Coronavirus roundup: Closures hit Santa Cruz County as it joins Covid watchlist, while San Mateo County avoids being added

A rising number of coronavirus cases have forced one local county to join California’s Covid watchlist on Monday, while another sidestepped that fate. At midnight on Tuesday, businesses and various gathering places across Santa Cruz County fell under the same economic restrictions that have locked down about 36 other counties throughout California, include eight of the nine that make up the San Francisco Bay Area. Last Wednesday, County Health Officer Gail Newel said that “dramatically increasing”…