Tag: COVID-19 restrictions
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released revised directives on April 3 suggesting everyone should practice physical distancing and don a facial covering when out in public to help contain the spread of COVID-19, the mask has come to symbolize a political divide between citizens who believe they are answering to society and citizens who proclaim the...
A cease-and-desist order was issued on Monday, Nov. 16 from the county of San Diego to The Landing, a downtown El Cajon bar for going against the Health Officer Order and Emergency Regulations.
Those regulations state ‘restaurants, bars and wineries may not operate indoors’ under current San Diego county Tier 1 status.
According to manager Pam Alexander, the Cease and Desist...
San Diego County last weekened slid into the most restrictive level of business operations as the state and the county try to control the skyrocketing number of positive COVID-19 cases.
The purple tier requires that some businesses stop providing indoor service or shut down altogether.
The designation comes after months of local businesses trying to work within a variety of health...
El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells last week posted on Facebook that he was calling a special City Council meeting to discuss instructing the El Cajon Police Department not to enforce COVID-19 laws and or regulations.
“The people of El Cajon are suffering, and it is highly unfair and nonsensical that big box stores, grocery stores, club stores and now even...
Sports
New health and safety guidelines for youth sports issued by state
Special to the East County Californian -
FROM STAFF REPORTS
New health and safety guidelines issued through Gov. Newsom’s office on Aug. 3 reinforced the no-game play edict among youth sports leagues in the state.
The new directive makes it clear that youth sports leagues and organizations cannot hold competitions. It applies to all school teams, club teams and recreational teams.
“Outdoor and indoor sporting events, assemblies, and other...
The sports world keeps being turned on its end during the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
San Diego State University announced its adjusted 2020 fall sports structure for football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and women’s cross country following directives from the Mountain West Conference and Pac-12 Conference on Aug. 6.
In all cases, a conference-only schedule was approved, with competition...
Although the Santee School District previously approved an option for a modified return to on-campus learning at a July 7 board meeting, that plan has been waylaid by a state directive that schools must remain closed due to a recent surge in COVID-19 diagnoses across San Diego.
San Diego is one of several cities that Gov. Gavin Newsom placed on...
The focus remains on health and safety — and learning — as the 2020-21 school year is set to start.
The wheels have already started to turn on the upcoming interscholastic sports season with those three hallmarks in mind while navigating wholly uncertain times during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
On Monday the State CIF Office issued a statement, after consultation with...













