{"id":4638,"date":"2020-11-18T12:30:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T19:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2020-11-18T14:33:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:33:07","slug":"photos-emerge-showing-newsom-dining-with-large-group-at-upscale-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4638","title":{"rendered":"Photos emerge showing Newsom Dining with Large Group at Upscale Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While much of California remains under lockdown, Governor Gavin Newsom was caught attending a birthday party in wine country earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>New photographs obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/new-photos-appear-to-show-california-gov-newsom-inside-restaurant-for-party-amid-coronavirus-spikes\">FOX 11 Los Angeles<\/a> show the Governor at French Laundry, an upscale restaurant north of San Fransisco.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: We&#39;ve obtained photos of Governor Gavin Newsom at the Napa dinner party he&#39;s in hot water over. The photos call into question just how outdoors the dinner was. A witness who took photos tells us his group was so loud, the sliding doors had to be closed. 10pm on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOXLA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gtOVEwa864\">pic.twitter.com\/gtOVEwa864<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1328932610169561090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition to being out and about while instructing Californians to &#8220;Stay Home. Save Lives,&#8221; the photos show Newsom without a mask, dining indoors, and sitting shoulder to shoulder with a large group.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fox, the witness who took the photos said Newsom&#8217;s group was so loud that the sliding doors had to be shut, reducing airflow and further increasing the chance for COVID to spread in the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom apologized before the photos were released, saying, \u201cI should have stood up and &#8230; drove back to my house\u2026The spirit of what I\u2019m preaching all the time was contradicted,\u201d he said. \u201c I need to preach and practice, not just preach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Fox reached out to his office for a comment on the photos, Newsom&#8217;s staff referred the outlet to his original apology.<\/p>\n<p>This discovery comes as Newsom announced he is pulling the &#8220;emergency brake&#8221; on reopening the economy, and 40 counties have fallen into the state&#8217;s most restrictive <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/safer-economy\/\">purple tier<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While much of California remains under lockdown, Governor Gavin Newsom was caught attending a birthday party in wine country earlier this month. 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