Movie theaters in the Portland area have been shuttered since March, when the majority of businesses closed to help slow the spread of COVID-19. They will be allowed to reopen under Phase 2 guidelines set out by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown. Now, theater owners are petitioning Gov. Brown to allow them to reopen under Phase 1 guidelines, like restaurants, bars and other businesses. Theater owners argue that they can follow all the same guidelines and restrictions that restaurants and bars do and that their spaces might even be safer. We hear from Tom Ranieri, owner of Cinema 21 in NW Portland. He wrote the letter to Gov. Brown that was signed by many other movie theater owners in the state.