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Judge Lets Strip Clubs Stay Open, Loosens San Diego Lockdown, in Blow to Gavin Newsom

Judge Lets Strip Clubs Stay Open, Loosens San Diego Lockdown, in Blow to Gavin Newsom

In an apparent rebuff of California Governor ‘s COVID-19 restrictions, a judge ruled Wednesday that two strip clubs in can remain open. Newsom issued a regional stay-at-home order in December citing a surge of COVID-19 cases in certain areas of California. The owners of Pacers Showgirls International and Cheetahs Gentlemen’s Club in kept their places of business open despite Newsom’s order.