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    LA grocery worker and bar owner on California fully reopening

    After 15 months of the pandemic, the Golden State is no longer requiring capacity limits, masks, or social distancing in most places.

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Jun 15, 2021 • 32m Listen

    After 15 months of the pandemic, the Golden State is no longer requiring capacity limits, masks, or social distancing in most places. LA business owners and employees must make some decisions, like whether to ask customers for vaccination proof and whether to leave plexiglass at checkout counters. KCRW speaks with a bar owner and a grocery store worker as they try to navigate this new terrain.

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    3 stories
    1. 0:00

      From ‘mask police’ to ‘vaccination card police,’ how LA food workers are handling California’s reopening

      Fifteen months after the coronavirus pandemic, California is fully opening today. Capacity limits and requirements for social distancing and masks are lifted in most places.

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      9 min
    2. 9:03

      Salton Sea: Environmental disaster, climate change solution

      The first glimpse of the water driving down Highway 86 is breathtaking. From some angles, you can’t even see the other side of California’s biggest lake.

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      9 min
    3. 18:18

      ‘Los Angeles is a hotbed for soccer’: Christen Press praises her roots ahead of Tokyo Olympics

      The U.S. women’s national soccer team is currently ranked number one in the world and won the last two World Cups. But it hasn’t won an Olympic medal since 2012.

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      14 min
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      Steve Chiotakis

      Afternoon News Anchor

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Jenna Kagel

      Radio producer

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      Kathryn Barnes

      Producer, Reporter

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:009 min

      From ‘mask police’ to ‘vaccination card police,’ how LA food workers are handling California’s reopening

    2. 9:039 min

      Salton Sea: Environmental disaster, climate change solution

    3. 18:1814 min

      ‘Los Angeles is a hotbed for soccer’: Christen Press praises her roots ahead of Tokyo Olympics

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