SAN FRANCISCO – Much of California is on the brink of sweeping new restrictions on businesses and activities, a desperate attempt to slow the frighteningly rapid escalation of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.Five San Francisco Bay Area counties imposed a new stay-at-home order for their residents that will take effect Sunday.
Southern California and a large swath of the central portion of the state could join this weekend.Those two regions have seen their intensive care unit capacity fall below the 15% threshold that under a new state stay-at-home order will trigger new restrictions barring all on-site restaurant dining and close hair and nail salons, movie theaters and many other businesses, as well as museums and.