Phòng gym sang chảnh: Mở ra long lanh rồi đua nhau đóng cửa

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Alexandra and Daniela Del Gaudio had never been to a political rally (biểu tình chính trị) before, let alone one to protest a coronavirus lockdown (phong tỏa) and recall (gọi về, triệu hồi) Gov. Gavin Newsom. But things had changed in the sisters’ lives since they opened the Wild Plum, a yoga and wellness space, in 2018.

The Wild Plum, in California’s San Fernando Valley, closed in March when Mr. Newsom issued pandemic (đại dịch) stay-at-home orders for the state. By the time the Wild Plum reopened last month, when Mr. Newsom relaxed the latest lockdown restrictions, the sisters had amassed $70,000 in debt (nợ). So there they were at a recent anti-Newsom rally in a restaurant parking lot in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, along with dozens of other business owners.

“Everyone says to walk away, but we put everything we have into this,” Daniela Del Gaudio, 33, said. “We’re banging our heads trying to figure out what to do.”

California was one of the earliest states to go into lockdown last spring, and it is now emerging from a second lockdown, which started in December...