that may now 25 percent capacity where each may be necessary again. We’re reopen include museums, zoos, group is seated with at least 6 hoping that won’t be the case,” aquariums, and dance and yoga feet of distance in all directions said Davis. “We urge everyone to Formerly La Paz—Set To Break Ground studios. Indoor retail and personal between any other groups. exercise great caution and good care services will be able to expand “Just because certain activities judgment in the next critical EMILY SAWICKI finally be taking shape — 21 years capacity from 25 percent to 50 are allowed and current reopening weeks and months.” Malibu Times/ SMDP Staff Writer after it was first discussed and 13 percent. protocols are revised, it does not On Monday vaccine eligibility years after securing permits. These new reopenings come mean that those activities are safe will be expanded to include those Cross Creek Ranch, formerly Recently, the project secured with caveats. Indoor fitness and without risk to keep yourself, working in janitorial and custodial known as the La Paz Ranch $130 million in financing to begin operations may only open at your family, your friends and services, public transit workers, development, is back in headlines construction. In a statement to the 10 percent capacity and indoor neighbors,” said Muntu Davis, those in congregate correctional for what feels like the umpteenth press issued last week, Pacific Equity dining is limited to up to six health officer at the L.A. County time this week, but according to Properties, Inc., the owners of the people from the same household. Department of Public Health. 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