Napa Valley wineries reopen after losing millions in revenue amid pandemic, wildfires
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NAPA, Calif. (KGO) The current winter storm, even with concerns of flash flooding, isn t enough to put the brakes on reopening at V. Sattui Winery in Saint Helena. Oh man! What a year this has been! From the pandemic and fires, and now for the third shut down, we are finally, finally open for tasting. And then what happens? The skies open up and we get the rain, says Tom Davies with a big laugh. He is President of V. Sattui Winery.
Reopening is critical says Davies, since so many wineries are so dependent on visitors for bulk of their business.
Before your eyes glaze over, consider these numbers that put the winter surge into perspective.
ABC7 News data journalism team first started tracking local case numbers on March 12, the day before the first stay-at-home orders were issued. It took six months and nine days for the Bay Area to reach 100,000 cases on Sep. 21.
It took another two months and 24 days for our case numbers to double and reach 200,000 cases on Dec. 15.
On Friday, the Bay Area crossed the 300,000-case threshold. We added those additional 100,000 cases shockingly fast in just 24 days.
The rate of new cases shows just how bad this latest surge is for the Bay Area. Perhaps even more concerning is the region s remaining ICU capacity, just 3.5% as of Thursday.
Latest Bay Area ICU capacity totals
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The stay-at-home order was triggered when the region s ICU capacity dropped below 15%.
ABC7 News data journalism team also took a look at the statistics for all nine Bay Area counties, plus Santa Cruz and Monterey, which the state includes as part of the region. Here s how it breaks down at the county level:
Alameda: 26.5% of ICU beds available, as of Jan. 22
Contra Costa: 2.3% of ICU beds available, as of Jan. 22
Monterey: 18% of ICU beds available, as of Jan. 22
Napa: 8% of ICU beds available as of Jan. 22
San Francisco: 26% of ICU beds available, as of Jan. 22