The strain is also driving a surge across the nation, accounting for 93% of all new cases, according to federal data. THE POLITICIANS ARE TERRIFIED THAT PROLONGED COVID IS GOING TO LEAD TO MASSIVE DISRUPTION, THAT UNEMPLOYED WORKERS AND THOSE FACING HOMELESSNESS WILL RIOT AT LEVELS YOU HAVENT EVEN DREAMED ABOUT. Santa Clara County on Monday backed off from a booster mandate for health care workers at the request of already strained hospitals. RELATED: Major reopening rollback ordered in CA in attempt to control rampant coronavirus spread, "We're back to square one. Malls can also stay open at 20% capacity. See the full guidelines here. Receive a free briefing on your state every day. 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.". The little amount of business we are doing is all based on customers being able to sit on the patio.. All non-essential travel is explicitly banned in regions under the stay-at-home order. He is a Venezuelan-American raised in Texas with bylines in the Champaign, Ill. News-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Dallas Morning News. // Daily News, San Diego Board of Supervisors chooses Nathan Fletcher to chair a second year. ", The county release also stated, "We wanted to share this information with businesses and residents as soon as possible.". And we were pleased with where we were, Harrison said. How safe is your neighborhood? 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 county is expected to tally its homeless residents in a biennial count next yearthe first since 2018 after COVID canceled the 2020 homeless census. Pete Mulvihill, co-owner of Green Apple Books in San Francisco, had worried the new orders would force him to return to the days when he could sell books online only, or outside on the curb. Outdoor playgrounds, barbershops, hair salons and personal care services, museums, campgrounds, zoos and aquariums, theaters, wineries, bars, breweries, distilleries, family entertainment centers, card rooms, live sports and amusement parks must close. santa clara count is doing great as far as homeless other cities and counties and states will continue to send them here san jose sad has lost control Cant do this alone just like the last 4 years other cities need to step up.Focus the crime rate is out of control Keep felons in jail 100 percent repeat offending need to stop this build a jail..stop continuing blaming covid for all the same problems whats been going on the last 4 years move on. "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. I believe it is crucial to invest in a free, just and unbiased press, especially in California when all three aspects are in peril. "Entertainment production" can also continue. San Jos Spotlight is a project of the San Jos News Bureau, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization | Tax ID: 82-5355128. MAP: CA counties that can, can't reopen under new rules, For a better experience, click here to view the full map in a new window. We have to pay our rent. CalMatters is a nonprofit newsroom and your tax-deductible donations help us keep bringing you and every Californian essential, nonpartisan information. RELATED: How safe are those outdoor dining igloos and tents when it comes to COVID-19 transmission? Emailemily@calmatters.org. 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 travelers from more than 150 miles away and limiting retail capacity. End of an era: San Jose antique shops could disappear, Robes, candles and chants: South Bay official in hot water over religious ceremony, UPDATE: East San Jose school district chooses a new trustee. 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. I wanted to make sure that everything was set up perfectly for them, to make sure that their health was priority number one.". "I was going to open up next week. Every county in blue is under a stay-at-home order. Eliminating sit-down service likely will force some restaurants into temporary hibernation, while others close permanently, according to Laurie Thomas, executive director of San Franciscos Golden Gate Restaurant Association, which represents hundreds of restaurants in the city. 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. Your supporthelps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Period! Stay positive turn off news . // Sacramento Bee, How Newsoms proposed budget could help ports shore up supply chain, reduce pollution. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group), PLEASANTON, CA - Dec. 3: Isabella Montufar and Alex Azila, both of Fremont, have a meal at Oyo restaurant's newly built outdoor dining area in Pleasanton, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. File photo. "These numbers are going in the wrong direction, and when I say numbers, I'm talking about people.". (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. THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY IT IS A CRUEL METHOD OF ABUSING THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. 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. And nearly 4,000 prison workers were COVID-positive on Tuesday, a more than 212% increase from the beginning of the month. Some workplaces must also follow regulations in the Cal/OSHA Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) Standard, and . Get the latest news, information and videos about the novel coronavirus pandemic here, 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. 