SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom struck a circumspect tone Thursday when he announced California's plans to monitor and respond to COVID-19 indefinitely after removing most statewide restrictions and rules.
The scene was a far cry from last summer when he proclaimed at a reopening celebration at Universal Studios alongside costumed characters that the state had "turned the page" on the pandemic, just months before the worst wave of the virus forced him to backpedal.
This time there were no Minions, Trolls or Transformers.
