Monday's announcement will lift some of the United States strictest lock down measures in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay area and the largely agricultural San Joaquin Valley.

That means restaurants in the affected areas consume reopen for outdoor dining, while nail and hair salons can reopen so long as they mandate masks and some youth sporting events will be able to resume.

It's welcome relief for Oakland bar owner Cara Devereaux.

ITT's good.

I wanna remain optimistic and hopefully that it's gonna keep getting better.

Uh, I hope we're not rushing into things, and I hope everyone that is gonna partake and after dining is going to respect the rules.

And it's gonna do their best to ensure a safe environment for everyone.

California's latest lock down measures were imposed in early December as the state became an epicenter in the U.

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It crisis and hospital intensive care units hit maximum capacity along with they improved.

Outlook offered Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced California has tripled its pace of vaccinations and hopes to give one million more shots over the next 10 days.

But Newsome warned residents to stay vigilant and stressed that a nightly curfew will remain in place for most of the state.

California, the most populous US state with some 40 million residents, has reported over three million coated 19 cases and more than 36,000 deaths from the disease.