Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240712

Bay area cities over the death of george floyd. Here is what it looked like late last night. Thousands of people gathered in downtown oakland to express their outrage over the death of another black man by a black police officer. It turned into looting across oakland. This video from walgreens, the same area where last nights demonstrations began. Someone set a fire inside as dozens of people took over the store. The crowd grew to an estimated 5,000 protesters during one standoff. This one at 7th and broadway. Protesters threw fireworks and projectiles at police. It poured on to the 880 freeway. Traffic stopped in both directions. Many people told us they didnt want violence to overshadow why people are protesting all over the country. Came down here because i have sons and cousins and uncles and daughters. I just had enough, and i cant stay at home frozen with fear. Im not an advocate of burning down our own stuff, the things and the businesses that we do own, but for us to be able to receive some type of recognition and let them know that this is serious, things like this have to be done. And if that black man looked he was, hes a businessman well known in the community. 18 people were arrested. Overnight two officers were shot there in oakland. We learned just this morning that one has died. The two federal protective Service Officers were shot at the Federal Building near 12th and clay street, a couple blocks away from where all the protesting turned into looting. Oakland police tell us it is not known if the secure guards were approached by protesters, but there are signs of vandalism there at the building. And it was a similar scene of protesting in san jose. Look at this video. It appears to show an suv hitting several protesters near 6th and santa clara street. Witness video shows the suv abruptly backing up and speeding away. People tell us two people were hit when the driver went in reverse. Sources say shots were fired when the suv nearly hit the crowd. The driver was not obeying an order to stop. One witness says the female driver asked to get through, but became impatient, nearly ramming the protesters with the fender of her car. He tells us it looks intentional. When she missed, she stopped and backed up. When she backed up really quickly, thats when she ran over two people. It is unclear at this point of the conditions of the two people hit. We do know protesters ran to help those people right after it happened. San jose police tell us theyre investigating the police running into those investigators and the deputy that shot at the suv. As protesters squared off with police in the south bay, small fires erupted in the streets of san jose. This, a dumpster on fire. Today in the bay sergio spent the day looking at all the developments. Reporter early on in this protest, dozens of people made their way on to u. S. 101 tieing up traffic for about an hour. One driver had his car window broken. But most of the crowd was not violent. I think it is important for us to show up and hold police accountable. Reporter as the protests continued, there was several confrontations. One man was arrested as he sped toward protesters and police. They wanted to hurt me. I was just trying to get out and save myself. Reporter there were several flashes of violence as well as attempts by people to control the chaos. Others tried to turn out the flames. For many here, the killing of george floyd is the spark but not the only reason to turn out in the streets of san jose. There is so many people angry because i believe its the low income families. We want hope. Reporter nbc bay area news. And a viewer sent us this video of a ups truck being looted during the protest. You can see people taking packages and running away. San jose police chief eddy garcia, who has been critical of the Minneapolis Police officer who killed george floyd tweeted this, saying, we are angry as well and we have made this clear. We have allowed peaceful protests but we will not tolerate lawlessness. All right. It is 7 05 right now. We will check in with vianey arana who joins us from home with your microclimate forecast. We saw some showers coming in this morning and it definitely felt humid out there. Yeah. The temperatures right now are in the 60s, so not necessarily cold, which is why were getting that muggy feeling, but it will be an interesting day. Were tracking this unusual storm, especially around this time so late in may. Right now, again, temperatures in the 60s over san jose. It is mostly cloudy. Take a look at the lightening strike. Now, we had plenty of activity overnight just off the coast and up through the north bay as well. We have got reports of several thunderstorms in through sacramento as well. Reports of small hail. The storm system has whats considered a cold core. That will bring the threat of potential for lightening and also even possibly hail. Mainly around the oregon washington area. But we could see the threat of that moving further inland as well. Im going to zoom this out so you can get an idea of where the lightening strikes currently are. Closer toward the oregon and washington area, but sacramento experiments with some of this extreme interesting weather for this time of year. Overall, in through the afternoon chances of showers and lightening. All right. Well see you then. 7 07. