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California Governor Gavin Newsom, center, celebrates with other guests after the Vax for the Win lottery contest during a news conference at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif., Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Starting Tuesday, there were no more state rules on social distancing, and no more limits on capacity at restaurants, bars, supermarkets, gyms, stadiums or anywhere else. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Calif. lifts most COVID-19 restrictions and reopens

California has finally turned a page after more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The day California residents have been waiting has finally arrived after more than 15 months of a four tier color-coded road-map of restrictions.