Updated on December 23, 2020 at 7:38 am NBC Universal, Inc. A South Bay business owner says he simply can't keep his doors closed any longer, no matter what a public health order says. James Griffiths, the owner of Salon Blu in San Jose, opened his doors in defiance Tuesday and welcomed customers back in. Santa Clara County's public health rules order all salon shops to close down until early January, but Griffiths says salon owners operate under the state’s cosmetology sanitation standards, which he points out are more strict than the other industries that are allowed to stay open. "I refuse to close," Griffiths said. "If they’re not having a real shutdown — I’m talking about the grimy little liquor store down here, the gas station, Home Depot, Starbucks — if they don’t shut them down then I’m not shutting down."