The Girl & the Fig in Sonoma faces backlash over face-mask policy
The Girl & the Fig closed this week amid controversy over allegations by a former server who says she left her job there being told she could no longer wear a Black Lives Matter mask.
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Server at California celeb-loved restaurant says she lost job after wearing Black Lives Matter mask
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My wife never got COVID until she quit wearing a mask
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