VIP Lounge owner Richard Dao placed signs on his bar Monday stating it was temporarily closed. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Kern, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and bar settings create a higher risk of transmission.
VIP Lounge owner Richard Dao placed signs on his bar Monday stating it was temporarily closed. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Kern, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and bar settings create a higher risk of transmission.
VIP Lounge owner Richard Dao placed signs on his bar Monday stating it was temporarily closed. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Kern, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and bar settings create a higher risk of transmission.
VIP Lounge owner Richard Dao placed signs on his bar Monday stating it was temporarily closed. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Kern, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and bar settings create a higher risk of transmission.
VIP Lounge owner Richard Dao placed signs on his bar Monday stating it was temporarily closed. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Kern, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and bar settings create a higher risk of transmission.
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VIP Lounge owner Richard Dao placed signs on his bar Monday stating it was temporarily closed. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Kern, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and bar settings create a higher risk of transmission.
Alex Horvath / The Californian
VIP Lounge owner Richard Dao placed signs on his bar Monday stating it was temporarily closed. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Kern, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and bar settings create a higher risk of transmission.
Alex Horvath / The Californian
VIP Lounge owner Richard Dao placed signs on his bar Monday stating it was temporarily closed. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Kern, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in those parts of the state and bar settings create a higher risk of transmission.
A little more than two weeks after he got the OK to reopen, Bakersfield bar owner Richard Dao was placing "temporarily closed" signs on the door to VIP Lounge Monday in central Bakersfield.
In what may be an ominous sign for the local economy's reopening, Dao's is one of dozens of bars in Kern County forced to close after just reopening. State health authorities on Sunday required bars to close in seven counties, including Kern, that have seen consistent increases in cases of COVID-19. The state also recommended bars shut down in eight other counties with rising case rates.
