COVID lockdown: 4 years since California’s shelter-in-place order
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — March 19, 2020. It was a day that looked quite different from today in California.
Lots of shelves were bare, and toilet paper was seemingly unheard of. For Kern residents, it was a scary time.
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And for students, it felt like an early, extended spring break — considering it was only supposed to be two weeks to “stop the spread.”
But those two weeks turned into months– and online classes became the norm.
“It was super abrupt, no one knew what they were doing,” said Taylor Taylor, an alumni of Bakersfield College. “I give my professors credit, but no one knew what they were doing. We were all really lost.”
Others were lucky enough to get one last event with normalcy.
“I want to say, the second week of March, my sister and I went to see Shania Twain, and as soon as I got back, things were crazy,” said Bakersfield resident Caitlin Hashim. “You couldn’t get anything, there were lines.”
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Stay-at-home orders also included fines and penalties.
For the State of California, residents and businesses in violation could’ve warranted a misdemeanor subject to a $1,000 fine.
On January 25, 2021, the limited stay-at-home order ended as a result of all regions exiting from a regional stay-at-home order.
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