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AND THIS ONE IS SIGNIFICANTLY RESISTANT TO THE VACCINES AS REPORTED HERE (https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/delta-infections-among-vaccinated-likely-contagious-lambda-variant-shows-vaccine-2021-08-02/): The Lambda variant of the coronavirus, first identified in Peru and now spreading in South America, is highly infectious and more resistant to vaccines than the original version of the virus the emerged from Wuhan, China, Japanese researchers have found. Businesses hire people; unions dont hire anyone. Dont blame Covid for our vacant downtown. Although both Gov. The decision came just two weeks after the seven counties andBerkeley issued a recommendation for wearing face coverings indoors. Clickhereto find available walk-up vaccination clinics in San Jose. // Alta Online, Endangered salmon are appearing in Marin where they havent been in years. There appears to be a lag regarding deaths, on December 31 there were 7 people died in Santa Clara County. AND THIS ALSO DOESNT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LAMBDA VARIANT THAT IS USRE TO SPREAD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, IT HAS BEEN DETECTED ALREADY IN TEXAS. "I don't see that at all happening," Fauci told ABC on Sunday, but the chief medical advisor to the presidentalso warned that outbreaks will continue if people don't get vaccinated. All journos do now is regurgitate what they are fed. More degenerate leftist politics, even to extreme, woke included, levels remain a sound bet. Santa Clara County shut down a local, privately-owned park in 2019 over a number of land use and permit violations. But if these people can be PREVENTED from being infected, WHY NOT? Even so, theyll have to close Monday and remain closed until at least Jan. 4. 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. If we close, we lose money and we dont have enough to pay the rent or the utilities, Zo said. Some counties are choosing to shut down for longer than that. Zoom chops nearly 200 jobs in Bay Area as tech layoffs mount Jesse Spector. There arent going to be any lockdowns; that has been made clear by our political leaders. If you have a social bubble, it is now popped.. Tuesday was a big day for the Assembly Health Committee, which pushed forward three controversial bills that failed to advance last year. SANTA CLARA NOW HAS ONLY 55 ICU BEDS FREE. After Successfully Administering 1.9 Million COVID-19 Vaccinations, County of Santa Clara to Demobilize Mass Testing and Vaccination Locations by Feb. 28. Weve seen that from the beginning of this pandemic.. There have been 32,824 cases in the month of January and in the month of December there were 18,163, which means now that as of today there is an 80% rise in case only up to today versus the ENTIRE month of December, and if you take the entire month daily average and multiply by 21 you can expect to have 68,930 more cases this month which will come to a total of 101,754 cases. Yet, in Santa Clara County, people can still shop for perfumes, phones and clothes at the mall. Here's what you need to know, Updated number of COVID-19 deaths, cases in Bay Area, Map shows everywhere you can get a COVID-19 test in the Bay Area, COVID-19 Diaries: Personal stories of Bay Area residents during pandemic, California EDD: The most commonly asked questions we get about unemployment and PUA, Health experts urge flu shots in effort to avoid 'twindemic', How to tell the difference between seasonal allergies and coronavirus symptoms, Here's which mask is better to protect from COVID-19, First COVID-19 vaccine volunteers in US describe experience as Bay Area launches vaccine trials. Im ready to move on and deal with the consequences forget everyone else. Californias weekly average of new COVID-19 cases reached another record high Thursday as the state reported triple-digit fatalities from the virus for the third consecutive day. 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. Among fully vaccinated people who never had COVID-19, getting a third dose of an mRNA vaccine from Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech or Moderna (MRNA.O) would likely increase levels of antibodies, but not antibodies that are better able to neutralize new virus variants, Rockefeller University researchers reported on Thursday on bioRxiv ahead of peer review. A native of New Orleans, he grew up near San Jose. Now, Nguyens bracing as Santa Clara County shuts down outdoor dining Sunday night. The new exhibit features hundreds of larger than life animal lanterns and interactive attractions, and a ride in the gondolas take visitors to the Land of the Lost section where the dinosaurs world and view of the bay awaits atop the Oakland hills. San Mateo County is not locking down now with the rest of the Bay Area but likely will be forced to later this month under Newsoms statewide order. Newsom may have just unveiled his priorities for spending Californias massive budget surplus and state lawmakers have their own ideas but what would you do? It isnt just unvaccinated workers, though: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, should quarantine for 5 days after testing positive a rule that California recently, and controversially, made optional for health care employees amid a severe staffing shortage. October 31, 2021. Rain breaks records, more expected. First identified in India, the Delta variant is believed to be twice as contagious as previous dominant COVID-19 strainsand has now thwarted plans for returning to life before the pandemic. STOP MAKING UP STORIES WHERE THE SCIENTIFIC