After a relatively stable couple of months, the most recent health orders in the state of California and most Bay Area counties have race committees once again scrambling to adjust to the ongoing pandemic.
On December 5, Governor Gavin Newsom issued new, more restrictive health orders in response to the biggest surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began. Race committees running midwinter races have reacted in various ways. Berkeley Yacht Club, which has midwinter races scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday, December 12-13, is (at this point anyway) planning to proceed…