Faced with surging coronavirus cases ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, Gov. Gavin Newsom tightened coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, ordering the closure of indoor operations in certain businesses — including restaurants, wineries and cardrooms — for the next three weeks in all counties that have been on the state’s “watch list” for at least three days, including Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside.

Restaurants were urged to move their operations to outside settings, such as patios and sidewalks. Newsom also ordered the closure of all bars in counties on the state’s watch list. Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties already have those closures in place.

“This doesn’t mean restaurants shut down … but we’re trying to take these concentrated activities and move them outdoors, which is a way of mitigating the spread of this virus,” Newsom said.