The new order. Despite the ability to open for curbside pickup, many of the Retail Stores along 4 street in kentucky street remain closed on this friday. You never know this was the day Retail Stores could reopen in petaluma for curbside pickup. Thats because most along kentucky street and 4th street remain closed. Still there are a few who took advantage of the new health order life that is more light. One of a kind where you have to kind of feel it and try again im hoping to get back there. But at least ideas. Thank your that i am allowed to do it like this and not have anybody in so wanted to see all my customers man winter says shes conflicted about reopening and will not be open full time. Weve done a good job here in california. And i think we need to continue to and im just trying to be safe and. Do it in a way that is acceptable the moment they say we should not do it anymore home. Around the corner at lewis thomas fine mens apparel theyre also open even though what they sell doesnt really lend itself to a view from the curb. Youre not going to pull up and say im a 42 record is super. Youve got no thats kind of hard to do. But this store like others remain optimistic that local Health Officers will eventually ease restrictions even further for small Retail Stores, the next step will be 2 allow a certain amount of people into the store a given that you can qualify that theyre healthy. Theyre also shops like nail and hair salons that are closed because theyre not yet permitted to open at crown hair salon theyre taking advantage of the closure to make some modifications to create more space between customers once they do reopen, weve also got a lot of modifications in the salon as far as hand sanitizers. Touchless fossetts and soap dispensers so really trying to take care of Peoples Health olson. Another thing missing is foot traffic but that will likely pick up either on the weekend or as more stores open for curbside pickup. In petaluma Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. Non essential retail shops again still closed in San Francisco and 5 other bay area counties unlike other parts of the state San Franciscos mayor says as long as the city is seeing progress what shelter in place. Some businesses like bookstores and florists and music stores might be able to operate with store front pick up as soon as may 18. Some Business Owners and employees say they would love to get back to work but they understand why its not happening yet. I think its probably best that they remain close id much rather have it be safe than about the vaccines. Theres really no way of getting around this coronavirus. The shelterinplace order in San Francisco last until may 31st. It does allow construction real estate transactions and select Outdoor Activities to resume. Business leaders and walnut creek say they agree with the Contra Costa HealthServices Decision to remain under Current Health orders today kron fours Haaziq Madyun talk to the ceo of the Walnut Creek Chamber of commerce about what not being able to completely move into phase 2 means to the citys economy. While the creek generates over 2 billion annually in taxable retail sales and thats why with California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is easing the current shelterinplace order in phase 2 of reopening the economy, the ceo of one of the creeks chamber of commerce day hoyer was relieved were happy forward of there are a lot of businesses out there that are are combating the suffering. Yeah, any movement in that direction is health, although the state is easing restrictions monday Contra Costa Health services has decided to keep the Current Health order in place barring an essential businesses from offering Curbside Service hoyer explains why the chamber agrees with this decision as tough because why would just be different. Well, a logic is that were a part of the east bay, the census compare were part of that marketplace. Therefore e it makes sense that all the counties were together with what theyre doing however, he says or businesses that are reopening the challenges being ready for that opportunity the crux of this issue. Is to make sure that everybody really understands what age and cant to anyone who has employees is worried about those boys. They dont want them getting sick the businesses that will be opening well be having customers coming year. To walk them seconds happening. This is stuart r impacting there. Employees so whats the protocol. Now the California Retail association is currently working with Business Leaders in law that creek putting together guidelines to help shop owners make sure they are in compliance, those guidelines are scheduled to be presented during a chamber of commerce meeting on tuesday has it made you kron 4 news. About 70 of americans argue their state governments are lifting restrictions to quickly this is according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center 68 of americans are concerned about it. 31 think that theyre not being lifted quickly enough. Meanwhile, 48 think kurt restrictions are fined 27 . I think there should be more of them. 24 think there should be fewer restrictions. California is the first state in the nation moving to send mail in ballots to every registered voter for the november election. Capitol Bureau ReporterAshley Zavala has that story. Governor Gavin Newsome friday signed an executive order allowing every voter in california to receive a mail in ballot for novembers general election in to make sure that we are reaching out to all registered eligible voters giving them the opportunity and giving them the choice and not to feel like they have to go into a concentrated dense environment where their health may be at risk secretary of state alex by says california is the first state in the country to take such action in response to covid19 the executive order states each voter will receive their ballot 29 days before the election those who are military and overseas will receive ballots 45 days out this should never saw action is still slated to be out up until of our allies times state leaders say the election will not be vote by mail only Election Officials are hoping together volunteers to help out at some polling places. The governor says the state is working on a plan to need in the next days and weeks by the end of this month at the latest to put together a very detailed plan on physical locations. That need to be set up. For our ballot by the u. S. Is california is well positioned to expand its vote by mail systems noting 75 of the state already receives automatic vote by mail ballots, voters should make sure their registration is up to date. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. 