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, a late night ruling from the supreme court. The decision made about Church Gatherings in california. Plus, more bay area businesses are getting ready to welcome people back. The new places reopening as early as the day after tomorrow. Welcome back. It is 7 09 on this last saturday of may. A live look outside. Cloudy skies over san jose. Some lightening strikes overnight and unusual storm expected this morning. Vianey arana will be along in about seven minutes with that forecast for you. Churches in california must follow the governors guidance. Thats the ruling late last night from the u. S. Supreme court. In a 54 vote, justices rejected a request to allow churches to open. But the governor said houses of worship couldnt reopen just yet. Chief Justice John Robert joined the courts four member liberal wing. He says the guidelines appear consistent with the free exercise clause of the first amendment. San matteo and marin counties announced addiction ed restrictions will be lifted monday. Outdoor retail and dining, offices, parks and beaches and child care and summer camps. At taste of rome, they will be serving takeout all weekend, but they are ready to set up their outside tables that have been stored the last few months. Over at fish, theyre hoping people are ready to take a seat on their patio. Their priority will be making diners feel safe. We found out monday. Thats exciting. I dont know how many people will come here. If it seems appropriate and safe, i would do it for sure. As you might imagine, there are lots of guidelines for restaurants to follow, including limiting tables to six people and guests at the same table should be from the same household. 7 11. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, more access available. The move made that has neighbors in halfmoon bay breathing a sigh of relief. And weve got an active system passing through. We have already seen several lightening strikes overnight. Were also tracking the chance of some shower activity. What this will be mean for the bay area and what we can expect in your forecast coming up after the break. Stay with us. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. 7 13 on our saturday morning. A live look outside towards San Francisco. Cloudy skies, a gray morning as we have an unusual late may storm. Vianey arana will be along in just a moment with your micro climate forecast. But first halfmoon bay and another coastal communities have been battling over access to their beaches. Many people seem to want beaches, parking lots and restaurants to stay closed to slow the spread of coronavirus. While others say that only leads to more chaos in other parts of their counties. But a new Public Health order may provide some middle ground. The gates are about to open today at halfmoon bay. Reporter well, the city of halfmoon bay was already going to ease some restrictions, but now there is going to be even more access. Yes, im going to come out more often. Reporter there was still crowds small and large showing up. Even with parking lots and restaurants closed and some restricted beach hours. We have been cooped up. Were both working from home. Its just nice to get out and get some fresh air. Reporter visitors are parking in neighborhoods and the memorial day weekend was a disaster. People are urinating like on the driveways or i get out of the car and they will just go anywhere. Reporter so the new county Public Health order gave freedom to access and parking restrictions. Personal conduct will be monitored. Technically, the order requires people coming to the beach to be active. Going for a jog, going for the walk, not just hanging out on the beach. Reporter many businesses such as the halfmoon bay bakery say whatever encourages tourism. On the weekend is when we make a lot more because of all the tourists that come over and the beaches are open. You know, who doesnt want to see the beach . Im excited things are about to open up, but i think that we should all be very cautious. Reporter many people we talked to say they look forward to easier beach access but also say they wont be coming here if there are large crowds. Nbc bay area news. Perfect. Time to check in with vianey arana with a look at our microclimate forecast as we bid farewell to the month of may. But you wouldnt know it looking out there. You are absolutely right. Definitely not going to be a beach day today. I was listening in on the previous package because we are seeing a lot of lightening and thunderstorm activity, especially overnight. This is sort of an unusual storm especially for this time of year. Our current temperature is 62 degrees in San Francisco. If you look at the live cam, shower activities as well and in through san jose 64 degrees. It is not necessarily a cold morning to start, which is why you might get a little of that muggy feeling. As this system continues to make its way through, we will see several changes. All those lightening strikes, im showing this to you because this is in the last three hours. We have several reports of lightening activity off the coast and up to the north bay as well. We have