{"id":26652,"date":"2020-04-04T04:49:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T04:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26652"},"modified":"2020-04-04T04:53:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T04:53:58","slug":"grass-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/grass-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Left to Do If the Grass is Off Limits, Too?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/offgrass.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you purchased annual parking passes at parks and beaches, they may be of little value during the Spring 2020. In addition to California State Parks &amp; Beaches being closed, places such as the City of Huntington Beach closed lots to decrease beach visitation. Huntington Beach Pier, all City-owned beach parking lots, increased police patrols, and hourly announcements about the need to socially distance were some actions taken in response to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>On April 3, 2020, &#8220;HB&#8221; also closed all grass areas along the City&#8217;s beaches and on both sides of the bike path. 500 signs spaced 50 feet apart along the identified grass areas were set up. What&#8217;s left to do? Kids are getting wild, the adults are losing their minds and people are frustrated about their health and finances.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those wearing braces feel the wires sticking into their skin as orthodontists are closed and can&#8217;t make adjustments.<\/li>\n<li>Good luck if your glasses break or need adjustments!<\/li>\n<li>People with bleeding disorders, post-surgery check-ups, and those simply needing Tylenol for pain are having a hard time getting doctor visits, or even over the counter pain relief.<\/li>\n<li>Hoarding remains as grocery stores close down aisles of sold-out basics.<\/li>\n<li>Amazon Prime&#8217;s &#8220;Fresh&#8221; and or other paid delivery options simply are unavailable due to demand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With time on their hands and no customers companies, events, museums and attractions are getting creative:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oakland Zoo offers Behind the Scenes looks at the animals, veterinarians, and zoo keepers for a fee to keep people in touch with the animal world.<\/li>\n<li>Film festivals like San Diego Italian Film Festival have gone online.<\/li>\n<li>Museums such as The Muck in Fullerton offer drive-thru, pick up art kits. For Easter there&#8217;s a free Faberge Egg project.<\/li>\n<li>California museums such as Filoli in Woodside and Huntington Library &amp; Gardens in San Marino have amped up their online presence to share what&#8217;s happening in the gardens.<\/li>\n<li>San Luis Obispo Wine Collective is among the state&#8217;s many offering curbside delivery at participating wineries. Essential winery and vineyard production and business operations as well as purchase and pick-up of wine are permitted, according to the Wine Institute, championing California Wines &#8220;Down to Earth Month&#8221; in April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you purchased annual parking passes at parks and beaches, they may be of little value during the Spring 2020. In addition to California State Parks &amp; Beaches being closed, places such as the City of Huntington Beach closed lots to decrease beach visitation. Huntington Beach Pier, all City-owned beach parking lots, increased police patrols, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26652"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26654,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26652\/revisions\/26654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}