Coming Soon: What to expect as California gears up for reopening
Some residents say they're excited for planned return of big events
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Updated: 8:20 AM PDT Apr 7, 2021
Some residents say they're excited for planned return of big events
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Updated: 8:20 AM PDT Apr 7, 2021
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YOU COULD CALL PAULETTE JOHNSTON AND HER MOTHER MYRNA, PRETTY BIG THEATRE BUFFS. >> MY MOM MYRNA AND I ARE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. MELANIE: PRE-PANDEMIC, THEY SAW A PERFORMANCE JUST ABOUT EVERY SIX WEEKS. >> WE’VE BEEN GOING TO THE SOPHIA B-STREET BEFORE HAND TO THEIR MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS FOR YEARS. MELANIE: WHEN VENUES LIKE THE SOFIA GOT SHUT DOWN A YEAR AGO, WELL. >> OH MY GOSH, WE WERE BROKEN. MELANIE: THE LAST CONCERT CHARISSE RHODES AND GINA WAOTA SAW AT GOLDEN ONE CENTER WAS MAXWELL. BOTH ARE READY TO SEE MORE AND DO MORE AT GATHERING SITES LIKE GOLDEN 1. >> I THINK IT’S FANTASTIC THAT THEY’RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO OPEN THINGS UP AGAI THE ECONOMY NEEDS TO MOVE, PEOPLE NEED TO SEE EACH OTHER. >> HUMAN INTERACTION. IT’S NEEDED. [LAUGHS] MELANIE: THEY MAY GET THAT, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCING TODAY CALIFORNIA IS ON PACE TO FUL RE-OPEN THE ECONOMY, IF TWO CRITERIA ARE MET, VACCINE SUPPLY IS SUFFICIENT FOR CALIFORNIANS 16 YEARS AND OLDER. AND IF HOSPITALIZATION RATES ARE STABLE AND LOW. VISIT SACRAMENTO, RELIEVED TO HAVE THAT DIRECTION. SAYING IT’S STRUGGLED WITH NOT HAVING A TIMELINE OR GUIDELINE TO PASS ALONG TO CUSTOMERS, WANTING TO BOOK BIG VENUES LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER. THE JUNE 15 RE-OPENING DATE NOW HELPS THE INFORM THOSE CLIENTS ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT >> THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY ALLOWS US TO COMMUNICATE TO THOSE CUSTOMERS IT ALLOWS US TO KEEP THE BUSINESS THAT’S ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE HOLD CONVENTIONS HERE IT BENEFITS THE BUSINESSES FROM THE HOTELS TO THE BARS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. MELANIE: AS FOR LOCALS WAITING TO GET BACK TO LIFE. >> ANYTHING WHERE THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE GATHERING I JUST LOVE SEEING PEOPLE HAVE FUN. MELANIE: AND FOR THOSE WAITING TO GET BACK TO WHAT THEY LOVE. >> I REALLY MISS JUST BEING IN THE AUDIENCE AND LAUGHING WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE OR GASPING OR YOU KNOW WHATEVER SOMETIMES THEY’LL HAVE PLAY WHERE THEY’RE REALLY INTERACTIVE AND I, I REALLY MISS THAT. MELANIE: THEIR HOPE. THEY WON'