By Jody Meacham . CUPERTINO, CA - DEC. 4: Restaurant owner Helen Nyugen sorts through decorative lights being added to the outdoor dining tent at her Pho Ha Noi restaurant in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. All Rights Reserved. Most of them will be fine. Contact Tran Nguyen at[emailprotected]or follow@nguyenntrannon Twitter. July 16, 2021 Under the county's order, effective 11:59 p.m. Saturday, masks will be required to be worn in all indoor public settings, such as theaters, stores, gyms, offices and workplaces, and. To read the county's full release, click here. Some counties are choosing to shut down for longer than that. Gavin Newsom announced a new, regional stay-at-home order, which will force additional restrictions in any of the five regions of the state where fewer than 15% of intensive care units remain available. Donate now. "We found new ways to get our food into people's homes, and we want to continue to allow that dining experience to actually happen.". Newsom says he shouldn't have attended birthday party at French Laundry amid COVID-19 surge, "People still want normalcy in their lives," said Serena Harkey, wine director for Vine Hospitality, which owns and operates the Left Bank restaurants in three Bay Area counties. Health | ", INTERACTIVE MAP: Here's what's open, closed in the San Francisco Bay Area. The first time the pandemic closed her restaurant, Nguyen sold her jewelry to survive. Is there any intelligent life forms out there? Newsom's announcement means for every Bay Area county, According to a release by the Public Health Department: "The State confirmed this afternoon that it will require sectors closed for indoor operations in counties on the monitoring list to close in Santa Clara County effective Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 12:01 a.m.". End of an era: San Jose antique shops could disappear, Robes, candles and chants: South Bay official in hot water over religious ceremony, Proposed tax law threatens billions in San Jose funding. IN THE LAST 3 DAYS THERE HAS BEEN THE DISCLOSURE OF THE DELTA-PLUS VARIANT THAT WAS TRACED TO BE BORN HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY. In fact, unions.ALL unions.take money away in the form of dues. White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also dismissed concerns of another lockdown in a briefing last Friday and urged the nation to continue its vaccination efforts. See the map below for details on your county. RELATED: Gov. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), CUPERTINO, CA - DEC. 4: Restaurant owner Helen Nyugen watches as Jacquelin Kieu adds decorative lights to the outdoor dining tent at Pho Ha Noi restaurant in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Churches and other places of worship can only host outdoor services. The new restrictions will remain in place until Jan. 4. THEREFORE, HE SAID, GIVING THOSE INDIVIDUALS A THIRD DOSE OF THE SAME VACCINE WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN HIGHER LEVELS OF ANTIBODIES THAT REMAIN LESS EFFECTIVE AGAINST VARIANTS., I AM CERTAIN THAT THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS IN AN UNWINNABLE POSITION. Santa Clara County is locking down again. "You should not meet in person with anyone you do not live with. The only thing were changing is the timing.. // Mercury News, Environmentalists sue Point Reyes National Seashore over cattle ranches. Its terrible.. THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE ISSUES AT PLAY HERE. After losing $2 million a month during the earlier shutdown and facing potential permanent closure, the zoo reopened in July. We hope that by acting early and as a region, we will have the best chance of bending the curve the fastest and getting out of this situation sooner and saving more lives, Cody said. Get San Jos Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox. App users: For a better experience, click here to view the full map in a new window, Storm timeline: Here's how much more rain is expected, Another freight train derails in Ohio, prompting shelter-in-place, At least 13 people are dead as severe storms sweep across US. Comments are moderated and approved by administrators. By. document.getElementById( "ak_js_4" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_5" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_6" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); San Jos residents deserve a trusted source for unbiased, independent political news. With rain and colder temperatures on the way, many restaurant owners throughout the region are trying to decide if it'll be worth it to operate outside. Data provided by the county showed more than 6,500 cases on Monday. THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY IT IS A CRUEL METHOD OF ABUSING THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. Just understand this fact if it stays the same for 30 days here is the real problem, the new cases in Santa Clara county will be 30 times (13,328/7) or 56,734 cases. again. its poison media lies glad people waking up by the posts living life .thats awsome people who continue their know it all I got a degree post continue fear doom and gloom had enough the last year !! cancelling or postponing certain surgeries, with more than 62,000 students and staff testing positive for COVID, Troy Flint, spokesman for the California School Boards Association, backed off from a booster mandate for health care workers, a state-funded single-payer health care system, primed for a health care collision course, an investigation from CalMatters Jocelyn Wiener, Ashley Hoffman, a California Chamber of Commerce policy advocate, his priorities for spending Californias massive budget surplus, this super-fun