A year into pandemic, Van Nuys Boulevard transforms from shopping mecca to mausoleum of failed businesses Listen 13 min MORE Scot Mendelson, owner of Mendy’s Gym, has covered the glass doors of his facility facing Van Nuys Boulevard with brown paper. Photo by Benjamin Gottlieb.
One year ago this week, Governor Gavin Newsom issued his statewide stay-at-home order to try and limit the spread of the coronavirus in California.
Since then, the efforts have been marked by moving goalposts reopening plans that change frequently, rules that differ county by county and even sometimes neighborhood to neighborhood. Most tragically, California has seen more than 55,000 residents lose their lives to COVID-19.