https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/01/25/qa-heres-whats-next-for-restaurants-hair-salons-and-youth-sports-as-california-ends-stay-at-home-order-2/ > California’s latest attempt to resume public life in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic came seemingly out of the blue. > Since December, people across the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California — had been ordered not to leave their homes except for essential tasks as hospitals struggled to keep up with a surge of COVID-19 patients.