Rain, Omicron Variant Force New Christmas Traditions for Sacramento Families

The highly contagious omicron variant is evident successful 50% to 70% of caller coronavirus cases successful parts of the astir populous authorities heading into the holidays arsenic California is connected the precipice of signaling 5 cardinal confirmed cases of COVID-19, wellness officials said Friday.

The numbers reflected successful the holidays for galore families, who made changes to the size of their gatherings.

“We’re conscionable looking astatine the Christmas lights due to the fact that we’re not going location to spot household due to the fact that everybody’s sick truthful we’re staying present to look astatine lights,” said Jessica Allen, who drove done the Fab 40s vicinity connected Christmas Day.

Others inactive gathered with their household members safely but constricted the impermanent database to contiguous household only.

“We haven’t seen each different astir apt since March, but we person each the holidays together. No extended household this twelvemonth that’s beauteous overmuch the lone difference,” said Annabelle Thalken, 1 of 4 siblings location for the holidays successful Sacramento.

The weather, different taxable for those with plans to get extracurricular connected Christmas. Rain successful the vale and snowfall successful the Sierra forced immoderate to alteration their schedule.

“We were going to spell to Tahoe, yesterday till adjacent Sunday, we decided to hold it retired successful Sacramento due to the fact that we don’t privation to thrust successful wintertime tempest conditions,” said Rajani Yadav, visiting Sacramento connected an impromptu trip.

The interruption successful the rainfall Saturday led to much cars and visitors to the Fab 40s neighborhood, wherever vacation decorations and lights lit up the thoroughfare connected Christmas.