By: Jonathan Horn Posted at 4:59 PM, Nov 16, 2020 Either way, the restrictions in the purple tier will last weeks, meaning no indoor dining, working out, or religious services. Food courts and common areas must be closed. Only one county, Sierra, remains in the orange tier. Rising case rates led the state to place San Diego County into the purple tier of the reopening plan, meaning indoor operations will cease at … COVID Tier Refresher Back in August, California rolled out its four-tier, color-coded system for reopening the economy during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the new system, counties that fail to meet one of the two metrics land in the stricter tier: Purple means there is still widespread transmission of COVID … Dad’s restaurant, Nello’s Place in Redding, has already endured two shutdowns, the first from March through May. Return to Purple Tier Means Closure for ARC, No Indoor Dining Yolo and 40 other California counties will return to the state’s purple — or most restrictive — tier Tuesday (Nov. 17), and several campus activities are closing as a result. What does each tier mean? Mike Roe offers a refresher on the system and what a purple tier means. What are the business restrictions that will soon be in place, now that the county has advanced to the purple zone? COVID vaccine warning draws backlash, rebuttal. When the system … Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Other businesses will again face tougher restrictions on capacity and indoor services. Indoor shopping malls: capacity must be limited to 25% for the shopping mall. Services Agency Director Mark Ghaly has announced that forty-one counties in California, including San Joaquin County have reached the Purple Tier meaning businesses and organizations must be more restrictive. There are four color-coded tiers ranging from most restrictive to least: purple, red, orange and yellow. Purple indicates widespread risk, red substantial, orange moderate and yellow minimal. The Eastern Sierra county includes the cities of Bridgeport and Mammoth Lakes. Saunas and steam rooms must close. Counties are placed in the purple tier after more than 8% of all COVID-19 tests performed are positive over a seven-day period — the positivity rate. Effective Tuesday, Nov. 17, San Joaquin County was officially moved back to the more restrictive Purple, or Widespread, Tier after the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced changes to its Blueprint framework on Monday. Riverside County is moving back to the purple, most restrictive tier and must remain there for at least three weeks. One county saw its status changed in the Dec. 1 announcement: Mono went from red to purple. All Bay Area counties with the exception of Marin County are in the state's Purple tier meaning this potential stay-at-home order would affect most … This move by CDPH is one of many they are implementing to help slow the … Post was not sent - check your email addresses! When the school year began in August, the county was in the purple tier. “I want to very much thank the business community out there for their cooperation, for their diligence and initiative,” Joaquín Torres, the director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, said at the conference. Movie theaters in both Sacramento and San Diego are closing again as both areas are being shifted back to California state's most restrictive "purple" tier -- … Michele Chandler covers city government and housing issues for the Redding Record Searchlight/USA Today Network. The county had an adjusted average of 7.2 new cases per 100,000 people per day, which is in the purple tier level, with an unadjusted case rate of … SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco is … All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Fifty-two of the state’s 58 counties are in the purple tier, meaning they are subject to the curfew that started on Nov. 21. The last thing business owners like Jim Dad wanted to see was Shasta County ending up in the state’s coronavirus purple tier, which brings many restrictions to counties where COVID-19 cases are widespread. Meanwhile, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting Thursday to discuss potentially withdrawing from California's color-coded COVID-19 tier system. More information can be found at the state’s official coronavirus website. A move back to the purple tier means that all restaurants would have to once again shut down all indoor dining. Retail would have to limit capacity to 25% after being allowed 50% over the last week. Here’s a sampling of what else the restrictions mean for Shasta County. Follow her on Twitter at @MChandler_RS, call her at 530-225-8344 or email her at michele.chandler@redding.com. (Click here to see the previous week’s map.). In the red tier, gyms have been able to operate at 10 percent capacity, but the purple tier forbids gyms from operating indoors. What's open in the purple tier This is the tier for counties with widespread cases, where the most indoor operations are closed. As of Tuesday, 94% of California is in the most restrictive purple tier, meaning many non-essential businesses have had to modify operations or -- for restaurants, gyms, and churches -- close indoor operations altogether. Many non-essential business operations will be closed. “It’s been a tightrope to walk,” said Dad, who also worries about losing business over the winter holidays, which is typically a lucrative period for the restaurant. (Click here to see the previous week’s map.) You might remember this color-coded tier system was put in place toward the end of August, and even then