Families celebrate Labor Day however they can

Across Orange County, families spent Monday relaxing, whether at the beach, at a local park or in their own back yards.

Relaxing, and maybe not sweating quite as much as the previous few days as the sun seemed to take it a little easier for the holiday as well.

  • Eileen Barrera of Santa Ana is sound asleep on Labor Day as she hangs in a hammock to beat the heat at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

  • A Peafowl walks through Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

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  • Jay Claus, foreground, teaches his daughter, Olivia Claus, 3, how to fish at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

  • To beat the heat, many families headed inland and descended at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

  • Kaleb Valverde, To beats the heat in his own personal pool, as his grandmother, Anna Soto barbecues in the background at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

  • Isabel Nocelo plays volleyball at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. “It’s good to get out and get fresh air and have some fun,” she said. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

  • Suzanne Gabin rides through Orange Park Acres “before the heat becomes unbearable,” she said. on September 7, 2020. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

  • Monica Edwards is on a 30-day paint challenge, so despite the heat she decided to come out and paint at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. She said, “iI’s a shady, cool place to be,” said Edwards. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

  • April Baldwin, left top, Sean, and Jackson and Russell, Baldwin wave to the train that passes by them at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

  • To beat the heat, many families headed inland and descended on Irvine Regional Park in Orange on September 7, 2020. (Photos by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)

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After a summer like no other, folks celebrated a Labor Day like no other as coronavirus concerns still restrict activities.

Orange County leaders expect the region will be able to drop a tier today, Sept. 8, on the state’s four-tier monitoring system, which would allow the easing of some restrictions on local business and start a countdown for schools to be allowed to resume at least some in-person learning if the speed and spread of the virus continues to trend in favorable directions.

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