PB Monthly

Governor says dropping infection rates influenced his canceling of the weeks-long order, which will allow hair and nail salons to reopen and restaurants to resume outdoor dining With the world essentially on lock-down due to the coronavirus pandemic, PB Monthly reached out to Town Council president Brian White and City Council member Jennifer Campb... ells PB rep Jordan Beane to get the low-down on how our beach town is faring as we shelter-in-place. The virtual Jan. 20 meeting had its emotional moments. La Jolla resident Scott Flavell was grappling with his own coronavirus-caused problem: laying off workers in his Kearny Mesa factory. It manufactured postural correction products for the chiropractic industry not exactly an essential business. As Flavell left a local market and seeing grocery employees working closely with others, a simultaneous solution to both problems suddenly dawned on him. His factory would switch to manufacturing face masks and donate them to grocery stores. He shifted production and made 10,000 masks at an initial cost of $3,000, but offering them for free.Read More