https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/06/outdoor-restaurant-dining-what-are-the-rules-in-bay-area-counties/ > Three more Bay Area counties — Santa Clara, Contra Costa and San Mateo — have joined the California counties now allowing outdoor dining at established restaurants. > “Outdoor dining provides access to freshly prepared meals at a relatively low risk of transmission” of the COVID-19 virus, health officers in all three counties said in easing the regulations.