3 cruise ships are going to be docking at the port of oakland, they need a safe place to dock at a time when theyre not allowed to operate because of the pandemic we have video of the koran 10 grand princess docked at the port this was in march. The new ships coming in are from norwegian cruise is crew members will remain on the ship, no passengers. Port Authorities Say they are have been no reports of coronavirus associated with the ships. The ships arrived this weekend that could stay for up to 3 months. Small businesses particularly restaurants have been hit really hard during the pandemic and now San Jose City leaders are working on a plan to try to help after the pandemic is over but as kron fours Jonathan Mccall learn there are still plenty of hurdles before the idea can take off. Caught in the wave of the covid19 pandemic california restaurants have been looking for ways to stay afloat during the crisis, San Jose City leaders are now working on a new plan they hope will provide a lifeline after the shelter at home orders are lifted this will be an effort to require. A lot of hands on deck or grateful that weve got so many right folks who are willing to lend their time to help us its cold san jose al fresco the goal is simple allowing businesses, especially restaurants. Access to public spaces and outdoor facilities to Service Customers as many restaurants to prepare for a post covid19 world with wer seats inside the plan would let customers enjoy their food and drinks outside we need Creative Ideas to help reopen restaurants and get our russian family members back to work 84 of businesses and downtown san jose have been forced to shut their doors in the last 7 weeks. According to the california restaurant association, the 7 billion industry here in the golden state has lost a million restaurant workers. Business leaders say despite many efforts many establishments will reopen their doors and she seems pause for new zealands. The owners of clones bars. I was close there isnt surprising until you are 1600 in businesses downtown that presently only 6 are going to reopen san jose mayor sam liccardo says while the idea is in place there are still plenty of details to work out. Including conversations with the alcoholic Beverage Commission getting backing from local and state health leaders, making sure that restaurants are back up to code before they can reopen. The cargo says he also wants to make it free for businesses to use the public spaces for their customers some are hoping that this plan will stick around for years to come. Jonathan mccall kron 4 news. Tesla has called many of its workers back to the job in fremont where theyve got a plant apparently in defiance of Alameda Countys a shelterinplace order kron fours Charles Clifford has details. Car maker tesla is trying to reopen its factory here in fremont on a thursday Human Resources at tesla sent out this email to employees saying that they were going to begin limited operations here and that they were recalling 30 of their workforce to come back to the factory. Now the governor gavin, newsome has said that manufacturing can resume here in california. But in Alameda County where the factory is the shelterinplace order has actually been extended which means nonessential businesses cannot operate now, heres the Health Officer from Alameda County saying on friday afternoon that they have not given tesla permission to resume operations. We have not given that they we have been working with them looking at for the National Eating plan a nation. And that no we have not said that he thinks that it is appropriate the funds. Now tesla has said the employees returning to work will be given some additional training and they have to learn some new protocols that are in place in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus and ceo of the company ilan mosque also sent out an email saying that he would be here as well on friday as operations resumed. But for now in fremont Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Coming up how one is pay school find a way to celebrate Teacher Appreciation week. Also the latest on the georgia father and son accused of killing a man who had been jogging and after the break a 3rd coronavirus stepped and more cases at the there has been a 3rd coronavirus death and more positive cases among residents at the. Windsor vallejo care center. And that means there are now 103 confirmed cases at that nursing home kron fours Maureen Kelly talk to the family of a patient now and i see you because of the virus. All but 7 yearold jules klar our and felt it was man. A 19 i they may be putting that wow how many but to see my teachers Virtual Education has at least kept students and staff at Gregory Gardens elementary and Robert Scheer a preschool in pleasantville connected, but nothing beats him anything could be in the parade on friday the parent, Teachers Association organized a Teacher Appreciation car parade, Gregory Gardens parking lot, teachers watch from the sidewalk 6 feet apart from one another. As to you see just how is is great and we get to see the kids a few times a week but its a cheap substitute for actually being there with the kids of this. This means everything. It comes just a little more than a month after teachers and staff did the students to the place got extended to make it just sort of broke all of our we really miss the acacia brings people together and theres a special connection between a teacher and a student and even the parents and because the par lives into them in the effort is clearly appreciated. In pleasant hill, a a political talking about Teacher Appreciation week and how some kids were managing to celebrate. Time now to check in on the forecast meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez joins us and we want to know what the weekend looks like most recent. Fortunately relief is in sight first along the coast for the 1st half of the weekend with interior valleys not cooling down a pleasant temperatures until mothers day sunday. But today we had record trying ti at oakland 2 degrees. It was saying record was set back in 2001 and as we take a live look outside you can see that marine layer starting to blanket most of the San Francisco stat line and its only going to get thicker during the overnight hours so chargers out there right now this morning and then down into the 50s and 60s the 80s and 90s as you make your way inland and we are noticing that cool down thanks to the return of that on shore flow still pretty breezy wednesday stroud downtown San Francisco 20 miles per hour. But calm are everywhere else more than 10 degrees of cooling for downtown San Francisco today reached a daytime high of 76 degrees tomorrow cooling down into the low 60s expect low 70s along the bay with our interior valleys still about 5 to 10 degrees above average refund site on sunday and scattered showers returning to the bay area on monday. Tracking the storm hour by hour my full forecast in just