California is "fully open" as of today. I'm not sure what that means. People are still catching the evil virus and even dying from it but I guess the rates are slow enough where someone decided that what being "closed" was doing to the economy was the greater menace. I don't see that the "open" sign is going to change my life in any meaningful way, at least for the near future. I have a doctor appointment in Beverly Hills at 4:15 and I'll bet every single person I see on the way there, there and on the way back to my car will be masked. I know I will be for most of that.
Many folks are writing me to say that a Golden Corral or some clone of Hometown Buffet is still open and operating near them. On the 'net, they've found, as I did, conflicting info as to whether the parent company that runs Hometown Buffet (and other brand names) is gone for good or merely hibernating. I wonder if that company knows.