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Ocean Diner in Hermosa Beach has reopened after being shuttered for three months, though the outdoor dining allowed under coronavirus health rules won’t be a boon to the restaurant, its owner said. Rick Hankus reopened the popular, longstanding diner he has owned for 34 years on Friday, Feb. 26. Hankus is happy, he said, to be serving his loyal customers and to bring back his longtime employees. But with only eight outside tables and some to-go business, he is only able to break even. “Hopefully, this will pick up,” Hankus said. “Then, slowly, I will be able to breathe bet...

Restaurant owners throughout the South Bay greeted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to lift the state’s regional stay-at-home order Monday, Jan. 25, with guarded optimism. Over the summer, many restaurants throughout the region scrambled to craft patios so they could welcome customers outdoors as a way to survive during the coronavirus pandemic, which shuttered indoor dining. But then, ahead of the winter holidays, the state’s regional stay-at-home order — and a separate county order that a judge threw out — banned all in-person dining to help slow the surging pandemic. B...