STORY BY TOMOKI CHIEN AND JONAS PAO
San Mateo County has fallen to the orange tier of coronavirus restrictions, the first Bay Area county to do so. Santa Clara County, which has generally lagged a week behind San Mateo, is on track to make the same move next week so long as its case rates hold.
Here’s a list of businesses that are allowed to open in the orange tier:
- Bars that don’t provide meals (only outdoors)
- Movie theaters (50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer)
- Amusement parks and theme parks (25% capacity or 500 people, whichever is fewer)
Here’s a list of businesses already allowed in the red tier, but with expanded capacity in the orange tier:
- Shopping malls (no capacity limit provided by state)
- Places of worship (50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer)
- Indoor dining (50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer)
- Gyms and fitness centers (25% capacity)