The parking lot of the Lakewood Center is all but vacant amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Brandon Richardson. Despite reporting another uptick in daily coronavirus cases and an upward trend in the community transmission rate of the virus, Los Angeles County officials today cleared the way for nail salons to resume indoor operations and for indoor shopping malls to reopen. The salons and malls will be both be restricted to 25% of capacity, and public health director Barbara Ferrer encouraged nail salon operators to continue offering services outdoors. She said food courts at indoor shopping malls will also remain closed. The exact dates when the facilities will be allowed to reopen was not immediately determined, but Ferrer said it would be in the next 10 days. Outdoor playgrounds, which have been off limits during the pandemic, can also reopen, Ferrer said, but only at the discretion of individual cities in which they are located. Anyone over age 2 will be required to wear a face covering at the playgrounds, and no eating or drinking will be permitted. The reopenings were announced one day after the county Board of Supervisors agreed to open a waiver process for schools to […]
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