Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California
newsletter. It’s
Monday, May 18, and here’s a quick look at the week ahead:
Monday is
International Museum Day. Here are
seven L.A. museums offering virtual tours, plus some of the
best virtual exhibits from around the globe. Plus, a question for the times: Should museums and other arts groups draw on endowments to prevent layoffs? My colleague Deborah Vankin
has an explaineron the topic and its complexities.
Also Monday: The World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization’s annual oversight convention, will begin. The conference, which is usually held in Geneva, will be conducted via teleconference for the first time.
And in California reopening news,
curbside pickup at San Francisco retail stores will be allowed starting
Monday. Here’s
what you need to know about the expected changes.
Friday is
Harvey Milk Day in California, as designated by the state Legislature
in 2009. Milk, who was assassinated in 1978, was California’s
first openly gay elected official and one of the first openly gay men to hold elected office in the United States. Friday would have marked his 90th birthday.
Congress will break for Memorial Day recess on Friday.
Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, begins on Saturday.
Before we get on to the day’s news, a question for Essential California readers: What ordinary thing do you miss most about life before the coronavirus?
Tell us about it, and you might see your answer in a future newsletter.
And now, here’s what’s happening across California:
Some Angelenos have loosened up their personal boundaries as they try to balance safety and mental health, with even some of the previously vigilant beginning to bend the rules around distancing. Think meeting up in a park, or sipping BYOB drinks in a backyard while positioned six feet away from one another.
Los Angeles Times
So, can you see your friends? The short answer, as my colleague Jessica Roy writes, is “no, not right now.” The official health guidance here in L.A. County remains unequivocal: All gatherings should be avoided, and public health orders will
“with all certainty” be extended through the end of July. In a recent piece, Jessica took a detailed look at what’s currently allowed, and what to expect in the near future.
Los Angeles Times
But some public health experts acknowledge that even rule followers are likely to experience quarantine fatigue and are looking for ways to “cheat” as safely as possible. So in a separate piece, science writer Deborah Netburn took a harm-reduction approach and spoke to an expert to help assess the risk of seven social activities that people are already engaging in.
Los Angeles Times
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