California Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially paved the way for restaurants to fully reopen in Los Angeles County, announcing today that his office has approved a request by LA County officials to reopen dining rooms. The announcement, first reported by Eater yesterday evening, comes more than two-and-a-half months after restaurants were ordered to close their dining rooms, first by city mayor Eric Garcetti and later on by Gov. Newsom.

The LA Times confirmed the news this morning that Newsom had