with access to clean and sanitary restrooms stocked with cleansing products, such as soap and sanitizer. They must allow employees to wash their hands every 30 minutes. In addition, they must implement physical distancing measures for workers, customers and visitors. City officials are also encouraging all essential retail businesses to -- These employers are required to provide face masks to employees or reimburse those employees for purchasing their own. They will be required to enforce social distancing for both the public and employees, and provide clean restrooms to their employees and allow those employees to wash their hands every 30 minutes. -- spots may become available. Social distancing is in place at the same time as some of the holiest times of the year in multiple faiths, Garcetti noted, including Passover, Easter, and Ramadan coming in just two weeks. -- Coronavirus Q&A Why We Should Say ‘Physical Distancing,’ Not ‘Social Distancing’ Updated April 8, 2020 4:53 PM Published April 7, 2020 5:18 PM [5e852bd1b18a9b000a3f5eb1-eight.jpg] A sign on the side of the 710 freeway reminds drivers to maintain social distance. Chava Sanchez/LAist Just when we’ve all gotten used to the term “social distancing,” the World Health Organization and other public officials have started urging us to change our phrasing to “physical distancing.” You hear California Gov. Gavin Newsom use it in every press briefing, -- “I really actually prefer and I've now been using it ... this concept of physical distance ... because we want to keep people physically apart, but actually we want to be promoting social bonding." -- Security and Resilience program at Northeastern University. “Physical distance is much more concrete. It says you should keep your physical distance. It's direct. Social distancing is a term of art for epidemiology, which is great. And if people know what that means, more power to them... I think 'physical distancing' makes it quite clear. The only thing that we're separating is the space between us. We're not cutting off those ties.” -- “It does nothing to change the fact that for years, as the leader of the La Luz del Mundo, he sexually, physically and emotionally abused hundreds of minors and adults,” Mallgrave said -- Do you anticipate that rainy day fund being depleted as a state spends to help people recover both physically and financially from this? Can anything be done to preserve some of it? -- financial relief he called "an incredible success." SOCIAL DISTANCING RECOMMENDATIONS STAND With more than 383,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States and over 12,000 deaths, Trump is continuing to ask Americans to maintain social distancing through the end of the month to help control the spread of the pandemic. -- * Supportive relationships: Maintain supportive relationships wherever you can, including virtually. * Exercise: Engage in 60 minutes of physical activity every day, if you can. It doesn’t have to be all at one time. * Sleep: Get sufficient, high-quality sleep. This may be particularly -- any stretch of the imagination that we'll continue to see these declines. It's to only reinforce the importance of maintaining physical distancing and continuing our stay-at-home policy that has helped bend the curve in the state of California." -- As new cases continue to be confirmed, Californians are continuing to be under "safer at home" and "social distancing" orders. State and county officials have ordered the vast majority of Californians to strictly limit interactions with other people, wash hands frequently, and stay 6 feet away from others. Remember, the goal of social distancing is to "flatten the curve" of COVID-19's spread. -- institutions from LAUSD to the L.A. Zoo, a report on the L.A. sky and also, some activities for you and your kids – if you have them – to try to relax and have some (socially distanced) fun. Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you tomorrow morning. -- [5e86d33eb18a9b000a3f60e3-eight.jpg] Former 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' co-stars Sir Patrick Stewart and LeVar Burton read to kids (and adults) on social media. (Michael Kovac/Getty Images for STARZ) Help us cover your community: