Now at 11 00, an urgent plea as the bay area heads into a warm weekend. Tonight, the precautions in place to reduce the risk of overcrowding. A call for sweeping reform at assisted living facilities after at least 10 deaths as a peninsula care home. What one advocate says needs to be done. The unemployment rates in napa county are supposed to be some of the highest in the bay area next month as the Tourism Industry shuts down. How some are trying to adjust to a new way of doing business. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Solano county is now the first in the bay area to extend its stay at home order an extra two nd betty yu explains determining j those orders get extended. Thats right. Mayor london breed warned that now is not the time to lose sight of our goal. She said its likely the stay at home order in San Francisco could be extended weeks, even a month. We saw plenty of people lounging and enjoying the sun at the beach in the mission, despite the parking lots being clo
Californias shelterinplace ord order. This will go to the obvious questions and queries that all of us are asking, when. Well, when is the big question. Abc7 news news anchor liz kreutz gives you some insight. Its the question were all asking, when will california reopen. There is a lot of anxiety and a lot of need to know. Under public pressure, some states are already beginning to ease their shelter in place orders. In south carolina, some department and Retail Stores opened today, with 20 capacity. Public beaches opened as well. In georgia, starting friday, gyms, barber shopping, bowling alleys, some restaurant and some theaters will open. Next week in colorado residents will be recommended to stay home but not required to. And in tennessee and ohio, a majority of businesses will be allowed to reopen may 1st, if not sooner. We need several things to unwind the current lockdown if you will and get people back into the public arena. As much as possible. One of those things that expert
But the few we do have, they need for their families. Governor gavin newsom announced rightly that the state is open to the restaurants a lifeline by cooking for seniors. For restaurants to start rehiring people, or keep people currently employed and start preparing meals, three meals a day, seven days a week. And have those meals delivered to our seniors. State in fema emergency funds will pay about 66 a day for three meals. Restaurant owners like the idea but say they need to read the fine print. When you deliver food theres additional cost than just the food. You have the delivery, the gas. Business is hungry for details on how to apply will have to wait to read the states as local jurisdictions will handle the rollout with a focus on independent restaurants. But the governors announcement that some counties off guard without the infrastructure in place and awaiting details in which restaurants qualify and how they will be selected. It can definitely help our the senior programs we
Deaths are linked to nursing facilities. 10 residence at a redwood city nursing home have died from the coronavirus or its complications. The virus also infected other residents and employees. The facility typically causes about 65 people. The director says she is close to all of them. Its been a really hard two weeks or three weeks, or a month, that weve been under lockdown, and my main concern is for my residents. They are my friends, you know. Is working with healfur infection. You might think with vulnerable residents Nursing Homes would lead the way in testing, but it is spotty at best and only done only after people get sick or have died. Debora villalon is the here now with more. Roma quarantined for almost 2 months, elderly residents cant leave their facilities and families cannot come inside. And the lack of testing keeps everyone in limbo. Gail stephani visits her mother each day from outside her assisted living facility in novato, checking on 86yearold beverly on the second
1,340 positive cases of covid19. 22 people have died. And the number of people in the icu has gone up. Will the Public Health order get extended . The likelihood that that will happen is very likely. Reporter sfpd commended the public for not celebrating 4 20 outdoors and in public parks, as is tradition. But they said there are still people and businesses that continue to flout the stay at home order. To date, the department has given out 17 citations, admonished 73 people, and given hundreds of informal warnings. If you take a long drive and expect to find parking to go to a closed beach, its very unlikely, and i want to encourage people to do their best through this did i have weekend where your temptation is higher. And if you have to be out on the roads, sfpd cautioned everyone not to drive recklessly. The chp says theyve had an 80 jump in violations of drivers going more than 100 miles per hour. Now we get to meteorologist paul heggen with more on just how warm this weekend will