Surplus Spender game created by CalMatters John Osborn DAgostino, argues Cris Steller, executive director of the California Artisanal Distillers Guild, writes Karen Pank, executive director of the Chief Probation Officers of California, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic, A proposal that would allow the city and county of Los Angeles, Oakland and the city and county of San Francisco to. // Mercury News, The true story behind the West Coasts only native oyster. // SFGATE, Inmate slayings reported at two California prisons over weekend. I am hoping for a positive 2022 Padmemic is over. News Releases . Economy | It's so hard.". INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: How close was CA to becoming a NY-level crisis? Prior to that, she covered COVID, politics, housing and the city of San Jose. With Respiratory Viruses Circulating, 12 Bay Area Health Officials Recommend Actions To Stay Healthy for the Holidays. She estimates shes spent more than $45,000 on tents, heaters and permits to make her outdoor spaces in Cupertino and San Jose comfortable for winter diners. The joint action by health officers in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Francisco and Marin counties and the city of Berkeley comes a day after Gov. Im ready to move on and deal with the consequences forget everyone else. There are people with different opinions who dont agree with everything thats being shoved down our throats if youre true reporters or true papers that are for the people then you let everybody have their expression and state it not just views that you feel suit your needs were not all stupid dont treat us that way. In laboratory experiments, they found that three mutations in Lambdas spike protein, known as RSYLTPGD246-253N, 260 L452Q and F490S, help it resist neutralization by vaccine-induced antibodies. Let us exercise the freedoms we have, stretch those freedom muscles and walk into stores and restaurants without a mask, be kind to people if they offer a mask and keep pushing gently against the tyranny. Whats next for the former Frys HQ in San Jose? The majority of restaurants simply cannot make it financially on takeout alone, she said in a statement. There appears to be a lag regarding deaths, on December 31 there were 7 people died in Santa Clara County. // San Diego Union-Tribune, Many San Francisco tech workers have a new side hustle: Local politics. "I mean, before you know it's going be a year. Opinion: Newsoms budget cuts threaten public health investment Just because someone went to in n out instead of working out or is to stupid to move to a more affordable place not my problem tired of caring. Those new restrictions take effect at the end of Friday night, while the ones in Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties will go into effect Tuesday. "I wanted to make sure I paid attention to what was going on with the trends. BUT the region has only Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, Santa Cruz County, San Francisco County, Marin County, Contra Costa County and Alameda County, which has a total of 273 open ICU beds at this time. Here's how shelter in place, stay at home orders can slow spread of COVID-19, Coronavirus Timeline: Tracking major moments of COVID-19 pandemic in San Francisco Bay Area, Coronavirus Doctor's Note: Dr. Alok Patel gives his insight into COVID-19 pandemic. Santa Clara County shut down a local, privately-owned park in 2019 over a number of land use and permit violations. Santa Clara County is also maintaining most of its own stricter rules announced last weekend banning contact sports, including college and pro football, requiring a two-week quarantine for. Non-urgent medical offices, like dentists, optometrists, etc., can stay open. Yes, retail stores can stay open at a reduced 20% capacity. There arent going to be any lockdowns; that has been made clear by our political leaders. WELL, SOME PEOPLE ARE SUICIDAL IF NOT LITERALLY, AT LEAST FINANCIALLY, BECAUSE FURTHER WAVES WILL RESULT IN MORE CONSTRAINTS. Offices (outside of critical infrastructure) should only do remote work wherever possible. He also has worked as an editor since 2013. More by Emily Hoeven, Long lines of people wait for more than two hours for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 5, 2022. Meanwhile, students and teachers in both Oakland and San Francisco Unified are threatening sickouts, saying they wont show up to school without heightened health and safety protocols. ANYONE who is business friendly will get our votes. CalMatters is a nonprofit newsroom and your tax-deductible donations help us keep bringing you and every Californian essential, nonpartisan information. "I have always suspected that infections were possible among the vaccinated people," Gerstman said. Chief among them: the cost. The early action comes despite the Bay Area being the region with the largest buffer from triggering the states 15% threshold for intensive-care capacity. document.getElementById( "ak_js_4" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_5" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_6" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); San Jos residents deserve a trusted source for unbiased, independent political news. But if these people can be PREVENTED from being infected, WHY NOT? After that, the sports allowed will be based on your county's tier. I the last 3 months we lost nearly 200 people. SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- On the same day gyms, and nail and hair salons were able to reopen to customers across Santa Clara County, those small business owners got the news, they'd once again have to close. No ones calling for violence and calling for violence isnt Trumpist. How safe