San Mateo County moves to less restrictive orange tier on Wednesday
The change means restaurants, shopping malls and other larger venues will reopen for indoor access with some restrictions
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The exterior of Pioneer Saloon in Woodside on Oct. 27, 2020. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
For the first time in months, San Mateo County is moving to the less restrictive orange tier on the state s COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy, health and county officials said Tuesday. The county is the first in the Bay Area to reopen to the orange tier since last November.
EL CENTRO â After almost a year of many indoor activities in Imperial County being shut down as a precaution against COVID-19, local establishments, such as restaurants, will be able to open their doors to a controlled number of patrons for indoor service.
On Tuesday, the California Department of Public Health confirmed that Imperial County had at long last achieved the elusive red tier of its Blueprint for a Safer Economy.
The stateâs numbers show the county has just squeaked by the allowed plateau of seven new daily cases of COVID (6.8) per 100,000 resident to qualify for the less restrictive tier. Meanwhile, the countyâs seven-day average positive test percentage of 3.2 and its 4.1 percent health equity rate would otherwise qualify it for the orange tier.
UpdatedFri, Feb 5, 2021 at 4:44 pm PT
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â A civil suit involving nearly three dozen local restaurants will return to the courtroom next week as attorneys argue the validity of the governor s order that shutdown in-person dining.
It took several days to find a judge to hear the case since several had to recuse themselves because they knew one or more of the 35 restaurant owners in the lawsuit. The case is now being heard in Ridgecrest.
Judge Kenneth Pritchard needed more time to go over the suit.