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California wants to relax the strict corona requirements for its around 40 million inhabitants, which have been in force since the beginning of December.
With a view to the decreasing number of infections and falling hospital admissions, the state has now lifted a stay at home order.
Governor Gavin Newsom spoke of "light at the end of the tunnel" on Monday.
Restaurants that have only been able to offer pick-up food since December are now allowed to serve outside again.
Many stores, including hairdressers and beauty salons, can reopen with appropriate precautions and limited customer numbers.
The nocturnal exit restrictions between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. will be lifted.
California is the most populous US state.
In total, more than 3.1 million infections with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen have been detected there since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to the governor's office, more than 37,000 people have died from coronavirus infection.
In terms of population, however, the West Coast state is better off than many other US states.
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