PROOF IS INDICATING YOU ARE WRONG!!! And nearly 4,000 prison workers were COVID-positive on Tuesday, a more than 212% increase from the beginning of the month. So will zoos and museums. Its a relief to know that public health officials dont suspect that retail is a spreader with all the modifications with masks and the distancing and the ventilation.. Offices (outside of critical infrastructure) should only do remote work wherever possible. How safe is your neighborhood? Restaurants can only stay open for takeout or delivery. As of 01/10/2022 there was 23,764 cases total NEW CASES for the week starting 01/04/2022. It's just like back and forth, back and forth. "We might see some modified form of a lockdown," Dr. B.B. "I mean, before you know it's going be a year. Related Articles With regards to the state the 7 day average of new cases is 74,577 from yesterdays 62,094 (an increase of nearly 12,100) and the state 7 day average is 77 deaths per day (it decreased 20 in 2 days) which means if stays that way 2,310 people WILL DIE!. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 2: Jessica, no last names provided, and her kids Cruz P. Left, and Elliott P. 3, of Oakland, walk down the stairs after their visit to the Land of the Lost section which is part of the new exhibit Glowfari at Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2020. To read the county's full release, click here. | All donations are tax-deductible. // Los Angeles Times, Firing upheld for California police who played video game during holdup. 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 !!. // Associated Press, Grab and run theft at Kohls store leads to Sacramento County chase, 4 arrests. 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. If you have a question or comment about the coronavirus pandemic, submit yours via the form below or here. In fact, unions.ALL unions.take money away in the form of dues. There's bad news on the #coronavirus front for #Santa Clara County, but it's also a "call to action," according to one county leader. AND MOST HERE JUST SAY TO LET THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA JUMP INTO THE COVID SHARK TANK AND HOPE THE SHARKS DO NOT KILL OR MAME YOU? Gov. If they even mention the words lock down we need to respond with overwhelming violence. With regards to the state the 7 day average of new cases is 62,094 from yesterdays 57,019 (an increase of nearly 5,100) and the state 7 day average is 57 deaths per day (it decreased 3 today) which means if stays that way 1,710 people WILL DIE!. Gerstman, an epidemiologist and professor emeritus of public health at San Jose State University, told San Jos Spotlight. Emily DeRuy is the Bay Area News Group's housing and economy editor overseeing coverage for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. IF THE SCIENTISTS WERE ALLOWED TO BE STRAIGHT WITH US, THEY WOULD SAY THIS, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER COVID OR PROOF WE CAN CONTROL IT. 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. Is there any intelligent life forms out there? THE VIRUS MUTATES, AND WE CANT KEEP UP. THE FACT THAT CALIFORNIA HAS AN UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM THAT 20% OF ALL U.S. And were here to provide it. RELATED: Gov. Many of her employees are thinking of leaving, and with the salon operating at about 40% of normal business, Zo doesnt have enough money for rent. With the uncertainty around further federal support, San Francisco restaurants, their employees, and their families will suffer greatly by having no choice but to close for a period of time.. The new exhibit features hundreds of larger than life animal lanterns and interactive attractions, and a ride in the gondolas take visitors to the Land of the Lost section where the dinosaurs world and view of the bay awaits atop the Oakland hills. Following the county's lead, San Jose announced this week it will impose a similar requirement. There appears to be a lag regarding deaths, on December 31 there were 7 people died in Santa Clara County. The clickbait headline triggered the homicidally insane anti-vaxxers, and the article buries the answer (No) in the seventh paragraph. 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. This is a busy time, so when we close its going to be very bad for us.. Get San Jos Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox. COVID-19 Diaries: Personal stories of Bay Area residents during novel coronavirus pandemic, Coronavirus Doctor's Note: Dr. Alok Patel gives his insight into COVID-19 pandemic. It took us four months to get here," Do continued. As of Monday, Santa Clara County ranked second among the 10 Bay Area counties. 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. They note that in COVID-19 survivors, the immune systems antibodies evolve during the first year, becoming more potent and better able to resist new variants. Every peak and pit has put the future of Linda Do's business in jeopardy, and has impacted the livelihoods of her and her employees. 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. 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. 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 59,241 NEW CASES ( 5,770 more than it was yesterday which was 53,472). As a result, indoor dining will be suspended on the same day. San Jos Spotlight is the citys first nonprofit, community-supported digital news organization. 