San Mateo County cautiously lifts more shelter-in-place rules for businesses, reopens beaches

San Mateo County officials said Friday that the county is further easing restrictions on businesses and social gatherings, including allowing customers to go inside retail stores and churches to resume services. The Peninsula's new shelter-in-place rules, effective Monday, "are being made in attempt to strike a balance," county health officer Dr. Scott Morrow wrote in the new order. "They are an attempt to find a way to increase the immunity of the population (in public health terms, this is called…