also seen reports considered dry lightening. So whats going to happen within the next couple of hours . Well, we have a lot of instability in our atmosphere and this storm has whats considered a cold core, which means we could still see the threat of possibly some more lightening maybe even hail. I zoomed up the radar a little more for you so you can see where the current lightening strikes are. Sacramento has already seen i saw some reports of some hail in the sacramento area. The storm is centered over the north portion. I would say oregon washington. But were not going to rule out the threat because were still seeing some of that, as i mentioned, instability out there. Inland areas might get a chance of showers or lightening as well. We will be monitoring this very closely. One thing you will notice, it is going to be the cooler temperatures. 74 in san jose. 72 in oakland. 74 in livermore, a nice relief compared to the stretch of extremely hot weather, record breaking weather that we had in the bay area in the 90s and triple digits. We will continue to see the cooler weather. Chance of showers for the bay and inland areas as we will be monitoring that. It will remain fairly claudeoud. So far right now just advancing it towards the 2 00, 2 30 hour, so right around midafternoon, notice the activity as showers start to pop up through livermore, gill roy, activity over monterrey as well. I will push this time line further. 4 00, you can see pop up showers here and there. We will continue to see as this system continues to move, it is going to make its way north. By tomorrow, we will get a much quieter weather pattern. It will still be cloudy, but calmer in terms of chance of thunderstorms. 75 degrees. Then upper 70s for tomorrow. As we head towards tuesday and wednesday, we get High Pressure once again dominating our forecast, and that High Pressure will warm us right back up into the upper 80s as well and through some of the interior valleys. We will be keeping a very close eye on this storm. But if you are going to be out on for an essential reason, definitely be careful and pack an umbrella. Thanks so much. It is 7 19. Still ahead on today in the bay, some summer camps are being canceled, but camerfamilies are getting their money back. Chris will respond to these unhappy campers next. For many families summer means sending the kids off to camp, but obviously a majority of camps have been canceled this year with lots of parents fighting for refunds. They decided to turn to chris and his team for help. Something that was a deciding factor to my future. Reporter ruth had high hopes for her summer camp at stanford, designed specifically for future film makers. I was expecting to learn basic skills about not only how to use film equipment but also how to work with a team of people to create something. However, the organizer Digital Media academy canceled its summer session. Her mom margaret asked for their money back. The camp said no. Over 3,000. Reporter we reviewed the contract. It does not refund students for canceled classes due to acts of god and specifically lists pandemic as an act of god. It offered a credit. But it is only good toward a camp session next year, which doesnt help ruth. At that point, i will have already applied for college and decided where im going. So it would be it would be irrelevant for me to use the program then. Reporter ruths family wants to know what dma did with the money they collected from them and many others. Stanford told us it released dma from its financial obligations and urged the company to give families refunds, but thats not happening so we contacted dma. It did not respond. Other camps are doing the same, canceling, refeudsi irefusing r not responding. So we turned to the American Camp association which has 12,000 members nationwide. We wanted to know one thing. If camps arent operating, what are the operators doing with all those deposits. The association responded to us but didnt address our question. This is just disgusting behavior. Reporter james is a longtime san jose lawyer. He says families might need to band together and sue to get their money back. I think this is very powerful situation here where these people paid all this money for something very important to them. Theyre not getting it and theyre not getting the money back. They lost a lot more than that. Reporter the operator filed for bankruptcy protection. If your kids camp is canceled, Kimberly Campbell at nerd wallet recommends you make contact fast. Call and negotiate with the camp because even if the camp isnt offering blanket refunds, if you have a particular situation, maybe you have lost your job and you really need the money back, then the camp might be able to work with you. That was chris reporting for us. It is 7 24. