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8 Bay Area Goodwill stores to close for good Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail Eight Goodwill stores around the Bay Area are closing permanently.Genevieve Reilly / Hearst Connecticut Media 2017 Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay on Friday announced the closure of eight retail stores in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties, and the layoffs of 61 employees, citing the economic consequences of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The locations closing are in Oakley, Dublin, Livermore, Durant Square in Oakland, Albany, Berkeley, Dixon, and Vallejo. We have had to make a difficult decision for economic reasons, said Mike Keenan, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay. Our employees are our first priority and we will continue to do everything we can to support them at this difficult time and fulfill the Goodwill mission in our remaining stores and facilities. ....
Once-cautious Bay Area counties moving swiftly to reopen. What s going on? FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Bob Partrite the COO of Fog Harbor Fish House asks some standard covid health questions of Rica Joson, Nancy Joson, and Nikki Gacias before seating them for indoor dining at Fog Harbor Fish House on Pier 39 in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Officials announced that San Francisco, Santa Clara and Napa counties are advancing from the most-restrictive purple tier to the red tier in Californias coronavirus reopening system.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3A waiter serves water to patrons dining indoors at John’s Grill in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Officials announced that San Francisco, Santa Clara and Napa counties are advancing from the most-restrictive purple tier to the red tier in California’s coronavirus reopening system.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less ....
We ll begin in the bay area where two more counties have been added to the less restrictive red tier. for the first time since thanksgiving, san francisco and santa clara counties are back in the red tier, joining marin and san mateo, which moved out of purple last week. but as you can see, contra costa, alameda, sonoma, alameda and solano counties remain in the more restrictive purple tier. the red tier mean restaurants will be able to reopen for indoor dining at 25% capacity. bars and breweries must remain closed. it also allows movie theater, museums, indoor zoos and aquariums to reopen at 25% capacity, keep in mind. retail and indoor malls will also be allowed to increase capacity to 50%. indoor gyms can open at 10% capacity. while san francisco has been in the red before, this time there is more optimism that we may finally start seeing some things return to normal. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez is in the newsroom. and lyanne, i assume a lot of that optimism has to do w ....