a few minutes catherine back to you. Talk to you in a few minutes and now a story we were trying to bring you a 3rd coronavirus death. More cases of the virus at the Windsor Vallejo care center and kron fours Maureen Kelly talk to the family of a patient who is now in icu because of the virus. May they probably would not make it through the night. The aunt of william bennett, the 3rd says the 31 yearold covid19 positive patient is now out of the Windsor Vallejo care center and in icu at Sutter Solano a code it twice and so they had to put the incubator and speed into a fund that would be great and there are perhaps a brain issues, but chad j. He he recognized the doctor he over his eye than it has been living at the nursing home for over a year after suffering a series of strokes and being diagnosed with a rare blood disorder. Hes one of 80 residents who have tested positive at the facility so far 3 have died 23 Staff Members have also been infected when i first talked to her on tuesday, she said she was worried about him and wanted him hospitalized because he seemed lethargic he was transported by ambulance, a few hours after her concerns were aired on kron 4 news. We knew each. That he needed to be out of there its a Skilled Nursing home that was already having problems. This is a medicare inspection report from the department of health and Human Services from april 12th that lists 23 Health Citations including one which found the facility failed to ensure that Infection Control principals were being followed it was given a rating of much below average so they need to clean. That and to hire people, lets compassion and peace to management. If you cant do that. Then you need to shut at the Windsor Vallejo care center issued a statement this week that staff are constantly getting updated training on best practices in regard to Infection Control and that theyre adhering to all federal and state recommendations to minimize the spread of this virus. Bennetts aunt says the doctors hope to wean him from the ventilator over the next 2 days. She says when her nephew is out of the hospital he will not be going back to that nursing home. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. The Alameda County fair county fair it has been canceled this is the first time in 100 years the 18 day fair was scheduled to run from june 19 through july 12th the fair is 108 years old this is a tradition that brings in nearly a half Million People every year. A big boost to the local economy with more than 32 million in revenue. Big public gatherings of course thats going to be one of the last things the state well allowed to i get again fair organizers are looking at conditions for future events like horse racing and auctions california regulators have suspended the million fine against pg and e for the utilities neglect of the equipment that ignited wildfires that waiver by the Public Utilities commission will deprive the state of money that would have helped offset losses in income and sales taxes pg and e had declared it might not be able to raise the 10s of billions of dollars it needed to get out of bankruptcy if forced to pay that 200 million so regulators back down despite warnings that the waiver would set a troubling precedent. Still ahead. The latest jobless numbers and they really are shockingly high. And authorities try to stamp out what they say is fake there is new concern over the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus this has a Conspiracy Theory video has racked up millions of views this week. Reporter Donnie Osullivan reports. Social Media Companies like facebook and youtube say theyre fighting covid19 misinformation. If someone spreading something that people are in imminent risk of physical harm. We take that down but the sites are struggling to keep up or a flood of conspiracy theories. This week you might have seen friends and family sharing this slickly produced video called pandemic but Time Facebook and youtube to cut down it had millions of views, ive not a video of this type. Dane this kind of viral traction so quickly facebook said it pulled the video because it claimed wearing mask could make people sick, youtube said it removed the video because it included medically of substantiated diagnostic advice for covid19. But even after the company said thursday they would remove the video copies of it still circulated online Fact Checkers like alan juke whose Company Works with Facebook Says kogan 19 misinformation is spending almost as fast as the virus. So the expression a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth. He gets boots on really applies here is it impossible for Fact Checkers to keep up with the level of covid19 misinformation. Youre absolutely right about a light traveling faster because people want to believe these things and if its there. Theyre believes the bubble that theyre in and so then they want to share it with their friends like theyve got some inside knowledge why are people pushing misinformation is why do people finding people do this. So some people push misinformation to make money so its to sell health supplement. Some people do this to push a specific political agenda. Some people do this because i just want to see if they can get away with it. But a lot of misinformation is around peoples existing wild view. So if you already dont trust vaccines. You want other people to take oneill believes because it makes you feel better. Online covid19 conspiracy theories have targeted not just doctor Anthony Fauci but philanthropist bill gates as well just this whole idea that theres this deep state that has brought this covid19 crisis to the world in order that they may promote their own interest and the social Media Companies struggle to keep up with the misinformation. Its more important than ever to think before you share it makes you angry it makes you said it makes you smog that makes you want to go out go out and buy something immediately. That emotional impulse means its probably something about that information that makes it very difficult for you to be critical. That was Donnie Osullivan report, coming up next lawmakers take steps to try and understand far the pandemic is getting people of color, harder also warmer weather bringing out rattlesnakes we have advice on staying safe. And after the break across the state more businesses being allowed to operate that does were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. California taking a giant step towards reopening across the state. More businesses are being allowed to operate, but the bay area is refusing to reopen. Camila bernal is in San Francisco where Officials Say they are not ready yet to relax restrictions. Little by little business is coming back to california were moving forward but were doing it always with an eye be led by the data back in march as co1