Sacramento County was in purple. Bars, breweries and distilleries where no meals are provided. At … The Shasta County Library, for example, is closed to the public on the recommendation of city officials, although the system's three libraries are providing curbside borrowing and various e-services. On Friday, businesses are expected to begin adhering to a myriad of restrictions designed to help slow the virus’ spread. Businesses are being given 72 hours to readjust their operations. As Shasta County falls into strict purple tier, supervisors look for break from California's COVID reopening system, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy, Indoor playgrounds, bounce centers, laser tag, Restaurants:  table dining as well as take-out and delivery, Places of worship and cultural ceremonies, Family entertainment centers, including go-kart racing, mini golf and batting cages. According to a press release from KCDPH, the adjusted case rate for the current reporting period in Kings County is 8.4 per 100,000 people — which meets the purple tier criteria. The move back into the purple tier means that some businesses that were allowed to reopen – like movie theaters, gyms and dining rooms – will have to close again. Rising case rates led the state to place San Diego County into the purple tier of the reopening plan, meaning indoor operations will cease at … Ventura County’s case rate metric has worsened and placed the county at risk of moving back to the purple tier. More information is available at this website. San Francisco may ‘condemn’ naming hospital for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The county had an adjusted average of 7.2 new cases per 100,000 people per day, which is in the purple tier level, with an unadjusted case rate of … Orders are enforceable 48 hours from the color-tier shift, meaning businesses likely have one day to shut down operation if that occurs. San Francisco has slipped into the purple tier, meaning that many businesses must close and a curfew will be in effect overnight for weeks. Fifty-two of the state’s 58 counties are in the purple tier, meaning they are subject to the curfew that started on Nov. 21. The interactive map above shows the coronavirus restriction level of all California counties as of Dec. 1. At that point, schools were able to apply for an elementary school waiver to … Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. The special board meeting to discuss defying the state is at 9 a.m. Thursday in the supervisors chambers on Court Street in downtown Redding. The downgrading of Alpine and Mariposa leaves no counties in the yellow tier. But the latest surge of coronavirus illnesses did push the county into the most restrictive public health level category as of Tuesday. In the course of a week, the adjusted case rate ballooned from 4.1 cases per 100,000 residents per day to 7.2, moving from the bottom edge of the red tier into the purple tier for that metric. Fitness centers and gyms. Those counties are:  Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Mendocino, Glenn, Butte, Plumas, Sutter, Yuba, Lake, Nevada, Colusa, Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, San Francisco, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Merced, Madera, San Benito, Monterey, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Imperial. And counties have the latitude to further restrict business operations beyond the state’s mandates. Counties are placed in the purple tier after more than 8% of all COVID-19 tests performed are positive over a seven-day period — the positivity rate. Monday afternoon Gavin Newsom announced starting Tuesday, 28 counties are returning to the purple tier, meaning that restaurants return to all-outdoor dining or to-go orders only, and indoor gyms and church services stop. For the second week in the row, the county’s case rate fell outside of the red tier, meaning a slide into the purple tier appeared inevitable. Read More: As Shasta County falls into strict purple tier, supervisors look for break from California's COVID reopening system. After opening again on Sept. 15, they’re now set to close on Friday, after the purple tier restrictions are activated. Orange County moves back to ‘purple’ reopening tier as coronavirus surges State officials announced Monday Orange County has moved back to the “widespread” reopening tier, meaning … The California Department of Public Health on Tuesday returned Riverside County to the most restrictive purple tier under the governor's color-coded coronavirus regulatory scheme, meaning … “As long as there’s no vaccine, we’ll be dealing with this probably in the beginning of next year, too,” Dad said. Please support our entire newsroom's commitment to public service journalism by subscribing today. Then, tighter restrictions on indoor dining led the establishment to close again in mid-July. Small private gatherings: allowed up to two hours outdoors with modifications including masks, physical distancing and a limit of three separate households in attendance, including the host. Map of California coronavirus tiers: Another…, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Map of California coronavirus tiers: Another county goes purple, Outbreak: Midwest states see drop in new infections, 2nd COVID-19 vaccine clears first FDA hurdle, FDA clears first at-home, over-the-counter COVID-19 test, Two months without alcohol? Counties are placed in the purple, or widespread transmission, tier if they have reported more than seven new cases daily per 100,000 residents, measuring a seven-day average. 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