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, well take you back to last nights protests across the bay area, including the overnight news of the death of one police officer. Feel like getting back out there . Nissan is ready to help you with a bold, awardwinning lineup. And great offers. Kick off summer. With no payments for 3 months. Plus, well cover your payments for up to 2 more months. Or get 0 financing on 13 models for up to 84 months. Good morning. It is saturday, may 30th. We are taking a live look outside. Cloudy skies over walnut creek as we are experiencing a strange late may storm. Thanks so much for joining us. Im kira klapper. Vianey arana is also with us this morning. Shell be along in a few minutes with your forecast. But we begin with protests in two bay area cities over the death of george floyd. Heres what it looks like from our nbc bay area sky ranger last night as thousands of people fa gathered in downtown oakland over the death of another black man by a white police officer. This video from the walgreens at 14th and broadway, the same area where last nights demonstrations began. Someone set a fire inside as dozens of people took over to loot the store. The crowd grew to an estimated 5,000 people during one standoff. Protesters threw fireworks and projectiles at police. Traffic stopped in both directions. Many people told us they didnt want violence to overshadow why people are protesting all over the country. Came down here because i have sons and cousins and uncles and daughters. I just had enough, and i cant stay at home frozen with fear. Im not an advocate of burning down our own stuff, the things that we do own. But for us to be able to receive some type of recognition and to bring attention to the rest of the world and the rest of the masses to let them know that this is serious, things like this have to be done. That was stanley cox, aka mr. Fab. Hes well known in the community. He has for years spoken out about police brutality. Oakland police tell us 60 looters were detained for further investigation. 18 people were arrested. And new overnight, two officers were shot in oakland. We learned just this morning that one died. The two federal protective Service Officers were shot at the Federal Building near 12th and clay street. Thats just a couple blocks away from where all the protesting turned into looting. Oakland police tell us its not known if the security guards were approached by protesters. But there are signs of vandalism there at the Federal Building. They are investigating whether its connected. And a similar scene in san jose. This video appears to show a car hitting several protesters near 6th and santa clara streets. Witness video shows the suv abruptly backing up and speeding away. People were hit when the driver went in reverse. Sources say a shot was fired when the suv nearly hit the crowd and the driver wasnt obeying an order to stop. One witness tells us the female driver asked to get through the crowd but became impatient and nearly rammed the protesters with the front end of her car. He tells us it looked intentional. When she missed, she stopped and backed up. When she backed up really quickly obviously trying to hit protesters again, thats when she ran over two people. We unfortunately dont know the conditions of the two people who were hit. We do know protesters ran to help them right after it happened. San jose police tell us theyre investigating both the suv running into those protesters and the deputy who shot at the suv. As demonstrations squared off and demonstrators squared off with police in the south bay, small fires seem to erupt all over the city. This is one dumpster lit on fire. One of several we saw across san jose. Today in the bay, sergio spent the day following all of the developments and brings us this report from downtown san jose. Reporter early on in this protest, dozens of people made their way up to 101 tieing up traffic for about an hour. One driver had his car window broken. But most of the crowd was not violent. I think it is important for us to show up and hold police accountable. Reporter as the protests continued, there were several confrontatio confrontations. One man was arrested when he sped down second street. They wanted to hurt me. I was just trying to get out, save myself. Reporter there were several flashes of violence like this throughout this event as well as attempts by people to control the chaos as protesters lit a dumpster on fire, others tried to turn out the flames. The killing of george floyd in the hands of a Minneapolis Policeman is the spark, but not the only reason to turn out in the streets of san jose. I believe its the people coming from poverty. Were mad there is no hope. We want hope. Reporter sergio contana. A viewer sent us this video of a ups truck being looted during the protest. You can see people taking packages and running away. San joses police chief eddy garcia who has been critical of the Minneapolis Police officer who killed george floyd tweeted this saying were angry as well, and we have made that clear. We have allowed people protests, but we will not tolerate lawlessness. And that minnesota officer charged and arrested with George Floyds death remains in jail this morning. You can looking at his booking photo. Hes being charged with third degr degree murder and manslaughter. The unrest is happening across the country. The epicenter minneapolis where floyd was killed. Millions of people shut down the freeway. Im not scared. Im not scared. Im hurt. Im angry. But i aint scared. I aint scared at all. Im here because theyre not going to demean the character of george floyd, my twin. Minnesotas governor is promising justice and prosecutors are indicating other officers involved could face charges. Two of them white, one asian. Meanwhile this morning, there is news that the wife of officer shouvan has filed for divorce. Her Attorney Says her utmost sympathy lies with his family, his loved ones and everyone who is grieving his tragedy. Despite the arrest of the officer, protesters still took to the streets of minneapolis. They want the other three officers who were there arrested as well, as i just mentioned. Tim walls, the governor of minnesota, has ordered 1,000 more National Guard Service Members to be activated and deployed to minneapolis. Okay. It is 7 34 now. Were going to bring some lividity into the news right now and check in with vianey arana who joins us with our micro climate forecast. Hard to believe the month of may is already wrapping up, and we had some Strange Weather overnight, didnt we . Absolutely. This is an interesting storm, and, you know, the way that its set up and what we have seen so far overnight has been several lightening strikes and thunderstorms just off the coast. I want to take you through some of that satellite radar imagery. 62 degrees. A live look so you can get an idea. Here it is. This is satellite radar from about three hours ago. You can see several lightening strikes passing through. And there is a lot of instability still left in this system. Currently right now still seeing some lightening over the redding area, sacramento. Sacramento also seeing reports of hail in the area. Because the storm does have whats considered a cold core, there is a chance that that instability could spark more isolated thunderstorms inland here in the bay area and also maybe even potentially hail in a chance of showers as we head in towards the afternoon. I will break down the timing of that and what were expecting in 15 minutes. I want to tell you about new restrictions going into effect in San Francisco starting today. The new rule requires a mask whenever you are within 30 feet of another person indoors or outdoors, were told. Masks or face coverings were already required at new businesses but the new rules are raising some specific questions, especially about rules for people exercising. When you are running, you are running by a family, lets say, go ahead and put it on. When you pass them and there is no one else around, go ahead and pull it down. The doctor went on to say that mathematical models estimate if 80 of people wore masks consistently, it could prevent nearly all new outbreaks of coronavirus. A pair of south bay malls is making it easier for customers to shop during this pandemic. Yesterday Valley Fair Mall and oakridge expanded their Curbside Pickup services. More than a dozen stores and restaurants are participating. Customers order online, pack in the designated spots and then call or text the store with their zone number. The whole process is touchless. Customers pop the trunk. Employees put the shopping bags right inside. 7 36. Going virtual, how the warriors are able to hold their annual camp during this pandemic. Sports is next. And. Lets get started. music fades in hey hi thanks for sharing your savage moves, and especially your awkward ones. Thanks for sharing your cute kids. And your adorable pets. Now its our turn to share. With the geico giveback. A 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies for both current and new customers. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. So thanks again. One good share deserves another. We are back with news that the warriors could be back on the court sooner than we expected. The nbas board of governors is set to vote on how to restart the season. The commissioner adam silver and team owners are discussing several plans. Among them 60 teams will go straight to the playoffs. 20 teams in world cup soccer style play. There is an option where all teams will return. Thats really the only way the warriors can play. Unfortunately with their most recent season. Silver is expected to select one idea and put it to a vote as early as this coming thursday. A lot of bay area kids havent been able to shoot hoops or hit the court for practice. So the warriors are getting creative to make sure summer basketball camp isnt totally canceled. The team is planning to hold the camps virtually, an idea that started with virtual drills on instagram live. But the virtual sessions will let coaches interact with the kids. I can tell where your eyes are down and youre not looking up and looking for your teammates. I will be able to tell you that. The demand is high. Were told the first of three camps already are sold out. Coming up, a small solution to a big problem. We will tell you about a Bay Area Company hoping to keep mass producie ining covid19 testing. It is cloudy now. I amtraking it all and i have binks dog walking forecast coming up. Good sunday morning. Plenty to talk about here today when it comes to the weather. Depending on where you live, overnight you might have seen some thunderstorm activity. If you live around the coastline or near the monterrey area. But if you live up towards the northern portions, you might have even seen some lightening strikes as well. Lets talk about this system and what were expecting for today. It is unusual, especially considering were nearing the end of march. Right now its very cloudy, about 52 