At the moment, one can't dine in or watch movies at an indoor theater in Sacramento.
But if you're willing to drive 40 minutes or so in the right direction, you can do both.
California unveiled its new color-coded system breaking down counties risk levels into four tiers.
From Least to most restrictive: yellow, orange, red and purple.
In purple, no indoor theaters are permitted to open at all, while in red it is only 100, orange is 200 and yellow is more than 200/maximum usual capacity.
El Dorado County: Now Playing
About 25 miles east of Sacramento along highway 50, neighboring el dorado county is one stage better than the rest of the capital region being in the red tier.
Moviegoers must wear face coverings while in the lobby and in the auditoriums-unless eating or drinking according to the regal website. Concession stands will remain open with a number of modifications including every toher cash register closed. No refills allowed.
Two-seat social gaps are required for solo ticket buyers and if in groups there is only one empty seat.
A customer who buys a ticket and then experienes covid symptoms "may request a refund online" the policy posted to Regal's website continues.
Placer Country: Coming soon to a theater near you?
Placer Country is preparing to open soon as it found itself in the purple group until numbers had recently been improving. The state plans to update the tier list weekly on tuesdays, but says counties can't advance to the next tier until they remain at the current level for at least 3 weeks.
Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter: Curtains Closed
The rest of Sacramento's six country region are in purple tier with no immediate indication that they will advance to red. None of the century-branded locations have an estimated reopening on the company's website.
All further news awaits.
BY MICHAEL MCGOUGH for the Sacbee
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