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(CBS Detroit) — More families might be making dinner reservations this weekend and the restaurant industry is eager and ready to serve. Tuesday Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a new order increasing the capacity for in-door dining to 50 percent or up to 100 people. READ MORE: Stimulus Check Latest: When Could You See Another Economic Relief Payment? And it’s a move that restaurant owners have been waiting for. Katy Dean, Buddy’s Pizza Chief Operating Officer said, “To see the capacity increase from 25 percent to 50 percent, really exciting for us to be able to see more folks come back. As case rates go down and vaccination goes up it gives us the opportunity to pass forward towards normalcy. Buddy’s pizza chief operating officer Katy Dean says the pizzeria had to change its business model throughout the course of the pandemic to serve customers. Dean said, “At points, we were at a curb-side only model, very heavily carry-out with dining rooms closed as well, so in … [Read more...] about Michigan Restaurant Owners Welcome Capacity Increase, Hour Extension

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A woman was shot Thursday afternoon in an apparent robbery attempt at an upscale restaurant in Beverly Hills. The shooting was reported just after 2 p.m. near the Il Pastaio restaurant at Brighton Way and North Canon Drive. READ MORE: New COVID Vaccine Site Opening At USC, City Working To Get Doses To Homebound Residents CBSLA’s Richard Montanez reports the robbery victim was the co-owner of jewelry store TZURI. Two shots were fired, one of which struck a nearby woman in the leg. “All I heard was them getting loud,” said Drew Hancock, the shooting victim’s boyfriend. “I looked up and saw the fight when they pushed the guy into the barrier.” He tried to shield his girlfriend while rushing inside. “As we were going through there were three more shots,” said Hancock. “On the way inside, my girlfriend was hit by a ricochet in the calf.” READ MORE: Senate Votes To Kick Off Marathon Debate Over $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill (credit: … [Read more...] about Woman Shot In Robbery Targeting Owner Of Beverly Hills Jewelry Store

close Video Texas, Mississippi business owners react to coronavirus restrictions being lifted La Boutique Excentrique owner Wylea Brown and Half Shell Oyster House owner Kevin Fish on the impact of reopenings. Gov. Andrew Cuomo will relax some of the state’s limits on indoor and outdoor gatherings as officials prepare to receive the first shipments of the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine , which they hope will dramatically speed efforts to inoculate New Yorkers . The scandal-rocked governor announced the tweaks to the Empire State’s social distancing regulations as he made his first public remarks since two more women came forward with detailed allegations of unwanted advances from Cuomo — all of which unfolded as his administration continues to battle questions about how its policy directives exacerbated the COVID outbreaks in nursing homes last spring. "The light at the end of the tunnel is in sight, but we can’t stop … [Read more...] about Cuomo relaxes some NY COVID restrictions with one-shot J&J vaccines set to arrive

From destroying perfectly good food due to supply chain bottlenecks, to farmworkers risking their lives in the fields for poverty-level wages, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore our food system’s rigid, wasteful and exploitative nature. Given President Biden Joe Biden The West needs a more collaborative approach to Taiwan Abbott's medical advisers were not all consulted before he lifted Texas mask mandate House approves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act MORE ’s recent order to review supply chains, with those in agriculture included, now is the time to consider using our country’s antitrust laws to help make our food system more resilient, equitable and competitive. More to the point, enforcing these laws, namely, the progressive-era Sherman, Clayton and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Acts , authorize government officials to break up corporations that monopolize markets to restrain trade and suppress dynamic competition, as well as … [Read more...] about Make food more equitable through antitrust laws

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Despite continuing good news on COVID-19 statistics, Orange County reached one unfortunate milestone Thursday when its coronavirus death toll surpassed the 4,000 mark. On Thursday, the county logged 47 more fatalities bringing the total number of deaths to 4,013 since the pandemic began. READ MORE: New COVID Vaccine Site Opening At USC, City Working To Get Doses To Homebound Residents Of the deaths reported on Thursday, six were skilled nursing facility residents and seven were assisted living facility residents, raising the cumulative in those groups to 963 and 453, respectively. Meanwhile Thursday, the county reported 160 additional COVID-19cases bringing the caseload to 247,140. Hospitalization rates continued to decline. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 dropped from 403 on Wednesday to 379, while the number of those in intensive care units decreased from 107 on Wednesday to 97. “Our daily numbers are positive, so I’m hoping that … [Read more...] about Orange County Reaches Grim Milestone, Surpasses 4,000 COVID-19 Deaths