Purple Tier

San Diego County moved from the most restrictive purple tier on the state’s reopening plan to the slightly less restrictive red tier, and for many elected leaders in our region, the loosening of restrictions is long overdue but not far enough.

San Diego County is expected to move into the Red Tier on March 16, with changes taking effect the next day.

San Diego County is on track to advance from purple tier to red tier, and there are three different routes it could take to get there. One route could even get us there as soon as next week.

San Diego County is staying in the purple tier for now. NBC 7’s Catherine Garcia spoke to Supervisor Nathan Fletcher about two ways the county can advance to red tier quicker than expected.

San Dieguito Union High School District will not resume in-person instruction Monday, as planned. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado was at Warren Earl Middle School in Solana Beach with details on the district’s new plan.

It’ll be back to in-person learning Monday for some students in the San Dieguito Union High School district. However this has some parents worried. NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo has the story.

San Dieguito Union High School District is ready to reopen. NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo has more.

Update on March 7: The San Dieguito Union High School District was denied its waiver for in-person instruction and the district’s superintendent said without it, “we will not be able to full implement our plan.” For the full story, click here. Some North County parents who have been eager to get their kids back into the classroom got some welcomed…

NBC 7’s Amber Frias explains the state’s objectives.

Legoland is looking forward to a reopening soon, but for now they’re offering a new experience for kids to look forward to. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has details.

Legoland California Resort is bringing back hundreds of jobs with the opening of Build ‘N Play Days.

California is working to allocate 40% of its doses of the coronavirus vaccine to underserved communities. The state is also considering factoring coronavirus vaccination rates into its color coded tier system. Both changes could make it easier for counties including San Diego County to move into less restrictive tiers. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado reports.

A San Diego Superior Court judge Wednesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction stemming from a lawsuit filed by a group of local restaurants and gyms seeking to resume indoor operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. San Diego Superior Court Judge Kenneth J. Medel heard attorney arguments Friday in the lawsuit, which was filed last year against state and county…

California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coronavirus more quickly

Carlsbad Unified applied for a waiver that could permit it to reopen middle and high schools before the county moves out of the purple tier and into the red, reports NBC 7 education reporter Rory Devine

On this episode of our Scene in San Diego podcast, we catch up on San Diego’s return to the purple tier and get the latest details from culinary standout Chef Travis Swikard as he preps to debut his first restaurant in San Diego – a project long in the works, sidelined by the pandemic. Swikard’s restaurant is called Callie,...

A bowling alley in San Diego’s Poway community is permanently closing, unable to rally for a win due to the ongoing strain of the coronavirus pandemic.

The strain of the pandemic is one of the factors that led Poway Fun Bowl to permanently shutter. NBC 7’s Claudette Stefanian speaks to the operator of the bowling alley about the pandemic’s impact on the industry.

NBC 7’s Marianne Kushi shares what you need to know in San Diego County on the morning of December 1, 2020.

November 2020 was a month of surges and subsequent setbacks for San Diego County as the coronavirus pandemic wore on. Here’s a day-by-day look back at what happened in San Diego in November 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.