IT’S NO SECRET that these are difficult times for movie theaters. 

The long-term Internet-driven switch to watching movies online has only been compounded by the COVID pandemic, which has left many viewers reluctant to sit in crowded indoor spaces during the past three years. Throw in high rents and operating costs in San Francisco, and it’s hard to imagine any theaters surviving. 

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Spencer Otte recently graduated from Cal Sate Fullerton, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. At Fullerton, he was the news editor and editor-in-chief of The Daily Titan and covered the 2022 midterm elections, the 2021 Orange County Oil Spill and President Biden’s visit to Irvine. This summer, Spencer was selected to be an editing intern through the Dow Jones News Fund.