we start tonight with the local counties
being downgraded and heading back to a
more restrictive phase
positivity rates for tests done by uc
davis health have more than
doubled in the last month from 1.5
percent
to 4.4 take a look at this map you can
see where the downgrades are happening
sacramento and stanislaus counties are
moving from red to the most restrictive
tier
that's the purple tier placer el dorado
and amador counties all falling from
orange back to the red tier
our team coverage tonight includes
monica coleman live with reaction from
sacramento and placer counties
kurt rivera is covering modesto tonight
we begin with mike duffy and mike you're
explaining exactly
what's changing and why that's right
chris it all boils down to this
more people in our counties are being
infected every day and so businesses and
places that we tend to congregate
are being told to shut down yet again
dr galley california's health and human
services secretary says
california is following a dangerous
trend the blue bars are starting to
increase
again and we're starting to see a number
of counties
and statewide just an increase in the
number of cases
abc 10 health expert dr pyle coley says
now
is the time to act unless we all get on
board we're going to have to
unfortunately reach for the nuclear
option
of complete shutdowns which is what
we're trying to avoid
counties like sacramento and stanislaus
which have now been reassigned to the
purple tier
will see a number of restrictions again
where things had previously opened up
restaurants gyms and nail salons will no
longer be allowed to operate indoors
retailers and shopping centers will only
be allowed to operate at 25
capacity however some operations will
maintain their current level of freedom
hair salons and barber shops can operate
indoors
with restrictions schools that were
allowed to open in the red tier
will be allowed to stay open in the
purple tier
still dr galley acknowledged the reality
of pandemic fatigue as we head into the
holidays
but is also asking the public to dig
deep so i
implore all californians to sort of look
in the mirror ask what you can do
differently
how much more can you keep your mask on
how much more can you work with your own
communities your own family members to
plan events in a lower risk way
with placer and sacramento counties
returning to a more restrictive tier
people are coping with changes and they
say the back and forth is confusing
abc 10's monica coleman joins us for
this part of the story and monica what
have you learned
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that's right mike here in placer county
businesses have been able to reopen
greatly due to being the orange tier
which is why neighboring counties
sacramento county wanted to follow
in their footsteps but now both of them
are falling back in the state's
reopening plan
leaving people living within the county
very frustrated
sacramento county fell back into the
most restrictive purple tier after
spending two months in red
which allowed for businesses to reopen
indoors with modifications
the small businesses are going to
struggle because the restaurants are
going to have to go back to outside
seating who
in the winter time which will be
frustrating jennifer templin lives in
citrus heights and blames pandemic
fatigue on why sacramento county
fell back in the reopening plan we saw a
lot of parties at halloween we've seen a
lot of
just a lot of social gathering and i
don't necessarily think that the
business is opening and schools in
session cause it i just think people are
not caring as much as they used to
brad farmer lives in roseville which
backtracked from the orange tier to the
red tier
and says the ever changing back and
forth of tear assignments is causing
confusion for those
trying to decide what is safe and what
isn't when we have a state mandate or we
have an executive order saying hey this
is going to be the solution to our
problem
and then all of a sudden okay now we
don't need to do that anymore we fix the
problem
oh but then we're going to go back and
reinstate that mandate for me
it makes me lose a little bit of faith
in the large
voice our government the new tier
assignment did not come with guidelines
on holiday gatherings so many are
deciding to just stick with their
immediate family
instead of traveling we decided just to
have it just be us
and i would go to their house rather
than they come to mind and
because they have little kids i didn't
want to come into my house and get their
germs to my house
both counties falling in and out of
tears some are just choosing to sit this
holiday out
i don't really care because i'm staying
home anyway
i come out only because i need i ran out
of bourbon
i'm standing here right in front of the
roseburg galleria and it's been busy
here at the mall
the parking lot is full and next to me
at yard house the restaurant is booming
but that may change within the next two
weeks because placer county may also
fall back
once again into the purple tier which
mean all businesses
excuse me restaurants would have to go
back to patio dining chris
i think many of us had to laugh to keep
from crying at the gentleman there
saying he only comes out because he was
running low on his bourbon there in the
home and you know monica just like
sacramento stanislaus county is moving
from red down to purple
kurt rivera is live in modesto with
reaction from people there
kurt
well chris here modesto businesses are
saying here we go again
for example at graffiti dogs here on
10th street downtown
while businesses are at a corner of what
it was before the pandemic and they do
have
outside seating but worry as the cold
and wet weather sets in
it will be much more difficult to
maintain its customer base
forcing people to eat outside i just
don't see it as a good thing i mean
i want people to be safe and healthy and
not get sick
but from a restaurant's perspective you
can't really
keep pushing people outside and expect
them to keep coming in
just in modesto alone almost 6 000
people are employed in the hospitality
industry
and hundreds of business owners are
impacted that this is a grave situation
economically
now one customer we spoke to is 100
percent in favor
of title restrictions here in stanislaus
county meantime
in san joaquin county they remain in the
red tier but with cases surging there
well looks like they'll be in the purple
tier come next week
we're live in modesto back to you