Mask rules in the Bay Area: Has anything actually changed?
July 16, 2021
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Jeanette Archie of Sacramento (left) and Lyndale Garner of Sacramento wear masks as they chat while riding the the San Francisco-bound ferry boat from Vallejo on Tuesday, July 6.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
Though health officials in seven Bay Area counties urged vaccinated residents to wear masks indoors as a precautionary measure against the highly infectious delta coronavirus variant, not much has officially changed.
Across the Bay Area, masking rules are officially the same as they were since California reopened on June 15, though individual stores, workplaces and other entities may have been setting their own stricter regulations in response to the variant.
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Executive Director Linda Keaton works behind plexiglass at her desk at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art on March 12. Photo: Yalonda M. James, The Chronicle
It’s hard to think of a show more perfect for a moment than “Ed Ruscha: Travel Log” at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. After a year of quarantine, Ruscha’s images of travel across Route 66 and mountains like the Matterhorn scratch our pent-up itch to move and see something new. Even better, it makes you appreciate the travel you’ve done before.
The show, on view till May 30, reveals the American artist exploring the idea of travel in a wide range of pieces including “word painting” lithographs, artist books, photography and prints. In artwork ranging from iconic images of the Hollywood sign and gas stations to newer lithographs, Ruscha offers not just souvenirs of travel, but something greater: the memory of travel as something to savor long