are those outdoor dining igloos and tents when it comes to COVID-19 transmission? In March, the region adopted a first-in-the-country lockdown that came days before Newsom announced his statewide stay-home order, also a national first in the pandemic. Still, restaurant owners reacted with alarm to the quicker timeline for closing on-site dining. "I don't want to look for another career," he said. What does COVID-19 do to your body and why does it spread so easily? Health officers in the Bay Areas biggest counties announced Friday they are speeding up the timeline to as early as Sunday to start the governors latest coronavirus restrictions aimed at quelling a massive surge in new infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals. THE PRIVATE SECTOR CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM IF COVID IS STILL A DANGER TO JUST 1 CITIZEN UNDER THE CALIFORNIA AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. Oakland airport passenger traffic shows steady post-COVID rebound Emily was a USC Center for Health Journalism fellow in 2021 and a Renaissance Journalism Equity Reporting Project fellow in 2014. "It is absolutely imperative that we take action now, each and every one of us, in order to get through this," said Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County health officer, who warned that the county might even move into the even more restrictive purple tier by the end of the month, if the current surge isn't quickly brought under control. Business is slow. How safe is your neighborhood? THE VIRUS MUTATES, AND WE CANT KEEP UP. On Friday, the state listed the intensive-care availability in the Bay Area region at 25.3%. Marisa Kendall is a housing reporter for the Bay Area News Group who covers homelessness for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Californias previous COVID paid leave program expired on Sept. 30, along with the federal tax credit that funded it and business groups are concerned that the price tag for a new program could fall on their shoulders. With regards to the state the 7 day average of new cases is 74,709 from yesterdays 74,599 and the state 7 day average is 78 deaths per day (it decreased 20 in 2 days) which means if stays that way 2,340 people WILL DIE!. While critics have blamed Bay Area health officials for being too aggressive over the course of the pandemic, many health experts say they have taken the right measures at the right time to slow the spread of the virus. Now, 48-hours after a four-month shut down, Maddox is still trying to make sense of it all. The area got a brief break from severe weather on Sunday but . NO DOCTOR SAID THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS 95% PROTECTED, AND MOST DOCTORS EVEN THE ONES FROM PFIZER ARE CONCEDING THAT THEIR VACCINE WAS ONLY 64% EFFECTIVE REGARDING DELTA VARIANT. Now, Nguyen's bracing as Santa Clara County shuts down outdoor dining Sunday night. Top ten Santa Clara County political stories of 2021, 2021 in review: San Jose councils most consequential decisions, a record number of people dying on the streets, an ambitious goal of reducing homelessness 20%, a popular outdoor dining and business program, $200 million in a community benefits fund. In California, the Delta variant accounts for nearly 85% of cases analyzed in July, a jump from 5.9% just two months prior, according to the California Department of Public Health. This stay-at-home order is like the one we had in March in spirit, but it's substantially different when it comes to exactly what can and can't be open. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), CUPERTINO, CA - DEC. 4: Bao Nguyen adds decorative lights to an outdoor dining tent at Pho Ha Noi restaurant in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. 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And after a long stalemate, theres been some movement in Congress this week around another federal stimulus package that could include money for small business loans, unemployment benefits and renter protections. Santa Clara County health officials did not respond to inquiries about the potential for another shutdown. Restaurants are also shuttering across the state, and the mayors of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and San Rafael recently joined 21 others across the country in begging Congress to provide emergency relief to stave off permanent closures and catastrophic economic impacts. Sending shock waves through those industries, health officers from Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Marin counties, and the city of Berkeley, on Friday announced theyll shut down over the next few days. // San Francisco Chronicle, Redwood forest owned by King Tut of Hoarders in Santa Cruz Mountains begins new chapter. Some workplaces must also follow regulations in the Cal/OSHA Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) Standard, and . Starting today, Sonoma County is banning large gatherings for the next month. "Workers manufacturing or providing parts and equipment that enable the maintenance and continued operation of essential businesses and facilities are considered essential," the California Department of Public Health told ABC7 News. Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our team. No. THE FACT THAT CALIFORNIA HAS AN UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM THAT 20% OF ALL U.S. December 20, 2010. Take a look at the latest stories and videos about the coronavirus here. Following the county's lead, San Jose announced this week it will impose a similar requirement. // Sacramento Bee, How Newsoms proposed budget could help ports shore up supply chain, reduce pollution. Restaurants will be limited to take-out and delivery. Dont blame Covid for our vacant downtown. Except for the fact that the ICU beds will be long gone. We, the 99% to whom Covid isnt a death sentence, have had enough. Locally, the Delta variant accounts for 345 positive infections as of July 29, Santa Clara County data shows. What about something much different, San Jose? The strain is also driving a surge across the nation, accounting for 93% of all new cases, according to federal data. Across the Bay Area region, were seeing COVID-19 cases surge and hospitalizations on steep rise again, particularly among the unvaccinated, said Contra Costa County Health Officer Chris Farnitano on Monday. CBS News . Whos in charge of editing these comments or having the so-called Authority to delete whatever is deemed not geared towards your views you have some ranting lunatic about fictitious numbers asking if were safe continuously and yet people who actually have something to say and express their own opinion you delete??? The Oakland Zoo is worried too. Earlier in her career she wrote about education for The Atlantic in Washington, D.C. She graduated from UC San Diego with a BA degree in political science with a minor in communication. The new orders include the region's. . I believe it is crucial to invest in a free, just and unbiased press, especially in California when all three aspects are in peril. That was a nasty surprise to some business owners who, after hearing Gov. Hospital beds statewide filled to their highest point of the pandemic, with 8,831 patients currently hospitalized, including 2,066 of them in intensive care. "We might see some modified form of a lockdown," Dr. B.B. What is a COVID-19 genetic, antigen and antibody test? Its sort of like waiting to put the brakes on when youre about to go over the cliff, said Santa Clara County Executive Jeff Smith. Hayward Unified on Monday moved online for at least a week after more than 500 students tested positive and teachers were absent from more than half of classrooms. At a press conference on Friday, health officers from the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, San Francisco, and the city of Berkeley (which has its own health department). Were changing the face of journalism by providing an innovative model for delivering reliable, truthful news to the nations 10th largest city. Even so, theyll have to close Monday and remain closed until at least Jan. 4. Businesses in Santa Clara County are responsible for taking steps to protect the health of their workers and customers. Stay home wrap Yourself up in plastic same With Cody from behind a podium ! Her reporting, essays, and opinion columns have been published in San Francisco Weekly, the Deseret News, the San Francisco Adalberto "Aldo" Toledo is a Bay Area News Group reporter who covers government on the Peninsula for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. "Entertainment production" can also continue. "So I don't know how we're going to get out of here at the rate that we're at.". RELATED: What Gov. LET ALONE DELTA PLUS VARIANT WHERE THEY HAVE NO DATA, AND RESEARCH IS INDICATING THE VACCINE IS NOT EFFECTIVE ON LAMBDA VARIANT. In California, the Delta variant accounts for nearly 85% of cases analyzed in July, a jump from 5.9% just two months prior, according tothe California Department of Public Health. RELATED: Major reopening rollback ordered in CA in attempt to control rampant coronavirus spread, "We're back to square one. China dismisses FBI statement that COVID-19 likely leaked from Wuhan lab Every county in blue is under a stay-at-home order. Theyd nearly sold out of tickets for their evening Glowfari event, which was set to run through Jan. 17 and features illuminated lanterns shaped like zoo animals. I recommend a peaceful protest for those who believe Faucis statement from Feb. 2020that masks dont work. 12/14/2022. We were six or seven of us, and now were just four, Torres said of hairdressers at Textures Hair Design. Newsom says he shouldn't have attended birthday party at French Laundry amid COVID-19 surge. IN A PAPER POSTED ON WEDNESDAY ON BIORXIV AHEAD OF PEER REVIEW, THE RESEARCHERS WARN THAT WITH LAMBDA BEING LABELED A VARIANT OF INTEREST BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, RATHER THAN A VARIANT OF CONCERN, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE IT IS A SERIOUS ONGOING THREAT. We were recovering. And lets just say even if only 10% of this needs an ICU that will require 508 ICU beds, but the County has only 38 beds today, which means the other 470 people will have to find other ICU beds. ", The county release also stated, "We wanted to share this information with businesses and residents as soon as possible.". But the question of whether the Bay Areaand Santa Clara Countywill see another lockdown is more of "a political question," he added. Limited storm damage as sunny skies return to Santa Monica. Another shutdown will be terrible for the business, she said. If say only 5% of these cases end up needing ICU beds, that would come to a new need of 795 ICU beds, but since there are only 30 available you would have 765 people die due to no place to go. On the day that gyms, hair-and-nail salons and churches were allowed to reopen, Santa Clara county officials said Monday that they will likely be ordered to shut down again in two days. Updated November 28, 2020 3:10 PM. The unvaccinated population also saw a jump in case rate, from three to 25.8 per 100,000 people in July, according to the data. The steady stream of bad news concerning COVID-19 that's been raining down on the state picked up steam in the Bay Area on Friday, when officials in Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties. A native of New Orleans, he grew up near San Jose. Protect your nonprofit, nonpartisan state news.