Over the years Kellie Davis has seen people get married, throw baby showers, and then throw their kids’ baby showers, all at Valley Brewing Co., Stockton, the iconic pub she owns with her husband Eric on the Miracle Mile.
That’s why, when an electrical fire shut down the restaurant on Thursday morning, the outpouring of support Davis received from customers was overwhelming.
“It was absolutely incredible,” Davis said. With every call or text, Davis would think, “you just soothed my soul,” she said.
About 9 a.m. Thursday a neighbor standing in an adjacent parking lot noticed smoke billowing from Valley Brew s building and called 911, Eric Davis said. At about 9:30 a.m. the Stockton Fire Department arrived with seven trucks, Davis said. They entered through the pub’s back door and shut off its electricity and gas supplies, he said.
Companies such as Starbucks, Walmart and Trader Joe’s have announced new in-shop mask flexibilities. Yet local shops – who depend on local customers and have much smaller working teams than these big companies – can have a different approach to in-shop mask wearing.
Additionally, California is keeping its mask mandate in place until June 15, state authorities said on Monday, May 17. In California, the latest mask mandate from May 3, face coverings are no longer required outdoors except at crowded events, and for unvaccinated people, when physical distancing cannot be maintained, California Health and Human Services secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly stated.
As the CDC updated, local regulations and businesses can rule over the CDC’s guidance. The Record gave some of our neighboring shops a call, here’s what they had to share.
Just 13 months ago, we all were taken aback with news of the COVID-19 virus spreading like wildfire. But who could imagine over 565,000 Americans lost to this awful virus, families torn asunder, lives and livelihoods put on hold and the strange new world we face?
Fortunately, many of us are (or are soon to be) vaccinated, we’ve learned how to safely function in the face of the virus and lives are beginning to return more to our former state of normalcy.
Let’s take a look at what we have learned over the pandemic, and what that can mean for our future regional and more distant travel plans.