COVID-19 quandary: Why is outdoor dining shut down in Santa Clara County and not elsewhere?
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/06/covid-19-quandary-why-is-outdoor-dining-shut-down-in-santa-clara-county-and-not-elsewhere/
The state’s crackdown on outdoor dining in Santa Clara County over the holiday weekend in an effort to slow spread of the coronavirus has left restaurant owners granted the al fresco option locally a month ago confused and worried.
“If they shut us down, that’s really rude,” said Helen Nguyen, who was continuing to offer outdoor dining Monday at her Pho Ha Noi restaurants in Cupertino and San Jose until told otherwise. “It’s really stressful on a business owner right now. We don’t know what’s going on.”