degrees. We got a little bit of radar activity through San Francisco. Meanwhile, in downtown san jose, about 64 degrees. We will keep a lot of that cloud cover. Were tracking a chance of seeing some shower activity as well. Lets get right to satellite radar so i can show you the developments we saw overnight from this system. This is from about three hours ago. The reason im showing you a satellite from three hours ago is because i want you to notice all of the lightening strikes that we got overnight in through portions of the north bay, also along the coast. Some dry lightening through parts of San Francisco. Thats why depending on where you live, you might have maybe even been woken up by some of these thunderstorms. This is a current view of satellite radar. This is very the storm is currently sitting. Notice large portions still seeing a lot of lightening strikes and activity as well through sacramento. Now weve got so much instability and this system is considered a cold core system. It is cold at its core. Sacramento has seen only reports of hail as well. Were not going to rule out the chance of possibly even seeing some of that here inland in the bay area as well. As we continue through the afternoon, were going to see where the system makes its trek, and thats going to bring a chance of isolated thunderstorms here locally and potentially hail. Lets look at the hour by hour outlook as the system pushes through. You can see by about 10 30, still looking pretty dry. Then we start to see activity pop up between 2 00 and 3 00. So it will depend on where you live and how this system moves. So were going to be looking out for that. By tomorrow, that system will move north and continuing to trek into the oregon and washington area. Temperatures will remain cooler today this afternoon as well. In the 60s and 70s. Then we warm up again into tuesday and wednesday of High Pressure that rolls back around into the 80s and 90s. A special shoutout for National Foster care month. I participated in this panel and theyre holding a fundraiser called duck derby. I will post this on my instagram page. This event is for tomorrow, but you can still participate. Heres el yliot and chacha. These are actually binks dozens. Depending on where you live, could see a chance of showers or isolated thunderstorms. Bring those babies inside and keep them safe. Thanks so much. It is 7 45. Still ahead on today in the bay, there is a big problem looming in the fight against covid19. We investigate a potential shortage of certain supplies needed to make the tests work and the Bay Area Company that may have the solution. Were here for you and were open. Wow. Im an original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. 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With countries around the world trying to get their hands on covid testing kits there are new concerns about whether there are enough supplies to meet the unprecedented demand. Senior Investigative Reporter shows us how one local Bay Area Company is hoping to solve this massive dilemma with their tiny innovations. The test tube has been in laboratories for about 200 years, but a silicone valley start up as reinvented it. We can do better. Good job, guys. He is a micro biologist. From inside this small office. I love this idea, guys. He and a 20 person team are working to revolutionize how the world tests for the coronavirus. You have to innovate because everybody is doing testing at the same time. There is so much threat on the supply chain. It is not just coming from here. Its coming from everywhere at the same time. To get tested for covid19, samples are usually taken from the nose and mouth. And typically those swabs are placed in separate viles for testing. But this new type of test tube is lined with tiny teeth that scrapes a sample off the swab, so you dont leave the swab in a vile which allows room to allow a second swab into that same room. You can detect more of the virus. Businesses and Government Agencies in nine states have fda approval to use the new test tubes. Half a million have sold in the last two months. With his device, coronavirus tests can be processed faster with fewer materials, unlike his new vile when traditional test tubes are sent to the lab, special chemicals called reagents are required to isolate the molecules of the virus. They have become hot commodities on the world market. What happens if we can no longer get a hold of these materials . You cant do the test. You cannot. It is like basically have a car without gas. Useless. You cant go anywhere. But now we use dna swab free test tubes and the special solution is designed to better stabilize the sample. Think of it as a snapshot that captures a single moment. It doesnt change. With other solutions the sample can fade over time, which is why these extra chemicals are needed to isolate whats next of the virus. That is not required with these new test tubes. So you are not adding more stress on already stressed logistics. Right now countries across the globe are vying for the same supplies. This is unprecedented. A bio medical engineer and senior managing director. For 30 years hes been helping medical companies solve their supply chain problems. He said they havent run low yet, but that could change in the coming months as communities loosen their stay at home orders. Just doing temperature screening certainly isnt going to be sufficient. And so the ability to do a test is going to be important. So the reality is the way we have been testing could change dramatically in terms of the frequentsy. Very much. Very much so. That will put tremendous pressure on the volumes needed to satisfy that demand. At least 1. 