A state board ends physical distancing requirements for California workers and says many fully vaccinated employees can stop wearing masks.
COVID Economy
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Californians will again have to show they’re job hunting to receive unemployment benefits
With the pandemic waning, Californians who receive unemployment benefits will next month have to start showing that they are looking for work
Posted inPandemic Life
It turns out some Californians aren’t eager to shed their masks just yet
California fully reopened Tuesday, so residents who are fully vaccinated were able to go into many public places without masks, but many kept them on.
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What workers want from customers: Don’t be a jerk, say if you’re vaccinated, and please keep masking
Now that California has eased its COVID rules, many customers at stores, restaurants and hotels want things to be normal. Here’s what workers think.
Posted inCoast Life
Another month, another all-time high: Home prices in Santa Cruz County hit $1.3 million in May
The median sale price for a single-family home rose to a record $1.3 million countywide in May, and the sale price of a single-family home in the city of Santa Cruz leaped to a record $1.5 million.
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The Great Santa Cruz Reopening: Business owners welcome new reality — even if that’s still being figured out
What to make of June 15th? That was our goal on Tuesday as we dispatched our entire editorial staff in different directions around the county. What we came back with was a hodgepodge of differing, developing, still-in-the-works ideologies about what to do going forward as a post-pandemic society.
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Will travel and tourism return with California reopening?
As California drops capacity and social distancing rules, experts are tempering expectations on a full rebound of the state’s tourism industry. Domestic travel won’t recover fully until 2023 and international visitors remain half of pre-pandemic levels. Still, state and local tourism officials express optimism.
Posted inCOVID Today
California reopening: Why officials say it’s safer this time around
Tuesday is not the first time California has tried to reopen its economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. But officials are hopeful it will be the last.
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California reopens to joy, tinged with sorrow over 63,000 dead
As of Tuesday, restrictions were lifted at most businesses, and Californians fully vaccinated for COVID-19 could go without masks in most settings.
Posted inCOVID 2022
OK to ditch that mask? What Santa Cruz County officials want you to know ahead of Tuesday’s reopening
It will be back to normal for most businesses indoors and out as California lifts COVID-related restrictions on its economy Tuesday, with masks not required in most situations for vaccinated individuals — though Santa Cruz County officials reminded that private establishments are still allowed to mandate them.