LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors moved closer to adopting a permanent outdoor dining program in unincorporated areas on April 19, following the success of temporary measures put in place to assist restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The board last year instructed its staff to outline steps required to make the outdoor dining…
LA County Advances Effort to Maintain Outdoor Dining Program
Los Angeles Moves to Make ‘Al Fresco’ Outdoor Dining Permanent
LOS ANGELES—Though COVID-19 capacity limits and indoor mask mandates are now a thing of the past, outdoor dining may be here to stay in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council took a step to preserve the city’s “Al Fresco” program, which allows restaurants and food vendors to use sidewalks, street lanes, and parking lots…
San Clemente Moves to Bring Back Outdoor Dining
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—San Clemente City Council introduced an ordinance on March 15 that would resume outdoor dining in the city that was first implemented in 2020 due to COVID. The five-seat city council voted 3–1 for the ordinance with one council member absent. If passed after its second reading next month, the vote would repurpose parking…
San Diego Moves to Permanently Allow Outdoor Business Operations
SAN DIEGO—The San Diego City Council tentatively approved on Oct. 26 the Spaces as Places program, which permanently allows outdoor dining and business operations in spaces previously envisioned as temporary during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program opens up outdoor areas for dining, walking, biking, and other activities while providing ways to turn temporary outdoor structures into permanent…
Fans Rejoice as Downtown Disneyland Restaurants Emerge From Lockdown
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Downtown Disney has begun reopening its restaurants for outdoor dining, much to the delight of theme park fanatics. “It feels great,” Marilyn Botzenhardt, a Disneyland annual pass holder in her 70s, told The Epoch Times Feb. 1. “Just to be able to walk in here, even though it’s just on Main Street, is great because we bought our annual passes last…
Why Public Drinking May Be—Moderately—Encouraged in San Clemente
Enjoying a glass of wine with a meal is typically a luxury restricted to restaurants and private homes, but given the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, San Clemente is looking to make it easier to indulge elsewhere. Its city council will decide during a Jan. 19 meeting whether to extend permission to its residents to consume alcohol in…
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`