For more stories like this, check out The Chronicle’s weekly Travel newsletter! Sign up here. In an announcement of pending new regional stay-at-home restrictions on Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom implored Californians to forgo traveling for the foreseeable future. The new approach to stem the third major surge of the coronavirus carves the state’s 58 counties into five regional groups. If hospital ICU capacity in a given group hits 85%, the counties in that group will be subject to a set of strict lockdown measures for at least three weeks — which include barring residents from non-essential traveling outside of their respective home counties and closing certain outdoor venues like playgrounds, zoos and amusement parks. Although the state hasn’t applied the new rules to any group yet, the state’s Covid information website dissuades people from non-essential travel: “Stay in your county if you can. Don’t drive more than 2-3 hours.” It adds that people should “avoid traveling long distances for vacations or pleasure as much as possible.” The state’s tourism bureau, Visit California, issued an interpretation of Newsom’s announcement, saying the state has “banned non-essential travel in most of the state beginning Dec. 4.” Related Stories PoliticsBy Alexei Koseff and Peter… Read full this story
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