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. What could reparations mean for Black residents of Alameda County? Bay Area health officers Friday said they are already seeing indications that Thanksgiving gatherings are driving new infections. Given those losses, outdoor dining means the world to us. he said. 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. 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. Now, Nguyen's bracing as Santa Clara County shuts down outdoor dining Sunday night. Restaurants that have invested thousands of dollars building parklets, setting up tents and buying heaters to accommodate outdoor diners will have to close all tables and go back to takeout and delivery only. San Jos Spotlight is the citys first nonprofit, community-supported digital news organization. The Bay Area orders dont alter the rules Newsom announced Thursday, said Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody. Bay Area stores in most counties currently can operate at 25% capacity so the new rules wont pose much of an additional burden. I was going to wait until the 20th because my people mean that much to me," he explained. But not every county in the Bay Area region chose to join the coalition this time. In Mountain View, Yen Zo of Noble Nails already is struggling. Wineries and cardrooms will have to head outside, and indoor family activities such as bowling allies will be shut down. But if these people can be PREVENTED from being infected, WHY NOT? Staff Writers Evan Webeck and Ethan Baron contributed to this report. Now given that there are 1,928,000 people in Santa Clara County some would argue that 68,181 is nothing to be concerned about. This time, at. Opinion: Newsoms budget cuts threaten public health investment ABC7 News visited with businesses finally able to reopen, on Monday morning. I the last 3 months we lost nearly 200 people. Except for the fact that the ICU beds will be long gone. California has administered 66,518,035 vaccine doses, and 71.8% of eligible Californians are fully vaccinated. Health | 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. Gain of function and the weaponization of the flu.. what cracks me up is all the ppl who thought man if I just take the jab, the tyrants will leave me alone haha think again. As of 01/04/2022 there was 13,328 cases total NEW CASES for the week starting 12/27/2021 all variants in Santa Clara County AND there are only 64 ICU beds out of 3800. China dismisses FBI statement that COVID-19 likely leaked from Wuhan lab The Oakland Zoo is worried too. After that, the sports allowed will be based on your county's tier. It's so hard.". Palo Alto managed to avoid shuttering Monday only after 450 parent volunteers filled positions ranging from custodians to in-classroom roles; parents have also been asked to help supervise classrooms in Sacramento City Unified. Santa Clara County is locking down again. That upset some parents and lawmakers who argued playgrounds are some kids' only opportunity to play outside and burn off steam, especially in urban settings. Santa Clara County goes into full lockdown on Sunday night, San Mateo County doesn't December 4, 2020 3:01 pm The Palo Alto Creamery at 566 Emerson St. will hvae to close its outdoor operations after Sunday night due to Santa Clara County's new lockdown order. 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. CalMatters is now available in Spanish onTwitter,FacebookandRSS. By. CalMatters is also trackingcoronavirus hospitalizations by county. Not a single journo seems to have asked the question what is the relative severity of the Delta? or what is the recovery rate? Covid seems to have eliminated all journalistic curiosity. The states restrictions require Californians in affected regions to stay at home as much as possible to limit mixing with other households, which can lead to COVID-19 spread. If say only 5% of these cases end up needing ICU beds, that would come to a new need of 1,364 ICU beds, but since there are only 42 available you would have 1,322 people die due to no place to go. This week, Santa Clara County and seven other Bay Areagovernmentsissued new rulesrequiring residents to mask up indoors in public places regardless of vaccination status. 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. California coronavirus shutdown will last through Christmas as deaths explode past 20,000 Kelsy Tasem, 11, left, and sister Mackenzi, 14, have their socially distanced photo taken with Santa,. Despite having one of the highest vaccination rates in the state, the current rolling seven-day average for positive infections in Santa Clara County is now 8.5 times higher than the average on June 15, the day California lifted most restrictions such as social distancing and mask requirements. | All donations are tax-deductible. 12/15/2022. At Santana Row, the Left Bank family of restaurants, which includes traditional sit-down favorite Meso Mediterranean, isn't just relying on in-person dining. She's a Bay Area native and a San Jose State University journalism graduate. Whats next for the former Frys HQ in San Jose? The first time the pandemic closed her restaurant, Nguyen sold her jewelry to survive. "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. This is your newsroom. // San Francisco Chronicle, Redwood forest owned by King Tut of Hoarders in Santa Cruz Mountains begins new chapter. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Nearly two months after California lifted most pandemic restrictions, the Delta variant is driving a surge in positive COVID-19infections and hospitalizations.
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