5 million coronavirus tests have been done in california. More than 13 million across the u. S. But millions more tests will be needed if employers, day cares and even schools make testing and retesting mandatory in order to reopen. We need more testing for sure. Absolutely. To contain this virus, you need to know who has it, who doesnt. The doctor invited us to this plant where 50,000 of his new test tubes are created daily. By the first week of july, we are actually getting up to 100,000 devices a day. 100,000 . Yes. Thats three million test tubes a month by this summer. He hopes this bay area startup can help meet the Global Demand for more testing, even if certain chemicals become scarce during the pandemic. When it came to looking at all these strains on supply chains, you have to start thinking outside of the box. More and more testing sites like these are beginning to open. But most samples become less reliable unless theyre put on ice and processed within three days. The new test tubes are good for up to 21 days, even at room temperature. And that could prove especially useful during a Testing Backlog or when samples need to be transported out of more remote capabilities. Fascinating. 7 53. Still to come on today in the bay, a reversal by one bay area sheriff. The reason hes now backing down and will enforce his countys health orders. Energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. We now want to take you to Sonoma County where a shelter in place soap opera seems to be playing out between the sheriff and county supervisors. The sher rip announced he would no long er be enforcing the sta at home orders. But the sheriff in a Facebook Post said that wasnt true. Today in the bay joe rissoto jr. Discovered the business stuck in the middle just wants both sides to stop all the drama. Reporter a picturesque seen in this square. Families picnicking and dining curbside. Beneath this calm scene is a lot of Business Owners trying to sort out the chaos. It is very confusing. We all are confused. Reporter at the closed wine tasting room, this manager is anxiously waiting for the day when she can host guests inside again. First they say you can open up by june 15th and you have to do this. Now were kind of in limbo again. Preparing for reopening has been confusing for Business Owners trying to follow the health orders. Making matters worse, last night the sheriff released a long message on facebook saying he disagreed with the countys pace of reopenings and would no longer enforce Health Restrictions calling them crushing and inconsistent. Today the Sonoma County supervisor said they had reversed course and would indeed enforce county stay at home orders though his Facebook Post said he was not changing course. Caught in the confusion are businesses like this, which has been trying to make plans for reopening. Whether or not the sheriff enforces it, its not relevant. Were following in the guidelines. The vice mayor whose town contracts with the Sheriffs Department says the back and forth is not helping anyone. Its certainly chaos, and i think that the sheriff announcement and reversal has added to the chaos. Reporter days after they announced they were slowing down plans to reopen retail hair salons and places of worship after an uptick in new cases. Now as businesses wait for the restrictions end, they remain stuck in the middle. Joe rissoto jr. , nbc bay area news sglnk news. It is time for our clear the shelter segment. We want to introduce you to sugar. Were told she is a shy but sweet senior. Shes nine years old. Shes been at the shelter since february. She was completely shut down emotionally, never wagging her tail nor greeting visitors. But since then she has become quite the love bug. Shes house trained, quiet, easy going. They call her a poster child for dog rescue. Check her out at petsinneed. Org. I love him. What a sweet little angel face. Sugar needs a home. Adopt yes. Thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. Well have local news all day. We hope to see you back here tomorrow monoinrning. Have a great saturday. Feel like getting back out there . Nissan is ready to help you with a bold, awardwinning lineup. And great offers. Kick off summer. With no payments for 3 months. Plus, well cover your payments for up to 2 more months. Or get 0 financing on 13 models for up to 84 months. Television that is educational and informational. Ure watching the more you know on nbc. Dylan hi, im dylan dreyer and were about to embark on another earth odyssey. On todays show, we head to one of indias wildest regions the thar desert. Home to all types of exotic animals. Some found nowhere else on earth. Well meet some city slicking macaques and find out what happens when they go back to the wild. And later, travelings never a pain when youre a crane, even if the journey is steeper than it looks. [music]